Copper chair
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Copper chair
Community Moorgrund
Coordinates: 50 ° 52 ′ 47 ″ N , 10 ° 15 ′ 18 ″ E
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| Height : | 291 (290-300) m |
| Area : | 4.87 km² |
| Residents : | 215 (Dec 2017) |
| Population density : | 44 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | November 4, 1994 |
| Postal code : | 36433 |
| Area code : | 036925 |
 Location of Kupfersuhl in Moorgrund
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Kupfersuhl is a district of the municipality of Moorgrund in the Wartburg district in Thuringia . The small settlement Wackenhof belongs to Kupfersuhl .
geography
Geographical location
Kupfersuhl is located about 15 km south-south-west of Eisenach on the south-western edge of the Thuringian Forest .
Neighboring municipalities and towns
Kupfersuhl has belonged to the municipality of Moorgrund since October 7, 1994, when the municipality was reformed. The place borders in the east and south on the moor communities Etterwind , Waldfisch and Möhra . In the southwest the district of Ettenhausen ad Suhl follows the city of Bad Salzungen . In the west and north, the Gerstunger districts Burkhardtroda and Eckardtshausen border on the Wackenhof, which is about one and a half kilometers north of Kupfersuhl.
mountains
The highest point in the district is the Eichberg ( 443 m above sea level ). The mountains and hills Pfaffenberg ( 441.9 m above sea level ), Eichkopf ( 420 m above sea level ), Blauer Berg ( 405.4 m above sea level ) and the legendary Mörsche Kuppe ( 416.7 m above sea level ) are also noteworthy . NN ).
Waters
The place name Kupfersuhl refers to the location of the place in the Suhl valley , which rises on the eastern boundary of the Eichberg. The Suhl and other unnamed source streams in the 4200 m long Kupfersuhler section were dammed by dams in the Middle Ages in order to be able to be used for the requirements of the copper mines.
history
The municipality of Kupfersuhl is very closely linked to the history of the neighboring towns of Möhra and Ettenhausen ad Suhl due to the old mining. To the place belongs the corridor of the desert Flachsland , originally a small remote farming village in the source area of the Suhl, it was given up in favor of the first mines at Wackenhof.
The first documentary mention of the place Kupfersuhl took place on August 23, 1268. As early as 1330 the place was called Chuppirsula .
The district of Wackenhof was also mentioned in 1268, in a document from the Fulda Monastery , the Lazarus Order was given the settlements of Wackenhusen and Flachsland as a fief; the Order of Knights established a leprosy in Wackenhausen as a hospital for lepers . This was also subordinate to the Gotha Hospital. As the Komturhof, the Wackenhof was also an important administrative center of the order in Thuringia. With the decline of the epidemic in the 15th century, the Order of Lazarites was incorporated into the Order of St. John by papal order . In 1489, the knight Heinrich Schmuckschuh was enfeoffed with the Wackenhof as the last Lazaritan commander in charge. He was supposed to rebuild the already dilapidated yard, and to renew the altar and chapel.
Martin Luther's ancestors settled in the 14th century with the first boom of mining near Kupfersuhl in the neighboring village of Möhra. After the Reformation , from 1539 the city council of Salzungen persistently tried to acquire the Flachsland forests, which were to serve as firewood for the continuation of the Salzungen salt works . At the same time a copper works was built near Kupfersuhl, which also relied on firewood; In 1561 the city of Salzungen sold their farm (?) In Kupfersuhl.
During the Thirty Years' War , Kupfersuhl was abandoned by the residents and had to be resettled after the war.
The hunting-loving Duke Johann Georg I from Eisenach loaned the mines to Kupfersuhl, Attchenbach-Unkeroda and Eckardtshausen to his rentmaster Samuel Müller and other entrepreneurs in 1686 ; In 1690 Veit Richter from Nuremberg and in 1701 Martin Michaelis from Leipzig were enfeoffed as mine operators. At the instigation of later Eisenach dukes, the area adjacent to the north around Eckhardtshausen and Wilhelmsthal Castle was used as a ducal hunting area and in some cases even fenced off. Time and again, the ducal administration had disputes with the mine operators about the production rates and technical issues. In addition, there were constant disputes with the carters in the region, who had to bring in large quantities of the charcoal they needed from the surrounding area, but who often had to litigate for their wages.
In 1706 a fossilized reptile skeleton was found in the field shaft near Kupfersuhl at a depth of 24 meters. Christian Maximilian Spener analyzed and documented the fossil, later named Protorosaurus speneri after him, in 1710, making it the oldest documented find of a fossil dinosaur. The fossil is now in a London natural history museum. Another find was made around 1718 at a depth of 40 meters; this is kept in a museum in Waldenburg (Saxony) .
