Großwelsbach

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Großwelsbach
Großwelsbach coat of arms
Coordinates: 51 ° 10 ′ 7 ″  N , 10 ° 38 ′ 7 ″  E
Height : 235 m above sea level NHN
Area : 5.02 km²
Residents : 271  (December 31, 2015)
Population density : 54 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1994
Postal code : 99947
Area code : 036043
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Location of Großwelsbach in Bad Langensalza
St. Blasii Church
St. Blasii Church

Großwelsbach is a district of the town of Bad Langensalza in the Unstrut-Hainich district in Thuringia .

geography

Großwelsbach is located north of Bad Langensalza on state road  1031 near the Unstrut in an agricultural area. There is hardly any forest in the intensely used, undulating landscape. The climate is mild and there is little precipitation with soils that are mostly close to the groundwater. The place is traversed by the eponymous Welsbach , which comes from Kleinwelsbach and flows 3.4 km further south of the place near Thamsbrück into the mills operating Alte Unstrut .

history

The place was first mentioned in a document on March 12, 1216. The place is a church village of a former manor. The Gernrode monastery once owned a nunnery here, which is why there have been large agricultural areas in the village in the past centuries. At that time, Hans (von) Berlepsch acquired the monastery property and the family owned the property for a long time.

Großwelsbach belonged to the Electoral Saxon Office of Langensalza until 1815 and, after its cession to Prussia, from 1816 to 1944 to the district of Langensalza in the province of Saxony .

On March 8, 1994 the place was incorporated into Bad Langensalza.

District Mayor

The district mayor of Großwelsbach is Horst-Günter Aurin.

Culture and sights

  • The St. Blasii Church with its defensive tower from 1503. The exact date of construction of the church is unknown.

Web links

Commons : Großwelsbach  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Municipalities in Germany by area and population. (XLSX; 1.6 MB) See under: Thuringia, No. 15772 . In: Destatis website. Federal Statistical Office, December 31, 1992, accessed on November 2, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c Information on the Großwelsbach district. In: Website City of Bad Langensalza. December 31, 2015, accessed March 1, 2019 .
  3. ^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. 5th edition. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 104.