Gratzungen

Gratzungen City of Bleicherode Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 15 ″  N , 10 ° 35 ′ 30 ″  E
Height :	250 m above sea level NN
Incorporation :	July 1, 1950
Incorporated into:	Friedrichsthal
Postal code :	99735
Area code :	036337
Location of Gratzungen in Thuringia
Church in Gratzungen

Gratzungen is a district of the town of Bleicherode in the Nordhausen district in Thuringia .

location

The place is 250 meters above sea level. The surrounding terrain is wavy and hilly. On almost all sides the place is surrounded by forests, which consist of a coppice with individual oaks and a birch wood . The climate is harsh, the annual mean temperature is 7.4 degrees Celsius. The village is located on a colorful clay mountain of sandstone formation. The soil consists of sandy loam, is more wet than dry and is dependent in the north.

Waters

The Bliedebach , a right tributary of the Helme, flows through the district .

history

On 25/26 July 1184 the village was first mentioned in a document. A typical small farming village - the small farmers cultivated 350 hectares around 1850. In 1755 the current church was built in place of a previous church.

On July 1, 1950, the community of Friedrichsthal was created through the merger of the previous communities Bliedungen and Gratzungen.

Personalities

• Johann Gottfried Hoche (1762–1836), theologian and historian

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Landratsamt Nordhausen (Ed.): Yearbook of the Landkreis Nordhausen 1994. Verlag Neukirchner, Nordhausen 1995, ISBN 3-929767-10-4 , DNB 017209226 , OCLC 183237472 , p. 69.
2. ^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. Verlag Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 97.

Web links

Commons : Gratzungen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• genealogy.net