Kella

Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Eichsfeld
Management Community :	Ershausen / Geismar
Height :	330 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.06 km 2
Residents:	472 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	93 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	37308
Area code :	036082
License plate :	EIC, HIG, WBS
Community key :	16 0 61 056
Association administration address:	Kreisstrasse 4 ; 37308 Schimberg
Website :	www.ershausen-geismar.de
Mayoress :	Marie Fingerhut ( CDU )
Location of the municipality of Kella in the Eichsfeld district

Kella is a municipality in the Eichsfeld district in Thuringia . It belongs to the administrative community Ershausen / Geismar .

Kella, view from Meinhard (Gobert) - lookout point north of Silberklippe

geography

Kella is a heaped village . It is located in the southern Eichsfeld and borders in the north on Pfaffschwende , in the east on Geismar and Großtöpfer and in the south and west on the municipality of Meinhard in Hesse . The municipal area is between 230 and 520 meters high. The Kellaer Bach flows through the village and flows into the Werra in Schwebda in Hesse .

The north and west of the district is formed by the Gobert (up to 533 m), a ridge made of shell limestone , it is also the state border between Thuringia and Hesse. The Schloßberg (442.5 m) as a witness mountain forms the eastern boundary of the district. In addition to shell limestone, there is also red sandstone as a type of rock .

In terms of traffic, the place can be reached via the state road L 2030 from Großtöpfer / Pfaffschwende and from the direction of Hesse via the K 48 from Grebendorf and K 11/113 from Schwebda .

history

The area around Kella probably belonged to the Germar-Mark located in the Werra valley . The place was first mentioned in a document on November 9, 1141 as a cella . This happened in a document issued in Erfurt by the Archbishop of Mainz, Markolf , who confirmed to Count Siegfried von Boyneburg the founding of the St. Blasius Monastery in Northeim and its possessions. Kella was one of the monastery's possessions. Kella then belonged to the medieval castle district of Greifenstein . After several changes of ownership and disputes between the Hessian landgraves and the Elector of Mainz , it finally came to Kurmainz in 1583, where it remained until Kurmainz was secularized .

From 1802 to 1806 and 1814 to 1945 the place was then part of the Prussian province of Saxony . In the short time it belonged to the Kingdom of Westphalia , Kella belonged to the canton of Ershausen within the Harz department . From 1945 Kella was 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 place was directly on the inner-German border, the residents were subjected to numerous restrictions. Since 1990 Kella has been part of the newly founded state of Thuringia. In 1996, Kella was named the most beautiful village in Thuringia in the competition "Our village should be more beautiful".

Origin of name

The name is probably derived from throat = gorge, as the village is located in a narrow valley. In the Regiolekt the village is called Kalle .

Population development

Population development of Kella from 1994 to 2018 according to the table below

Development of the population (December 31) :

1994: 559
1995: 566
1996: 581
1997: 598
1998: 596
1999: 584

2000: 568
2001: 564
2002: 552
2003: 573
2004: 578
2005: 563

2006: 576
2007: 574
2008: 566
2009: 566
2010: 548
2011: 535

2012: 530
2013: 516
2014: 504
2015: 500
2016: 482
2017: 472

2018: 478
2019: 472

Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

politics

Municipal council

The council of Kella consists of eight council members.

CDU : 6 seats
FWG : 2 seats

(Status: 2014 local elections)

mayor

The honorary mayor Silvio Schneider was re-elected on June 5, 2016.

Attractions

Paraglider over Kella

Church of St. Martin from 1854 with a free-standing church tower
Way of the Cross to the chapel on the slope of the Gobert
Starting point for paragliders (paragliders and hang-gliders) on the slope of the Gobert
Viewpoints on the Gobert (Silberklippe and Pfaffschwender Kuppe) and other elevations in the area

Personalities from Kella

Werner Henning , from December 7, 1989 Chairman of the Council of the Heiligenstadt District , from 1990 District Administrator of the Heiligenstadt District , since 1994 District Administrator of the Eichsfeld District

literature

Daphne Berdahl: Where the World Ended: Re-Unification and Identity in the German Borderland. Berkeley: University of California Press (1999), ISBN 978-0-520-21477-4 .
Erwin Heuckerodt: Castle, forester's house and Gut Greifenstein. History from the triangle Großtöpfer-Kella-Schwebda . Ed .: Museumsverein Schwebda 1989 e. V. Self-published, Schwebda 2005, p. 82 .
Benno Artmann, Daphne Berdahl: At the end of the world. Kella in the upheaval of reunification . In: Eichsfeld yearbook . tape 9 . Mecke, Duderstadt 2001, p. 245-250 .

Individual evidence

^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).
^ Johann Wolf: Political history of the Eichsfeldes: explained with documents. Volume II Göttingen, Rosenbusch, 1792/1793, page 38
↑ 2014 municipal council elections in Thuringia - final result. Thuringian State Office for Statistics, accessed on May 25, 2017 .
↑ Mayoral elections in Thuringia. Thuringian State Office for Statistics, accessed on May 25, 2017 .

Web links

Commons : Kella - 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] Johann Wolf: Political history of the Eichsfeldes: explained with documents. Volume II Göttingen, Rosenbusch, 1792/1793, page 38

[3] 2014 municipal council elections in Thuringia - final result. Thuringian State Office for Statistics, accessed on May 25, 2017 .

[4] Mayoral elections in Thuringia. Thuringian State Office for Statistics, accessed on May 25, 2017 .