Fuhrbach

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Fuhrbach
City of Duderstadt
Fuhrbach coat of arms
Coordinates: 51 ° 31 ′ 53 ″  N , 10 ° 20 ′ 27 ″  E
Height : 211 m
Residents : 922  (Nov. 1, 2019)
Incorporation : 1st January 1973
Postal code : 37115
Area code : 05527
Fuhrbach (Lower Saxony)
Fuhrbach

Location of Fuhrbach in Lower Saxony

Fuhrbach is a place in the district of Göttingen in Lower Saxony ( Germany ) and is located on the state road 531 between Duderstadt and Brochthausen , six kilometers northeast of Duderstadt on the border with Thuringia . The village, which belongs to the Untereichsfeld , has been part of the city of Duderstadt since January 1, 1973 and has around 900 inhabitants.

geography

The Dorfbach Fuhre runs through Fuhrbach and is picked up by the Soolbach at the exit to Brochthausen . The district has a total area of ​​4.8 km², with almost a third of it being lost at the former German-German border, including the entire forest area. The altitude of Fuhrbach is, with slight fluctuations, between 200 and 250 m above sea level. NN .

history

Fuhrbach was first mentioned in a document in December 1124. In the document, Archbishop Adalbert I of Mainz testified to a donation in which "goods in Furbeche" are listed. A chapel and a priest sent by the Gerode monastery have been in the village since 1308 . A church has existed since 1379, the location of which can no longer be precisely defined today, and several replicas probably followed, one of which could be from 1565. This is evidenced by a stone with the year 1565, which was found when the previous church was demolished in favor of the one that was to be built later. The current St. Pankratius Church was built in the neo-romantic style between 1873 and 1876, under the Hildesheim architect Anton Algermissen .

Since the middle of the 15th century the place was Duderstädter Ratsdorf. The replacement of the Duderstadt rights later lasted into the 20th century. During the Thirty Years' War , the Fuhrbacher had to provide considerable services, which were reflected in the delivery of materials and haulage services. After the reunification , Fuhrbach revitalized the neighborhood relationships with the places Jützenbach and Brehme . An "ID-free" border crossing in the Soolbachtal was set up months before the official opening of the border .

politics

Local council

The local council elected in 2015 is now only represented by one parliamentary group, the Fuhrbacher voter community. It now has eleven members. First and foremost, mayor Beate Sommerfeld and her deputy Matthias Degenhardt.

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on December 5, 1950.

The fir tree symbolizes the forest in the region. The wave bar represents the Fuhrbach.

Attractions

Church of St. Pankratius

St. Pancras Church

The Catholic Church of St. Pankratius combines many features of the houses of worship from the Lower Field . So it provides a three-aisled basilica is and has been from red sandstone built -Quadern. The Hildesheim architect Anton Algermissen was responsible for the neo-Romanesque church built between 1873 and 1876 . In 1956, the wooden belfry was replaced by a plastered tower from the Fuhrbach master builder Wilhelm Reimann. Predecessor buildings of the church can be dated to the years 1300, 1379 and 1565. On the outer walls, similar to the neo-Romanesque churches of the Unterereichsfeld, one can find the blind arch frieze supporting the eaves . Inside there are arcades on Doric columns with cube capitals and flat wooden beam ceilings. These ceilings have decorations in the form of floral beam decorations. The decorative wall design is the main room-defining element. On the inner surfaces of the arcade arches, the window walls and the choir cornice, flower and leaf tendril friezes and geometrically arranged bands in the colors ocher, yellow and light blue can be seen. The main altar and the side altars are in the neo-Romanesque style and show reliefs from the Old Testament , while the windows are from 1909 and depict scenes from the life of Jesus in the area of ​​the choir . On the other hand, they only have colored ornamental frames on the windows of the nave . Since November 1, 2014, the church has belonged to the parish of St. Sebastian based in Rhumspringe .

Red waiting

The "Rote Warte", located at the highest point of Landesstrasse 531 between Fuhrbach and Duderstadt, originally represented part of the Duderstadt fortifications. The "Rode Warde", as it was called at the time, was first mentioned in the 14th century 1401 then took place in the Duderstädter account book. Remains of the former control room were still visible at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, which were located in the immediate vicinity of the forester's house . This forester's house, a forester was first named for the region in 1685, and was given the name of the control room there. The fact that several buildings must have existed next to the tower at the "Rote Warte" is testified by a mention from 1511, which indicates a house "next to the observation tower". The end of the centuries-old forest service, which also included farming and an inn, ended in 1971 with the conclusion of a maintenance contract between the city of Duderstadt and the Northeim Forestry Office .

Economy and Infrastructure

Fuhrbach is known as the "Stone Setter Village". Nevertheless, the town's economy had to adapt to the new border situation in 1945, which led to the once widespread small-scale farming with numerous part-time businesses disappearing. In the meantime only two full farms can be found. From 1897 to 1967 the cigar factory was an important employer, especially for women, whereby home work also played a major role. The end of the migrant workers marked further turning points , as a number of craft businesses emerged in the construction and ancillary trades , as well as the gradual establishment of hiking opportunities that were effective for tourism, connected with reunification . Fuhrbach has been an aspiring place since the association was founded in 1973.

Personalities

  • Franz Ehrhardt (born July 15, 1880 in Fuhrbach; † July 6, 1956 in Cologne), German politician ( German Center Party , CDU ), MdR , MdL ( Lower Saxony )
  • Heinz Vollmer (born June 23, 1929 in Fuhrbach; † May 21, 2010 in Fuhrbach) was a local building contractor. He was the local mayor of Fuhrbach for 23 years and held the title of "honorary mayor". He was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit for his outstanding political achievements in and around Fuhrbach. The “Vollmer fountain” and the “Heinz Vollmer Weg” are named after him.

literature

  • Tassilo Bitzan: Fuhrbach 1995–1997. Anniversary "1100 years of Eichsfeld" . Local and tourist association Fuhrbach, Duderstadt 1997.
  • Tassilo Bitzan: Fuhrbach in the Eichsfeld. History and stories, a local chronicle . Mecke, Duderstadt 1985.
  • Helmut Godehardt: A few remarks on the first documentary mentions of the Eichsfelddörfer Fuhrbach, Wintzingerode and Gerblingerode . In: Association for Eichsfeldische Heimatkunde; Association Goldene Mark Untereichsfeld (Hrsg.): Eichsfeld-Jahrbuch . tape 17 , 2009, p. 115-134 .
  • Tassilo Bitzan [among others]: From the story of Fuhrbach . Mecke, Duderstadt 1974.
  • Klaus Häger: Local family book of the community Fuhrbach . Self-published, 2015.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population statistics on the city of Duderstadt's website, accessed on May 7, 2020
  2. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 206 .

Web links

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