Ehrenberg (near Hildburghausen)

coat of arms	Germany map
Help on coat of arms	Coordinates: 50 ° 29 ′  N , 10 ° 40 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Hildburghausen
Management Community :	Field stone
Height :	429 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.08 km 2
Residents:	178 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	86 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	98660
Area code :	036873
License plate :	HBN
Community key :	16 0 69 009
Association administration address:	Mauerstr. 9 98660 Themar
Mayor :	Heiko Schönhuber
Location of the community Ehrenberg in the district of Hildburghausen

Ehrenberg is a municipality in the Hildburghausen district in the Franconian south of the Free State of Thuringia . She belongs to the administrative community Feldstein . The administrative seat is in the city of Themar . Ehrenberg is the smallest municipality in the district in terms of area.

location

Ehrenberg is located southeast of the Veßra monastery on a higher plateau inclined to the west on the southern heights of the lock . These are forested to the east. In terms of traffic, the place is connected via the state road 1625 which runs past the Schleusetal .

Parish hall

history

The place was first mentioned in 1141. The ruins of the pilgrimage church of St. Ottilien are in the district . During the time of the tribal duchies, the place was in the Duchy of Franconia . In terms of lordship, the place in the Themar office initially belonged to the county of Henneberg , after 1583 to various Saxon duchies and from 1826 to 1918 to Saxony-Meiningen . In 1920 he came to the state of Thuringia . Ehrenberg was hit by witch persecution from 1614 to 1680. Two women got into a witch trial . In 1680 Margaretha, wife of Lorenz Siebenlist, was executed.

During the Thirty Years War, the place was partially destroyed by marauding soldiers in 1634.

politics

The municipal council in Ehrenberg consists of six council members:

• Fire Brigade Association: 2 seats
• Free voters: 4 seats

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

Natural monuments

• Oak with a chest height circumference of 6.65 m (2016).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics  ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Otto Dobencker (arr. And ed.): Regesta diplomatica necnon epistolaria historiae Thuringiae (approx. 500 - 1152) . tape 1 . Fischer, Jena 1896. No. 1434.
3. ^ Kai Lehmann : Exhibition "Luther and the Witches", Ehrenberg area, Library Museum Schloss Wilhelmsburg Schmalkalden, 2012; Ronald Füssel: The persecution of witches in the Thuringian region , publications by the working group for historical research on witches and crime in Northern Germany, Volume 2, Hamburg 2003, p. 247.
4. ^ Entry in the directory of monumental oaks . Retrieved January 10, 2017

Web links

Commons : Ehrenberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the administrative association