Hermannsfeld (Rhönblick)
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Hermannsfeld
Community Rhönblick
Coordinates: 50 ° 30 ′ 15 ″ N , 10 ° 19 ′ 13 ″ E
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| Height : | 375 (367-396) m above sea level NN |
| Area : | 60.2 ha |
| Residents : | 318 |
| Population density : | 528 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | August 1, 1996 |
| Postal code : | 98617 |
| Area code : | 036945 |
Hermannsfeld is a district of the municipality of Rhönblick vor der Rhön in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district in Thuringia .
location
The village is located in the south of the municipality of Rhönblick, west of Henneberg on the state border with Bavaria. State road 2625 runs through the village . Furthermore, the district road 69 branches off to Völkershausen in Bavaria. Hermannsfeld is located in the Rhön Biosphere Reserve . Near the village flows brawn .
history
The place was first mentioned in 1144. The place belonged to the Amt of Maßfeld in the county of Henneberg -Schleusingen. In 1680 he came to the Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen .
Hermannsfeld was persecuted by witches from 1600 to 1661 : seven people were indicted in the witch trials , four people were executed, the outcome of three trials is unknown. The first victim was Brigitta Scharfenberg.
Hermannsfelder See
The large meadow area west of the village was a fish-rich lake of around 100 hectares , called "Hermannsfelder See". The fishing was repeatedly combined with a large folk festival with the participation of the sovereign, until Duke George I had the lake drained and converted into meadows.
The famous pilgrimage chapel of St. Wolfgang, built in 1462/76 by Wilhelm III , stood on an island connected to the land by a dam . von Henneberg built in place of a previous building and destroyed by the farmers in 1525. Only remnants of the defensive wall of the chapel that was abandoned in the 16th century are preserved.
In the fish house , which once belonged to the lake, a "rescue house for neglected children" was housed in 1860, which existed for almost 100 years. In the Middle Ages, there was a bower above it , called the "tower". It was left to various castle men to defend itself and was also destroyed in 1525.
Pheasantry
The Fasanerie hunting lodge was built around 1790 in the classical style. It is a two-story building with a three-story central building. It was built by Duke Georg I of Saxony-Meiningen . The castle is surrounded by a park, which is followed by a nature trail . There is a historic forester's house in the immediate vicinity. Until autumn 2010 the pheasantry was used as a restaurant and information center in the Rhön Biosphere Reserve .
Attractions
- Church with enclosure
- Entrance gate with inscription to the old cemetery
- Fish house with Bernhardshaus
- World Peace Cross and Border Tower on the Dachsberg
- Remains of the defensive wall of Sankt Wolfgang
- four wells
- two bakeries
- Shepherd's house
- Large oak at Thurmgut with a chest height circumference of 7.65 m (2015).
Others
Manfred Weiß , a GDR border soldier stationed in Hermannsfeld, was killed on May 19, 1962 by a comrade who fled.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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. 134 f .; Kai Lehmann: Exhibition "Luther and the Witches". Hermannsfeld 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 , pp. 240–244, (at the same time: Marburg, University, dissertation, 2000).
- ↑ Hermannsfeld in Rhon lexicon
- ^ Entry in the directory of monumental oaks . Retrieved January 10, 2017
