Krakendorf

Krakendorf City of Blankenhain Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 19 ″  N , 11 ° 18 ′ 14 ″  E
Height :	355 m
Residents :	119  (Sep 30, 2011)
Incorporation :	October 1, 1993
Postal code :	99444
Area code :	036459
Inland

Krakendorf is a district of the city of Blankenhain in the Weimarer Land district , Thuringia .

geography

Village church

Krakendorf lies in a side valley of the Schwarza at the beginning of the rain-like natural terrace of the plateau. The road from Lengefeld via Hochdorf and Thangelstedt leads through the village. It is about 1 km to the state road 1060 Blankenhain- Tannroda . It is 3.5 km to Blankenhain.

history

On April 28, 1217 the first documentary mention of the place was. Stone and Bronze Age finds prove an early settlement of the area. The Trauschenmühle settlement belonging to the village is outside the village. The children of both settlements go to school in Blankenhain. The place was and is characterized by agriculture.

In 1742 the church received an organ from the workshop of Johann Christoph Schmaltz from Wandersleben .

See also

• Krakendorf village church

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Krakendorf on the official Blankenhain website. ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2016 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. Retrieved January 9, 2012. 
2. ^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. 5th, improved and considerably enlarged edition. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 152.
3. ↑ Krakendorf on the Blankenhain website. Retrieved September 21, 2011.

Web links

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