Crock
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Crock
municipality Auengrund
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| Height : | 455 (450-480) m |
| Residents : | 914 (Dec. 31, 2013) |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 1996 |
| Postal code : | 98673 |
| Area code : | 03686 |
 Evangelical St. Vitus Church
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Crock is a district of the municipality of Auengrund in the Hildburghausen district in the south of Thuringia .
geography
Crock is located on the southern slope of the Thuringian Forest at 450-480 m above sea level and has about 1100 inhabitants. St. Vitus Church is located on the Irmelsberg north of the village and is approx. 530 m high . To the northeast, the Irmelsberg merges into the Klingeberg (677 m), which in turn is a pre-summit 760-842 m high mountains that connect to the northeast.
history
The village, first mentioned in 1152 as Cracte (valley cut), probably has its origins in the early cult site on the Irmelsberg, where a chapel has probably existed since Christianization, which was replaced by the church that still exists today and was a destination for pilgrimages until the Reformation . The place below the church was first mentioned in the 12th century by the Banz monastery and the Bamberg monastery in the possession of the Counts of Henneberg , who later ceded part to the Sonnefeld monastery .
In the Thirty Years' War about half of the building was destroyed the town. From the middle of the 17th century there were unsuccessful attempts at gold panning and iron mining in Crock. From the 18th century onwards, mining gained importance with the mining of hard coal, which continued until after 1900.
On July 1, 1950, the previously independent municipality of Oberwind was incorporated.
On January 1, 1996, Crock was incorporated into the unified community Auengrund.
Attractions
- The Church of St. Veit in Crock is a late Gothic fortified church .
- The Bank-Otto-Ruh am Irmelsberg, established by the Thuringian Forest Association in 1927, bears the name in honor of Jacob Otto.
- Other historical sights of the place are two memorial stones ( stone crosses ) and the Irmelsbrunnen.
societies
- Crocker Brass Band eV
The association was founded in 1922. Before that there were musicians in Crock who played music together in changing line-ups. The founding place was Crock.
- Voluntary Fire Brigade Crock eV
The volunteer fire brigade was first mentioned in 1860. A new establishment took place in 1996.
- Poultry Breeding Association Crock eV
This association was founded on November 21, 1901 in the inn "Zum Schützenhof" in Crock. The chairman of the board has been Gunter Reinhardt since 2002.
- Choral Society 1904 Crock eV
The association was founded on August 20, 1904 in the Geuther inn under the then choirmaster Robert Beez.
- church choir
The Crocker Kirchenchor was founded in Crock around 1750.
- Rabbit Breeding Association T460 Crock eV
This association was founded on April 10, 1970 in the inn "Zum Schützenhof".
- Sports club Edelweiß Crock eV
The club was founded in 1919 as SC Edelweiß Crock in the restaurant "Zur Linde" by the club's founders Albert Kirchner, Armin Böhm, Armin Barth and Werner Otto.
- Thüringer Landfrauenverband eV in the Thuringian Farmers Association
This association was founded on January 24, 1995 in the restaurant "Zum Schützenhof" under the rural women commissioner Elge Ott.
- Thuringian Forest Association Crock / Oberwind eV
The Thuringian Forest Association was founded for the first time as early as 1920, but the traditional organization of the association was lost during the war years and the forty years of the GDR. On May 31, 1992, the association was re-established with the participation of the Coburg branch.
traffic
Crock has good transport links due to its proximity to federal highway 4 and federal highway 73 . The nearest airport is in Erfurt, approx. 100 km away.
Business
The Im Häger industrial park covers an area of around 33 hectares.
Sons and daughters of the place
- Franz Bauer (born April 28, 1923, † October 5, 2001 in Stuttgart), forester and journalist.
- Mayor of the district in the legislative period (2014-2015) is Matthias Pfütsch (Bürgerallianz Auengrund)
literature
- Franz Bauer et al .: Heimat Crock. The 850-year development of Crock, municipality of Auengrund, southern Thuringia (district of Hildburghausen) . Crock 2001, 288 pp.
- For the 500th anniversary of the St. Vitus Church in Crock: 1489–1989 . Ed .: Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Crock-Oberwind. 1989
Web links
- First Irmin, then Veit - the church in Crock was built on a Germanic sanctuary , article in Monuments Online for St. Vitus Church, accessed March 7, 2012, 5:00 p.m.