Thale

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Thale
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Coordinates: 51 ° 45 '  N , 11 ° 3'  E

Basic data
State : Saxony-Anhalt
County : resin
Height : 156 m above sea level NHN
Area : 137.64 km 2
Residents: 17,247 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 125 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 06502
Primaries : 03947, 03946, 039456, 039459, 039485, 039487, 039488
License plate : HZ, HBS, QLB, WR
Community key : 15 0 85 330
LOCODE : DE THA
NUTS : DEE09

City administration address : 		Rathausplatz 1
06502 Thale
Website : www.bodetal.de
Mayor : Thomas Balcerowski ( CDU )
Location of the city of Thale in the Harz district
Ballenstedt Blankenburg (Harz) Ditfurt Falkenstein/Harz Groß Quenstedt Halberstadt Harsleben Harzgerode Hedersleben Huy Ilsenburg (Harz) Nordharz Oberharz am Brocken Osterwieck Quedlinburg Schwanebeck Selke-Aue Thale Wegeleben Wernigerodemap
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Thale is a town in the Harz district of Saxony-Anhalt and is located on the northeastern edge of the Harz Mountains . The Bodetal begins above Thale . Thale has been a state-approved resort since 2004 .

geography

climate

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Thale
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Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 2.6 3.5 7.6 12.7 17.7 21.1 22.5 22.2 18.7 13.1 7.1 3.7 O 12.8
Min. Temperature (° C) -2.4 -2.6 -0.4 3.1 7.2 10.6 12.6 12.2 9.1 5.4 2.1 -0.9 O 4.7
Temperature (° C) 0.1 0.4 3.6 7.9 12.4 15.8 17.5 17.2 13.9 9.2 4.6 1.4 O 8.7
Precipitation ( mm ) 35 31 38 44 56 70 58 58 39 39 41 37 Σ 546
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Neighboring communities

Thale is a town in the Harz district and borders on six towns and municipalities (clockwise, starting in the northwest): Blankenburg (Harz) , Halberstadt , Harsleben , Quedlinburg , Harzgerode and Oberharz am Brocken .

history

Thale manor around 1860, Alexander Duncker collection

The Thale settlement was probably built at the beginning of the 10th century. It was mentioned for the first time in 936 in connection with the neighboring Wendhusen monastery , which was founded as a canonical monastery before 840 as one of the first monasteries on Saxon soil. The monastery came under the protection of the monastery in Quedlinburg . The village was called Dat Dorp to dem Dale from 1231 (whose sex was given in Latinized form, from 1288 with the place name de valle , from 1303 by Thale ). The monastery was destroyed in 1525 during the Peasants' War.

Map of Thale (1912)
View of Thale from the west. In front the Catholic Herz-Jesu-Kirche and behind it the main train station . On the right the Protestant Sankt-Petri-Kirche and part of the Bodetal Therme. The premises of the mechanical engineering company THALETEC are located to the left of the main train station .
Enamelled mural by Willi Neubert
View of the Bodetal near Thale

An ironworks can be found in Thale since 1445 . After being abandoned in the Thirty Years War, it was rebuilt in 1648 as the Berghaus zum Wilden Mann , but completely destroyed in 1670. In 1686 a small hammer forge was established , from which a new ironworks later developed, which was particularly favored by the proximity to ore deposits and wood. It existed until 1714. In 1740 another company was opened. The ironworks was briefly owned by Frederick the Great . In 1831 the first wrought-iron wagon axle, which had been built in Germany to date, was manufactured here. In 1835 the oldest sheet metal enamelling plant in Europe was founded in Thale. After the city was connected to the railroad in the direction of Berlin in 1862 , the place and the number of workers grew: While Eisenhüttenwerk Thale AG employed only 350 people in 1872, it was 4,400 in 1905. Above all, enamel production contributed to Thale's international reputation After all, at peak times 10% of global production came from the largest European enamel factory. In 1910 Karl Liebknecht , Rosa Luxemburg and Clara Zetkin spoke to Thalens workers.

