High cross

Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Eichsfeld
Management Community :	Leinetal
Height :	298 m above sea level NHN
Area :	18.01 km 2
Residents:	1256 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	70 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	37308
Area code :	03606
License plate :	EIC, HIG, WBS
Community key :	16 0 61 049
Community structure:	4 districts
Association administration address:	Main street 73 ; 37308 Bodenrode-Westhausen
Website :	www.vg-leinetal.de
Mayor :	Detlef Lesser ( CDU )
Location of the community of Hohes Kreuz in the Eichsfeld district

Hohes Kreuz is a municipality in the administrative community of Leinetal in the Thuringian district of Eichsfeld . It was created in 1991 from a merger of the communities of Bischhagen , Mengelrode , Siemerode and Streitholz . The municipality extends from the Thuringian-Lower Saxony border in the north to the federal motorway 38 in the south. The largest flowing water is the Beber .

Community structure

history

Selmanroth was first mentioned in 1055 in a deed of donation from the Archbishop of Mainz. Streitholz appears in a document from 1286 as Strietholz . Mengelrode is also mentioned in 1310 and Bischhagen in 1445.

Siemerode, Mengelrode, Bischhagen and Streitholz were part of Kurmainz until secularization . From 1802 to 1945 the places were then part of the Prussian province of Saxony .

From 1945 the places were part of the Soviet occupation zone and from 1949 part of the GDR . From 1961 until the fall of the Wall and reunification in 1989/1990, the places were close to the inner-German border.

In July 1986 the municipality of Siemerode celebrated the 750th anniversary with a week of festivities. Since 1990 they have been part of the newly founded state of Thuringia. On January 1, 1991, Siemerode, Mengelrode, Bischhagen and Streitholz merged to form a unified community based in Siemerode. The community was named after the 371 m high hill of the same name between the towns of Streitholz and Bischhagen.

coat of arms

Blazon : "A red, silver-bordered cross in blue, covered with four silver oak leaves on a silver six-spoke wheel."

Population development

Development of the population (December 31) :

1994 - 1,606
1995 - 1,666
1996 - 1,643
1997 - 1,654
1998 - 1,703
1999 - 1,688

2000 - 1,646
2001 - 1,553
2002 - 1,533
2003 - 1,408
2004 - 1,407
2005 - 1,412

2006 - 1,405
2007 - 1,393
2008 - 1,408
2009 - 1,399
2010 - 1,388
2011 - 1,346

2012 - 1,342
2013 - 1,324
2014 - 1,307
2015 - 1,293
2016 - 1,287
2017 - 1,251

2018 - 1,274
2019 - 1,256

Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

politics

Municipal council

The parish council of Hohes Kreuz consists of 12 parish council members.

CDU : 9 seats
Nomination FFw: 3 seats

(As of: local elections on June 7, 2009)

The 2014 election resulted in no change in the distribution of seats.

mayor

The honorary mayor Detlef Lesser was elected on June 6, 2010.

Attractions

Marian column in the Mariengärtchen in Siemerode
Church of St. Nikolaus in Siemerode from the years 1732/33
Catholic branch church St. Johannes Evangelist in Streitholz
Church in Mengelrode from 1687
Church in Bischhagen from 1731

literature

Council of the municipality of Siemerode (ed.): 750 years of Siemerode 1236–1986 with leaflet for the festival week (4th to 13th July 1986) . Siemerode 1986.

Individual evidence

^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).
^ Municipal administration (ed.): 750 years of Siemerode 1236–1286. Program of the festival week from July 4 to 13, 1986. Flyer, 1986.
↑ Local elections in Thuringia on June 7th, 2009. Elections for community and city council members. Preliminary results. (PDF; 1.9 MB) The State Returning Officer, accessed on March 10, 2010 .
↑ http://www.vg-leinetal.de/html/wahlinformationen/index_wahlinfo.htm
↑ Local elections in Thuringia on June 6, 2010. Elections for community and city council members. Preliminary results. The regional returning officer, accessed on June 6, 2010 .

Web links

Commons : High Cross - collection of images, videos and audio files

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

[2] Municipal administration (ed.): 750 years of Siemerode 1236–1286. Program of the festival week from July 4 to 13, 1986. Flyer, 1986.

[3] Local elections in Thuringia on June 7th, 2009. Elections for community and city council members. Preliminary results. (PDF; 1.9 MB) The State Returning Officer, accessed on March 10, 2010 .

[4] ttp://www.vg-leinetal.de/html/wahlinformationen/index_wahlinfo.htm

[5] Local elections in Thuringia on June 6, 2010. Elections for community and city council members. Preliminary results. The regional returning officer, accessed on June 6, 2010 .