Blankenheim (district of Mansfeld-Südharz)

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	Coordinates: 51 ° 30 '  N , 11 ° 26'  E
Basic data
State :	Saxony-Anhalt
County :	Mansfeld-Südharz
Association municipality :	Mansfeld Grund-Helbra
Height :	280 m above sea level NHN
Area :	14.86 km 2
Residents:	1159 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	78 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	06528
Area code :	034659
License plate :	MSH, EIL, HET, ML, SGH
Community key :	15 0 87 070
Association administration address:	At the hut 1 06311 Helbra
Website :	www.verwaltungsamt-helbra.de
Mayor :	André Strobach ( FDP )
Location of the community of Blankenheim in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz

Blankenheim is a municipality that belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Mansfelder Grund-Helbra and is located in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz in the state of Saxony-Anhalt . The Röhrgraben creek , which flows westwards, begins in Blankenheim .

Geographical location

Blankenheim is located on the Hornburger Sattel in the southeastern Harz foreland on state road 151 between Emseloh and Lutherstadt Eisleben . A railway line runs through the village with the Magdeburg – Erfurt line on a section of the Berlin – Blankenheim line and the Göttingen – Halle (Saale) line on the Halle – Hann railway line. Münden , which here leads through an 875 m long tunnel. To the west of the village lies the Utenfelde desert .

history

Gut Klosterrode

St. Lamberti Church in Blankenheim

The first documentary mention of Blankenheim took place in 1181. The further development of the place is closely connected with the history of the Premonstratensian monastery (1147–1543) Rode in today's district of Klosterrode .

Blankenheim belonged to the Sangerhausen office of the Kingdom of Saxony until 1815 and then came to the Merseburg administrative district of the Prussian province of Saxony . From 1952 to 1990 Blankenheim belonged to the GDR district of Halle.

For many decades, the place was under the manor of Klosterrode, which belonged to the Count von der Schulenburg and had the right of patronage over the church in Blankenheim and, until 1848, the higher and lower courts over the place.

During the Second World War , 16 people died in Blankenheim as a result of US air raids and 70 people died as soldiers.

politics

coat of arms

The coat of arms was developed by the Magdeburg local heraldist Jörg Mantzsch and approved by the district on November 6, 2007.

Blazon : "A green oak with acorns growing out of a raised green shield base, in the shield base a round, arched, black breakthrough, bordered by silver house stones and covered with silver miners' teeth."

The colors of the municipality are - derived from the tincture of the main coat of arms motif (oak) and the tincture of the shield - green - white.

flag

The flag is green and white (1: 1) striped and has the municipal coat of arms in the center - with vertical stripes in the longitudinal form and with horizontal stripes in the cross form.

Culture and sights

• Memorial stone at the entrance to the primary school in Blankenheim- Riestedt ( Paul Beck Oberschule during the GDR era ) for the communist city ​​councilor of Sangerhausen, Paul Beck, who died as a result of his stay in the concentration camp and prison in 1940

traffic

Blankenheim has the Blankenheim station (Kr Sangerhausen) on the Halle – Hann railway line. Münden on the southern outskirts near the Blankenheimer tunnel , at the eastern end of which the Berlin – Blankenheim railway ends. There are also bus connections from the Südharz transport company to the surrounding towns.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt, population of the municipalities - as of December 31, 2019 (PDF) (update) ( help ).
2. ↑ ^{a b} Official Journal of the District No. 6/2007, p. 13/14 ( Memento of the original from April 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

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

• Homepage of the community of Blankenheim-Klosterrode
• Homepage of the district