Herrschwende

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Herrschwende
City of Weißensee
Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 31 ″  N , 11 ° 1 ′ 22 ″  E
Height : 150 m
Area : 8.62 km²
Residents : 273  (Dec. 31, 2017)
Population density : 32 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 2019
Postal code : 99631
Area code : 036374
St. Martini Church

Herrnschwende is a district of the town of Weißensee in the Sömmerda district in Thuringia .

geography

Herrnschwende is located in the Thuringian Basin , east of Greußen on the Schwarzburgische Helbe , as is the neighboring village of Nausiß , which has been part of the municipality since 1951.

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1253.

The place belonged to the Electoral Saxon Office Weißensee until 1815 . The decisions of the Congress of Vienna he came to Prussia and in 1816 the district Weissensee in the administrative district of Erfurt the province of Saxony assigned to which he belonged until 1944th

On July 1, 1950, the previously independent municipality of Nausiß was incorporated.

On January 1, 2019, the Herrnschwende community was incorporated into the city of Weißensee. Before that she belonged to the administrative community Kindelbrück .

politics

Municipal council

The local council from Herrnschwende consisted of six councilors.

  • CDU two seats
  • Protect two seats
  • FWV two seats

(Status: local elections on June 27, 2004)

mayor

Sebastian Schröter was elected honorary mayor on June 5, 2016.

tourism

Cycle path no. 3 leads through Nausiss, north via Frömmstedt to Bilzingsleben, south via Weißensee and Schallenburg to Alperstedt.

Attractions

The church of St. Martini in Herrnschwende was built in 1749/50 and rebuilt in 1950, as can be seen from a stone plaque above the church entrance.

  • Sanctuary

  • Organ loft

  • Church window

  • Waidmühlsteine ​​am Anger

Others

During the Second World War , eight workers from Poland had to do forced labor in agriculture.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The district of Weißensee in the municipality register 1900
  2. ↑ Thuringian Association of the Persecuted of the Nazi Regime - Association of Antifascists and Study Group of German Resistance 1933–1945 (Ed.): Local history guide to sites of resistance and persecution 1933–1945. Volume 8: Thuringia. VAS - Verlag für Akademische Schriften, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-88864-343-0 , p. 280.

Web links

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