Ernsee

Ernsee City of Gera Coordinates: 50 ° 52 ′ 44 ″  N , 12 ° 2 ′ 28 ″  E
Height :	about 313 m
Residents :	580  (December 31, 2013)
Incorporation :	October 1, 1922
Postal code :	07548
Area code :	0365

Ernsee is a district of Gera .

location

In the town

Ernseer pond

Cold oak

Ernsee is located about 300 meters above sea level on a plateau that is bordered in the east by the valley of the White Elster (in which the city of Gera extends), in the north by the Erlbach valley and in the south / southwest by the Saarbachtal. The place forms the center of a clearing island in the Gera city forest , which opens to the Saarbachtal.

history

Ernsee was first mentioned as Irnse on March 25, 1397 : A Peczolt von Irnse is mentioned as a witness in a document from Heinrich Reuss zu Plauen. In 1533 the place is mentioned as insects ; the meaning of the name is unclear. Ferdinand Hahn considers a pre-Christian place of worship for the goddess Herth or Isis at this point as eponymous possible. On the western slope of the Lessengraben north of Ernsee, the tower hill of a lost castle can still be seen, a so-called desert . An earlier connection to the church of today's deserted Pottendorf (north-west of Ernsee) cannot be ruled out, but cannot be documented.

The origin of the place is very likely to be seen in connection with Osterstein Castle , the Ernsee Chamber Estate, which can be traced for several centuries, served to supply the castle, especially sheep breeding. In 1827 the place includes a stately farm, a sheep farm, a forestry, 15 houses and 85 residents.

Ernsee parish, buried and schooled traditionally to Frankenthal - whereby the schooling place of the parish Frankenthal was Scheubengrobsdorf from about 1600 , here the children from the parish, i. H. also taught from Ernsee and Scheubengrobsdorf, Windischenbernsdorf and Töppeln . In the 19th century, these places gradually got their own schools, Ernsee trained in Untermhaus .

Due to its good location, a lung sanatorium was built in Ernsee around 1900 ; Completely renovated in 1927/28, it existed until 1997.

On October 1, 1922, Ernsee was established in the course of the new Thuringian district division law - in the state of Thuringia , which had existed since 1920, the districts were formed in 1922 as they existed until 1952; Gera was given district freedom - incorporated into the city of Gera. Around 1930, the Hammelburg settlement was built northeast of the town on the road to Untermhaus .

In 1943 the “ thief's oak ” at the intersection of Ernsee- Töppeln - Rubitz had to be felled; its age was estimated at 550 to 560 years. It owes its name to the fact that it has been a meeting and gathering point for marauding robber gangs over the centuries.

In 1947 a children's rest home was set up in a former inn; Today the Gera children's and youth home is located in this complex.

politics

Ernsee has no district constitution, therefore no district council and no district mayor .

Development of the population

year	1864	1910	2008
Residents	128	169	575

traffic

• Ernsee is connected to Gera city center via the GVB bus line 10 .
• The main connection for motor vehicles is from the south, past the Geraer Waldklinikum (junction from Bundesstraße 2 ); smaller roads lead to Untermhaus as well as to Frankenthal and Scheubengrobsdorf .
• The closest train station is Gera Central Station .

Attractions

Cold oak

The landmark of Ernsee is the cold oak , a pedunculate oak that is over 450 years old and a well-known natural monument. The chest height is 7.00 m (2014).

education

In 1976 a forestry college was set up in the village . The closest children's institutions are the

• Day care center Kinderparadies in Untermhaus and the
• Daycare center Am Zauberwald in Frankenthal.

The responsible primary school is

• 2. Otto Dix state primary school in Untermhaus.

The closest regular school is the

• State regular school Otto Dix in Untermhaus.

religion

Ernsee is the seat of the Evangelical Christian Congregation Gera-Ernsee , a Pentecostal church in the BFP .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Siegfried Mues: The street names of the city of Gera from A to Z. Verlag Dr. Frank, Gera 2006, p. 93.
2. ↑ Gera City Archives
3. ^ Entry in the directory of monumental oaks . Retrieved January 10, 2017
4. ↑ Gera Pentecostal Church

literature

• Brodale, Klaus and Heidrun Friedemann: That was Gera in the 20th century. Gudensberg 2002.
• Cannabich, Johann Günther Friedrich: Latest news from Baden, Nassau, Hohenzollern, Lippe, Waldeck, Anhalt and the Reussian countries. Weimar 1827.
• Hahn, Ferdinand: History of Gera and its immediate surroundings. Gera 1855.
• Klotz, Johann Christoph: Description of the rule and city of Gera. Schleiz 1816.
• Mues, Siegfried: Gera. A historical walk. Horb 1993.
• Rosenkranz, Heinz: place names of the Gera district. Greiz 1982
• Spörl, Ulla and Frank Rüdiger: Gera in the Roaring Twenties. Gera 2007.
• Thuringian Pestalozziverein (Hrsg.): Thuringia in words and pictures. Berlin 1900. (Reprint; Augsburg 1997.)
• oA: Court and State Calendar for the Principality of Reuss j. L. Gera 1864.
• Announcements of the history and antiquity research association. Altenburg; div.

Web links

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