Griefstedt

Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Sömmerda
Management Community :	Kindelbrück
Height :	136 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.1 km 2
Residents:	259 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	51 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	99638
Area code :	036375
License plate :	SÖM
Community key :	16 0 68 015
Association administration address:	Puschkinplatz 1 ; 99638 Kindelbrück
Website :	www.vg-kindelbrueck.de
Mayor :	Norbert Mücke (FWG)
Location of the municipality of Griefstedt in the district of Sömmerda

Evangelical village church 2012

Griefstedt is a municipality in the Sömmerda district in Thuringia . It belongs to the administrative community Kindelbrück , which has its administrative headquarters in the city of Kindelbrück .

geography

Griefstedt is on the northern edge of the Thuringian Basin on the Unstrut.

history

At the beginning of the 8th century, Griefstedt is mentioned in a document as a Griffestat in a list of the goods of the Hersfeld Monastery, built by Archbishop Lullus († 786) of Mainz .

1233, the Thuringian Landgrave brother gave Konrad the "Hof Grifstete" the Teutonic Order , which there is a separate Coming instituted. The Coming House was looted during the Thirty Years War and the religious house was destroyed. The Commander Johann Adam Marschall von Bieberstein , who held office from 1701 to 1716 in Griefstedt instead built a castle. The high costs meant that only two of the planned three wings were realized. The renaissance castle was built of quarry stone with corner blocks, beautiful window frames and ornate risalits. The hall building with stucco ceiling and walls with Corinthian pilasters extended over two floors. On one side stood the lie-like commander's chair, opposite the church with altar, pulpit, organ, paintings from the history of the order, coats of arms of its grandmasters and tombstones of the commander. Below the property in the direction of Unstrut was a “graceful park”.

While the place Griefstedt belonged to the Wettin office Sachsenburg since 1407 , the Kommende Griefstedt like the neighboring place Riethgen was part of the Wettin office Weißensee . In 1809 the Teutonic Order was dissolved, and the Kommende Griefstedt passed as a foundation in 1815 to the Kingdom of Prussia as a domain. For a long time the main property was in the hands of the Ulrich family, who leased it and managed it in an exemplary manner. Anderson 1866: "Today the Commende is still a graceful abode brilliantly created by the tenant's own resources ...".

Through the resolutions of the Congress of Vienna , the place and the Kommende Griefstedt came to Prussia. They were assigned to the Province of Saxony in 1816, to which they belonged until 1944. Due to the previous affiliation to various offices of the Electoral Saxony, the Kommende Griefstedt was affiliated in 1816 to the district of Weißensee in the administrative district of Erfurt , but the place Griefstedt to the district of Eckartsberga in the administrative district of Merseburg .

During the Second World War , 66 workers from Poland as well as other women and men from Ukraine had to do forced labor on the Commende Griefstedt for the lessee Wilhelm Fromme .

Against the objections of the consistory of the ecclesiastical province and the protests of the state curator (“significant cultural value”), the intact manor house and the chapel were demolished in 1948 on the basis of the notorious SMAD order no. 209 . The district administrator: "Buildings erected in the typical Junky way would spoil the area next to the beautiful new farms". Today ruinous, formerly stately farm buildings are grouped around the desert, tree-covered demolition site with a piece of the castle wall. A decaying huge enclosure wall with a gate is also still there. A stone coat of arms from the castle church, that of “Comthur Philipp v. Bicken ”(1553–1556).

The new farmer's farmsteads, some of which were created from the demolition material, form the Thomas-Müntzer-Siedlung . The settlement and the grounds of the former Deutschordenskommende behind it lie between Griefstedt and Riethgen (to which they now administratively belong), seen from Griefstedt behind the Unstrut bridge on the left of the street.

The old village church named after St. Martin burned down in 1939 and lost its tower. In 1955, after being rebuilt, it was consecrated again without a tower.

Population development

Development of the population:

1994-327
1995-332
1996-334
1997 - 332
1998 - 331
1999 - 329

2000-325
2001 - 337
2002 - 328
2003 - 327
2004 - 317
2005 - 309

2006 - 315
2007 - 310
2008 - 309
2009 - 305
2010 - 289
2011 - 290

2012 - 287
2013 - 282
2014 - 277
2015 - 277
2016 - 268
2017 - 259

2018 - 261

Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

politics

Municipal council

The local council from Griefstedt consists of 6 council women and councilors.

FW 5 seats
The left 1 seat

(Status: local elections on June 27, 2004)

mayor

The honorary mayor Norbert Mücke was elected on June 27, 2004.

War memorial from GDR times

Culture and sights

The war memorial in front of the church has a unique selling point compared to most of its genre : the meaning of the death of these soldiers is not only their honor, but first and foremost their admonition to peace and friendship among peoples . The church was rebuilt in 1695–97 after the medieval church burned down.

traffic

The community has had a train station since 1881 when the Sangerhausen – Erfurt railway line was built. This station was used in 1994 as the location for the television film Three Days in April

The Unstrut cycle path leads through Griefstedt .

literature

Johann GL Anderson: History of the Teutonic Order Commende Griefstedt. Self-published, Erfurt 1867, ( digitized , digitized ).
R. Krieg: The Coming Griefstedt. In: Monday sheet. Vol. 60, 1908, ZDB -ID 997253-5 , pp. 343-344.

Individual evidence

^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).
^ The story of Griefstedt on the VG Kindelbrück homepage .
^ The district of Weißensee in the municipality register 1900 .
^ The district of Eckartsberga in the municipality register 1900 .
↑ Thuringian Association of the Persecuted of the Nazi Regime - Association of Antifascists and Study Group of German Resistance 1933–1945 (Ed.): Local history guide to sites of resistance and persecution 1933–1945. Volume 8: Thuringia. VAS - Verlag für Akademische Schriften, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-88864-343-0 , p. 269.

Web links

Commons : Griefstedt - 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] The story of Griefstedt on the VG Kindelbrück homepage .

[3] The district of Weißensee in the municipality register 1900 .

[4] The district of Eckartsberga in the municipality register 1900 .

[5] Thuringian Association of the Persecuted of the Nazi Regime - Association of Antifascists and Study Group of German Resistance 1933–1945 (Ed.): Local history guide to sites of resistance and persecution 1933–1945. Volume 8: Thuringia. VAS - Verlag für Akademische Schriften, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-88864-343-0 , p. 269.