Grossromstedt

Grossromstedt City and rural community Bad Sulza Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 45 ″ N , 11 ° 29 ′ 34 ″ E
Height :	314 m above sea level NN
Residents :	273 (2009)
Incorporation :	March 15, 1996
Incorporated into:	Saaleplatte
Postal code :	99518
Area code :	036425
Location of Großromstedt in Thuringia
	Church in Großromstedt

Großromstedt is a district of the city and rural community Bad Sulza in the Weimarer Land district in Thuringia .

location

Großromstedt is located in the middle of an arable area on the Ilm-Saale-Platte . Kapellendorf lies to the west and Kleinromstedt to the east . The district road 103 coming from Großromstedt connects in Kleinromstedt to the state road 1060 from Jena to Apolda . On average, the most overdone district is 310 meters above sea level.

history

In Großromstedt there is a large Elbe Germanic cremation burial ground from the late pre-Roman Iron Age (2nd half of the 1st century BC) and the early Roman Empire . It was excavated from 1907 to 1913 and gave its name to the Großromstedter Horizont , an Elbe Germanic cultural group that spread to Bohemia and Main Franconia in the decades before the birth of Christ .

The place Romstat is mentioned for the first time in a document of the Fulda monastery , which dates to around the year 860 (876) . Since it is not clear whether Groß- or Kleinromstedt is meant, both places accept the document as their first mention. The place belonged to the Ernestine office of Dornburg , which was founded in the 14th century and belonged to various Ernestine duchies due to several divisions . From 1815 the place was part of the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach , which in 1850 incorporated it into the Weimar II administrative district ( Apolda administrative district ).

In 2009, 273 residents lived in the agricultural town. From 1952 onwards, the farmers also had to follow the path of collectivization of agriculture and today they jointly operate a large stables for cattle.

There is a legend about the particularly melodious big bell in the church tower of St. Michaelis Church that the Weimar Duke Ernst August forced the people of Großromstedt to give him this bell for the Weimar castle tower. However, when it started ringing by itself in the middle of the night and the bell ringer sometimes had unpleasant things happening during the day when the bell was rung, the Duke had it brought back to Großromstedt.

Personalities

Karl Oßwald senior (1861–1942), farmer and hobby archaeologist
Karl Oßwald jun. (1889–1976), farmer and local politician

literature

Manfred Toegl: The big bell of Großromstedt in history and legend . In: Apoldaer Geschichtsverein e. V. (Hrsg.): Apoldaer Heimat - Contributions to the nature and local history of the city of Apolda and its surroundings . Issue 7. Apolda 1989, p. 4-5 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Gustav Eichhorn : The urn cemetery on the Schanze near Großromstedt (= Mannus Library. 41, ISSN 0720-7158 ). Curt Rabitzsch Verlag, Leipzig 1927.
^ Otto Dobencker : Regesta diplomatica necnon epistolaria historiae Thuringiae. Volume 1: (approx. 500 - 1152). Gustav Fischer, Jena 1896, p. 50 f., No. 227 .
^ Großromstedt on the official website of the municipality of Saaleplatte. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
↑ Dietrich Kühn (ed.): Sagen und Legenden aus Thüringen. Wartburg-Verlag, Jena 1990, ISBN 3-374-01062-8 , p. 73 f.

[1] Gustav Eichhorn : The urn cemetery on the Schanze near Großromstedt (= Mannus Library. 41, ISSN 0720-7158 ). Curt Rabitzsch Verlag, Leipzig 1927.

[DobeneckerI-2] Otto Dobencker : Regesta diplomatica necnon epistolaria historiae Thuringiae. Volume 1: (approx. 500 - 1152). Gustav Fischer, Jena 1896, p. 50 f., No. 227 .

[3] Großromstedt on the official website of the municipality of Saaleplatte. Retrieved June 20, 2012.

[4] Dietrich Kühn (ed.): Sagen und Legenden aus Thüringen. Wartburg-Verlag, Jena 1990, ISBN 3-374-01062-8 , p. 73 f.