Ernstthal (Lauscha)
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Ernstthal
City of Lauscha
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| Height : | 770 m above sea level NN |
| Residents : | 950 |
| Incorporation : | November 17, 1995 |
| Postal code : | 98724 |
| Area code : | 036702 |
Ernstthal is a district of the glass-blowing town of Lauscha in the Thuringian district of Sonneberg , located directly on the Rennsteig, with around 950 inhabitants.
location
Ernstthal is located in the Thuringian Slate Mountains on the Rennsteig between the cities of Sonneberg , Ilmenau and Saalfeld . It is a district on the wooded Thuringian ridge at 770 meters above sea level. It is located on the southern roof of the mountains. The state road 1149 and the district road 35 cover the higher-lying district with the centers in the valleys.
history
Ernstthal goes back to a glassworks founded in 1707 by the five Lauscha glass masters Hans and Nicol Müller, Hans Georg Böhm and Christoph and Jakob Greiner . On March 7, 1707, the then sovereign Duke Johann Ernst von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld granted the concession to build a glassworks in the Amt of Graefenthal above Königswiese. It was named "Ernstthal" and was the starting point for the later settlement. In Ernstthal mainly medical glass, instruments, dishes and colored glass beads as well as art objects were manufactured. Originally from a humble background, Septimus LF Böhm - "the old Sepp" - was considered a master of glassblowing and specialized in living animals. The brewing, serving and slaughtering concession was associated with the granting of the hut privilege.
In 1923 the Brehmenstall glassworks, today's Ernstthal glassworks, was added. From 1907 to 1932 Ernstthal was the seat of the Meininger Oberland e. G. Not far from the Ernstthal train station was the common warehouse of the cooperative members. It was later a part of the VEB Thüringer Glasschmuck Lauscha and is now the headquarters of Krebs Glas Lauscha GmbH.
Ernstthal was occupied by US troops in April 1945 and handed over to the Red Army at the end of June . This made it part of the Soviet Zone and, from 1949, of the GDR . Behind the monument to the fallen, a sign announced the “end of the Rennsteig” and the restricted area in front of the GDR border began. This was in the forester's house Am Brand near Spechtsbrunn , supplemented with Finnhütten, a holiday property of the MfS .
Ernstthal has been part of the city of Lauscha since November 17, 1995.
Culture and sights
The most striking building and the visual center of the village is the school , inaugurated on November 27, 1905 , which was saved from decay by committed citizens after the fall of the Berlin Wall and was used as a social meeting center, the House of Self-Help of the Soziales Bildungswerk in Thüringen e. V. was put to a new use. This has meanwhile resulted in the “Sturmheide” social therapeutic center, sponsored by Context Ilmenau, non-profit society for psychosocial services mbH.
Directly on the Rennsteig and a little away from the actual town center, the Ernstthal station on Rennsteig was built in 1913 as the end point of the Coburg – Ernstthal am Rennsteig railway line . In Ernstthal the line joins the Probstzella – Neuhaus line on Rennweg . Traffic on the section to Probstzella and on to Saalfeld has been suspended since 1997.
The Kieselbach , one of the source rivers of the Lichte, rises in the immediate vicinity of the train station . The railway line and the Kieselbach follow the Finsteren Grund to the village of Lichte .
At the intersection of the Rennsteig and the country road to Piesau there is a monument made of shell limestone for those who died in the First World War of the Thuringian Winter Sports Association. It is the work of the Sonneberg stonemason R. Holland and was inaugurated on September 4, 1921. The ski jumper Karl Böhm-Hennes came from Ernstthal and fell in the First World War in 1914.
The residents of the neighboring towns call the Ernstthäler "moonstruckers" because around 1900 the two Ernstthälers Arno and Fritz climbed the Pappenheimer Berg after an atmospheric beer tour in the Gasthaus Dores and tried to "steer" towards the moon with a wooden pole.
Cultural and regular events
- July: Glassmaker and moonstalker festival (folk festival)
- July: Start and finish of the old-timer low mountain range, which has been held annually since 2001
Freetime activities
For winter sports enthusiasts, a ski lift and three ski slopes are available on Pappenheimer Berg. For cross-country skiers many are trails groomed. There is also a summer toboggan run on Pappenheimer Berg. With a length of 1300 m, it is one of the longest systems in the Thuringian Forest .
Economy and Infrastructure
Industry
As in the entire region, the glass industry shapes the economy. In addition to small businesses, two medium-sized companies are located in Ernstthal, Glaswerk Ernstthal GmbH , the production facility of Glaswerk Ernstthal GmbH & Co KG, and Krebs Glas Lauscha GmbH.
Transport links
Ernstthal is on the L 1149 state road between Lauscha and Piesau . There is also a connection to the L 1145 between Lauscha and Neuhaus am Rennweg . Ernstthal has a railway connection on the Coburg – Ernstthal am Rennsteig railway and the Probstzella – Neuhaus am Rennweg railway line, which has been closed except for the section towards Neuhaus am Rennweg . By closing the branch to Probstzella, Ernstthal became the terminus on the Sonneberg – Neuhaus line.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the place
- Wally Eichhorn-Nelson (1896–1986), writer
- Hartmut Bechmann (1939–2013), art glass blower, glass designer and artist as well as sculptor
Persons related to Ernstthal
- Karl Böhm-Hennes (1891–1914), skier
Individual evidence
- ^ Rhön-Zeitung of September 19, 1908 (digitized version, p. 974, middle column above)
- ↑ Sibylle Göbel: Where the Stasi used to enjoy nature undisturbed . Thuringian newspaper, July 24, 2013
- ↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities of Germany, see 1995
- ↑ Lauscha newspaper. (PDF file: 0.2 MB) City of Lauscha, August 8, 2008, p. 13 , accessed April 15, 2011 .