During the First World War, the German steel helmets (M1916) were produced in the ironworks from 1916 , the prototype of which had been developed there in 1915. From 1934, the plant had a monopoly on steel helmet production. During the GDR era, the plant was converted into VEB Eisen- und Hüttenwerke Thale. For the 300th anniversary in 1986, the Thale Hüttenmuseum was founded at the site of the plant.

The long-term investment backlog almost led to the end of the traditional company after the fall of the Wall. It was finally privatized in 1993 when it was sold to the former Prime Minister of Lower Saxony Ernst Albrecht and the businessman Hans Henry Lamotte. However, there was no sustainable further development during this time. It was not until the takeover by the Schunk Group from Gießen (1997) that the different company areas were re-invested, especially enamel processing.

Tourism has flourished since the 19th century in connection with the water from the Hubertus spring , which was later classified as containing radon , on Hubertus Island , which was opened up in 1836. Various writers such as Heinrich Heine ( Die Harzreise ) and Theodor Fontane visited the place and especially the Bodetal. In addition, Berlin tourists in particular enjoyed the Thalens summer retreat. This was made possible by the connection of Thale to the railway from Wegeleben in 1862 . In 1909 a branch line from Blankenburg (Harz) followed .

In 1922 the place received city ​​rights .

After evacuation by remaining German troops on April 20, 1945, Thale was occupied by US troops largely without a fight . The iron and steel works also fell into their hands undamaged. At the Thale cemetery there is a memorial stone for 21 unknown Wehrmacht soldiers. In the Warnstedt cemetery, a gravestone shows 20 German soldiers buried there, two of whom are “unknown”.

From the beginning of July 1945 Thale also became part of the Soviet occupation zone and from 1949 of the GDR.

From June 12th to 14th, 2009, Thale was the venue for the Saxony-Anhalt Day under the motto Thale legendary , which attracted around 200,000 visitors.

Incorporations

Warnstedt was incorporated in 2003. In 2009 a total of seven municipalities were incorporated at four different times. Westerhausen was added in 2010. Allrode became a district of Thale in 2011. The incorporation of Friedrichsbrunn and Stecklenberg was controversial, as the neighboring communities of Gernrode , Bad Suderode and Rieder had sought to form a unified community with them. The original incorporation on September 29, 2009 was thus postponed.

Former parish date
Allrode 0January 1, 2011
Altenbrak 0July 1, 2009
Friedrichsbrunn November 23, 2009
Neinstedt 0January 1, 2009
Stecklenberg November 23, 2009
Treseburg 0July 1, 2009
Warnstedt December 21, 2003
Weddersleben 0January 1, 2009
Westerhausen 0September 1, 2010
Development of the community area
date surface
December 21, 2003 38.13 km²
0January 1, 2009 50.13 km²
0July 1, 2009 78.47 km²
November 23, 2009 102.79 km²
0September 1, 2010 120.21 km²
0January 1, 2011 137.62 km²

population

Population pyramid for Thale (data source: 2011 census)

Development of the population (from 1995 December 31st) :

  • 1825 - 1,406
  • 1875-3,311
  • 1880 - 3,683
  • 1890-6,292
  • 1925 - 13,545
  • 1933 - 13,557
  • 1939 - 13,520
  • 1946-18,082 (October 29)
  • 1950--17,968 (August 31)
  • 1960 - 17,391 (December 31)
  • 1971--17,620 (January 1)
  • 1981 - 16,830 (December 31)
  • 1984 - 16,423 (December 31)
  • 1990 - 17,560 (October 3)
  • 1995 - 16,230
  • 2000 - 14,539
  • 2001 - 14,167
  • 2002 - 13,877
  • 2003 - 13,631
  • 2011 - 18,878

politics

City council election 2019
Turnout: 53.2% (2014: 42.6%)
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Remarks:
e Voting communities (citizens' list and FWG Westerhausen)
Allocation of seats in the city council
      
A total of 25 seats
  • Left : 3
  • SPD : 2
  • FWG Westerhausen : 1
  • Citizen list : 3
  • CDU : 15
  • AfD : 1
Town hall Thale

