Leimbach (Mansfeld)

The Church of St. Peter and Paul in Leimbach

Germania monument

Leimbach is a district of Mansfeld in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz , which together with the center of Mansfeld forms the northern part of the district of Mansfeld-Lutherstadt.

The district lies on the river Wipper . This is where federal highways 86 and 242 intersect . The Germania monument, which was inaugurated on July 19, 1885 and commemorates the Franco-Prussian War , is located in the roundabout of the two federal highways. To the east of the city is the Church of St. Peter and Paul. Leimbach and Mansfeld are separated by the viaduct of the Klostermansfeld – Wippra railway line . This bridge was completed in July 1918 during the First World War and is the largest truss bridge in Germany.

history

On October 22, 973 Leimbach was first documented in a Ottonenurkunde as Lembeki mentioned. As an independent city Leimbach received the in 1530 city law . In 1556, Count Albrecht VII von Mansfeld had Trutz Mansfeld Castle built as his residence in Leimbach . After this fell into disrepair, residential buildings were later built on the site.

Leimbach later grew together with the more important Mansfeld and was incorporated on July 1, 1950.

Personalities

• Carl Friedrich August Koch (born September 7, 1820 in Leimbach; † January 4, 1890 in Magdeburg), lawyer and insurance company

Web links

Commons : Leimbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• History of the city of Mansfeld on mansfeld.eu

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Birk Karsten Ecke: Leimbach (Mansfeld) - The desert Trutz Mansfeld Castle on harz-saale.de, December 8, 2012. Accessed November 20, 2016.
2. ↑ Municipalities 1994 and their changes since January 1st, 1948 in the new federal states , Metzler-Poeschel publishing house, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , publisher: Federal Statistical Office

Coordinates: 51 ° 36 '  N , 11 ° 28'  E