Kalbsrieth

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	Coordinates: 51 ° 21 '  N , 11 ° 20'  E
Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Kyffhäuserkreis
Fulfilling municipality :	Artern
Height :	121 m above sea level NHN
Area :	11.97 km 2
Residents:	629 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	53 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	06556
Area code :	03466
License plate :	KYF, ART, SDH
Community key :	16 0 65 042
Association administration address:	At the Westbahnhof 06556 Artern
Mayor :	Uwe Ludwig
Location of the municipality of Kalbsrieth in the Kyffhäuserkreis

Kalbsrieth is a municipality in the Kyffhäuserkreis in Thuringia . It lies at the mouth of the helmets in the Unstrut .

The district of Ritteburg belongs to Kalbsrieth .

history

The two grave mounds Derfflinger Hügel and Huthügel indicate a long-lasting prehistoric settlement in the area around Kalbsrieth.

Ritteburg is believed to have been the site of the Battle of Riyadh in 933. The former moated castle "Ritteburg" is said to have been built as early as the 8th century to control and secure the Unstrut crossing. In Hersfelder tithe directory this castle has been mentioned with. In 932 and 972 the German kings were there. It is believed that this place was called Riade, where King Henry I and his armored riders defeated the Hungarians in 933. In the year 1000 the complex was donated to the Archbishop of Magdeburg. Otherwise nothing is known about the castle and its location.

The place name Kalbsrieth is derived from the knights of Kalb, who have lived here since the 15th century. The Lords of Kalb have been an aristocratic family that can be traced back to the village since the 15th century, their moated castle , which was once located in the northeastern area of ​​the village , was destroyed by the Swedes in the Thirty Years' War and replaced around 1690 by a representative castle on which Goethe several times near Charlotte von Kalb Was a guest. With effect from October 1, 1945, Kalbsrieth, which had previously been in Thuringia, was assigned to the Sangerhausen district of the Province of Saxony .

Until its dissolution on January 1, 2019, the community belonged to the administrative community Mittelzentrum Artern , since then the city of Artern has been a fulfilling community for Kalbsrieth.

Population development

Development of the population (December 31) :

Population development of Kalbsrieth from 1994 to 2017

1994-908 1995-908 1996-901 1997-888 1998 - 844 1999-847

2000-839 2001 - 839 2002 - 826 2003 - 813 2004 - 797 2005 - 796

2006 - 789 2007 - 785 2008 - 789 2009 - 758 2010 - 749 2011 - 705

2012 - 690 2013 - 681 2014 - 662 2015 - 656 2016 - 645 2017 - 638

2018 - 628 2019 - 629

Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

Personalities

• Martin Bierbach (1926–1984), diplomat, ambassador of the GDR to the PR China, Egypt, Great Britain and Ireland
• Charlotte von Kalb (1761–1843), writer, owner of Kalbsrieth Castle
• Ernst von Wolzüge (1855–1934), writer, found his final resting place in Kalbsrieth
• Otto Tiersch , music theorist, born in Kalbsrieth
• Johann Gottfried Gottlob Mühlig , naturalist, born in Kalbsrieth

Village church

In the castle park

Attractions

Kalbsrieth Castle

• The Kalbsrieth Castle with its remarkable landscape park was in 1821 by the family Wolzogen taken after the previous owners were forced to sell by impending financial ruin this possession. The castle was then redesigned in the classical style of the Goethe era and equipped with a collection of works of art. After the end of the war, the castle was made available as an apartment for emigrants, the valuable furnishings, doors, windows, ovens and stucco as features of the valuable classicist interior design were lost. Since the fall of the Wall, a support association has been trying to preserve parts of the park and buildings.
• St. John's Church

Individual evidence

1. ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics  ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Thomas Bienert: Medieval castles in Thuringia . Wartberg Verlag 2000, ISBN 3-86134-631-1 , p. 155.
3. ^ Franz Brümmer :  Tiersch, Otto . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 38, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 288 f.
4. ^ Wilhelm Stricker:  Mühlig, Johann Gottfried Gottlob . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 481.
5. ↑ "Kalbsrieth" . In: Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Hessen-Thüringen (Hrsg.): Cultural discoveries. Eichsfeld district, Kyffhäuserkreis, Nordhausen district, Unstrut-Hainich district . tape 1 (Thuringia). Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7954-2249-3 , pp. 119 .

Web links

Commons : Kalbsrieth  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Kalbsrieth on the website of the administrative association Artern