Büttstedt

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Büttstedt
Büttstedt
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Coordinates: 51 ° 16 '  N , 10 ° 18'  E

Basic data
State : Thuringia
County : Eichsfeld
Management Community : Westerwald-Obereichsfeld
Height : 370 m above sea level NHN
Area : 7.52 km 2
Residents: 856 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 114 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 37359
Area code : 036075
License plate : EIC, HIG, WBS
Community key : 16 0 61 018
LOCODE : DE UTD
Association administration address: Neue Str. 16
37359 Küllstedt
Website : www.buettstedt.de
Mayor : Franz-Josef Degenhardt ( CDU )
Location of the municipality of Büttstedt in the Eichsfeld district
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Büttstedt seen from the southwest.
Church of St Margaretha in Büttstedt
Chancel of the Church of St. Margaretha

Büttstedt is a municipality in the Eichsfeld district in Thuringia . It belongs to the administrative community of Westerwald-Obereichsfeld .

Geographical location

Büttstedt lies in the valley of the Gieße in the Obereichsfeld between the forest areas Westerwald in the west, Wilhelmswald in the south and Hollau in the northeast. The place borders in the west on the nature park Eichsfeld-Hainich-Werratal . The Thuringian Basin extends to the east .

history

Büttstedt was first mentioned in 1124 as "Budestete" , until 1808 the name was subject to several changes. A late Gothic parish church was completely burned out in 1684 and was replaced by a new baroque building between 1731 and 1734. In 1902 a cigar factory was established, which existed until the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Population development

Development of the population (December 31) :

  • 1994: 1072
  • 1995: 1073
  • 1996: 1084
  • 1997: 1075
  • 1998: 1062
  • 1999: 1052
  • 2000: 1039
  • 2001: 1032
  • 2002: 1026
  • 2003: 1019
  • 2004: 1002
  • 2005: 0990
  • 2006: 970
  • 2007: 969
  • 2008: 944
  • 2009: 921
  • 2010: 913
  • 2011: 859
  • 2012: 846
  • 2013: 863
  • 2014: 856
  • 2015: 868
  • 2016: 856
  • 2017: 852
  • 2018: 855
  • 2019: 856
Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

The population of the place is thus clearly declining.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council of Büttstedt consists of eight council members who all belong to the CDU .

(As of: local elections on May 25, 2014)

mayor

The honorary mayor Franz-Josef Degenhardt (CDU) was re-elected on June 5, 2016.

religion

Büttstedt is the seat of the Catholic parish of St. Margaretha. The pastor is Josef Schröter.

economy

The wind farm Büttstedt-Struth included in 2013 35 wind turbines in 470 meters in the ox head , which - fired at night - well dominate the landscape.

Culture and sights

  • St. Margaretha Church
  • Memorial hall for the fallen of both world wars from Büttstedt: to the side of the church, at the entrance to the churchyard. It was built after the First World War. Today it also contains an altar and is used as a mourning hall. After the fall of the Wall, it was restored and expanded to include the fallen soldiers from Büttstedt in World War II. A plaque on the hall commemorates the two German soldiers who died on April 7, 1945 when the Americans marched into town.
  • Weather cross and image of fourteen saints on the southern edge of the village
  • Railway bridge and tunnel entrance of the old cannon railway in the west of the village
  • Yellow lady's slipper in Wilhelmswald

Building in Büttstedt

  • Half-timbered house in Büttstedt

  • World War I memorial chapel

literature

  • Norbert Degenhard: Family book of the Catholic parish Büttstedt (district of Eichsfeld), 1702 to 1887. Leipzig: AMF 2007 (= Central German local family books of the AMF 41)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics  ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ Manfred Stimming (edit.): The documents up to the death of Archbishop. Adalbert I . In: Historical Association for Hesse (Ed.): Mainzer Urkundenbuch . tape I . Darmstadt 1932. (1124)
  3. ↑ Local elections in Thuringia on May 25, 2014. Elections of the community and city council members. Preliminary results. (PDF) The State Returning Officer, accessed on May 22, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Local elections in Thuringia on June 5, 2016. Elections of the community and city council members. Preliminary results. (PDF) The State Returning Officer, accessed on May 22, 2017 .
  5. ↑ http://eichsfeld.thueringer-allgemeine.de/web/eichsfeld/startseite/detail/-/specific/Windpark-Buettstedt-waechst-um-sieben-Anlagen-1892962116 Thüringische Landeszeitung, 23 August 2013

Web links

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