Hüttenrode

This article dealt with the municipality of Hüttenrode in the Harz region. For information on Hüttenrode in Hessen, see Hüttenrode (Haina) .

Hüttenrode City of Blankenburg (Harz)
Coordinates: 51 ° 46 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	478 m
Area :	18.63 km²
Residents :	991  (Feb. 15, 2018)
Population density :	53 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 2010
Postal code :	38889
Area code :	03944
View of Hüttenrode from the direction of grandfather

Hüttenrode is a district of the town of Blankenburg (Harz) in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt .

Geographical location

Hüttenrode is located in the Harz Mountains (low mountain range) southwest of the city of Blankenburg (Harz) on federal road 27 , which continues towards Rübeland and from which a connection road to Almsfeld branches off at federal road 81 in the middle of town . Furthermore, the place is on the Rübelandbahn , where there was also a train station until 2006. The former train station is (2008) the seat of the miners' association. Today, Hüttenrode is only connected to the public via regular bus services.

history

First mention

On July 22, 1133, Bishop Otto von Halberstadt donated three and a half hooves to St. Johann monastery in Halberstadt and four hooves in Hüttenrode ( in Hiddenroht , originally Hindenroht , in the Hiddenrodt copy ), which his predecessor, Bishop Reinhard, had acquired from Count Palatine Friedrich von Sommerschenburg , and a hoof that Eckehard had had as a fief. The original document is in the Saxony-Anhalt State Archives in Magdeburg .

On September 8, 1225, the papal legate Konrad von Urach confirmed the possessions of the St. Johann monastery in Hiddenrot .

Further development

Former Braunesumpf stop near Hüttenrode

The place belonged to the state of Braunschweig until 1945 and only then came to Saxony-Anhalt.

There was a lot of mining going on in the area. Mainly iron ore and iron stone were mined. With the construction of the Rübelandbahn in 1885/1886, the industrialization of the place was advanced. Today one tries to develop tourism further.

During the advance of the US Army on Hüttenrode on April 18, 1945, American artillery accidentally fired friendly fire on its own troops and killed 15 soldiers.

From 1970 to 1993 the branch office of the Reinhold Julius company vocational school of the DVZ Magdeburg was located on the former Braunesumpf mining site . Theoretical training of apprentices from other data processing centers in the GDR also took place here.

On January 1, 2010, the previously independent municipality of Hüttenrode was incorporated into the city of Blankenburg (Harz) together with the municipalities of Heimburg , Cattenstedt , Wienrode and Timmenrode and the city of Derenburg .

badges and flags

The coat of arms of Hüttenrode

The coat of arms was approved by the district on June 26, 2008.

Blazon : "Divided by Göpelschnitt, in front in gold an upright right red deer pole bent to the left, behind in green a golden grain sheaf, below in silver a black miner's tooth."

The colors of the district are green and yellow.

The coat of arms was designed by the Magdeburg municipal heraldist Jörg Mantzsch .

The flag is green-yellow (1: 1) striped (horizontal shape: stripes running horizontally, lengthways shape: stripes running vertically) and centered with the municipal coat of arms.

Culture and sights

View of the church ruins

Memorials

• Large war cemetery marked with many single crosses for German soldiers who died in April 1945.
• Soviet memorial cemetery for 95 Soviet prisoners of war , which in the lime works Rübeland and Piesteritz / Elbingerode of IG Farben -Konzerns during the Second World War, victims of forced labor were

Web links

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

• Website of the district (list of links, under construction)

References

1. ↑ Jürgen Möller: The fight for the Harz. April 1945 . Rockstuhl Verlag, Bad Langensalza 2011. p. 269. ISBN 978-3-86777-257-0
2. ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 01 to December 31, 2010
3. ↑ Official Journal of the District No. 7/2008 page 18 ( Memento of the original from January 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.