Königsee (district)

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Koenigsee
City of Koenigsee
Koenigsee coat of arms
Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′ 41 ″  N , 11 ° 5 ′ 50 ″  E
Height : 377 m above sea level NN
Area : 31.49 km²
Residents : 5036  (Dec. 31, 2011)
Population density : 160 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 2012
Postal code : 07426
Area code : 036738, 036739
Königsee (Thuringia)
Koenigsee

Location of Königsee in Thuringia

Königsee is a district of the town of the same name Königsee in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt in Thuringia .

geography

View of Königsee from the direction of Dörnfeld

Königsee lies at an altitude of 377 meters above sea level in a side valley of the Schwarza Valley, on the northeast slope of the Thuringian Forest . There is also the geological dividing line between the Zechstein belt in the south and the Buntsandstein in the north. The “Königseer Stadtwald” , which begins steeply north of Königsee and is almost entirely wooded, is part of the Rinne and Rottenbachtal nature reserve and is an essential part of the Paulinzella red sandstone region, which separates the catchment area of ​​the Rinnetal from the Ilm valley. Königsee lies in the valley of the Rinne.

climate

The climatic conditions in the protected valley of Königsee differ fundamentally from the mountain ranges, mountains and surrounding villages surrounding the city. Different wind and precipitation conditions are primarily responsible for this. The mean annual rainfall for Königsee is 618 millimeters, which corresponds to 618 liters per square meter per year. The average annual temperature is 7.5 ° C with a prevailing wind direction from southwest to west.

history

The town of Königsee was first mentioned as Kunegesse in 1198 and was mentioned in a document in 1257, the town charter was confirmed in 1365. The city received by Günther XXXII. von Schwarzburg (noble family) various privileges and was the mint of the Schwarzburg counts. The town council, mentioned in 1342, held the lower jurisdiction . In 1447 the city, fortified by walls and towers, was completely destroyed in the Blackburg Brothers' War and then rebuilt. In the 15th and 16th centuries there was intensive mining in Königsee and iron, silver, copper and lead were mined. In the Thirty Years War Königsee was looted and burned down in 1635. From the 17th century onwards, the town's economy was characterized in particular by the oil trade and shoemaking.

Königsee belonged to the sovereignty of the Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt until 1918 . Since 1668 the place had been the seat of the Schwarzburg “Amt Königsee” of the same name, from 1850 to 1922 of the Königsee District Office .

Due to the general economic development of the Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and the prohibition of the Olitätenhandel in the 19th century, there was an economic decline and increased emigration to America. Later, in addition to the leather and shoe factories, an important porcelain and tool industry developed on site. These branches of business were continued and expanded during the GDR era. The Königsee part of the VEB MLW Medizintechnik Suhl was a major manufacturer of surgical instruments. Garsitz and Unterschöbling were incorporated in 1950 and Lichta in 1974 .

Changes in municipal area

The seven districts were incorporated as follows (year of incorporation in brackets):

On December 31, 2012, the city ​​of Königsee merged with the municipality of Rottenbach to form the city of Königsee-Rottenbach. Before this merger, the city consisted of eight districts (population figures in brackets):

mayor

The district of Königsee does not have a district mayor, but is the seat of the mayor of the city of Königsee .

former mayor (incomplete list) :

  • 1883–1919 Carl August Meyer
  • 1969–1972 Rudi Höfling
  • 1972–1989 Harry Scherf
  • 1990 Axel Eberhardt
  • 1990-2003 Karl-Heinz Hoppe
  • 2003–2013 Jens Andreas Sprenger

coat of arms

Blazon : "A knight in armor standing on a green mountain in silver, in his left hand a blue shield with a crowned golden lion, in his right the sword drawn from the belted scabbard and shouldered, the helmet with a green peacock feather and a rake."

The city coat of arms shows Kunibert with a sword and shield with the Black Burger lion.

Coat of arms of Köditz

The coat of arms was approved on July 15, 1993.

Blazon : "In gold, a curved, raised blue tip with a golden lion turned to the right, a black mill wheel in front, a blue bunch of grapes with a black curved stem in the back."

The coat of arms was designed by the heraldist Michael Zapfe .

Town twinning

Königsee maintains partnerships with

View from the Mühlberg ("Canapeé") of the city center and the town hall of Königsee.

Culture and sights

The Waldseebad is also known nationwide and is located approx. 1 km north of Königsee in a forest area.

Museums

The city's carnival club, the Unwise Council Königsee, has been running the First Thuringian Carnival Museum since 1391 . There is also a local museum.

Buildings

The city hall
City Church

The town hall is on the B 88 (which bends around the town hall there). In the foyer the tower clock of the town hall, built around 1710 by an unknown craftsman, is on display. The piece from the Baroque era consists of a hand-forged frame, a brass hour wheel and wooden drum drums. It is 1.42 meters high (with pendulum 2.40), 1.45 meters wide (with hammer 2.28) and 87 centimeters deep. It weighs 200 kilograms. The original one-hand movement was probably converted to a minute display at the end of the 18th century. The weights were pulled up using a hand crank. The tower clockwork was restored about 20 years ago, but it is worn in many places; it was no longer possible to restore the clock. In 1970 it was replaced by a new clockwork and was stored in the town hall for a few years. In the mid-1970s it was bought and exhibited by the Dresden Mathematical-Physical Salon in the Dresden Zwinger . In the spring of 2006 the movement returned to Königsee on permanent loan .

