Bad Liebenstein (municipality)
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Coordinates: 50 ° 49 ' N , 10 ° 21' E |
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| State : | Thuringia | |
| County : | Wartburg district | |
| Height : | 344 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 48.81 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 7748 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 159 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 36448 | |
| Area code : | 036961 | |
| License plate : | WAK, SLZ | |
| Community key : | 16 0 63 099 | |
| City structure: | 5 districts | |
City administration address : |
Bahnhofstrasse 22 36448 Bad Liebenstein |
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| Mayor : | Michael Brodführer | |
| Location of the city of Bad Liebenstein in the Wartburg district | ||
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Bad Liebenstein is a small town in the Wartburg district in Thuringia . It was re-established on December 31, 2012 through the dissolution of the previously independent municipalities of Bad Liebenstein , Schweina and Steinbach .
Geographical location
Bad Liebenstein is located in the north-western area of the Thuringian Forest . In the natural spatial structure, this part is called the Ruhla Thuringian Forest , which merges into the Brotteroder Thuringian Forest . Framed in a cauldron-like valley by Aschenberg (452 m), Antoniusberg (395 m) and Heidelberg (400 m) in the Salzunger Werrabergland , the heights rise to the Rennsteig up to the Birkenheide (717 m), the Gerberstein (728 m) and the Großer Weißenberg (746 m).
The location of the former train station is used to determine the height . This is 344 m. The lowest point of the community is at Meimers at 267 m, while the highest point is on the Great Weissenberg.
Larger cities like Eisenach in the north and Meiningen in the south are about 30 kilometers away. About 15 kilometers away are Bad Salzungen in the west and Schmalkalden in the southeast. The Thuringian state capital Erfurt is about 60 kilometers northeast.
climate
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Average temperature for Bad Liebenstein
Source: weather.msn.com -Bad Liebenstein
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“The city is located in a basin-like valley location, the surrounding mountains in the eastern hemisphere up to 450 m above sea level. Rise above sea level. Bad Liebenstein belongs to the central German mountain and hill country climate, which merges into the German low mountain range in the northeast. The average annual precipitation is 730 millimeters. In the presence of humid air masses and south-westerly winds, the city gets into the congestion area of the Thuringian Forest with cloudy, rainy weather. In the case of a north-easterly air supply, the influence of the hairdryer becomes noticeable. The most common occurrences are fair weather (32% of the year), followed by showers (26%), bad weather (23%) and cloudiness (19%). Summer days were counted 21 times a year, hot days an average of three. Overall, Bad Liebenstein offers mild to very mild climatic stimuli. In the cold season, the climatic stimuli are stronger, but the wind protection of the valley location ensures that only a third of the days are extremely cold . During clear, calm nights, a cold air lake is formed, the drainage possibilities of which through the Grumbach valley are very limited. However, the cold air lake is occasionally destroyed at night by winds blowing down into the valley from the Thuringian Forest. "
Neighboring communities
With the community merger on January 1, 2013, the city has the following neighboring communities, starting clockwise in the southwest: Barchfeld-Immelborn , Moorgrund and Ruhla in the Wartburg district and Brotterode-Trusetal and Breitungen / Werra in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district .
| Moorgrund, OT Etterlösungen | Ruhla | Brotterode-Trusetal, OT Brotterode |
| Moorgrund, OT Gumpelstadt |
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Brotterode-Trusetal, OT Laudenbach |
| Barchfeld-Immelborn, OT Barchfeld | Spreads | Brotterode-Trusetal, OT Trusetal |
history
The development of the places Schweina, Steinbach and Liebenstein as Altensteiner Oberland is closely linked.
As early as October 1, 1923, a large community of Bad Liebenstein was founded for the first time through the merger of Bad Liebenstein, Bairoda, Steinbach, Marienthal and Schweina, which was dissolved again in July 1924. From July 1, 1950, Bairoda and Schweina again belonged to the Bad Liebenstein community, during which time Schweina was officially called Bad Liebenstein 2 . This existed until March 31, 1974. On April 1, 1974 Schweina became an independent municipality again (only the district of Altenstein with the castle of the same name remained with the spa town of Bad Liebenstein), while Bairoda was reclassified to Meimers. On August 13, 1993 Meimers was incorporated into Bad Liebenstein.
