Burgwalde

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	Coordinates: 51 ° 23 '  N , 10 ° 3'  E
Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Eichsfeld
Management Community :	Hanstein-Rusteberg
Height :	255 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.96 km 2
Residents:	226 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	46 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	37318
Area code :	036083
License plate :	EIC, HIG, WBS
Community key :	16 0 61 021
Association administration address:	Steingraben 49 37318 Hohengandern
Website :	www.vg-hanstein-rusteberg.de
Mayor :	Rainer Lott
Location of the municipality of Burgwalde in the Eichsfeld district

Burgwalde is a municipality in the Thuringian district of Eichsfeld and belongs to the Hanstein-Rusteberg administrative community .

geography

View of Burgwalde from the west

Burgwalde is located about 6 km northwest of the district town of Heiligenstadt . The location is in the red sandstone hill landscape of the middle Eichsfeld . The Schwobach flows through the village and joins the Leine at Schönau to the south . The federal motorway 38 runs immediately to the north with a junction at Arenshausen .

history

Burgwalde was first mentioned in a document in 1318 as bortwold . The name is a Low German name for a border forest.

Population development

Development of the population (as of December 31st):

1994: 277 1995: 280 1996: 286 1997: 284 1998: 273 1999: 268

2000: 278 2001: 270 2002: 273 2003: 264 2004: 263 2005: 258

2006: 246 2007: 242 2008: 242 2009: 241 2010: 229 2011: 233

2012: 219 2013: 217 2014: 217 2015: 226 2016: 224 2017: 226

2018: 232 2019: 226

Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

coat of arms

Blazon : “In red with a golden border, a golden knight on an erect golden-bridled silver horse, with the silver flag with a red high cross killing a black dragon. "

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council of Burgwalde consists of six council members.

• Election proposal fire brigade e. V .: 2 seats
• Nomination for the home club: 2 seats
• Nomination for boys' association: 2 seats

(As of: local elections on May 25, 2014)

mayor

The mayor Rainer Lott was elected on October 6, 2013.

Attractions

St. George Catholic Church

• Catholic St. George's Church from the beginning of the 18th century with a particularly valuable altar. Since 2000 there has been a photovoltaic system on the tiles of the roof of the listed (solar) church . This brings in 50 euro cents per kilowatt hour brought into the public grid. In the first 9 years, 20,000 kWh were fed in.
• Stationsweg and Bonifatius Chapel on the Brink (296 m)
• Mariengrotte at Kessenberg (278 m)

literature

• Guido Osburg: Burgwalde im Eichsfeld - Festschrift for the 700th anniversary . Ed .: Council of the community. Burgwalde 2018, p. 317, A4 format .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics  ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Erhard Müller: The place names of the district of Heiligenstadt. Heilbad Heiligenstadt 1989, p. 13
3. ^ Municipality: Burgwalde. Thuringian State Office for Statistics. On Statistics.Thueringen.de, accessed on December 29, 2019.
4. ↑ 2014 municipal council elections in Thuringia - final result. Thuringian State Office for Statistics, accessed on December 29, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Mayoral elections in Thuringia. Thuringian State Office for Statistics, accessed on December 29, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Parishes for solar energy. Leaflet of the German Federal Environment Foundation (BDU).
7. ↑ https://www.tlz.de/web/zgt/suche/detail/-/specific/Wohnstaetten-in-Burgwalde-als-Spiegel-der-Geschichte-561736192 - accessed on September 18, 2018

Web links

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