Dorndorf (Krayenberg community)

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Dorndorf
Municipality of Krayenberg municipality
Dorndorf coat of arms
Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 10 ″  N , 10 ° 5 ′ 11 ″  E
Height : 250 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 2500
Incorporation : December 31 2013
Postal code : 36460
Area code : 036963
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Location of Dorndorf in the Krayenberg community

Dorndorf is a part of the Krayenberg community in the Wartburg district in Thuringia .

geography

Dorndorf lies on the northern edge of the Rhön . On the outskirts, the Felda flows into the Werra . The meadow opposite is often flooded by floods, behind it the Mäuseberg towering steeply in the south rises on the southern edge of the Frauensee forest .

history

The Dorndorf potash plant with the Springen – Dorndorf potash cable car , 1930s

Dorndorf was once called "Villa (Königsgut) Thoranthorpf an der Unisoara". This Thoranthorpf was on August 31, 786 of Charlemagne the monastery Hersfeld given. It belonged to the office of Krayenberg , which from 1741 belonged to the Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach .

Between 1878 and 1880 the Feldabahn was built as a narrow-gauge railway and the Dorndorf station opened in 1879 . Between 1899 and 1905, potash shafts were sunk in Dietlas and a chemical industry for potash extraction was set up in Dorndorf. The potash industry in the Werra potash district was the driving factor behind the further expansion and conversion of the Feldabahn between Bad Salzungen and Vacha to normal gauge . In 1913 the Kaliseilbahn Springen – Dorndorf was put into operation. In 1928, the normal gauge re-routing of the Feldabahn in the direction of Kaltennordheim began. The opening took place on October 7, 1934.

In the First and Second World War, nearly 200 residents thorn village lost their lives. Bombs fell on the site and the potash plant during World War II and people were killed. A subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp was built in the Springen mine . During the Second World War, more than 115 men and women from the countries occupied by Germany had to do forced labor : in the "Heiligenroda Shaft", in the "Schacht I Springen", at the railway maintenance office and in agriculture.

After the war, the potash industry was further expanded. Around 3,000 displaced Catholics also settled in the potash mining areas in the Werra Valley during this time. From 1948 onwards, the Catholic Vacha parish, founded in 1907, entrusted Dorndorf with its own priest to provide pastoral care. In 1959, the Catholic Auxiliary Bishop Freusberg erected an altar in Dorndorf, and a church was built on the property, which was consecrated as the Joseph-der-Arbeiter-Kirche .

The town's cultural center was opened in 1951. In 1955 there were 2887 inhabitants in the village of Dorndorf.

In 1994 the municipalities of Dietlas and Dorndorf were merged to form the new municipality of Dorndorf. On December 31, 2013, Dorndorf merged with Merkers-Kieselbach to form the Krayenberg community.

Population development

Development of the population:

  • 1994: 3092
  • 1995: 3117
  • 1996: 3048
  • 1997: 3081
  • 1998: 3067
  • 1999: 3062
  • 2000: 3055
  • 2001: 3053
  • 2002: 3060
  • 2003: 3030
  • 2004: 3001
  • 2005: 2911
  • 2006: 2812
  • 2007: 2774
  • 2008: 2687
  • 2009: 2657
  • 2010: 2611
  • 2011: 2581
  • 2012: 2434
Data source: from 1994 Thuringian State Office for Statistics - values ​​from December 31st

coat of arms

The coat of arms was designed by the heraldist Uwe Reipert. The coat of arms of the municipality of Dorndorf (Rhön) is golden with a red crenellated shield head and a green wave shield base, inside a silver wave crutch, and shows a red Romanesque archway, each with a green oak leaf. The municipality of Dorndorf combines the three districts Dorndorf, Dietlas and Kirstinghof. These are linked by centuries of historical development, which also results from the predestined geographical location at the confluence of the Werra and Felda rivers. In the coat of arms, the pewter cut in the head of the shield refers to Dietla's castle fortifications. The gate wall from the Romanesque period exists as real church architecture in Dorndorf and was included as a coat of arms motif. In addition to the reference to the wooded surroundings, the two oak leaves represent two historical trees that still exist today, the judge oak in Dorndorf and the executioner's oak in Kirstinghof. The green corrugated shield base with the silver crutch on top symbolizes the geographic location of the municipality in the Werra Valley, surrounded by the hilly foothills of the Rhön and the Thuringian Forest, exactly at the confluence of the Felda.

Attractions

The Protestant Church in Dorndorf

The oldest architectural monument in the town, the Romanesque style of today's Protestant church, dates from around 1150 . It was surrounded by the cemetery and a four meter high wall.

In the historic center there are farmhouses from the years 1600 and 1615.

Other sights in Dorndorf include the "Judgment Oak" and the "Henkereiche". The court used to meet under the court oak, passed the judgment, which was carried out on the Henk oak (6.80 m circumference). The Henk oak, which was designated a natural monument in 1986, still has a strong horizontal branch that could replace the gallows.

Economy and Infrastructure

Commercial areas

The “An der Hardtstraße” industrial park is located on the eastern outskirts of Dorndorf. It has a total area of ​​15 ha (as of 2009).

traffic

View over the railway systems to the town center

The federal highways 62 and 84 run through Dorndorf , via which the cities of Bad Salzungen, Eisenach, Fulda and Bad Hersfeld can be reached. There is a connection to the federal motorway 4 via the B 62 in Friedewald and via the B 84 in Eisenach. Until 2005, Dorndorf was the starting point of the federal road 285 , which was rededicated to Bad Salzungen.

The Dorndorf station lies on the railway line Bad Salzungen-Vacha , on which takes place no more traffic since 2003, and was the starting point of the now largely back-built Feldabahn .

Others

  • The Dorndorfer Kindergarten is one of the oldest in Thuringia. The house was inaugurated on June 2, 1907.

Personalities

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adalbert Schröter: Land on the road. The history of the Catholic parishes in the Thuringian Rhön . St. Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1989, ISBN 3-7462-0430-5 , p. 178-181 .
  2. ^ Paul Luther: Materials for local history lessons - Bad Salzungen district, Suhl district . Ed .: Council of the Bad Salzungen District, Department of Public Education. Bad Salzungen 1959, structure of the district of Suhl (overview of the places and population of the districts), p. 5-11 .
  3. ^ Thuringian ordinance on the dissolution and amalgamation of the communities Dietlas and Dorndorf of March 17, 1994 (GVBl. P. 387)
  4. StBA: Area changes from January 1st to December 31st, 2013
  5. Dorndorfer Official Gazette of April 9, 2010 (No. 3/2010), p. 12.
  6. ^ Executioner's oak in the directory of monumental oaks . Retrieved January 10, 2017
  7. Business parks in the Wartburg region. In: Wartburgkreis-Online. Archived from the original on May 15, 2011 ; Retrieved February 18, 2010 .

Web links

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