Gillersdorf
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Gillersdorf
Rural community town of Großbreitenbach
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| Height : | 660 m |
| Area : | 3.83 km² |
| Residents : | 244 (December 31, 2017) |
| Population density : | 64 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 2019 |
| Postal code : | 98701 |
| Area code : | 036781 |
Gillersdorf is a district of the rural community of City Großbreitenbach in Ilm-Kreis in Thuringia in Germany .
geography
Gillersdorf is located in the Thuringian Forest, a low mountain range that extends between the Thuringian Plain in the north and the Franconian mountain and hill country in the south, from the Werra in the northwest to the Saale in the southeast. Gillersdorf is located in a weak depression on the south-eastern slope of the Long Mountain , on the edge of the Thuringian Slate Mountains. The terrain profile of the place rises from the southwest at 655 m above sea level. NN at 685 m above sea level NN in the northwest. The Großbreitenbacher plateau stretches south of the village. It is barely forested and used to be mainly used for sheep breeding and flax cultivation . The basic character of the place is a typical street green village. The green is on average 20 m wide and approx. 600 m long and is planted with chestnut trees. Particularly noteworthy in the area of this Angers are the listed, free-standing clock tower, the two fountains designed according to historical models, as well as the buildings made of slate - seating group on the clock tower and bus waiting hall, which also serves as an information stand. The parish hall offers space for the community administration, for smaller events and family celebrations. But it also houses the local museum with its exhibitions on toy production, the historical roofing slate mining and the ditching. Other public facilities are the “Schwarzburger Hof” restaurant, which has a guest house, two cozy dining rooms and a hall for 150 seats, the fire station with a training room , the sports field and the children's playground.
In the town center, the residential buildings are mainly facing the gable or facing the street. The predominant roof shape is the gable roof, depending on the location in the low mountain range and taking into account the expected snow loads. The half-timbered houses, which are mainly covered with natural slate, are decisive for the townscape. The weather resistance of this naturally occurring building material is causally related to this.
The Breitenbach rises near Gillersdorf , a tributary of the Schwarza that gave the Großbreitenbach its name.
Place name
It must be assumed that the place Gillersdorf was named after its founder or after the first settler. It is probably a short form of two-part full names such as Giselhart or Gisbert . 1452, the year it was first mentioned in a document, the place is called Giselsdorf . The stream flowing through the village is called Gille . This brook name must be seen separately from the place name, because it was derived from "manure" - pool, puddle.
Neighboring places
Clockwise, starting in the north: Ilmenau , Herschdorf , Friedersdorf , Großbreitenbach
history
In the 13th century, Franconian settlers and miners advanced into the higher parts of today's Thuringia, as there were only a few settlements in the narrow mountain valleys. The village of Gillersdorf could also have arisen during this time. The sheltered location at the foot of the Lange Berg and the proximity to flowing water were definitely decisive factors for this location. But the first written mention of Gillersdorf is only from the year 1452.
During the Peasants' War in 1525, a large number of places, including Gillersdorf, united to form the so-called "Evangelical Brotherhood." They moved to Arnstadt to submit their demands to Count Günther XXXIX. The uprising was bloodily suppressed after 14 days and the leaders were executed. The introduction of the Reformation in the county of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt, to which Gillersdorf also belonged, took place in 1531 by Count Günther XXXIX and his son Count Heinrich XXXII.
During the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), Gillersdorf was exposed to constant troop movements and billeting due to its location between the theaters of war. The inhabitants often sought protection in the nearby forests. Potatoes were first grown by farmers in the village in 1740. During the Seven Years' War (1756–1763) there were constant movements of troops. Cattle, wagons, and the crops were stolen. The place had large contributions to make. In 1772 there was a great famine, which was accompanied by a general rise in prices. Many residents died of malnutrition as a result. During the Wars of Liberation (1813-1815), Gillersdorf again suffered from frequent troop movements. Associated with this were pre-tensioning services, taxes and billeting.
On August 2, 1825, a major fire destroyed 46 residential buildings. The church, the bell house, the parish, school, brewery and parish hall were also victims of the flames. In 1863 there was already a preliminary stage for a compulsory fire brigade in Gillersdorf. In 1872 the sports club, which today is called "SV Gillersdorf 1872 eV", was founded. Gillersdorf received the first telephone connection in 1907. In 1911 the central drinking water pipe and sewer system were built. In 1928 Gillersdorf was connected to the long-distance gas network. The culture house was built in 1969 as an extension of the “Schwarzburger Hof” restaurant.
In the past, the residents made their living with hand weaving, roofing slate mining, dehumidifying, wooden toy production and as an olive grocer. Almost every family ran a small farm as a sideline.
In 2002, Gillersdorf was named the “most beautiful village in the Ilm district” . In the context of the state competition "Our village should become more beautiful, our village has a future" , the place was able to take second place in Thuringia in 2003. Gillersdorf received a silver medal in the competition at the federal level on this topic.
In 1843 Gillersdorf had 495 inhabitants. Even then, many people emigrated due to the prevailing poverty in Gillersdorf. Until 1918 the place belonged to the sovereignty of the principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen .
Before the state of Thuringia was founded, Gillersdorf belonged to the sovereignty of the principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. The administration was done through the office of Gehren. On May 1, 1920 took place through the merger of the seven former Thuringian Duke or. Principalities, which also included the Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, formed the state of Thuringia. In 1922 the state of Thuringia created new uniform administrative structures. Nine (since 1926 10) urban districts and 15 rural districts were created. Gillersdorf belonged in the future to the district of Arnstadt. After the National Socialists came to power in 1933, the state of Thuringia was "brought into line" and in fact lost its statehood. After the Second World War, the Province of Thuringia was formed as a new administrative unit in early June 1945.