City council

The local elections on May 26, 2019 led to the following result with a turnout of 53.2%:

Party / list Share of votes +/-% p Seats +/-
CDU 51.4% + 2.1 15th + 1
AfD 13.9% + 13.90 1 + 1
The left 12.5% - 2.2 3 - 1
SPD 06.1% - 2.3 2 ± 0
Citizen List 11.0% - 3 - 3
FWG Westerhausen 05.0% - 1 - 1

mayor

  • 1901–1932: Otto Schönermark (1865–1947), first mayor
  • 1932–1936: Herrmann Friedrich Richter, Mayor
  • 1923–1935: Willy August, Mayor
  • 1935–1941: Werner Günter Hellmuth Meyer-Estner, first mayor

………

coat of arms

Valid coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on July 11, 1996 by the Magdeburg Regional Council.

Blazon : "In silver, a tinned blue tower with a pointed, gold-knobbed red roof and an open gate, covered with a silver shield above the gate, in which a red witch riding a broomstick."

The tower represents Thale Castle, mentioned in 1340, which was built in the 10th century to protect the Wendhusen monastery and destroyed around 1365. The witch in the silver shield stands for the generally understandable symbol of the witches dance place. The development of the place is closely connected with the Hexentanzplatz and the Bodetal. The mountain already had a prehistoric meaning and was a wall of the Harz inhabitants against the enemy armies in the Thirty Years' War. The open gate is intended to indicate the hospitality of the place.

Coat of arms during the National Socialist era

The coat of arms was awarded on May 19, 1937 by the Upper President of the Province of Saxony and designed by Magdeburg State Archives Councilor Otto Korn .

Blazon: "In silver, a wide blue gate tower with battlements and a red gable roof, covered with a shield with a square cut of silver and red."

The applied shield is the coat of arms of the noble family von Thale (van deme Dale, de Valle), which died out around 1650 and whose ancestral seat was Thale. The tower points to the castle mentioned in 1340.

Coat of arms in GDR times

Thale coat of arms in GDR times

The coat of arms was confirmed by the city council in 1953.

Blazon: "In silver, a tinned blue tower with a pointed, knocked red roof and open gate, above the gate a silver shield: obliquely left divided by a red cogwheel, above an upright black hammer, below a green fir tree breaking out of the edge of the shield."

The tower probably refers to a previous castle of the Lords of the Dale. The content of the sign symbolizes the local iron industry on the one hand, and the Harz landscape on the other.

Town twinning

It has been twinned with Seesen ( Lower Saxony ) on the northwestern edge of the Harz Mountains since 1990 and with the French city of Juvisy-sur-Orge, 18 km from Paris, and the Nigerian city ​​of Tillabéri, northwest of the Niger River, since 1998 .

Culture and sights

Museums

Wendhusen Monastery

Buildings

The Villa Rosenburg, built in 1848, and the Berghotel Rosstrappe are also under monument protection . The architectural monuments of Thales are registered in the Thalenser monument register.

  • St. Peter's Church (1908)

  • Hotel Ten Pounds (1914)

  • Suspension bridge over the Wendefurth reservoir

  • Windmill in Warnstedt

Other cultural institutions
View from Hexentanzplatz to Thale
View from Hexentanzplatz to Thale around 1900

Regular events and events

  • The original Walpurgis Night on the Hexentanzplatz
  • Street festival on the occasion of Walpurgis Night (April 30th)
  • The place is one of the eight places in which the tradition of the finch maneuver in the Harz , which has been recognized as an intangible world cultural heritage since 2014, is still cultivated.

Natural monuments

From Thale you have access to the Bodetal . The Bodetal is dominated by the Hexentanzplatz , which can be reached with the Bodetal cable car , and the Roßtrappe , to which a chair lift leads.

In the districts of Neinstedt , Weddersleben and Warnstedt lies the Teufelsmauer , which is one of the oldest nature reserves in Germany.

