Geisenhöhn

Geisenhöhn City of Schleusingen Coordinates: 50 ° 29 ′ 37 ″  N , 10 ° 45 ′ 25 ″  E
Height :	401 m
Residents :	109  (December 31, 2013)
Incorporation :	March 13, 1974
Postal code :	98553
Area code :	036841
Location of Geisenhöhn in Thuringia

Geisenhöhn is a district of the town of Schleusingen in the Hildburghausen district in Thuringia .

geography

View from Hohen Stieg to Geisenhöhn, Schleusingen in the background

Geisenhöhn is located about two kilometers south of Schleusingen on the old road to Hildburghausen between the mountains Eichenschrot and Hohe Stieg in the so-called Brunnengrund. The place is on average 420 meters above sea level.

The Gisbach rises in Brunnengrund, flows north through the town and flows into the lock after about 1.5 kilometers. The Geisenhöhn district comprises around 400 hectares of total area, with around 100 hectares being used for agricultural purposes and around 200 hectares in forest. The most important traffic connection is via the county road along the landfill on the state road 1134 (Hildburghausen – Schleusingen). Another path leads over the lock and the White Mountain to Schleusingen.

history

Schleuseblick clubhouse

The place name is interpreted as a grove (protected clearing) of a Giso. In 874 the place was first mentioned in a deed of gift from a Cunihilt to the Fulda monastery . Under the name Gysenhain , the place was moved in 1359 by Johann I for 220 pounds Heller to Heinrich von Waltershausen. Geisenhöhn has always been an agricultural village and in the past centuries it belonged to the Schleusingen parish. Geisenhöhn never owned a church, but a chapel was mentioned in writing in 1498. In 1630 Else Weidehofer from Geisenhöhn was beheaded and burned for witchcraft.

Until 1815, the place belonged to the Henneberg or Electoral Saxon office Schleusingen and then came to the Schleusingen district of the newly formed Prussian province of Saxony , where it remained until 1945. While the children attended schools in Schleusingen and Ratscher in the middle of the 19th century , they went to school in their own school building, built in 1893. In March 1950, the local primary school included grades 1 to 4. It was attended by the children of the communities Geisenhöhn and Gottfriedsberg . Years 5 to 8 were assigned to the central schools in Schleusingen.

Until 1972 Geisenhöhn was an independent municipality, whose affiliation to the Hildburghausen district and the Suhl-Land district changed several times in the past decades. In 1972 Geisenhöhn merged with eleven other communities to form a community association. On March 13, 1974 Geisenhöhn became a district of Schleusingen. The circular waste dump that was built in the late 1970s was closed again in 1996 and is now only used as a landfill. In 1997, the district was recognized as a funding priority for village renewal from 1998 to 2000.

economy

Geisenhöhn has always been a purely agricultural village. For many centuries it was the main source of income for the population. Cattle and ox husbandry for livestock and draft cattle as well as goats and pigs were important for the livelihood. In 1961 the LPG "Friedenstal" was founded. Eleven years later, the LPG merged in Geisenhöhn and Schleusingen.

Since the political change , the management of the surrounding areas has primarily been carried out by Landwirtschafts-Produktions-GmbH & Co Vermögens KG Schleusingen , which has leased most of the agricultural land. In addition, other areas are cultivated by a local sheep farmer.

The Geisenhöhn district includes around 200 hectares of forest, around 60 hectares of which are managed by the existing forest community. The rest is private forest. At present, however, there are also three part-time farmers and five small farms registered in Geisenhöhn. This has a decisive influence on the appearance of the place.

Social life

The school, built in 1893, has served as a club house since the end of its function as an educational institution. Several events take place here every year. The largest annual festival is the village festival in mid-August.

politics

The district mayor Maikel Schätzler was elected for the first time in 2014. In addition to him, the local council consists of four other members.

Web links

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

• Page about Geisenhöhn on the homepage of the city of Schleusingen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.insuedthueringen.de, January 16, 2014
2. ↑ Municipalities 1994 and their changes since January 1, 1948 in the new federal states , Metzler-Poeschel publishing house, Stuttgart, 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , publisher: Federal Statistical Office