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Leek rotting
community Gerstungen
Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 34 ″  N , 10 ° 9 ′ 26 ″  E
Height : 204 m above sea level NN
Area : 9.89 km²
Residents : 976  (Jun. 30, 2011)
Population density : 99 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : March 16, 2004
Postal code : 99834
Primaries : 036927, 05654
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Lauchröden in the north of the municipality
The kemenate in the center of Lauchröden
The kemenate in the center of Lauchröden

Lauchröden is a village in the west of the Wartburg district in Thuringia and has a population of just under 1000. Since March 16, 2004 the place belongs to the unified community Gerstungen . The name Lauchröden is made up of the words "Luch" and "Ried" and thus describes the location of the place on the marshy, floodplain areas of the mouth of the Elte into the Werra .

geography

Geographical location

Lauchröden lies in the valley area of ​​the central Werra, directly on the former inner-German border . The geographic height of the place is 204  m above sea level. NN .

Lauchröden borders in the north on the Hessian partner municipality Herleshausen ( Werra-Meißner-Kreis ), in the east on the district Göringen of the independent city of Eisenach and in the south and west on the Gerstung districts Unterellen and Sallmannshausen . The Brandenburg is located in the immediate vicinity of the village .

mountains

In the east of the village rise behind the Brandenburg the Stechberg (342.7 m above sea level), as the westernmost mountain of the Thuringian Forest, and the Göringer Stein (317.0 m above sea level). In the north you have a view of the Kiel forest . In the southwest is the forest area Böller with the elevations Hardt (354.4 m above sea level) and Böller (321.9 m above sea level).

Waters

The Werra flowing along the edge on the northern and eastern forms map of the locally as "cake slide", "boots" and "bell" (or "helmet") referred to meander . Coming from the south, the Elte stream flows through the village and flows into the Werra north of Lauchröden. As a tributary of the Elte, the Mühlgraben is split off at the former Rimbachsmühle sawmill . This flows back into the Elte north of the village center.

history

Church in Lauchröden
Church in Lauchröden

The place was first mentioned in a document for the consecration of the Martinskapelle (today's Martinskirche ) in 1144. Its development is closely connected with the history of the Brandenburg and their masters. The place initially belonged to the rulership of Brandenburg and was therefore named as belonging to the Brandenburg courts , administratively the place probably belonged to the Wettin office of Wartburg ( Saxony-Eisenach ). With the abandonment of Brandenburg in the 16th century, the inhabitants of Lauchrödens used the stones of the castle as building materials for palaces and goods in the village. The current townscape is therefore still characterized by the massive stones of the Brandenburg.

In 1898 the inauguration of the first Werra bridge between Lauchröden and Herleshausen is celebrated. This ended the previously usual ferry service across the Werra and enabled easy access to the Frankfurt a. M. - Eisenach . From then on the employment structure changed. Numerous citizens looked for work in the Eisenach factories and only ran agriculture as a sideline.

During the Second World War , 14 women and men had to do forced labor in agriculture as so-called " Eastern workers " .

Towards the end of the Second World War, the original stone Werra bridge was blown up by soldiers of the US Army on April 1, 1945 . This resulted in severe damage to the place that had already been fired at with phosphorus shells. A temporary bridge built afterwards fell victim to a flood in 1947.

In the years 1952 to 1990 Lauchröden lay in the 500 m wide protection strip of the restricted area of the inner German border and was therefore not accessible for the GDR population outside the border area. Only in 1989 was a bridge built again over the Werra.

traffic

District road 505 leads through the village from Hörschel to Neustädt. From this the K 509 branches off, which leads south to Unterellen and Oberellen . Until 1945 there was a road connection to Herleshausen, which was interrupted with the destruction of the Werra Bridge at the end of the Second World War and the subsequent division of Germany. The replacement structure built in 1997 is only approved for pedestrians, cyclists and emergency vehicles.

The closest junction to the A4 is in Herleshausen , one kilometer away , as is the nearest train station.