From 2000 there were renewed plans to merge Bad Liebenstein, Schweina and Steinbach to form the "Altensteiner Oberland", which was initially rejected in 2004 by a referendum in Schweina. In 2011, the Free State of Thuringia rejected the formation of a rural community from the communities of Schweina and Steinbach without the inclusion of Bad Liebenstein, whereupon on November 2, 2011 the mayors of all three communities concluded a contract on the formation of a unified community . With the Thuringian law on the voluntary reorganization of municipalities belonging to the district in 2012 , the municipalities of Bad Liebenstein, Schweina and Steinbach were dissolved on December 31, 2012 and a new city was formed, which bears the name Bad Liebenstein .
politics
City and administrative division
The city is divided into the districts of Bad Liebenstein, Schweina, Steinbach, Meimers and Bairoda , with Bad Liebenstein, Meimers and Bairoda receiving a common district constitution .
The districts of Bad Liebenstein include the Raboldsgrube , Sorga , Wolfsberg and Altenstein settlements . The hamlet of Schweina includes the small settlements and settlement parts of Glücksbrunner Werke , Profisch , Marienthal and Glücksbrunn , and Steinbach the small settlement of Atterode .
mayor
In the first mayor election after the new community was formed on March 10, 2013, the former mayor of Bad Liebenstein, Michael Brodführer (at that time non-party for the CDU), and the former mayor of Schweina, Jürgen Holland-Nell (SPD), competed against each other. Michael Brodführer clearly won the election with 70.1% of the vote. In the mayoral election on January 6, 2019, Brodführer was re-elected with 68.8% of the vote.
City council
The city council election on May 26, 2019 resulted in the following distribution of the 20 seats in the city council:
| Parties and constituencies |
Voices 2019 |
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Seats 2019 |
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| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 5,323 | 48.6 | 10 | |
| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 888 | 8.1 | 2 (−1) | |
| FWG | Free voter community Bad Liebenstein | 1,695 | 15.5 | 3 | |
| LEFT | The left | 1,621 | 14.8 | 3 (+1) | |
| GREEN | Alliance 90 / The Greens | 694 | 6.3 | 1 | |
| FDP / BVB | Free Democratic Party / Bad Liebenstein Citizens' Association | 740 | 6.8 | 1 | |
| total | 12,515 | 100.0 | 20th | ||
| Voter turnout in% | 56.0 | ||||
The mayor is also entitled to vote in the city council.
Election results
The source of the election results for the city of Bad Liebenstein is the regional returning officer of Thuringia.
| Political party | Bundestag 2013 |
Bundestag 2017 |
State Parliament 2014 |
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| CDU | 38.7% | 29.1% | 37.1% | |
| The left | 23.1% | 17.3% | 29.7% | |
| SPD | 19.3% | 15.1% | 11.9% | |
| AfD | 5.3% | 22.1% | 9.1% | |
| Green | 4.0% | 3.3% | 3.5% | |
| NPD | 3.7% | 1.4% | 4.3% | |
| FDP | 1.9% | 6.7% | 1.9% | |
| Pirates | 1.8% | 0.4% | - | |
| Free voters | 1.5% | 2.0% | 1.3% | |
| According to the number of valid second votes | ||||
Town twinning
Bad Liebenstein's twin towns have been Melsungen in Hesse since 1990 and Tréon in the French region of Center-Val de Loire since 1992 .
coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved on January 26, 2015 by the Thuringian State Administration.
Blazon : "In red a silver, gold nimbed saint, garment and cuffs bordered in green, holding a green palm branch in the right hand, the left leaning on a silver grate."
The coat of arms was designed by the municipal heraldist Jörg Mantzsch . It shows Saint Laurentius , the patron saint of the Schweina church. Attributes such as steadfastness, loyalty to the people and charity are associated with it. For centuries, the places that belong to the city today were connected to the Sprengel of the Laurentiuskirche, the image of which was used in several seals. With the formation of the unified community, the city took over the name from Bald Liebenstein, from Schweina the coat of arms symbol of Laurentius.
Culture and sights
Attractions
- Friedenskirche
- Altenstein Castle
- Liebenstein Castle
- Marienthaler Schlösschen
- Glücksbrunn Palace
- Altensteiner cave
- Bad Liebenstein Zoo
- Luther monument
- historical post office
- Area natural monument rock theater Bad Liebenstein
- Baroque church Steinbach from 1736 with mountain cemetery
- 1000-year-old linden tree in Bairoda
Sports
The Glasbach race , which has been taking place annually since 2011, is known nationwide and is driven over 5.5 km and 260 m altitude difference up to the Rennsteig above the Steinbach district and has established itself as Germany's longest hill climb .
The SG luck Brunn Schweina is the most important football club in the city; He currently plays (2017/18 season) in the sixth class Thuringia league .
In the Steinbach district there is a ski jumping facility that was inaugurated in 1934 and has since been closed.
