Bechstedt

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Bechstedt (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
Help on coat of arms	Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′  N , 11 ° 11 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Fulfilling municipality :	Koenigsee
Height :	375 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.48 km 2
Residents:	147 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density :	42 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	07426
Area code :	036730
License plate :	SLF, RU
Community key :	16 0 73 006
Association administration address:	Hauptstrasse 40 07429 Sitzendorf
Mayor :	Jürgen Patschull (FW)
Location of the municipality of Bechstedt in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district

former manor

Bechstedt is a municipality in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district in Thuringia .

geography

Bechstedt is located in the Thuringian Forest Nature Park . The place is located north of Sitzendorf on a hilly plateau in the Thuringian slate mountains. The Feldmark is often interrupted by forests and valleys. In terms of transport, the village is connected to the tourist area via the district road 131 and the Schwarzatalbahn railway line .

history

Bechstedt was first mentioned in a document about 1267 according to Dobecker, IV 143. The village was and is dominated by forests, agriculture and tourism. Until 1918 the place belonged to the sovereignty of the Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt .

Since 1993 Bechstedt belonged to the administrative community Middle Schwarzatal . After its dissolution on January 1, 2019, Königsee is a fulfilling municipality for Bechstedt.

politics

The council of the municipality of Bechstedt consists of six members of a free electoral group (status: municipal election on June 7, 2009).

The honorary mayor Jürgen Patschull was elected on June 27, 2004 and re-elected on June 6, 2010 and June 5, 2016.

Culture and sights

Regular events

For the setting of the maypole on May 1st and the big May bonfire, young and old meet to welcome spring. Another important event is the fair , which takes place on the second weekend in October.

Historical monuments

Memorial on the north-western edge of the village

At the edge of the village in the direction of Allendorf, a memorial stone erected in 1965 commemorates an excess of violence by the SS . Both of them died in a physical argument between a Pole and the farmer who was assigned to him. Thereupon the SS ordered the public hanging of eleven Polish prisoners of war from the Buchenwald concentration camp in December 1941 as an "expiatory measure" . As a “deterrent”, all available forced laborers from the area had to be present at the execution.

Economy and Infrastructure

The developed country road that comes from Allendorf ends in Bechstedt . The Schwarzatalbahn stops approximately every hour at the Bechstedt Trippstein stop . The school bus comes twice a day and takes the children to and from school in Königsee. The mobile bakery and butcher offer shopping opportunities.

Web links

Commons : Bechstedt  - 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. ^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. 5th, improved and considerably enlarged edition. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 27.
3. ↑ Thuringian Association of the Persecuted of the Nazi Regime - Association of Antifascists and Study Group of German Resistance 1933–1945 (Ed.): Local history guide to sites of resistance and persecution 1933–1945. Volume 8: Thuringia. VAS - Verlag für Akademische Schriften, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-88864-343-0 , p. 232.