Geba (Rhönblick)
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Geba
Community Rhönblick
Coordinates: 50 ° 34 ′ 47 " N , 10 ° 15 ′ 42" E
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| Height : | 664 m |
| Residents : | 78 |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 1978 |
| Incorporated into: | Helmershausen |
| Postal code : | 98617 |
| Area code : | 036943 |
Geba is a village with 78 inhabitants in the Thuringian Rhön on the Gebabergs plateau at about 670 m above sea level. NN . As a district of Helmershausen, it belongs to the Rhönblick community and is located in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district .
history
The village is said to have originated from the merger of the individual farms Grauer Hof , Alter Hof and Klingerrodhof .
The place belonged to the old property of the County of Henneberg and when the Counts of Henneberg - Schleusingen died out in 1583, including the jurisdiction of lower jurisdiction, it was in noble hands, but belonged to the Amt of Maßfeld under sovereignty . With this he came to the Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen in 1680 .
On January 1, 1978 Geba was incorporated into the municipality of Helmershausen.
Attractions
Natural monuments
The village is mainly known for the Gebaberg, 1 km to the north. About 1 km west of the Rhön-Rennsteig hiking trail , the Rhönfrieden offers a good view of the Rhön from Helmershausen over the Wasserkuppe to the Diesburg . Following the RR path further west is the Wacholderheide on the Hohen Löhr . On the road to Helmershausen in a south-westerly direction, there is also a vantage point at the Maladebank . The 8.4 km long Dr. Malade circular path leads around the village . Like the bank, it was built in memory of Theo Malade , "the philanthropist, doctor and writer (* July 24, 1869, † December 19, 1944)", as a wooden plaque reports.
Architectural monuments
The old school was built in 1848 . The listed building has two bells in the gable and a clock underneath. Today it is used as a community room.
church
The octagonal Protestant church stands on the western edge of the village . It was built in 1791 at what was then the highest point in the village after the previous church was burned down by Croats . In 1994 it was restored and since then services and concerts have been held there again. The organ , built by Johann Caspar Rommel in 1793 and restored by Orgelbau Hoffmann in 1996 , has eight stops on one manual.
Individual evidence
- ^ Federal Statistical Office: Municipalities 1994 and their changes since 01.01.1948 in the new federal states. Metzler-Poeschel, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 .
- ^ Architecture and history of the Geba church at the evang.-luth. Stepfershausen rectory.
- ↑ Organ portrait with sound examples on Youtube
