Erbenhausen

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Erbenhausen (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 34 '  N , 10 ° 9'  E
Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Schmalkalden-Meiningen
Management Community :	High Rhön
Height :	502 m above sea level NHN
Area :	20.7 km 2
Residents:	559 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	27 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	98634
Area code :	036946
License plate :	SM, MGN
Community key :	16 0 66 019
Community structure:	3 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	VG Hohe Rhön, Hauptstrasse 18, 98634 Kaltensundheim 98634 Erbenhausen
Website :	www.vgem-hoherhoen.de
Mayor :	Reinhard Büttner ( FWG )
Location of the municipality of Erbenhausen in the district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen

Erbenhausen is a municipality in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district in Thuringia . It belongs to the administrative community Hohe Rhön , which has its administrative headquarters in the city of Kaltennordheim .

geography

Erbenhausen is located in the southwest of the Vorderen Rhön , at the foot of the Alte Mark, at an altitude of 502 m above sea ​​level . The Felda rises south of the core town and the Herpf in the Schafhausen district .

Erbenhausen is on Landstrasse 2621, which connects to Reichenhausen (approx. 1 km away) and thus to the B 285 ( Bad Salzungen - Mellrichstadt ). The district town of Meiningen (approx. 25 km away) can also be reached via the Rhönblick community via the K 2521 .

Community structure

The municipality has three districts:

• Erbenhausen (approx. 170 inhabitants)
• Reichenhausen (approx. 190 inhabitants)
• Schafhausen (approx. 170 inhabitants)

history

The place was first mentioned in 845. He belonged to the office of Kaltennordheim in the county of Henneberg , later to Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach ( Eisenacher Oberland ).

Erbenhausen was affected by the persecution of witches from 1678 to 1731. Four women got into a witch trial . The outcome of two processes is unknown. In 1731 two people were acquitted.

Culture and sights

Attractions

Evangelical Church from 1609

• Bakehouse
• Protestant church
• Village community center
• War memorial

Annual events

• summer party
• Threshing Festival
• Fair

politics

mayor

The honorary mayor Reinhard Büttner was re-elected on June 5, 2016.

Municipal council

The municipal council of Erbenhausen consists of eight councilors. After the 2014 local elections , the seats are distributed as follows:

• FFW JG Schafhausen 4 seats
• FWG Reichenhausen 3 seats
• FWG Erbenhausen 1 seats

Web links

Commons : Erbenhausen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Erbenhausen on vgem-hoherhoen.de, on May 1, 2015
• Website of the municipality of Erbenhausen

Individual evidence

1. ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics  ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Member community Erbenhausen. ( Memento of the original from October 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. At www.vgem-hoherhoen.de.  
3. ^ Kai Lehmann : Exhibition "Luther and the witches". Erbenhausen area, Library Museum Schloss Wilhelmsburg Schmalkalden, 2012; Ronald Füssel: The persecution of witches in the Thuringian area (= publications of the working group for historical witchcraft and crime research in Northern Germany. Vol. 2). DOBU-Verlag, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-934632-03-3 , pp. 239 f., (At the same time: Marburg, Universität, Dissertation, 2000).
4. ↑ Mayoral election on June 5, 2016 , accessed on February 15, 2017
5. ↑ 2014 local elections , accessed on February 15, 2017