Brotterode
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Brotterode
City of Brotterode-Trusetal
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| Height : | 573 m |
| Area : | 23.81 km² |
| Residents : | 2750 (Dec. 31, 2010) |
| Population density : | 115 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | December 1, 2011 |
| Incorporated into: | Truse Valley |
| Postal code : | 98596 |
| Area code : | 036840 |
 Location of Brotterode in Brotterode-Trusetal
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 The town hall in Brotterode
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Brotterode was an independent town , which was merged on December 1, 2011 as part of a regional reform with the municipality of Trusetal to form the new town of Brotterode-Trusetal in the district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen in Thuringia / Germany and is now part of this newly formed municipality.
geography
Brotterode is located in the Thuringian Forest at the foot of the Großer Inselsberg , directly on the Rennsteig between Tabarz and Trusetal on the upper reaches of the Truse .
history
The first written mention of the place was on April 27, 1039 as Brunwardesrot . The place was probably around 1360 the seat of a bailiwick with a castle Brotterode which later almost completely disappeared . The church, which was under the patronage of Henneberg around 1390, belonged to the Archdiocese of Mainz . In the association of the Schmalkalden rulership , Brotterode came from initially landgrave Thuringian subordination in the late Middle Ages under Hessian and Henneberg condominium and became completely Hessian in 1583. Brotterode was the seat of the small office of Brotterode and during the French occupation between 1806 and 1814 the main town of the canton of Brotterode . After the administrative reform in the Electorate of Hesse, the Brotterode District Court was established in the Schmalkalden district in 1821 .
In addition to wood processing , iron mining and processing have been at home since the Middle Ages, from which the small iron industry and wire drawing, tobacco processing and later vehicle electrics developed in the 19th century.
In 1895 Brotterode had 2,358 inhabitants. On July 10, 1895, 729 of the town's 842 buildings were destroyed in a major fire, killing five people. After that, Brotterode was rebuilt as planned and received sewerage.
The construction work was supported by a 600 mm Heeresfeldbahn Brotterode – Wernshausen (later the Trusebahn ), which began freight traffic on May 11, 1896. In 1898 a railway connection was established via Kleinschmalkalden to Schmalkalden with the district's own railway line Kleinschmalkalden – Brotterode . Traffic was stopped again in 1964.
Brotterode has been sought out as a summer resort or winter sports resort since around 1900. Organized winter sports began in 1905 with the establishment of an association to promote winter sports. The focus was in particular on cross-country skiing, bobsleigh, luge and ski jumping . The latter took off with the construction of the first ski jump on Inselberg from 1920 onwards. With the step-in Otto Brandt, a winter sports enthusiast took part in the Olympic Winter Games for the first time in 1936. In the same year Brotterode was raised to town.
In 1936 Brotterode was raised to the rank of town.
During the Second World War , more than 700 prisoners of war as well as women and men from the countries occupied by Germany had to do forced labor : in plant IV of the company Wissner in the Stollenwiesen , in the bakery Wehner , in the company E. Schwarzkopf , in the company G. Malsch , in the company H.Schmauch , in the company L.Brandt , in the city administration , in the forestry and in the power station .
Since 1952, the holiday business took off and Brotterode developed into a center of winter sports .
On December 1, 2011, the town of Brotterode was incorporated into the municipality of Trusetal and the municipality of Trusetal was renamed the town of Brotterode-Trusetal.
Population development
Development of the population (December 31) :
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Mean change per year since 1994: ∅ = −38.5 (−1.27%)
- Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics
coat of arms
Blazon : "Two crossed golden mountain hammers in green, covered with a golden chisel."
The current form of the coat of arms was adopted on January 16, 1950. The coat of arms motif appeared for the first time in 1726 on a seal with the inscription AMT UND ZENTH BROTROT .
Town twinning
- Bad Vilbel , Germany
- Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux , France
Culture and sights
Brotterode is a state-approved resort .
Culture
In the 1930s, the Saxon pedagogue and poet Fritz Deubner was the principal of the school. He became known as the author of numerous poems and short stories.
St. Nicholas Church
In 1895 a fire raged in the village, which destroyed almost all houses, including the baroque church. Empress Auguste Viktoria supported the construction of a new church with 1,000 seats, which was carried out between 1898 and 1900. The result was a neo-Gothic church interior with impressive altar windows: in the middle the inviting Christ in the red robe of love. To the left of it Peter in a blue-violet robe (stands for faith), and to the right Paul in a green robe (stands for hope).
Natural monuments
The Rennsteig marks the northern boundary of Brotterode, in its course you come across the Beerberg grotto , it is located on the western slope of the Beerbergstein .
Sports
Brotterode is known as a winter sports resort because of its ski jump, the Inselbergschanze , on which an international jumping takes place every year. Numerous ski jumpers and other winter sports enthusiasts from Brotterode were successful nationally and internationally:
- Werner Lesser (four-time German champion, two-time Olympic participant in 1956 and 1960)
- Dieter Neuendorf (Olympic participant Innsbruck 1964 and Grenoble 1968)
- Dieter Bokeloh (Olympic participant Innsbruck 1964)
- Kurt Schramm (Olympic participant Innsbruck 1964)
- Manfred Wolf (Olympian Sapporo 1972)
- Hans-Georg Aschenbach (Olympic participant Sapporo 1972, gold medal Olympic Winter Games 1976 , overall winner of the Four Hills Tournament 1973/1974)
- Dietmar Aschenbach (Olympic participant Innsbruck 1976)
- Axel Lesser (Olympic participant Innsbruck 1976)
- Jochen Danneberg (silver medal Olympic Winter Games 1976, participant in Lake Placid 1980)
- Martin Weber (Olympic participant Lake Placid 1980)
- Ralph Gebstedt (World Cup winner 1991)
Today, the center of excellence for recruiting young ski jumpers is located in Brotterode. Horn sled races are also held annually. In 2003 and 2006, winter sports activities were canceled due to a lack of snow.
Sons and daughters of the place
- Simon Malsius (1585–1648), lawyer and chancellor of small German states
- Andreas Wiß (1788–1816), poet
- Ferdinand Breunung (1830–1883), pianist and organist as well as conductor and long-time music director in Aachen
- Theodor Ilgen (1854–1924), historian and archivist
- Otto Klepper (1888–1957), lawyer and politician (DNVP, DDP / DStP, later non-party)
- Oswin Puttrich-Reignard (1906–1942), archaeologist
- Dietrich Franke (1943–2012), lawyer
literature
- Günter Schmidt: Contributions to the older history and the dialect of Brotterode . City Council of Brotterode, Brotterode 1987.
- Günter Schmidt: Brotteröder Heimatbuch. A representation of landscape, history and culture . Kroner, Bad Vilbel et al. 1999.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Günter Schmidt: The major fire in 1895 in Brotterode . Kroner, Bad Vilbel et al. 1995.
- ^ Wintersportverein Brotterode eV (Ed.): 100 years of winter sports in Brotterode 1905–2005. sn, Broterode 2005.
- ↑ 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. 252.
- ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 1st to December 31st, 2011