Diedorf (Dermbach)
Diedorf
Dermbach municipality
Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′ 42 ″ N , 10 ° 7 ′ 28 ″ E
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Height : | 400 m |
Area : | 4.76 km² |
Residents : | 345 (December 31, 2017) |
Population density : | 72 inhabitants / km² |
Incorporation : | 1st January 2019 |
Postal code : | 36466 |
Area code : | 036966 |
Diedorf is a district of the municipality of Dermbach in the Wartburg district in Thuringia .
Diedorf is located in the Thuringian Rhön in the south of the Wartburg district on the federal road 285 . Neighboring towns are Neidhartshausen in the north, Kaltennordheim the east and south, Empfertshausen the west and Zella / Rhön in the northwest.
Diedorf is located in the landscape of the upper Feldatal , not far from the Umpfen and above the town of the Höhn with the remains of the medieval Fischburg, which in part fell victim to the quarrying operations on the western flank of the mountain.
history
Diedorf was first mentioned in 788 as "Theodorpf" in a deed of donation to the Fulda monastery . It belonged for centuries to the Office Fischberg that temporarily owned by the Lords of Neidhartshausen , the Lords of Frankenstein , the Counts of Henneberg -Schleusingen, the monastery of Fulda , various Ernestine duchies and finally in 1815 the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach was .
Since 1920 the place belonged to the state of Thuringia and from 1952 to 1990 to the district of Suhl . In the 1990s, the community joined the Upper Feldatal administrative community based in Kaltennordheim .
On the night of October 2 to 3, 2006, around 1:30 a.m., a third of the town's houses were damaged, in some cases considerably, by a tornado .
On December 31, 2013, the Upper Feldatal administrative association was dissolved and Kaltennordheim became a fulfilling municipality for Diedorf.
On January 1, 2019, Diedorf was incorporated into the municipality of Dermbach.
Population development
The development of the population is constantly falling:
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- Data source: from 1994 Thuringian State Office for Statistics, values from December 31
politics
Municipal council
The municipal council consists of 6 councilors:
- Independent Citizens (UBL): 5 seats
- Individual applicants: 1 seat
(As of: local elections on May 25, 2014 )
mayor
The honorary mayor Ralf Matthes (FDP) was re-elected on June 6, 2010 in the second ballot. The last mayor of the community was Daniel Häfner (non-party).
Culture and sights
- The Protestant church stands on a hill, designed as a hall church and built in 1785. It is surrounded by a small cemetery with the memorial to the fallen on the church wall. The baptismal font with coat of arms from 1605 comes from the previous church, which was burned down.
- On the Höhn are the remains of the medieval Fischburg, which partly fell victim to the quarry operations on the western flank of the mountain.
- There is an old, two-arched stone bridge on the Felda.
- One of the Diedorf residents' favorite places is the pond at Mühlrain, east of the Feldabrücke. There are four ponds there, the two upper ones have been designated as wetlands.
- An attempt was started by an association to settle the soay sheep in the region. An information board at the pond provides information about this nature conservation project, which is intended to preserve the hat industry and cultural landscape in the Rhön.
- In the local area there are several listed half-timbered buildings, a newly built fountain is in the center of the village.
- Structural remains of the former Feldabahn can be found east of the village. One of them is the former Diedorf / Fischbach stop, now a residential building.
Economy and Infrastructure
Business
The An der B 285 industrial park is located on the south-eastern outskirts of Diedorf. It has a total area of 5.3 hectares (as of 2009). On the northern outskirts of the village, modern buildings for a farm were built. The mainly pasture farming with sheep and cattle advertises ecologically produced products.
traffic
- The federal highway 285 runs through Diedorf and connects Bad Salzungen with Mellrichstadt in Lower Franconia .
- In terms of rail traffic, the place was opened up by the Feldabahn with the Diedorf-Fischbach stop. Passenger traffic was discontinued on May 31, 1997 and the railway line has since been dismantled.
- In local public transport , Diedorf is served by line 133 (Dermbach - Kaltensundheim ) of the Wartburgmobil transport company.
- The Feldatal cycle path runs through the village .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thuringian Law and Ordinance Gazette No. 14/2018 p. 795 ff. , Accessed on January 4, 2019
- ↑ Local elections in Thuringia on May 25, 2014. Elections of the community and city council members. Preliminary results. The regional returning officer, accessed on May 26, 2014 .
- ↑ Local elections in Thuringia on June 6, 2010. Elections for community and city council members. Preliminary results. The regional returning officer, accessed on June 6, 2010 .
- ↑ Business parks in the Wartburg region. In: Wartburgkreis-Online. Archived from the original on May 15, 2011 ; Retrieved February 18, 2010 .
- ↑ Verkehrsgesellschaft Wartburgmobil - regional transport offers and current timetables from June 1, 2019
literature
- Walter Höhn: Thuringian Rhön . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2005, ISBN 3-86568-060-7 , p. 100.
Web links
- Official Journal of the Upper Feldatal Administrative Community with news from the community of Diedorf / Rhön - Portal of the University of Jena with issues archived online (previously only available in 2010).
- Ortschronik von Diedorf