Helbedündorf

Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Kyffhäuserkreis
Height :	409 m above sea level NHN
Area :	96.37 km 2
Residents:	2219 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	23 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	99713
Primaries :	036029 (Holzthaleben, Keula), 036330 (Großbrüchter, Kleinbrüchter, Peukendorf, Toba), 036338 (Friedrichsrode)
License plate :	KYF, ART, SDH
Community key :	16 0 65 032
Community structure:	7 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Rasenweg 5 ; 99713 Helbedündorf
Website :	www.helbeduendorf.de
Mayor :	Jörg Steinmetz ( CDU )
Location of the community of Helbedündorf in the Kyffhäuserkreis

Helbedündorf is a municipality in the Kyffhäuserkreis in Thuringia . About 2400 people live in Helbedündorf.

geography

The community is located in the western part of the Kyffhäuserkreis on the southern slope of the eastern Dün . In the east, the district extends to the upper Helbetal with the adjacent Hainleite and in the southeast to the Thuringian Basin . The altitude ranges from 522 m on the ridge of the Dün in the Keula forest to around 260 m near Toba in the basin landscape.

It is about 16 kilometers each to the eastern district town of Sondershausen and Mühlhausen to the southwest .

Community structure

The community consists of the two western districts of Holzthaleben and Keula, each with 1000 and 700 inhabitants, Friedrichsrode, Groß- and Kleinbrüchter in the center and the district of Toba and the smaller district of Peukendorf.

The villages of the municipality were first mentioned in a document as follows:

Friedrichsrode : Easter 1706,
Big Brother : 1251,
Holzthaleben : March 20, 1143,
Keula : January 18, 967,
Kleinbrüchter : March 30, 1302,
Peukendorf : September 4, 1178.
Toba : March 20, 1143.

history

From the Iron Age, broken fragments prove the use of the area around the later castle complex in the upper Helbetal. This multi-part castle complex near Großbrüchter was protected by steep slopes and ramparts as well as ditches. It was built to protect the Helbe monastery courtyard.

There are remains of a castle on the west side of Keula. It probably had the task of controlling and protecting the road across the Dün in the direction of Mühlhausen. In addition, an Ottonian royal estate is mentioned in 967, the Emperor Otto II. The monastery of Fulda gave. That too had to be protected. In the Middle Ages, Keula Castle was the official seat of the Honsteiners , then the Schwarzburger . In 1772 and 1811 parts of the castle were demolished. The south wing, parts of the moat, cellar and remains of the outer wall have been preserved from the complex.

The community was founded on November 25, 1993 through the merger of the previously independent communities of Holzthaleben, Keula, Friedrichsrode and Großbrüchter. On July 22, 1995, Toba also joined. On September 2, 1995, Kleinbrüchter (with Peukendorf) was also incorporated.

Population development

Development of the population (December 31) :

1994: 2428
1995: 3039
1996: 3024
1997: 3026
1998: 3036
1999: 3007

2000: 2993
2001: 2974
2002: 2928
2003: 2889
2004: 2847
2005: 2827

2006: 2811
2007: 2747
2008: 2721
2009: 2636
2010: 2611
2011: 2530

2012: 2471
2013: 2471
2014: 2376
2015: 2347
2016: 2314
2017: 2301

2018: 2235
2019: 2219

Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

politics

Municipal council

The Helbedündorf municipal council consists of 14 members. Since the local elections on May 26, 2019 , it has been composed as follows:

Party / list	Share of votes in 2019	Seats 2019	Share of votes in 2014	Seats 2014	Share of votes in 2009	Seats 2009
CDU	48.4%	7th	53.2%	8th	49.1%	7th
SPD / Die Linke (2009 only SPD)	33.6%	5	33.0%	4th	25.5%	3
Free voters	10.5%	1	07.1%	1	08.0%	1
Kleinbrüchter volunteer fire brigade	07.4%	1	06.7%	1	05.9%	1
The left	-	-	not started	-	11.5%	1 / (2) ¹

¹ The Left Party was entitled to two seats in accordance with the election results. But since she only had one candidate, the second seat remained vacant.

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on February 28, 1995 by the Thuringian State Administration Office.

Blazon : "In Green over golden Wellenschildfuß, is on a red horse-dealer a red lying scattered fork, a golden growing beech."

The stylized beech represents the typical tree population of the community and the green color of the shield ground for the natural surroundings or the grove. The wave cut symbolizes the Helbe river . The long-term affiliation of the districts Großbrüchter, Holzthaleben and Keula to the former Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen is symbolized by the red spreading fork and the red horse crest in the golden field, similar to the regalia field in the princely coat of arms.

The coat of arms was designed by the heraldist Frank Jung.

Attractions

View of the district and transmitter Keula

The renovated half-timbered house ensemble in the Großbrüchter part of the municipality is worth seeing with its St. Spiritus Church, which was saved from deterioration in 1989. The bakery in the Holzthaleben district houses the local history museum, there is also a plague linden tree that is over 300 years old. In the Helbetal there are historical boundary stones that separated the Prussian area from the Schwarzburg area. There is also a stone atonement cross , the “Stone Virgin”. Above the Hebetal are the ruins of the Helbeburg, the construction of which goes back to the Bronze Age . The Keula moated castle in the Keula district is also worth seeing . Count Anton Günther II resided at the end of the courtyard garden and tower. In the Kleinbrüchter district there is a war memorial in memory of those who fell in the First and Second World Wars. The historic church in the Toba district is significant.

Economy and Transport

The main focus of the economy is handicrafts and agriculture and forestry. The Kunsthof Friedrichsrode achieved supraregional importance. In Keula , Deutsche Telekom AG operates a transmitter for VHF radio.

The somewhat remote community is connected to the neighboring cities by several state roads. The Greußen – Keula railway line leading from Ebeleben through the municipality was shut down when the potash industry on the Düne ended.

Personalities

Johann Christian Ernesti (born February 13, 1695 in Großbüchter; † October 12, 1769 in Langensalza), theologian
Johann Christoph Ernesti (born January 11, 1662 in Keula / Schwarzburg, † August 11, 1722 in Bad Tennstedt) theologian.

Individual evidence

^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).

↑ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian cities and villages , Rockstuhl Publishing House, Bad-Langensalza, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , pp. 128,141, 80, 100, 143, 287, 217.

↑ Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces. Jenzig-Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , pp. 133, 155/156.

↑ Municipalities 1994 and their changes since January 1, 1948 in the new federal states , Metzler-Poeschel publishing house, Stuttgart, 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , publisher: Federal Statistical Office

↑ ^a ^b StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 1995

↑ [Thuringian State Office for Statistics: 2019 municipal council election in Thuringia - final result for Helbedündorf], accessed on October 24, 2019

^ New Thuringian Wappenbuch Volume 2, page 27; Publisher: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Thüringen eV 1998 ISBN 3-9804487-2-X

Web links

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

Internet presence of the municipality of Helbedündorf

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-TH-1] Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).

[2] Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian cities and villages , Rockstuhl Publishing House, Bad-Langensalza, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , pp. 128,141, 80, 100, 143, 287, 217.

[3] Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces. Jenzig-Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , pp. 133, 155/156.