The largest twist drill made by the Königseer Werkzeugfabrik Werkö has been standing in front of the town hall since August 2006 . With a weight of 88 kilograms, a length of 2.2 meters and a diameter of 96 millimeters, it is possibly the largest twist drill in the world, an application for an entry in the Guinness Book of Records has been submitted.

The city church for the praise of God is built in the neo-Gothic style. The building was inaugurated after five years of construction in 1871 after the previous town church had become dilapidated. The Friedenskirche , a half-timbered church from 1711, is another historic church building in Königsee.

Remains of the medieval city fortifications can still be seen.

  • Tower clockwork

  • The world's largest twist drill in front of the town hall

  • Tip of the drill bit

  • City Church To Praise God

  • Catholic Church of Peace

  • Remains of the city fortifications on the wall

  • Wooden humpback pharmacist in front of the former district court - inaugurated in 2017.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Königsee is located on federal highway 88 , which connects Ilmenau with Rudolstadt . Other roads lead from Königsee to Garsitz , Dröbischau (L2389) and Unterschöbling or Lichta (K130). The L1113 begins in the Unterköditz district and leads via Allendorf to Schwarzburg in the Schwarzatal .

In 1899 Königsee got a railway connection via Köditzberg to Rottenbach in the east. There was a connection to Erfurt , Saalfeld and Katzhütte in the Schwarzatal. This route was 6.9 kilometers long and was closed on August 1, 1966 for passenger and December 31, 1972 for goods traffic. Only the station building still bears witness to the former route.

Companies

Medical technology

  • Otto Bock Mobilty Solutions GmbH with Otto Bock Manufacturing Königsee GmbH , wheelchairs and other mobility products, 290 employees
  • Königsee Implantate GmbH , implants , 150 employees

pharmacy

Others

  • Königsee tool factory (branch of Widia GmbH ) - twist drills and carbide drills, 220 employees
  • Manufacturing technology Müller - precision turned and milled parts, 33 employees
  • Berghof Systeme eK - IT solutions for the manufacturing industry, 23 employees

education

There are the following schools in Königsee:

sons and daughters of the town

  • Johann Georg Abicht (born March 21, 1672 in Königsee; † June 5, 1740 in Wittenberg), Lutheran theologian and linguist
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Wachsmuth (1797-1859), Office Physician in Königsee, Member of the City of Königsee in the extraordinary Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt state parliament
  • Friedrich Adolph Wislizenus (born May 21, 1810 in Königsee, † September 23, 1889), doctor and botanist
  • Gustav Schirmer (born September 19, 1829 in Königsee; † August 6, 1893), German-American music publisher
  • Franz von Holleben (born February 25, 1863 in Königsee, † February 28, 1938 in Berlin), Vice Admiral
  • Klaus Roehler (born October 25, 1929 in Königsee; † February 9, 2000 in Darmstadt ), writer
  • Thomas Ranft (* 1945 in Königsee), graphic artist
  • Wolf-Günter Leidel (born December 14, 1949 in Königsee), composer and musician
  • Klaus-Peter Justus (born July 1, 1951 in Königsee), track and field athlete
  • Marian Koppe (born July 23, 1964 in Königsee), politician (FDP) and from 2009 to 2014 member of the Thuringian state parliament
  • Jens-Uwe Penzel (born November 14, 1964 in Königsee), football player

Others

In 1979 Königsee was the location for the DEFA children's film Nicki by Gunther Scholz , a film adaptation of the book Nicki or the love of a queen by Jens Bahre . Further filming took place in Königsee for the film Lulu & Jimi by Oskar Roehler .

literature

  • Bruno Lanzendorf: Mei Kennichsee. Snoring and restlessness. Publishing house of the bookstore Reading Hunger, Königsee / Thür. 1995, ISBN 3-00-000257-X .
  • Frank Riedel, Klaus Fischer : Königsee in the green heart of Thuringia. Stadtbild-Verlag, Leipzig 1998, ISBN 3-931554-55-4 .
  • Bruno Lanzendorf: What Kennichsee made known (=  Escher paperback ). Escher, Gehren 2003, ISBN 3-932642-33-3 , p. 188 .
  • Konrad Arnold, Peter Lange: To the porcelain production in Königsee. The Paris brothers company. In: Rudolstädter Heimathefte. Vol. 53, Issue 7/8, 2007, ISSN  0485-5884 , pp. 179-185.
  • Karlheinz Schönheid: The floods of the Königseer Rinne up to the catastrophe of 1937. In: Rudolstädter Heimathefte. Vol. 53, Issue 11/12, 2007, pp. 306-313.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thuringian State Office for Statistics - Area changes Köditz
  2. ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 1st to December 31st, 2012
  3. ↑ OTZ: Waschkowski becomes the new mayor of Königsee. Retrieved May 8, 2019 .
  4. ^ City administration Königsee: honorary citizen. Retrieved May 8, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Company database of LEG Thuringia ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (offline) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.leg-thueringen.de

Web links

Commons : Königsee  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Königsee in the Topographia Superioris Saxoniae (Matthäus Merian)  - sources and full texts
Wikivoyage: Königsee  - travel guide