Lichtenau (sluice ground)

Lichtenau Community Schleusegrund Coordinates: 50 ° 30 ′ 14 ″  N , 10 ° 50 ′ 39 ″  E
Height :	423 m
Residents :	76  (Dec. 31, 2013)
Incorporation :	July 25, 1952
Incorporated into:	Biberau
Postal code :	98666
Area code :	036874
historical overview map

Lichtenau is the partner village of the Biberau district of Schleusegrund in the Hildburghausen district in Thuringia .

location

Lichtenau

Lichtenau is located at the lock, just above the confluence of the Biberbach on the eastern bank. The district road K 523, also known as Bibergrundstraße , leads eastwards upstream to the districts of Engestein, Biberschlag, Tellerhammer and on to Schnett.

history

The village was first mentioned in a document in 1595/96. The place name is explained as a (once conspicuous) clearing in the alluvial forest of the lock.

On July 1, 1950, the previously independent communities Biberschlag and Tellerhammer were incorporated.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.insuedthueringen.de, January 16, 2014
2. ^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. Rockstuhl Verlag, Bad Langensalza, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 164

literature

• Oliver Heyn: The history of the lower Bibertal - from the medieval settlement to the middle of the 19th century (Lichtenau - Biberschlag - Engenstein - Tellerhammer) . Salier Verlag, Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-939611-50-9 .

Web links

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