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Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Kyffhäuserkreis
Fulfilling municipality :	Artern
Height :	125 m above sea level NHN
Area :	13.49 km 2
Residents:	606 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	45 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	06571
Area code :	03466
License plate :	KYF, ART, SDH
Community key :	16 0 65 019
LOCODE :	DE XGF
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 68 ; 06571 Gehofen
Website :	www.gehofen.de
Mayor :	Sebastian Koch (SPD)
Location of the municipality Gehofen in the Kyffhäuserkreis

Gehofen is a municipality in the Kyffhäuserkreis .

geography

The municipality of Gehofen in the north of the state of Thuringia is located in the southern tip of the Golden Aue , about two kilometers west of the Unstrut at the foot of the Hohe Schrecke .

The surroundings of Gehofen and its forests offer an extensive variety of species of plants and animals. In addition to the Finn , the Hohe Schrecke is particularly well-known - a ridge south of Gehofen, most of which has been declared a nature reserve and has been reported to the European Commission as part of the fauna-flora-habitat area "Hohe Schrecke - Finne".

history

Presumably as a Franconian foundation around the year 600, Gehofen was first mentioned in 782 as Hovun .

At the beginning of the 9th century, Gehofen was mentioned in a document as Hofun in a list of the properties of the Hersfeld Monastery, built by Archbishop Lullus of Mainz .

There was a knight dynasty of the same name, von Gehofen, from the 13th century until its extinction in 1711.

Until its dissolution on January 1, 2019, the community belonged to the Mittelzentrum Artern administrative community , since then the city of Artern has been a fulfilling community for Gehofen.

Population development

Development of the population (December 31) :

1994: 912
1995: 902
1996: 890
1997: 880
1998: 865
1999: 856

2000: 840
2001: 828
2002: 808
2003: 795
2004: 792
2005: 781

2006: 761
2007: 740
2008: 719
2009: 722
2010: 699
2011: 689

2012: 675
2013: 676
2014: 659
2015: 640
2016: 632
2017: 615

2018: 608
2019: 606

Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council (8 seats, election 2014):

CDU : 3rd
Sports club: 2
Free community of voters: 2
SPD : 1

traffic

The community is located on the Unstrutbahn , which has not been used regularly since 2006 and connects the cities of Naumburg and Artern . In addition, the road from Reinsdorf bei Artern to Wiehe runs through the municipality. The federal highway 38 runs north about 15 kilometers from Gehofen .

Culture and sights

Church of St. Johann Baptist

War memorial

Buildings

The Protestant Church of St. Johann Baptist is a neo-Gothic hall church with a recessed polygonal choir and a slim, octagonal west tower. It was probably built between 1866 and 1868 based on a design by Friedrich August Stüler instead of a previous medieval building. The facing consists of sandstone blocks, the equipment dates from the time of construction. Note an elaborately carved baptismal font from the early 17th century, the six-sided foot of which shows Luther, Paul and the Evangelists.
War memorial (built on the church square in 1924 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the warrior association)
Brickworks (probably built in 1840, in its current form since 1886)

societies

Fire Brigade Association Gehofen eV
Circle of Friends d. Church of St. Joh. Baptist zu Gehofen eV
Geflügelzuchtverein Gehofen eV
Gehofen 1999 eV youth club
Carnival Association Gehofen Weiß-Blau eV
Allotment garden association for recreation Gehofen eV
Shintai Do - Gehofen eV
SV Fortuna Gehofen eV
Association for breed rabbit breeding Gehofen 1969 eV

Regular events

Sports festival (end of June)
Breed rabbit show (beginning of July)
Fair (every 4th weekend in October)
Christmas market (beginning of December)

Personalities

Ernst Albrecht von Eberstein (1605–1676), military leader in the Thirty Years War
Christian Ludwig von Eberstein (1650–1717), supervisor in Harzgerode, chief miner, sergeant-major and chief forester
Catharina Margaretha Linck (1687–1721), button maker, calico printer and soldier, posed as a man
Friedrich August von Helmolt (1690–1755), chamber councilor of Saxony-Weißenfels and governor of Sachsenburg as well as heir, feudal lord, court lord and patron saint of Kannawurf
Wolf George von Eberstein (1724–1779), Prussian major and knight of the order Pour le Mérite
Hermann Kellermann (1887–1954), party functionary (SPD / USPD / KPD / SED) and participant in the November Revolution

Individual evidence

^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).
↑ Georg Dehio , edited by Stephanie Eißing and others: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. Thuringia . 2nd Edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich / Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-422-03095-6 , p. 430.

Web links

Commons : Gehofen - collection of images, videos and audio files

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-TH-1] Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).

[2] Georg Dehio , edited by Stephanie Eißing and others: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. Thuringia . 2nd Edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich / Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-422-03095-6 , p. 430.