Heßberg (Veilsdorf)

Hessberg Veilsdorf municipality Coordinates: 50 ° 25 ′ 9 ″  N , 10 ° 46 ′ 18 ″  E
Height :	393 m above sea level NN
Area :	5.69 km²
Residents :	615  (Jun 30, 2008)
Population density :	108 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	November 29, 1994
Postal code :	98669
Area code :	03685
Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Aegidia

Heßberg is a district of Veilsdorf in the Hildburghausen district in Thuringia .

location

Heßberg is located in the Werraniederung on the federal road 89 between Veilsdorf and Hildburghausen, three kilometers to the west, at the foot of the Hildburghausen Forest. The border between Thuringia and Bavaria is in the southern part of the district . The Werra Railway runs through the area, which is about 390 meters above sea level.

history

The village was first mentioned on July 10, 1168. The place is the origin of the noble family of the same name von Heßberg .

Hessberg was hit by the witch hunt in 1626 . Two women got into witch trials , were tortured and expelled from the country.

Until 1945 there was a manor with a brewery in the village. The manor's castle had to be demolished after 1945. Now a porcelain company and Milch-Land-GmbH are the largest employers in the village. A new residential area has been developed in Heßberg (Röten).

Attractions

• St. Aegidien Church (Heßberg)

Personalities

The doctor Johann Christian Rosenmüller (1771–1820) was born in Heßberg.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} History of Heßberg on the website of the municipality of Veilsdorf ( Memento of the original from April 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 13, 2012 
2. ^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. Verlag Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 121
3. ^ Kai Lehmann : Exhibition "Luther and the Witches", Heßberg area, Library Museum Schloss Wilhelmsburg Schmalkalden, 2012; Ronald Füssel: The persecution of witches in the Thuringian region , publications of the working group for historical witchcraft and crime research in Northern Germany, Volume 2, Hamburg 2003, p. 237f; Egbert Friedrich: Witch hunt in the Rodach area and the witch trial ordinance of Duke Johann Casimir (writings of the Rodacher Rückert Circle, issue 19), Rodach 1995, pp. 192-236

Web links

Commons : Heßberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files