Gift of God (Probstzella)

Gift of god Probstzella municipality Coordinates: 50 ° 32 ′ 48 ″  N , 11 ° 20 ′ 54 ″  E
Height :	322 m
Residents :	59
Postal code :	07330
Area code :	036735
Location of God's gift in Thuringia
Ruin in the gift of God

Gabe Gottes is a hamlet of Probstzella in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district in Thuringia .

geography

The hamlet Gabe Gottes is located about two kilometers south of Marktgölitz in the Loquitz valley directly on the federal highway 85 . The Saalfeld – Probstzella railway line also runs through the valley with a Marktgölitz train station , which was built in the area of Gabe Gottes .

history

The place Gabe Gottes goes back to the foundation of the blue paint factory in 1668. The name Gabe Gottes originated from a legend. In the mines of Marktgölitz no iron stone was ever found. After a long time a miner found a large chunk of iron stone. He said: It's a gift from God . Therefore the name. From 1761 to 1769 the blue paint mill was converted into an iron mill called the Gift of God . Since then, this name has also been adopted by the settlement.

In 1898 the Grosser brothers acquired all of the roofing slate mining facilities. These included a brewery, all slate quarries and also an agricultural farm, which in the 1952 LPG friendship has been handed over. The roofing slate mining came to the Unterloquitz slate pits after 1945.

Web links

Commons : Gift of God  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} God's gift on the website of the Probstzella congregation ( Memento from May 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive )