Helmershausen
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Helmershausen
Community Rhönblick
Coordinates: 50 ° 33 ′ 45 ″ N , 10 ° 14 ′ 16 ″ E
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| Height : | 403 m |
| Residents : | 622 |
| Incorporation : | August 1, 1996 |
| Postal code : | 98617 |
| Area code : | 036943 |
 Village church "Cathedral of the Rhön"
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The village of Helmershausen is part of the Rhönblick community in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district in Thuringia .
geography
Helmershausen has about 620 inhabitants and is located in the Herpf valley , at the mouth of the Hörbach, at the foot of the Gebabergs and the Hutsbergs , on which the castle ruins of the same name are located. The area of the village belongs to the Rhön Biosphere Reserve .
history
The place was mentioned for the first time in 856 in a letter of donation from the Fulda Abbey as "Helmrichshusun". In addition to the Fulda Abbey, the Counts of Henneberg were also wealthy here. Count Poppo VI. In 1181 von Henneberg exchanged two talents from his local income to the Abbot of Fulda for other goods. On October 21, 1232 Abbot Konrad von Fulda and Count Poppo VII von Henneberg signed a contract in which Hendungen was exchanged for possessions in Helmershausen. In 1317, Count Berthold VII von Henneberg-Schleusingen left the Helmershausen court to Abbot Heinrich von Fulda against the Roßdorf court , which was previously subject to the Fulda Provincial Court in Dermbach . In 1323, the Fulda Abbey obtained the granting of Frankfurt city rights from Emperor Ludwig. Of these, however, only the markets gained practical importance.
The Fulda Abbey soon ceded the place to the Lords of Frankenstein , who sold the place back to the Hennebergers in 1330. In addition to these overlords, a relatively large number of aristocrats were also resident here. In addition to the "Hennebergischer Freihof" on the market on the so-called Poppenstein, which had belonged to the nearby Hutsburg Castle , there were five knightly seats in Helmershausen:
- 1. The "Black Castle" "in front of the churchyard". It belonged to the Lords of Erffa, then to von Heldritt , then to von Auerochs and from 1711 to von Wechmar.
- 2. Christof von Ostheim owned several farms "bei der Linde" ("Yellow Castle"). He sold this to the Lords of Zweiffeln in 1599. In 1696 the barons von Speßhardt became owners, and this family sold the farms to the community in 1766.
- 3. The Lords of Kohlhausen held a bower that belonged to the "Kohlhausen Castle" (now deserted) located in front of the site. The family died out in 1566.
- 4. The “Red Castle” belonged to those of Wildungen .
- 5. The "Jägergut".
Helmershausen belonged to the back court in the Lichtenberg office in the Duchy of Saxony-Eisenach and later Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach .
Helmershausen was persecuted by witches from 1611 to 1621 : 17 women were tried in witch trials , 14 were burned, one died under torture, and two were expelled from the country. The last victim was Grete, Hans Müller's wife.
From 1991 to 1996, the formerly independent municipality was part of the Rhönblick administrative community , which on August 1, 1996 was merged with other municipalities in the Rhönblick municipality.
Buildings
The historic town center is listed and contains a number of valuable Franconian half-timbered houses . Among them are the particularly impressive former knight's seats “Black Castle”, “Red Castle” and “Yellow Castle” as well as the “Henneberger Freihof”. Above the village on the Hutsberg are the ruins of the Hutsburg , a former bailiwick of the Counts of Henneberg .
- The village church of Helmershausen, with its five-storey tower, is called the " Rhön Cathedral ". The unusually large and spacious quarry stone church in the style of the late Baroque was built in 1736–1752, in place of and using masonry from an older church from the 15th century. The baroque interior with its three-storey galleries offers space for at least 700 people. The painted wooden ceiling, the organ, the pulpit with a pulpit clock , the altar and specially glazed galleries that only the nobility were entitled to are worth seeing .
- "Red Castle": This former knight's seat dates from the 17th century and was renovated in 1894. It was owned by the Voit von Rieneck , von Heßberg , von Heldritt and von Wildungen families on various occasions . It was renewed in its current form in 1990. Today the building is owned by the municipality and houses the outpost of the municipality of Rhönblick and the village library.
- "Yellow Castle": The castle was built in 1562/63 and was successively owned by the Lords von Zweiffel , von Heldritt, von Speßhardt and von Wildungen. It is privately owned today.
- "Black Castle": The castle was built in 1575 by the Lords of Erffa . Later owners were those of Groß and von Wechmar. Today, completely renovated, it is owned by the municipality and contains residential units for assisted living .
Personalities
- Andreas Wilke (born July 5, 1562 in Helmershausen; † June 19, 1631 in Gotha ), philologist
- Georg von Bertouch (* 1668 in Helmershausen; † September 14, 1743 in Oslo, Norway), composer and Danish-Norwegian general
- Johann Christian Molter (born September 2, 1735 in Helmershausen, † December 31, 1789 in Farnroda), pastor
Web links
- thueringenfotos.de - Photos from the village from 1990
- The castles of Helmershausen , accessed on June 15, 2016
- Helmershausen in the Rhönlexikon , accessed on June 15, 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helmershausen in Rhon lexicon
- ^ Constantin Kronfeld: Regional studies of the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach . Second part: topography of the country. Böhlau, Weimar 1879, p. 388–390 ( digitized [accessed May 6, 2020]).
- ^ Entry on Schwarzes Schloss Helmershausen in the private database "Alle Burgen". Retrieved May 6, 2020.
- ^ Entry on Gelbes Schloss Helmershausen in the private database "Alle Burgen". Retrieved May 6, 2020.
- ^ Entry on Rotes Schloss Helmershausen in the private database "Alle Burgen". Retrieved May 6, 2020.
- ↑ Kai Lehmann : Innocent. Witch hunt south of the Thuringian Forest. Over 500 researched cases from the 16th and 17th centuries. Wehry-Verlag, Untermaßfeld 2012, ISBN 978-3-9813902-8-5 , p. 126 f .; Kai Lehmann: Exhibition "Luther and the Witches"., Helmershausen area, Library Museum Schloss Wilhelmsburg Schmalkalden, 2012; Ronald Füssel: The persecution of witches in the Thuringian area (= publications of the working group for historical witchcraft and crime research in Northern Germany. Vol. 2). DOBU-Verlag, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-934632-03-3 , p. 237, (also: Marburg, Universität, dissertation, 2000).
- ↑ Helmershausen. The "Cathedral of the Rhön". In: Meiningen church district. Retrieved May 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Max Berbig : Wilke, Andreas . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 43, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, p. 234 f.