Höhnstedt

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Höhnstedt
Salzatal municipality
Former municipality coat of arms of Höhnstedt
Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 10 ″  N , 11 ° 44 ′ 15 ″  E
Height : 161 m above sea level NHN
Area : 14.05 km²
Residents : 1549  (December 31, 2008)
Population density : 110 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 2010
Postal code : 06198
Area code : 034601
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Höhnstedt
Höhnstedt

Höhnstedt is a district of the unified municipality of Salzatal in the Saale district in Saxony-Anhalt (Germany).

Until the formation of the unified community Salzatal on 1 January 2010 Höhnstedt was an independent municipality in the Westlicher Saalkreis . The last mayor of Höhnstedt was Uwe Ringleb.

geography

Höhnstedt is about 5 km west of the city limits of Halle (Saale) . The place is on the southern edge of a plateau with fertile loess soil , which is about 60 to 80 meters above the Eisleben depression , in a valley basin . The Wellbach flows south in a valley cut along a geological fault . In the western half of the village is the Gänseberg (173.8 meters) as a flat elevation.

history

Archaeological finds from the Neolithic and the Middle to Late Bronze Age prove a prehistoric settlement in the Höhnstedt area. A stone box grave of the bell-cup culture and two grave fields of the Helmsdorf group were found.

In the area are "four stones", which are interpreted as the remains of a medieval court . They are also said to have been used as nail stones . Höhnstedt is assigned to the early medieval settlement period. It was first mentioned in 1121 as Hoenstede (1325 Honstete ) and was in the archdeaconate district of Eisleben of the Diocese of Halberstadt . The name is derived from the Old High German hōh for high or hōhī for height and describes a high-altitude settlement.

The cluster village Höhnstedt was one of the most populous settlements in the area in the Middle Ages. A noble family named after the place was probably the owner of a manor . In 1320 Höhnstedt came to the county of Mansfeld and was subordinated to the Seeburg office in the Schraplau district . In 1400 there were three churches or chapels in the village.

The Höhnstedt manor, which was north of the town center, cultivated 132 hectares in the 18th century . There were also seven full horses , eight half horses and 65 kossats . In total, the district had 765 hectares of fertile farmland and 52 hectares of vineyards . Viticulture flourished between the 14th and 16th centuries. Viticulture in the region was already described in a document from Otto II in 973 . In 1583 there were 93 households in the village, resulting in an approximate population of 465. In 1734 Höhnstedt was described as one of the best and largest villages in the county of Mansfeld.

In the course of the division of the County of Mansfeld, Höhnstedt came to the Prussian Duchy of Magdeburg with the Seeburg office . With the Peace of Tilsit in 1807, the place was incorporated into the Kingdom of Westphalia and assigned to the Halle district in the Saale department. He came to the canton of Seeburg . After Napoleon's defeat and the end of the Kingdom of Westphalia, Napoleon's allied opponents liberated the area in early October 1813. During the political reorganization after the Congress of Vienna in 1815, Höhnstedt was attached to the Merseburg administrative district of the Prussian province of Saxony in 1816 and incorporated into the Mansfeld Seekreis .

In 1880 a Rittmeister Wendenburg acquired the Höhnstedt manor, at the beginning of the 20th century a Carl Wenzel from Teutschenthal . After viticulture in the region had meanwhile come to a complete standstill, it was re-established from the 1920s. After 1945, after the expropriation of the manor in the northeast, extensive stables of the LPG "Red Banner" Höhnstedt were built. With 2,300 dairy cows in five stalls, the LPG provided a fifth of the district's milk production .

In the course of the first district reform in the GDR, Höhnstedt was reclassified to the Saalkreis on July 1, 1950 . With the second district reform in 1952, Höhnstedt came into the newly tailored hall circle in the Halle district , which was added to the Saalekreis in 2007. Until the formation of the unified community Salzatal on 1 January 2010 Höhnstedt was an independent municipality in the Westlicher Saalkreis . Michael Scheffler is the local mayor of Höhnstedt.

coat of arms

The oldest community seal dates back to 1747. It depicts a farmer who is holding three ears of corn in his right hand and a bunch of grapes in his left hand. On his right foot there are outlines that may represent rocks or sacks.

The coat of arms, which was approved by the regional council of Halle on November 7th, 1997 shows: "In green a standing golden winegrower with headgear, in the right hand holding three upright golden ears of wheat on the stalk, in the left holding a stalked hanging golden grape."

Culture and sights

Buildings

Church of St. Lucia and Ottilie

The Protestant church of St. Lucia and Ottilie was built in the years 1820 to 1831 and 1830 to 1832 in the neo-Gothic style. The cruciform floor plan with the adjoining west tower was created according to plans by the Halle city architect Johann Justus Peter Schulze , who built the theater in Halle (1836/37). The interior of the church is uniformly classical.

Regular events

The local wine festival takes place every year in September .

societies

Local clubs are the Höhnstedter Carnevalsclub Blau Gold (HCC), SV Höhnstedt, Biks Höhnstedt, Weinbauverein Höhnstedt, Junior Campus Höhnstedt, the Höhnstedt fire brigade club and the Höhnstedt shooting club 1998.

Economy and Infrastructure

wine growing

The Höhnstedter wine-growing area (large area) belongs to the Mansfeld Lakes area and thus to the northernmost wine-growing area in Germany, the Saale-Unstrut wine-growing area .

In a document from Otto II (October 22, 973), which seals an exchange contract between the Archdiocese of Magdeburg and an abbey in Fulda , vineis , i.e. vineyards or vineyards, are mentioned in the region . Later a large number of wine-growing huts were built, which shape the image of the vineyards. In 2017, wine was grown on almost 70 hectares in Höhnstedt. There are around 160 vineyard huts. In 2003 the Mansfeld Lakes Wine Route ( Zappendorf - Unterrißdorf ) was founded, which runs along a length of 21 km along 24 sights.

Transport links

Höhnstedt is about 2 kilometers north of the federal highway 80 , which connects Halle (Saale) with Eisleben . The federal motorway 143 runs about 5 kilometers to the east .

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 01 to December 31, 2010
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Gerd Villwock, Haik Thomas Porada (ed.): The lower Saale valley , pages 258 to 260.
  3. ↑ a b c Erich Neuss, Dietrich Zühlke (ed.): Mansfelder Land . Page 151.
  4. ^ Description of the Duchy of Magdeburg and the Mansfeld County of Magdeburg, p. 476
  5. ^ The Saale Department . Accessed March 12, 2019.
  6. ↑ Register of municipalities in Germany 1900 . - Kingdom of Prussia - Province of Saxony, district of Merseburg, district of Mansfelder Seekreis. Accessed March 12, 2019.
  7. ↑ Höhnstedt . Published on gov.genealogy.net. Accessed March 12, 2019.
  8. ↑ Höhnstedt locality . Published on gemeinde-salzatal.de. Accessed March 12, 2019.
  9. ^ Church of St. Lucia and Ottilie including interior photos
  10. ^ Schützenverein Höhnstedt 1998 eV Accessed on September 22, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Map of the Mansfelder See area accessed on March 12, 2019
  12. ↑ Welcome to Germany's northernmost wine-growing region . Published on weinstrasse-mansfelder-seen.de. Accessed March 12, 2019.