From 1949 Thuringia was part of the newly founded GDR. On July 25, 1952, the state of Thuringia was dissolved. The administrative districts of Erfurt, Gera and Suhl with the district capitals of the same name emerged from its territory. There was also a new circle structure. Gillersdorf now belonged to the Suhl district and the Ilmenau district.
After the reunification of Germany, the state of Thuringia was formed again on October 14, 1990. The state capital is Erfurt. The district to which Gillersdorf now belonged was identical to the previous district area and was called "Landkreis Ilmenau". On July 1, 1994, the Arnstadt and Ilmenau districts ceased to exist. Both were combined to form the so-called ILMKREIS. The capital of the new district is Arnstadt.
The distance to the district town of Arnstadt is approx. 35 km. Gillersdorf had been a member of the Großbreitenbach administrative association since 1992 . The administrative seat was in the city of Großbreitenbach . With the dissolution of this on January 1, 2019, Gillersdorf became a district of the rural municipality of Großbreitenbach.
Gillersdorf had 250 inhabitants in 2015.
Population development
Development of the population:
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Data source: from 1994 Thuringian State Office for Statistics - values from December 31st
Gillersdorf-Friedersdorf parish
Long before the introduction of the Reformation (1531), there was a small chapel on the site of today's church, with whose name St. Anne was commemorated. The chaplain from Herschdorf held mass every week in this chapel for the villages of Gillersdorf and Friedersdorf. In 1533 both places were subordinated to the parish of Böhlen. Because of the acute dilapidation, the chapel was renewed and expanded in 1588. In 1637, during the Thirty Years' War, soldiers passing through set the church on fire. In 1724 the church tower was so dilapidated that it threatened to collapse. The bells had to be taken down and found their place in a specially built bell house. The places Gillersdorf and Friedersdorf broke away from the parish of Böhlen in 1756 and founded their own with its seat in Gillersdorf. In the Seven Years' War (1756–1763) the church was again destroyed by flames. A catastrophic fire on August 2, 1825 reduced almost the entire place to rubble and ashes, with the church also being burned to the ground. On October 19, 1829, the newly built church was inaugurated with a festival service. In 1950, extensive repairs to the church roof and the church tower were necessary. The organ was also renovated. In 1996 the church tower was refilled and received a new tower button. In the period that followed, it was necessary to renovate the interior of the church several times. In August 2009 the parish Gillersdorf-Friedersdorf was dissolved. The places Gillersdorf, Friedersdorf and Willmersdorf will in future be administered by the parish of Großbreitenbach.
In 2011, 43% of the population belonged to the Protestant Church, 2% are Catholic. The village church Gillersdorf belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran congregation, to which the Protestants from Friedersdorf also belong; Responsible is the parish office Großbreitenbach in the parish of Arnstadt-Ilmenau of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany . The few Catholics belong to the parish of St. Josef in Ilmenau .
church
The church is located on the eastern edge of the village. It is a rectangular, single-nave building in an east-west direction. The wooden mansard roof placed on the natural stone substructure has a three-sided east end. The tower, which is placed on the building in a westerly direction, has a hexagonal tail dome on its square shaft. This is crowned by a lantern, a small tailed dome and a tower button with a weather vane. The interior is provided with a three-sided, two-storey gallery. On the east side the pulpit altar is arranged on the central axis. The choir, separated by a colored glass wall, serves as a sacristy. Opposite the altar is the baroque organ front on the second gallery.
politics
Former councilor
The council of the community Gillersdorf consisted of 6 councilors and councilors.
(Status: local elections on June 27, 2004 )
Former mayor
The honorary mayor Ramona Pabst was elected on June 5, 2016.
Economy and Transport
For centuries, Gillersdorf was shaped by weaving as the dominant branch of the economy. Furthermore, slate was mined in the village until 1911 and wooden toys were produced in the only factory in the village until 1934 . During the GDR era, most of the Gillersdorfer worked in Großbreitenbach .
Roads connect the place with Großbreitenbach , Böhlen and Herschdorf . From 1882 to 1998 the place had a railway connection on the Ilmenau – Großbreitenbach railway via the Neustadt-Gillersdorf an der Hohen Tanne station , which was about 2 km southwest of the place. With the construction of the A71 motorway, the town is well connected via the existing transport network.
Personalities
- Johann Samuel Ferdinand Blumröder (born July 27, 1793 in Gillersdorf, † October 31, 1878 in Erfurt), Evangelical Lutheran clergyman
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thuringian Law and Ordinance Gazette No. 14/2018 p. 795 ff. , Accessed on January 2, 2019
- ^ Source for Schwarzburgische and Saxon places: Johann Friedrich Kratzsch : Lexicon of all localities of the German federal states . Naumburg, 1843. Available online from Google Books . Source for Prussian places: Handbook of the Province of Saxony. Magdeburg, 1843. Available online at Google Books
- ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Population figures. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
- ↑ Population development since 1989 (TLUG) ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 18 kB)
- ↑ census database
Web links
Allersdorf | Altenfeld | Bohlen | Friedersdorf | Gillersdorf | Großbreitenbach | Herschdorf | Neustadt am Rennsteig with Kahlert | Wildenspring | Willmersdorf