Bebra (Sondershausen)

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Bebra
District town Sondershausen
Coordinates: 51 ° 21 ′ 43 "  N , 10 ° 50 ′ 18"  E
Height : 225 m above sea level NN
Incorporation : 1922
Postal code : 99706
Area code : 03632
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Location of the Bebra district
in Sondershausen
View of Bebra
View of Bebra

Bebra is a district of Sondershausen in the Kyffhäuserkreis in Thuringia , was incorporated in 1922 and first mentioned in a document in 1202.

Geographical location

The village is located on the Bebra , a tributary of the Wipper , southwest of Sondershausen , between the ridge called Hainleite with the legendary Totenberg and the Eichenberg, behind which the Frauenberg towers.

Church of St. George in Bebra
The Bebra in Sondershausen

history

The village had no church of its own in its almost thousand-year history until around 1700. For a long time the religious community was a branch of the canon monastery of Jechaburg , which is rich in churches and countries and is only a little above Bebra.

With the economic development towards the end of the 19th century , the number of inhabitants also increased. While there were just 383 residents in 1819, there were already 651 in 1854. This number was increased in the following years by mining and a still developing electrical industry. This is how the Petersen shaft and the train station were built, parts of which are still in Bebra's corridor today. Until 1918 the place belonged to the rule of the principality Schwarzburg-Sondershausen . Shortly after reunification in 1990, potash mining was stopped and the "Werk West" section of VEB Elektroinstallation was closed, which led to high unemployment.

Culture and sights

The “Blau-Weiß” carnival association exists in the village. Besides the mills on the river Bebra and the church of St. Georg, the Bebra ponds are worth seeing. There is an outdoor swimming pool and pond for paddling and pedal boating, as well as a bungalow complex.

Personalities

The conductor and university professor Olaf Koch (1932–2001) was born in Bebra.

Web links

Commons : Bebra  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  • First mention of Thuringian cities and villages up to 1300; Ed .: Harald Rockstuhl, 2001, ISBN 3-934748-58-9
  • Declaration of love to a city - Sondershausen, Ed .: Image archive Röttig, 2000
  • Architectural and art monuments of the principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, first issue: Die Unterherrschaft, 1886, author: F. Apfelstedt