Ashara

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Ashara
Ashara coat of arms
Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 20 ″  N , 10 ° 40 ′ 49 ″  E
Height : 243  (210–260)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 8.09 km²
Residents : 443  (December 31, 2015)
Population density : 55 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1994
Postal code : 99947
Area code : 03603
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Location of Aschara in Bad Langensalza
Daycare and Church
Daycare and Church

Aschara is a district of the town of Bad Langensalza in Thuringia with about 440 inhabitants.

Geographical location

The place is about six kilometers south of the outskirts of Bad Langensalza on the southeast slope of the Ascherberg (310 m above sea level), along Bach's White Bach . The closest villages are Eckardtsleben in the north, Burgtonna in the east, Ballstädt in the southeast, Westhausen in the south, Wiegleben in the west and Henningsleben in the northwest. The traffic connection is via the B 247 between Gotha and Bad Langensalza, Aschara junction via the country road 2125, and from the direction of Burgtonna via the Ascharer Straße. The Fahner Höhe is about 4 km west of the village.

history

In the Hersfeld Monastery register of properties , the village appears among the donations made by Charlemagne to the monastery until the death of its founder Lullus in 786. In 2011, Aschara will celebrate its (at least) 1,225th anniversary. In 932, Heinrich I exchanged the village for other possessions to the abbot of Hersfeld Monastery. The lords of Aschare gave the place to the lords of Salza (Bad Langensalza) and these (probably around 1410) to the lords of Gleichen . 1634 came the place with the rule Tonna as a result of a succession contract to the Baron von Tautenburg and Frauenprießnitz and after his death in 1640 to the Count of Waldeck . Aschara fell to Duke Friedrich I of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg through a purchase contract of 1677 . In the north of the village there is a hill, on the south side of which wine was grown in the Middle Ages, but with poor yield. The elevation is now cut through by the railway line to Bad Langensalza, the western part is the vineyard with a height of 268 m on which a Dutch windmill from 1848 stands, the eastern part is called Wartberg .

On January 1, 1994, Aschara was incorporated into Bad Langensalza.

District Mayor

The district mayor of Aschara is Dieter Kraußlach.

Culture and sights

Buildings

  • Church
    According to Beck , there was a small chapel above the village, probably on the vineyard , of which remnants could still be seen in the 18th century. A linden tree was planted on the square. The church, which was built before the Reformation (before 1517), had to be demolished in 1748 due to its dilapidation. The foundation stone for the construction of the St. Petri Church was laid on May 28, 1749. Inside the church you can see the organ created by the organ builder Johann Valentin Nößler in 1750 .
  • Old bakery
    Restored half-timbered house in the center of the village
  • Stone cross
    ( location → ): About 600 m north of the village there is an old stone cross under a tree on the western edge of the road in the direction of Eckardtsleben. Here a field path branches off to the west on the boundary to Eckardtsleben. The stone cross has other popular names as well: Schwedenkreuz, Taternkreuz . Field names also refer to the cross: Beim Kreuzchen, Totenrain . The cross has slightly widened arms with rounded edges and a cup on the top of the head. The background to the installation is unknown.
  • Former windmill
    ( location → ): At 268 m above sea level. NN high     vineyard is the rest of a former windmill.

Museums

  • The beehive bell from the 12th century on display in the Apolda Bell Museum is considered the oldest preserved bell in the area of ​​the Thuringian regional church. It is owned by the evang.-luth. Parish of Ashara.

Photo gallery

  • Entrance from Aschara on July 11, 1958: "First socialist village in the Bad Langensalza district"

  • church

  • Church door

  • Former bakery

  • Stone cross and windmill near Aschara

economy

The economy of the place is characterized by agriculture. A few craft businesses are also located here. The largest companies are an agricultural machinery company and a vehicle and mechanical engineering company. Aschara is also known for a meat factory of the same name, which moved to a new industrial park on the outskirts of Bad Langensalza around 1985.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the place

  • Curt Ludwig (1902–1989), Police President of Bremen, politician (NSDAP) and SS leader

Web links

Commons : Ashara  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Municipalities in Germany by area and population. (XLSX; 1.6 MB) See under: Thuringia, No. 15760 . In: Destatis website. Federal Statistical Office, December 31, 1992, accessed on November 2, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c Information on the Aschara district. In: Website of the city of Bad Langensalza. December 31, 2015, accessed February 28, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c d August Beck : History of the Gothaischen Land. Volume 3: History of the Gothic country towns, market towns and villages in alphabetical order. Part 1: Altenbergen - Mechterstedt. Thienemann, Gotha 1875, pp. 19-25 .
  4. ^ Frank Störzner : Stone crosses in Thuringia. Catalog district Erfurt (= Weimar monographs on prehistory and early history. 10, ISSN  0232-265X ). Museum for Pre- and Early History of Thuringia, Weimar 1984, p. 62, cat. No. 112, Fig. 117, ( digitized version ).
  5. ↑ Atonement Crosses and Murder Stones. In: www.suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved February 28, 2019.