Lichtenhain / mountain railway
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Lichtenhain / mountain railway
Rural community town of Schwarzatal
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| Height : | 645 m above sea level NN |
| Area : | 3.26 km² |
| Residents : | 337 (Dec. 31, 2007) |
| Population density : | 103 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | December 1, 2008 |
| Incorporated into: | Oberweißbach / Thuringian Forest |
| Postal code : | 98744 |
| Area code : | 036705 |
 Mountain railway station
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Lichtenhain / Bergbahn is a district of the rural community Stadt Schwarzatal in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district in Thuringia and is located in the Thuringian Forest Nature Park .
history
The place was first mentioned in a document in 1455 and is located on the old trade route from Erfurt to Nuremberg. Once the place belonged to the sovereignty of the Grafschaft Schwarzburg , later to the Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt . The place was devastated in the Thirty Years War . The main occupation of the inhabitants was originally in forestry, charcoal burning and pitch boiling. The oil trade was added later as an important branch of the economy. In 1812 375 inhabitants were counted, in 1902 there were 524. In 1923 the Oberweißbacher Bergbahn opened up, with which Lichtenhain was connected to the railway network. Important branches of the modern economy were the glass industry and the manufacture of thermometers, and after the Second World War also increasingly tourism.
The municipality of Lichtenhain / Bergbahn was dissolved on December 1, 2008 and incorporated into the town of Oberweißbach. Until then, the community was part of the Bergbahnregion / Schwarzatal administrative community with its administrative headquarters in Oberweißbach.
On January 1, 2019, Oberweißbach merged with two other municipalities to form the rural municipality of the town of Schwarzatal.
politics
The council of the municipality of Lichtenhain / Bergbahn last consisted of 6 councilors (status: local election on June 27, 2004).
- SPD 3 seats
- FW 3 seats
Ingo Lödel, the last honorary mayor, was elected on June 27, 2004.
coat of arms
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Blazon : “Divided and half-divided; Above in blue a rising golden lion with a red tongue and armor, below in front in gold a red heart with red flames, below in behind in red a golden arnica flower. " |
| Justification of the coat of arms: The coat of arms was designed by the heraldist Frank Diemar and approved on September 30, 1994 by the Thuringian State Administration Office. |
traffic
Oberweißbacher Bergbahn : transfer point between the 1.4 km long funicular that connects Obstfelderschmiede on the Schwarzatalbahn Rottenbach-Katzhütte with Lichtenhain, and the 2.6 km long adhesion section that connects Lichtenhain via Oberweißbach with Cursdorf .
The Lichtenhainer Forest Railway is a narrow-gauge railway ; immediately east of the mountain station of the Oberweißbacher Bergbahn .
Personalities
- Gerhard Botz (* 1955), politician ( SPD )
- Daniel Matz , musician
Individual evidence
- ^ August Elsäßer: The parish Oberweißbach through the ages . A review of the 150th anniversary of the dedication of the church in Oberweißbach with a short chronicle of the parish towns of Oberweißbach, Cursdorf, Deesbach, Lichtenhain and Leibis. Oberweißbach 1929, p. 175 .
- ↑ StBA Area: changes from 01.01. until December 31, 2008
- ↑ Thuringian Law and Ordinance Gazette No. 14/2018 p. 795 ff. , Accessed on January 5, 2019
- ↑ http://www.marionrosin.de/index.php?nr=1430&menu=1 Botz becomes SPD candidate for the federal election
- ^ According to the Bundesvision Song Contest: "Duerer" from Lichtenhain and Lichte has big plans . ( otz.de [accessed on October 8, 2016]).
