Kefferhausen
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Kefferhausen
City and rural community Dingelstädt
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| Height : | 375 m |
| Area : | 10.39 km² |
| Residents : | 723 (December 31, 2017) |
| Population density : | 70 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 2019 |
| Postal code : | 37351 |
| Area code : | 036075 |
Kefferhausen is a district of Dingelstädt in the Thuringian district of Eichsfeld .
geography
Kefferhausen is located about 11 kilometers southeast of Heilbad Heiligenstadt on the edge of the eastern roof of the Obereichsfelder Höhe (up to 520 m on the Keffer ), not far to the north is the western Dün (up to 515 m on the Hockelrain ). North Thuringia's main waterway, the Unstrut , has its source in Kefferhausen .
Neighboring communities
Neighboring communities were the town of Dingelstädt and the villages of Küllstedt , waxedt , Kreuzebra and Heuthen .
traffic
In terms of traffic, Kefferhausen is connected to the district roads K 220 to Dingelstädt, K 218 to Kreuzebra and K 221 to Küllstedt. From 1880 to 1994 the place could be reached with a breakpoint on the former Leinefelde-Schwebda railway line , after which this section of the line was closed.
history
The village was first mentioned in a document from Archbishop Heinrich I of Mainz in 1146 as a gift from the von Kirchberg family . The sovereign was Kurmainz until the secularization . From 1802 to 1807 the place was Prussian, then from 1807 to 1813 it belonged to the Kingdom of Westphalia . From 1815 he was part of the Prussian province of Saxony . During this time the place had about 1200 inhabitants, who worked mainly outside of the place, in the factories of Dingelstadt or as day laborers in the summer , because the soil for cultivation was not sufficient. 1496 acres of arable land lay desolate in the Kefferhausen corridor . This corridor was significantly enlarged in 1606, when the land, the meadows and the shepherd's justice of the now desolate village Werdigeshausen between Kefferhausen and Heuthen were bought by the Archbishop of Mainz and Elector Johann Schweikhard von Kronberg and transferred to Kefferhausen.
On April 7, 1945, the US Army occupied the place after several hours of fighting, tank shells and artillery shelling and the use of fighter bombers. The church was badly damaged, as were many residential and farm buildings. The fire brigade and residents also put out fires during the artillery bombardment. 22 German soldiers rest in the community cemetery, eight of whom are unknown by name.
From July 1945 Kefferhausen was part of the Soviet occupation zone (SBZ) and from 1949 part of the GDR . From 1961 until the turnaround and reunification in 1989/1990, the place was close to the inner-German border. Kefferhausen has been part of the newly founded state of Thuringia since 1990.
On January 1, 2019, the rural town of Dingelstädt and the communities of Kefferhausen, Helmsdorf , Kreuzebra and Silberhausen were merged to form the new rural town of Dingelstädt. The community Kefferhausen belonged to the administrative community Dingelstädt .
coat of arms
Blazon : "In green with a blue corrugated corrugated shield base, golden masonry with a gate and three battlements, above two upright linden leaves floating."
Population development
Development of the population (December 31) :
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- Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics
Parish partnership
Since 1994, Kefferhausen has maintained an intra-German community partnership with Katzwinkel (Sieg) in the Altenkirchen district in Rhineland-Palatinate .
Culture and sights
- The Catholic parish church of St. John the Baptist in Kefferhausen was consecrated in 1686 and expanded in 1920/21 with a transept and a new choir. On April 7, 1945, she suffered severe damage from US artillery fire.
- The Werdigeshäuser Church , a 250-year-old pilgrimage chapel, has been extensively renovated since 1998 , primarily at the instigation of the parish of St. John the Baptist in Kefferhausen, to which it belongs, and the municipality. A place Werdigeshausen was mentioned in a document in 1221, in 1312 a corresponding parish. In 1610 the village was attested as a desert. The current "New Church" St. Cyriakus was built in 1750 under Pastor Cyriakus Frankenberg in place of the old one.
- Immediately around the Werdigeshäuser Church there are 19 stately linden trees , which were planted around 250 years ago when it was built and now designated as natural monuments .
- The Unstrut spring is located in Kefferhausen . The Unstrut Cycle Path and the Unstrut Leine Cycle Path begin here .
regional customs
Pilgrimages to the Werdigeshäuser Church take place annually on Trinity Sunday and around the Cyriakus Festival (first Sunday in August).
literature
- Parish Kefferhausen (Hrsg.): Werdigeshäuser Church . Cordier, Heiligenstadt 2000, ISBN 3-929413-61-2 , p. 48 .
- Bernhard Weinreich, August Hornemann: Chronicle of the village of Kefferhausen. Extended reprint based on publications in Eichsfelder Volksblatt 1925 . Mühlhausen / Thr. 2001, p. 175 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Johann Wolf: Memories of the market town of Dingelstädt in the Harz department, District Heiligenstadt, Göttingen 1812, p. 50
- ^ Carl Duval: The Eichsfeld or historical-romantic description of all cities, castles, palaces, monasteries, villages and other noteworthy points of the Eichsfeld . Eupel, Sondershausen 1845, p. 551 .
- ^ Eduard Fritze: The last days of the war in Eichsfeld . Verlag Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2002, pp. 82-85, ISBN 3-936030-06-5 .
- ↑ Ewald Heerda: Linden trees at the Werdigshausen church . In: Discoveries in the Eichsfeld. Interesting facts from the woods and fields . Self-published by the author, Heiligenstadt 1993, p. 34 .
