Nägelstedt

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Nägelstedt
Nägelstedt coat of arms
Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′ 34 ″  N , 10 ° 42 ′ 41 ″  E
Height : 197 m above sea level NHN
Area : 10.77 km²
Residents : 694  (December 31, 2015)
Population density : 64 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : July 1, 1993
Postal code : 99947
Area code : 036042
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Location of Nägelstedt in Bad Langensalza
St. Michael Church in Nägelstedt
St. Michael Church in Nägelstedt

Nägelstedt is a district of the spa town of Bad Langensalza in the Unstrut-Hainich district in Thuringia ( Germany ).

geography

Nägelstedt is 6.5 km from the city center at the gateway to the Unstruttal .

history

In 977 the place is mentioned for the first time as "Negelstete". Around 1200 the Lords of Döllstedt already had property in the place. In 1222, the Teutonic Order, Ballei Thuringia in Nägelstedt acquired a manor with patronage rights over the St. George Church . The order strengthened its position in the region by expanding this property to become Komturhof Nägelstedt. The Komturhof became the administrative center for a number of places within a radius of twenty kilometers. The order sat in Nägelstedt until it was repealed in 1809.

During the Peasants' War the (western) Oberdorf, inhabited by free, wealthy farmers, and its St. Michael Church (as well as the George Church) were destroyed. As late as 1540, when a visitation took place on the occasion of the introduction of the Reformation, Michaelis Church and its rectory were found to be in ruins. In the 16./17. In the 16th century, the Michael’s Church was rebuilt.

The place belonged to the Electoral Saxon Office Langensalza until 1815 and after its cession to Prussia from 1816 to 1944 to the district of Langensalza in the province of Saxony .

Nägelstedt was incorporated into Bad Langensalza on July 1, 1993. In 2015, 694 people lived in the village.

District Mayor

The district mayor of Nägelstedt is Torsten Wronowski.

Culture and sights

Buildings

  • In the eastern part of the village, the former Unterdorf, is the St. George Church . It also served as a place of worship for the Teutonic Knights Order and dates from the 13th century.
  • The St. Michael is in the western, former Oberdorf. In 1482 this church also fell to the Teutonic Order. A first wooden church on site is said to have existed as early as 800 after Christianization by Boniface . At the entrance to the church is the memorial for the fallen and missing soldiers from both world wars.
  • The Schieferhof Nägelstedt was built in 1565 by Hans von Germar, the Landkomtur of the Deutschordensballei Thuringia .

Others

  • To the northeast of the road branch to Sundhausen and Großvargula , a ceramic settlement pit with ceramics and animal bones as well as human bones was found during construction work. Cultic cannibalism was suspected.
  • At the exit of the village in an easterly direction, the Unstruttal hiking and nature reserve begins between Nägelstedt and Großvargula , lined with protected flowers such as the yellow Adonis rose .

Photo gallery

  • The slate yard in the town center

  • Evangelical St. George Church

  • Well house

traffic

The Nägelstedt stop is on the Kühnhausen – Bad Langensalza railway line .

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the place

People connected to the place

  • Heinrich Moritz von Berlepsch (1736–1809), became Landkomtur zu Nägelstedt in 1755 and from 1795 to 1809 the last Landkomtur of the Deutschordensballei Thuringia

literature

  • Eckhard Lange: The history of the village of Nägelstedt from its beginnings to 2003 . sn, Arnstadt 2004, p. 574 .
  • Melanie Schuchardt, Nadine Facius: Nägelstedter sagas and stories. With the stories from the Unstrut mermaid to the “Schmied von Neilscht” . Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2007, ISBN 978-3-86777-010-1 , p. 148 .

Web links

Commons : Nägelstedt  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Municipalities in Germany by area and population. (XLSX; 1.6 MB) See under: Thuringia, No. 15787 . In: Destatis website. Federal Statistical Office, December 31, 1992, accessed on November 2, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c Information on the Nägelstedt district. In: Website City of Bad Langensalza. December 31, 2015, accessed March 3, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Michael Köhler: Pagan sanctuaries. Pre-Christian places of worship and suspected cult sites in Thuringia. Jenzig-Verlag Köhler, Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-910141-85-8 , p. 205.