Exdorf

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Exdorf
Municipality grave field
Exdorf coat of arms
Coordinates: 50 ° 27 ′ 28 ″  N , 10 ° 32 ′ 36 ″  E
Height : 367 m above sea level NN
Area : 16.77 km²
Residents : 385  (Jun 30, 2015)
Population density : 23 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 1, 2007
Postal code : 98631
Area code : 036947
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Location of Exdorf in Grabfeld

Exdorf is a village in the southern district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen in Thuringia . Since December 1, 2007, the formerly politically independent municipality has been part of the Grabfeld municipality .

geography

Exdorf is the southeastern part of the municipality. The place is on the upper reaches of the Jüchse , which flows west of the place , a southern tributary of the Werra . The village of Obendorf, located about 1 km to the southeast, was part of the Exdorf community until 2007 and is now part of the Exdorf district within the Grabfeld community.

history

Exdorf was first mentioned under the name Eggisdorph in 951 . 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 . Exdorf was persecuted by witches from 1568 to 1614 : three women and one man got into witch trials .

church

Exdorf village church

Views of Exdorf

  • Henneberg half-timbered houses shape the townscape
  • Half-timbered house in Exdorf 1.jpg
  • Half-timbered house in Exdorf 2.jpg
  • Half-timbered house in Exdorf 3.jpg

  • Upper bakery and home room

  • The village church

  • In the church

politics

District Mayor

The last honorary mayor before the incorporation was Undine Herlan. She was elected on October 8, 2006. The current mayor of the district is Rudolf Weichelt.

coat of arms

The coat of arms was designed by the heraldist Karl-Heinz Fritze from Niederorschel .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ StBA Area: changes from 01.01. until December 31, 2007
  2. ↑ Kai Lehmann : Innocent. Witch hunt south of the Thuringian Forest. Over 500 researched cases from the 16th and 17th centuries. Wehry-Verlag, Untermaßfeld 2012, ISBN 978-3-9813902-8-5 , p. 99 f .; Kai Lehmann: Exhibition "Luther and the Witches". Exdorf 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 , p. 235, (also: Marburg, Universität, Dissertation, 2000).

Web links

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