Kromsdorf
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Kromsdorf
Municipality Ilm Valley Wine Route
Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 56 ″ N , 11 ° 22 ′ 25 ″ E
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| Height : | 200 m |
| Area : | 10.74 km² |
| Residents : | 1449 (December 31, 2017) |
| Population density : | 135 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 2019 |
| Postal code : | 99510 |
| Area code : | 03643 |
Kromsdorf is a district of the rural community Ilmtal-Weinstrasse in the northeast of the Weimarer Land district .
geography
location
Kromsdorf is to the east of Tiefurt Castle and its associated park. The nearby Denstedt is a district of Kromsdorf.
Expansion of the village area
The municipality of Kromsdorf was made up of two districts: Kromsdorf-Nord in the Ilmtal, which used to be the place Großkromsdorf , and Kromsdorf-Süd auf dem Berg, formerly Kleinkromsdorf . On the border of the two districts lies the bridge at the sports field, which was only passable for pedestrians until it was rebuilt in the 1960s.
Kromsdorf Nord consists largely of a new building area from the period after 1991. The district of Denstedt also belonged to the municipality of Kromsdorf .
Neighboring communities
The closest communities before Kromsdorf was dissolved were Tiefurt in the southwest, Weimar in the west, and Süßenborn in the south. The Ulrichshalben district, which belongs to the rural community of Ilmtal-Weinstrasse, borders the Denstedt district in the east .
history
Kromsdorf was mentioned for the first time on October 22nd, 1150 and Denstedt on May 20th, 1170.
A Thuringian noble family named themselves after Kromsdorf , see Kromsdorf (noble family) .
The municipality of Kromsdorf was created on July 1, 1950 through the merger of the previously independent municipalities of Großkromsdorf and Kleinkromsdorf.
On January 1, 2019, the municipality of Kromsdorf was incorporated into the rural municipality of Ilmtal-Weinstrasse. Since December 31, 2013 , the Ilmtal-Weinstrasse has been a fulfilling municipality for Kromsdorf.
Attractions
In the area of the former municipality of Kromsdorf there are two historical plants. The specialty of the renaissance castle Kromsdorf is the park wall with its 64 portrait busts. Today it mainly serves as a cultural center.
The second facility is Denstedt Castle with its park and remains of the former manor.
In Denstedt church you can see and hear the so-called Liszt organ , which was used regularly for organ music by the famous composer Franz Liszt .
The Denstedt mill has been renovated and is working.
The church in Kromsdorf-Süd originates from the Middle Ages.
Memorials
- War memorials for those who fell in the world wars at the churches in Kromsdorf Süd and Denstedt, as well as on the municipal area in Kromsdorf Süd and Nord.
- In the cemetery of the Kromsdorf-Nord district , a mass grave with a memorial stone commemorates 18 unknown concentration camp prisoners who were murdered by SS men on a death march from the subcamp Ohrdruf SIII of the Buchenwald concentration camp in April 1945 .
- A similar memorial is situated in the cemetery of the local part Denstedt , reminiscent of another 22 murdered prisoners.
Economy and Infrastructure
Due to the rural location, the economy in Kromsdorf is very much tied to agriculture. There was an LPG since the 1960s, which was active in dairy cattle production and arable farming and later also in vegetable growing. After the fall of the Wall, the greenhouses were demolished. The area was advertised as a residential area.
In the “Am Süßenborner Weg” industrial park there are primarily medium-sized companies.
Due to the proximity to Weimar and the castle in the village, Kromsdorf is becoming increasingly important for tourists.
The former large manor Denstedt are only a Gutswohnhaus and a farm building in of modernization in.
traffic
Kromsdorf is connected via the bus route 228 of the Central Thuringia transport association from Weimar to Denstedt. (Status 2011).
education
There is a primary school in Kromsdorf.
Culture
The cultural life in Kromsdorf is largely determined by non-profit associations, some of which are based in Kromsdorf Castle, such as:
- Volkschor Kromsdorf e. V.
- Kromsdorfer Karnevals Verein e. V.
- Volunteer fire brigade Kromsdorf
Sports
- TSV 1928 Kromsdorf e. V. (football, table tennis, bowling, volleyball)
Other facilities
In 1993 students founded the "Alte Feuerwache " residential project in Kromsdorf. The association that runs the project today sees itself, according to its own statutes, “as a housing policy initiative that includes the ideal area of living, culture, socioculture and education” .
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the place
- Carl Wilhelm Heinrich Freiherr von Lyncker (on Flurstedt and Kötschau) (1767–1843), court official at Weimar and landowner
- Johann Christian Stark the Younger (1769–1837), physician, the construction of the women's clinic in Bachstrasse in Jena was built on his initiative. Personal physician of the Weimar ducal family and Goethe's physician. Nephew of Johann Christian Stark the Elder
- Christiane Henriette Sophie von Laßberg (1761–1778), lady-in-waiting in Weimar
People connected to the place
- Oswald von Kromsdorf († 1553), Electoral Saxon governor in Weißensee and Eckartsberga and owner of the secularized Ottenhausen monastery
- Johann Theodor de Mortaigne (*?; † 1691), military and war councilor, had the palace gardens redesigned
- Elly-Viola Nahmmacher (* 1913; † 2000), sculptor and religious inspirer, spent her old age and died in Kromsdorf
Individual evidence
- ^ 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 , pp. 154 and 53.
- ↑ Timetable bus line 228 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Thuringian school authorities - elementary schools. Retrieved January 13, 2011 .
- ^ Articles of Association. In: Alte Feuerwache Kromsdorf. Alte Feuerwache Kromsdorf eV, January 5, 2004, accessed on July 27, 2020 .
