Eschenthal

Eschenthal City of Sonneberg
Coordinates: 50 ° 26 ′ 37 ″  N , 11 ° 13 ′ 7 ″  E
Height :	506 m above sea level NN
Incorporation :	April 9, 1994
Incorporated into:	Engnitzthal
Postal code :	96515
Area code :	036762
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Eschenthal is a district of the city of Sonneberg in the district of Sonneberg in Thuringia .

location

Eschenthal is located in the middle oil valley. In the south, down in the valley, the border with Bavaria runs not far, and there is also Sonneberg . In addition to herbs and the climate, forests, mountain meadows and bodies of water are the determining factors in nature. The state road 1150 crosses the place.

Location and extent of Eschenthal around 1850

history

The settlement was first mentioned in a document in 1826. In 1901 Friedrichsthal , Eschenthal and Georgshütte merged to form the municipality of Eschenthal, which in 1994 became part of the unified municipality of Engnitzthal and which in turn became part of the municipality of Oberland am Rennsteig in 1997. On January 1, 2014, Oberland am Rennsteig was incorporated into the city of Sonneberg.

Eschenthal was a group of houses and was located in the uppermost part of the Hüttengrund. Nearby, also in the uppermost part of Hüttengrund, was the Friedrichsthal ironworks, built in 1661. The ironworkers from Georgshütte settled in Eschenthal. The place is at the foot of the Eschenberg and at the mouth of the lost water, which used to be used for rafting wood. In 1901 Friedrichsthal, Eschenthal, Georgshütte and the Obere Bollersmühle merged to form the municipality of Eschenthal. A one-class school was built, which existed until 1958.

The foal house was built on the "Großer Först" between Haselbach and Eschenthal more than 250 years ago. It served as accommodation for the shepherds who had to herd the stately cattle. The notorious robber baron Hans Thomas von Absberg and his entourage found a suitable hiding place here from 1526 to 1531. Suitable because he was able to attack merchant trains on the military and trade routes only a few kilometers away as revenge for the removal of his father's castle. It was also known as a hand cutter, as it would cut off the hand of a captured merchant and send him back to the trading center, extorting ransom.

In the Eschenthal cemetery, a memorial stone commemorates two concentration camp prisoners who were shot by SS men in the quarry on a death march by the Sonnerberg concentration camp outside command . A grove of honor with a memorial plaque to the victims of the death march of the concentration camp inmates of Sonneberg was built on the local road .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. 5th, improved and considerably enlarged edition. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 72.