Border crossing December 23, 1989

Culture

For a long time the focal point of the village's cultural life was the Löwensaal in the center of the village. Numerous events were held in this hall, including the carnival and, until 2002, the fair. Due to the dilapidation, the hall was completely demolished and replaced by a new village community center in December 2006, which in turn was given the traditional addition of "Lion Hall". After the carnival was initially relocated and later suspended due to the dilapidation of the old hall, it was able to re-establish itself in the new village community center and has taken place regularly since then. The local Brandenburg musicians provide musical entertainment at numerous events.

societies

Lauchröden has a lively club life. These include:

  • SV Concordia Lauchröden 1891 eV with u. a. the football, volleyball and women's sports departments
  • Village club Lauchröden with u. a. the departments Carnival Club (LCC), Kirmesverein, youth club and the theater group "Werralöwen"
  • Brandenburg Association as a branch of the Werra Valley Association
  • Lauchröden volunteer fire brigade
  • Fishing club Lauchröden 1947 eV
  • Country Women's Association
  • Allotment garden association "Biengarten" e. V.

Events

  • Every year on the second weekend in October the local fair takes place in Lauchröden. A marquee has been set up for this purpose since 2003. On Monday afternoon, the traditional parade through the village takes place, where the straw man is the main attraction. After the procession he is symbolically burned in the form of a straw doll.
  • The local Lauchröder carnival club holds several meetings a year. On Rose Monday there is also a special Rose Monday parade through the town.
  • Since 1989 there has been an annual bridge festival on December 23rd. The previous bridge was blown up in 1945 and a new bridge was only built over the Werra after German reunification . The traditional bridge can still be found partially as a wall painting on some houses in the village.
  • The Brandenburg Festival takes place every two years on the ruins of Brandenburg . Numerous showmen and spectators come this weekend to take part in the medieval spectacle. In the uneven years there has been an alternating open-air theater weekend in June since 2007, on which the regional amateur theater group Werralöwen dramatizes medieval material on the stage in the area of ​​the former palace.
  • In the summer of 1999, the chairman of the castle association had the fixed idea of inviting people to classical music on the castle ruins . This unusual venue delighted both visitors and performers , so that the Brandenburg concert and meeting days are now known as a cultural contribution in the Wartburg district.
  • In 2015 the Medival Festival opened its doors for the first time on the Brandenburg river near Lauchröden. The open air music festival combines a medieval ambience with modern, electronic music. It takes place every summer.

partnership

Together with the neighboring municipality of Herleshausen, Lauchröden maintains partnership relationships with the French municipality of Cléder in Brittany. The highlight is an annual meeting, which takes place alternately in Germany and France.

Sons and daughters of the place

  • Louis Rennert (1880–1944), social democrat, member of the state parliament and local politician
  • Simon Krannig (1866–1936), composer and choir director

Individual evidence

  1. ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2004
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Thuringian Association of the Persecuted of the Nazi Regime - Association of Antifascists and Study Group of German Resistance 1933–1945 (ed.): Heimatgeschichtlicher Wegweiser to places of resistance and persecution 1933–1945, series: Heimatgeschichtliche Wegweiser - Volume 8 Thüringen, Erfurt 2003, p. 325, ISBN 3-88864-343-0
  4. ^ Rainer Lämmerhirt: The fight for the Werra line in April 1945 . Rockstuhl Verlag, Bad Langensalza 2005. ISBN 3-937135-64-2 . Pp. 61-63
  5. ↑ Dr. Hans Heuse , chronicle of the place Lauchröden. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
  6. ^ Schneider, Reinhard: It is not the goal of the association to organize parties ... In: MFB Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Eisenach (ed.): StadtZeit. City journal with information from the Wartburg district . June issue. Druck- und Verlagshaus Frisch, Eisenach 1996, p. 6-9 .
  7. ^ NN: Brandenburger concert and meeting days . In: StadtZeit . May issue, 2000, p. 52-53 .
  8. ↑ Homepage of the organizer

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