Barchfeld-Immelborn

coat of arms	Germany map
Help on coat of arms	Coordinates: 50 ° 48 '  N , 10 ° 18'  E
Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Wartburg district
Height :	254 m above sea level NHN
Area :	23.98 km 2
Residents:	4607 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	192 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	36456
Area code :	036961
License plate :	WAK, SLZ
Community key :	16 0 63 004
Address of the municipal administration:	Nürnberger Str. 63 36456 OT Barchfeld Municipality of Barchfeld-Immerborn
Website :	www.barchfeld-immelborn.de
Mayor :	Ralph Gross
Location of the community of Barchfeld-Immelborn in the Wartburg district

Barchfeld-Immelborn is a municipality in the Wartburg district in Thuringia .

geography

The district of Immelborn

The community is located in the southeastern part of the Wartburg district. The municipality is bounded in the north by the area of ​​the municipality of Moorgrund and in the east by the city of Bad Liebenstein . In the south, the border with Breitungen / Werra is also the boundary between the Wartburg district and the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district . The district town of Bad Salzungen borders in the west .

Community structure

Barchfeld-Immelborn consists of the districts Barchfeld and Immelborn . The settlements Übelroda , Ettmarshausen and Hauenhof belong to the district of Immelborn . The municipality's administrative seat is Barchfeld.

history

Community structure

The towns of Barchfeld and Immelborn on the Werra have long historical, cultural, economic and infrastructural connections. Since 1994 they have been working together in the Barchfeld administrative community. The mayors of Barchfeld and Immelborn signed the integration agreement on November 2, 2011, following the consensus of the municipal councils of both municipalities involved. After the approval of the responsible local supervisory authority of the district office of the Wartburg district and the interior committee of the Thuringian state parliament , the state parliament approved the integration on November 22, 2012. On December 31, 2012, the municipality of Immelborn was incorporated into the municipality of Barchfeld and the extended municipality was renamed Barchfeld-Immelborn. At the same time, the Barchfeld administrative community was dissolved.

Population development

Development of the population of the municipality (December 31) :

2012 - 4,770 2013 - 4,756 2014 - 4,694 2015 - 4,803 2016 - 4,731 2017 - 4,706

2018 - 4,641 2019 - 4,607

Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

politics

Municipal council

The town council of Barchfeld-Immelborn consists of 16 councilors.

• CDU : 5 seats (35.5%)
• The left : 2 seats (10.6%)
• SPD / IG Barchfeld-Immelborn: 5 seats (30.2%)
• Free community of voters Immelborn: 3 seats (18.9%)
• Voters' alliance History & Castle Association: 1 seat (4.8%)

(As of: local election on May 26, 2019 )

mayor

The full-time mayor Ralph Groß was elected on June 6, 2010. In the mayoral election in 2016, he was only able to defend his office in the runoff election with just 55.6%.

Economy and Infrastructure

Gravel mining

The Immelborn gravel plant (2011)

The existing gravel deposits in the Werraaue were explored at the beginning of the 20th century in the search for potash deposits.Since 1964, large-scale quarry ponds have been created between Barchfeld and Immelborn with the Immelborn gravel pit , which since the 1980s have also been developed for tourism as a bathing lake , for water sports and with a campsite . Gravel mining continues to this day in mining field III north of Immelborn, there is a gravel works on the outskirts of Immelborn.

Commercial areas

The municipality has three designated industrial parks, on which primarily metal processing, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering companies have settled:

• The Hartmetallwerk industrial park is located on the eastern outskirts of Immelborn. It has a total area of ​​14.7 hectares.
• The industrial area in the Vorwerk. is located on the south-eastern outskirts of Barchfeld. It has a total area of ​​23.26 hectares.
• The Am Eisberg industrial park . is located on the northeastern outskirts of Barchfeld. The area covers approx. 58.3 hectares of construction area. The development took place in two construction phases.

traffic

The municipal area is crossed by the federal highway 62 , which joins the federal highway 19 in Barchfeld . The nearest motorways A4 near Eisenach (around 30 km) and A 71 near Meiningen (35 km) can be reached via the B19. With the completion of the Werra Valley Bridge of the B 62, it will flow north of Barchfeld onto the B 19, which already has a bypass running east of the town. The through traffic of Immelborn and Barchfeld will in future be relieved of through traffic on both federal highways.

The district of Immelborn has been on the Werra Railway (Eisenach – Lichtenfels) since 1859 . In Immelborn station , the Immelborn – Steinbach railway branched off from 1889 , which led via Barchfeld to Bad Liebenstein and from 1927 to Steinbach and was shut down in 1973. Today the trains of the Süd-Thüringen-Bahn commute on the Eisenach - Bad Salzungen - Meiningen - Grimmenthal - Hildburghausen - Eisfeld - Sonneberg line . The closest connection to the Intercity and ICE network of Deutsche Bahn is at Eisenach station .

Public transport

Bus routes operated by the Wartburgmobil transport company connect the community with Bad Liebenstein , Bad Salzungen , Brotterode and Möhra , as well as a bus route operated by the Meininger Busbetrieb with Breitungen , Wasungen and Schmalkalden .

Web links

Commons : Barchfeld-Immelborn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics  ( help on this ).
2. ^ Thuringian law on the voluntary reorganization of municipalities belonging to the district in 2012 , draft law of the state government, printed matter 5/4714
3. ↑ Local elections in Thuringia on May 26, 2019. Elections of the community and city council members. Preliminary results. The regional returning officer, accessed on May 29, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Local elections in Thuringia on June 6, 2010. Elections for community and city council members. Preliminary results. The regional returning officer, accessed on June 6, 2010 . 
5. ↑ Mayoral election 2016 , wahlen.thueringen.de, accessed on June 2, 2019
6. ↑ District Office Wartburgkreis (Ed.) The business location Wartburgkreis - City of Eisenach. Info folder Bad Salzungen / Eisenach 1998, p. 26.
7. ↑ Business parks in the Wartburg region. In: Wartburgkreis-Online. Archived from the original on May 15, 2011 ; Retrieved February 18, 2010 . 
8. ↑ Business park “Im Vorwerk”. In: Barchfeld - Werra. Retrieved February 18, 2010 .