In 1879, based on the 1875 census , statistical information was published for the first time. Kupfersuhl had 25 houses and 139 inhabitants; A smelter and the Flachsland forest were included in the location . The resulting total area was 446.0 ha - of which courtyards and gardens 4.8 ha, meadows 30.4 ha, fields 139.9 ha, forests 248.6 ha, ponds, streams and rivers 2.6 ha, paths, drifts and Orchards 19.6 hectares. The number of animals listed was 5 horses, 90 cattle, 161 sheep, 60 pigs, 17 goats. The Wackenhof , which was still shown separately, consisted of 3 houses with 18 inhabitants on a total area of 69.6 hectares - of which farms and gardens 1.8 hectares, meadows 1.8 hectares, fields 38.4 hectares, forests (no own stock), Ponds, brooks and rivers 0.6 ha, roads, drifts and orchards 15.8 ha. Both districts were parish and schooled in Möhra.
After 400 years of mining, the last shaft at Kupfersuhl was abandoned in the 1960s. During the GDR era, there was a military radio station of the GSSD on the neighboring Milmesberg near Eckhardtshausen , and the area was declared a restricted military area.
Culture and sights
There is an adventure farm in Kupfersuhl. Due to its wooded and traffic-calmed location, the place is a refuge for those seeking relaxation.
The Sallmannshäuser Rennsteig , a regionally significant hiking trail, leads past the Wackenhof . In 2018 the copper path was laid out, which begins at the fortified church in Ettenhausen / Suhl and leads via Kupfersuhl to Wackenhof, where it connects to the Sallmannshäuser Rennsteig. On the way there are information boards on the history of mining around Kupfersuhl.
In the center of the village, a lifelike sculpture of a Protorosaurus, unveiled at the beginning of June 2018, commemorates the fossil find from 1706.
traffic
Road traffic
Kreisstraße 9 , which connects the town with Ettenhausen and Etterwinds, runs through Kupfersuhl . There are branches to Wackenhof and Möhra.
Rail transport
The closest train station for long-distance traffic is in Eisenach , in Marksuhl and Ettenhausen there are stops on the Werra Railway .
Bus transport
The following bus lines run by the Verkehrsgesellschaft Wartburgkreis mbH run to Kupfersuhl:
| line | Driving distance |
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| L-52b | Eisenach - Marksuhl - Burkhardtroda - Ettenhausen ad Suhl - Kupfersuhl |
| L-104 | Bad Salzungen - Immelborn - Barchfeld - Witzelroda - Gumpelstadt - Möhra - Kupfersuhl |
| L-105 | Bad Liebenstein - Schweina - Barchfeld - Witzelroda - Gumpelstadt - Möhra - Kupfersuhl |
The majority of the connections take place here as part of the school bus service.
economy
Most of the residents of the Kupfersuhl community work in the companies in the surrounding communities. In the village there is a location of the agricultural cooperative Moorgrund eG, which operates agriculture and animal husbandry according to ecological criteria. The company Urban Bau GmbH has moved to Kupfersuhl.
literature
- Siegfried Wünscher: The history of copper slate mining and its metallurgy in the principality of Eisenach. Eisenach 1932.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.moorgrund.de/scripts/angebote/3676?ortsfilter=39007&main_aktiv=main_aktiv2&sub_aktiv=sub_aktiv5
- ^ Thuringian ordinance on the dissolution and amalgamation of the communities Moorgrund, Möhra and Kupfersuhl of October 7, 1994 (GVBl p. 1169)
- ↑ StBA Area: changes from 01.01. until December 31, 1994
- ^ Thuringian Land Survey Office Wartburgkreis and District Free City Eisenach , Erfurt 2002, ISBN 3-86140-250-5
- ↑ a b Official topographic maps of Thuringia 1: 10,000. Wartburgkreis, district of Gotha, district-free city of Eisenach . In: Thuringian Land Survey Office (Hrsg.): CD-ROM series Top10 . CD 2. Erfurt 1999.
- ↑ Otto Hartmann Leafed through old writings. In: Altensteiner Blätter Yearbook 1995. P. 101f
- ^ Otto Dobencker Regesta diplomatica necnon epistolaria historiae Thuringiea. Jena 1939. Volume IV No. 216, 2354 (pp. 33, 337)
- ↑ Otto Hartmann Leafed through old writings. In: Altensteiner Blätter Yearbook 1995. P. 98f
- ↑ The Wackenhof was already a place shrouded in mystery in the 18th century and avoided whenever possible. Information on the appearance and size of the hospital is not available, and the necessary archaeological investigation has not yet been carried out.
- ^ Siegfried Wünscher The history of copper slate mining and its metallurgy in the Principality of Eisenach. Eisenach 1932.
- ↑ a b c Jensen Zlotowicz: Oldest fossil dinosaur discovered in Kupfersuhl's depth, Thüringer Allgemeine / Eisenacher Allgemeine from May 4, 2018
- ^ C. Kronfeld, Regional Studies of the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach. Second part. Weimar 1879. p. 52 f.
- ↑ Timetable of the Verkehrsgesellschaft Wartburgkreis mbH