Auwallenburg
Auwallenburg is part of the Trusetal district of the town of Brotterode-Trusetal in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district in Thuringia . The settlement of Auwallenburg, which was built in the 14th century at the latest, existed as an independent place until 1936 and then formed the place Herges-Auwallenburg . The place belonged to the office of Schmalkalden of the Hessian rule Schmalkalden .
In 1416, the Hörigensiedlung at the foot of Wallenburg Castle was named Aue . The place name frequently used in Germany needed an addition: from 1720 this place name was changed to Au-Wallenburg and from 1832 Aue-Wallenburg became common. As early as the end of the 16th century, 52 households in the valley floor were mentioned, and agriculture and charcoal making still determined the lives of forest farmers. A small quarry was used for self-supply with building materials. A barite quarry was the first mine in the local area, due to the rapidly expanding mining operations in the 18th century, the center of Auwallenburg gradually merged with the neighboring Herges.
The community of Trusetal was founded on July 1, 1950 by the merger of the towns of Herges-Auwallenburg, Trusen , Elmenthal and Laudenbach . In 1994 the place Wahles was added. In 2011, Brotterode was incorporated into Trusetal and renamed Brotterode-Trusetal.
literature
- Between Ruhla, Bad Liebenstein and Schmalkalden. Results of the local history inventory in the areas of Ruhla and Schmalkalden (= values of our homeland . 48). Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-05-000378-2 , p. 96 f.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 47 ' N , 10 ° 25' E