Economy and Infrastructure
Commercial and industrial
Historically, mining was of importance in the area of today's unified municipality, especially around Steinbach and Atterode , with which a grinding industry developed, which has existed in Steinbach to a limited extent to this day. Industrial settlements in the 19th and 20th centuries, especially in Bad Liebenstein (lighting plant) and Marienthal (metal processing industry) were largely shut down by the end of the 20th century and the facilities were demolished at the beginning of the 21st century. Today the city is mainly characterized by tourism, the Bad Liebenstein district is significant as a health resort.
education
In the municipality there are three kindergartens, two elementary schools and the state regular school "Altensteiner Oberland". The TÜV-Akademie Altenstein offers courses and courses in adult qualification. The two closest grammar schools have been the Albert Schweitzer grammar school in Ruhla and the grammar school in Bad Salzungen since the Herzog Georg grammar school in Bad Liebenstein was closed in 2007.
traffic
The federal highway 4 leads north past the Thuringian Forest. The next runs to reach Bad Liebenstein are Waltershausen and Sättelstädt . The two federal highways 19 and 62 lead past the municipality near Barchfeld and can therefore be reached after a few kilometers of the country road.
There are regular bus connections between Bad Liebenstein and Eisenach (via Gumpelstadt ), to Bad Salzungen (via Barchfeld-Immelborn) and via Trusetal to Brotterode . Three lines operated by the Wartburgmobil transport company operate within the urban area :
| line | Line route | operator | Cycle Mon-Fri | Clock Sa | Sun / public holidays |
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| 41 | Bus station - Steinbach - Altenstein - Schweina - bus station | VUW | 60-120 ' | 60-120 ' | 60-120 ' |
| 42 | Bus station - Meimers - Bairoda - bus station | VUW | 60-120 ' | 60-120 ' | 60-120 ' |
| 43 | Bus station - Steinbach - Schweina - Meimers - Bairoda - bus station | VUW | 13 courses | no traffic | no traffic |
After the traffic on the railroad track Immelborn-Steinbach in 1968 has been set, the nearest railway stations are Bahnhof Immelborn on the Werrabahn and the train to Eisenach in the Thuringian Railway . Eisenach has an ICE system stop, so that there are hourly Germany-wide connections from there.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).
- ^ Bioclimatic report for Bad Liebenstein by the Meteorological Service of the GDR, FI for Bioklimatologie Berlin-Buch, October 29, 1968
- ↑ The planned rural community between Schweina and Steinbach is not approved by the Thuringian state government , accessed on February 7, 2013
- ^ Common Oberland: treaty signed. on: insuedthueringen.de November 3, 2011, accessed November 4, 2011
- ↑ § 11 Thuringian law on the voluntary restructuring of municipalities belonging to the district in 2012 from December 11, 2012 (GVBl. P. 446)
- ↑ http://daten.verwaltungsportal.de/daten/rechtsgrundlagen/kmbt_c20020130207185315.pdf Main statute of the city of Bad Liebenstein from January 24, 2013
- ↑ http://www.insuedthueringen.de/lokal/bad_salzungen/fwstzslzlokal/Deutliche-Mehrheit-fuer-Michael-Brodfuehrer-in-Bad-Liebenstein;art83434,2418637
- ↑ Mayor election Bad Liebenstein 2019 on wahlen.thueringen.de, accessed on January 7, 2019
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- ^ Thuringian State Office for Statistics - State Returning Officer
- ↑ City partnership association Bad Liebenstein ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on October 13, 2017
- ↑ Jörg Mantzsch : The coat of arms of the city of Bad Liebenstein, documentation on the approval process , deposited with the Wartburgkreis 2014 (expert opinion: Main State Archive Weimar)
- ↑ Official Gazette of the City of Bad Liebenstein No. 6/2016 Friday, October 28, 2016 4th year | https://rathaus.bad-liebenstein.de/fileadmin/templates/pdf/Amtsblatt/2016/Amtsblatt__Ausgabe__6-2016.pdf
- ↑ Verkehrsgesellschaft Wartburgmobil - regional transport offers and current timetables from June 1, 2019
Districts: Bad Liebenstein | Schweina | Steinbach | Bairoda | Meimers
Settlements: Altenstein | Atterode | Glücksbrunn | Glücksbrunner Works | Marienthal | Profisch | Raboldsgrube | Sorga | Wolfsberg
Office of Creuzburg | Bad Liebenstein | Bad Salzungen | Barchfeld-Immelborn | Berka vd Hainich | Bischofroda | Buttlar | Dermbach | Empfertshausen | Frankenroda | Geisa | Barley ground | Barley | Hallings | Hörselberg-Hainich | Krauthausen | Krayenberg Community | Lauterbach | Leimbach | Moorgrund | Nazza | Oxen | Ruhla | Schleid | Seebach | Treffurt | Unterbreizbach | Vacha | Weilar | Werra-Suhl Valley | Wiesenthal | Wutha Farnroda