From Thale, the Harzer Hexenstieg is an almost 100 km long hiking trail across the Harz to Osterode , passing various sights such as the Brocken , Torfhaus , Dammgraben and the Oberharzer ponds .

societies

There are several sports clubs in the Thale region. The club with the largest number of members is SV Stahl Thale with the departments football, handball, tennis, boxing, volleyball, disabled sports, dancing, basketball, cross-country skiing and fistball.

Economy and Infrastructure

Industry

Important industrial companies in Thale today are the company Schunk Sintermetalltechnik , the company Thaletec GmbH , ElringKlinger AG, Linamar Valvetrain GmbH as well as the Maschinenfabrik Thale (MFT) and the manufacturer of special automation devices Mertik Maxitrol , but also the company Corodur Wear Protection GmbH.

Educational institutions

In Thale there is the European high school Richard von Weizsäcker , the secondary school THALE / NORD and two primary schools: the primary school Geschwister Scholl and the primary school Auf den Höhen . The Free Waldorf School Harzvorland and the Free All-Day School Quedlinburg eV (in Neinstedt , a district of Thale) exist at other school facilities . Vocational training centers are the Education and Technology Center (BTZ) and the German Employee Academy (DAA). The PowderMetallurgical Competence Center (PMC) in Thale acts as a start-up center for companies.

traffic

Thale Central Station (2011)

Thale Hauptbahnhof is the end of the Magdeburg – Thale railway line ; there it ends in a terminal station . Thale has two other train stations: Thale Musestieg and Neinstedt .
The former Blankenburg – Quedlinburg railway line (via Thale Bodetal) (1907–1963 in passenger traffic) has now been completely dismantled. Thale can be reached with the PlusBus 250 . Thale is also a traffic node in the bus network of the Harz transport company .

Thale has a direct connection to the federal motorway 36 ( Braunschweig - Bernburg (Saale) ). Via this there is a connection to the A14 to the east and to the A2, A7 and A39 to the west.

St. Andrew's Church
Sacred Heart Church

Religions

The Protestant parish of Thale includes the churches of St. Andreas from the 18th century in the Unterdorf and St. Petri from 1906 in the Friedenspark. Their parishes belong to the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

The Catholic parish of the Sacred Heart has the same name, built around 1910 Church at the Walter Rathenau Street, since 2010 it belongs to the parish of St. Mathilde Quedlinburg.

The New Apostolic congregation in Thale was merged with the congregation in Blankenburg in 2006 , and since then there have been no New Apostolic divine services in Thale.

Personalities

literature

Web links

Commons : Thale  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt, population of the municipalities - as of December 31, 2019 (PDF) (update) ( help ).
  2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Saxony-Anhalt Wiki: Thale @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sachsen-anhalt-wiki.de
  3. ↑ State Statistical Office of Saxony-Anhalt ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the territorial changes 1994–2007 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.statistik.sachsen-anhalt.de
  4. ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2003
  5. ↑ StBA: Area changes on 01/01/2009
  6. ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 2nd to December 31st, 2009
  7. ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 01 to December 31, 2010
  8. ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 1st to December 31st, 2011
  9. ^ Law on the incorporation of the city of Gernrode and the municipalities of Bad Suderode and Rieder into the city of Quedlinburg , draft of July 11, 2013
  10. ^ Database census 2011, Thale, Stadt, age + gender
  11. ↑ Contains the data up to 1939
  12. ^ Election City Council 2019 Thale
  13. ↑ State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt, municipal elections 2019 - City of Thale , accessed on October 15, 2019
  14. ↑ Entry at the State Archive of Saxony-Anhalt
  15. ↑ Uwe Kraus: How the "witches" really were , in: Neues Deutschland from October 26, 2018, p. 14
  16. ↑ http://www.waldorfschule-harzvorland.de/ October 13, 2016
  17. ↑ http://www.freieganztagsschule.de/ October 13, 2016
  18. ↑ Cf. Dirk Endisch: The main line Halberstadt-Thale . Korntal-Münchingen 2006, ISBN 3-936893-34-9 .