Veilsdorf Monastery
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Veilsdorf Monastery
Veilsdorf municipality
Coordinates: 50 ° 24 ′ 57 ″ N , 10 ° 48 ′ 40 ″ E
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| Height : | 392 m |
| Residents : | 429 |
| Incorporation : | July 1, 1950 |
| Postal code : | 98669 |
| Area code : | 03685 |
 Remains of the manufacture of the porcelain factory
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Veilsdorf Monastery is a district of Veilsdorf in the Hildburghausen district in Thuringia .
location
The few remains of the former Veilsdorf monastery are located south-east of the town of the same name, south of the Hildburghausen forest and north of the federal road 89 in the Werraniederung between Heßberg and Harras on the district road 531.
history
The Benedictine - monastery Veilsdorf was in 1189 first mentioned in documents. It was a foundation of the canon Heinrich von Heßberg , who was bishop of Würzburg from 1202 to 1207 , and consecrated to the archangel Michael . The monastery was probably built on the basis of a previously existing fortification. There, in the Middle Ages, a path coming from Bürden crossed the Werra , the remains of which are still recognizable as a ravine.
In 1446 it was converted into a monastery.
During the Peasants' War in 1525, the monastery buildings were burned down. With the secularization in 1530, the monastery property with the land and the structural remains of the monastery became a princely chamber property . A princely porcelain factory was built on this area from 1760 , which Friedrich Wilhelm Eugen von Sachsen-Hildburghausen founded. This later resulted in a modern porcelain factory, which subsequently belonged to six different owners and is now managed by the Rauschert Group with the production of technical porcelain. Some walls from the time of the monastery and the factory building are still preserved.
At least in the first half of the 19th century, some of the employees were paid using the so-called truck system . The Veilsdorf copper brands were used for this.
On July 1, 1950, the municipality of Kloster Veilsdorf was incorporated into the municipality of Veilsdorf together with Hetschbach .
Personalities
- Arthur May (1902–1933), editor-in-chief of the Aachener Arbeiter Zeitung and functionary in the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). Murdered by the fascists in 1933 and honored with a stumbling block in 2019 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Wolfgang Kahl: First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. Rockstuhl Verlag, Bad Langensalza, 2010 ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 298
- ^ Rainer Axmann: When Coburg belonged to Meeder . In: Coburger Friedensbuch , Meeder 2001, p. 166
- ↑ Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces. Jenzig-Verlag 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , p. 257
