Hörningen

Hörningen City of Nordhausen Coordinates: 51 ° 32 ′ 21 ″ N , 10 ° 42 ′ 50 ″ E
Height :	281 m above sea level NN
Residents :	300
Incorporation :	July 1, 1994
Postal code :	99734
Area code :	03631
	Location of Hörningen in Nordhausen
	Church in Hörningen

Hörningen is a district of the city of Nordhausen in Thuringia with around 300 inhabitants.

geography

Hörningen is about eight kilometers northwest of Nordhausen in the southern foreland of the Harz Mountains . Immediately north of the village is the gypsum karst nature reserve Sattelköpfe (Hörninger Kuppen) . The great lake hole , a natural monument in the immediate south-west, is a karst phenomenon with a depth of 17 m and was important as a place of worship in early history .

history

The village of Hörningen was first mentioned in a document in 1238. The area around Hörningen, however, was already settled in prehistoric times. On the mountain spur Birkenkopf , an eastern branch of the Kohnstein , there are walls lying one behind the other. All three ramparts probably protected a hill fort from the Late Bronze and Iron Ages .

In 1945 the place took in a particularly large number of displaced persons . The farmers were subjected to forced collectivization with the formation of two LPGs in the 1950s . During the GDR era, Hörningen was in the 5-kilometer exclusion zone on the inner-German border .

A large " wind park " dominating the landscape was built in the immediate vicinity of the village .

church

Hörningen village church

Natural monuments

Saxon oak with a chest height circumference of 6.15 m (2016).

Personalities

Claudia Bechstein (* 1978), photo model and presenter

Web links

Commons : Hörningen (Nordhausen) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Page about Hörningen on the website of the city of Nordhausen

Individual evidence

↑ Michael Köhler: Pagan sanctuaries. Jenzig-Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-910141-85-8 , p. 76.
^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. Rockstuhl Verlag, Bad Langensalza, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 128.
↑ Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces. Jenzig-Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , p. 67.
^ Entry in the directory of monumental oaks . Retrieved January 10, 2017

[1] Michael Köhler: Pagan sanctuaries. Jenzig-Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-910141-85-8 , p. 76.

[2] Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. Rockstuhl Verlag, Bad Langensalza, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 128.

[3] Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces. Jenzig-Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , p. 67.

[4] Entry in the directory of monumental oaks . Retrieved January 10, 2017