Lichtenhain (Graefenthal)

Lichtenhain City of Graefenthal Coordinates: 50 ° 29 ′ 55 ″ N , 11 ° 18 ′ 44 ″ E
Height :	approx. 649 m above sea level NN
Area :	2.4 km²
Residents :	150
Population density :	63 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	April 9, 1994
Postal code :	98743
Area code :	036703
	Evangelical Lutheran Sebastian Church

Lichtenhain is a district of the city of Gräfenthal in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district in Thuringia .

location

At 650 meters above sea level, Lichtenhain is the highest district of Gräfenthal. It can be reached via the state road 1150 and a serpentine feeder road . The district lies in the Thuringian Slate Mountains . The high plateau with the corridor of the district is heavily cropped and surrounded by forest. The neighboring town to the east is the town of Ludwigsstadt with its Ebersdorf district in Bavaria .

The Rennsteig runs just a few km east of the village. The medieval mountain village church has retained its original character to this day and is well worth seeing.

history

Kp command post with B-tower of the former GDR border troops

Border post former inner-German border

Lichtenhain was first mentioned in a document on June 29, 1414.

Until 1990 the place was in the immediate vicinity of the inner-German border , in the so-called 500 m protective strip (5 km restricted area in the border area between GDR and FRG), and was the stationing place of the 11th border company (3rd border battalion) Grenzregiment 15 ( Sonneberg ) of the Border troops of the GDR . In the village, between the two border fences of the security systems of the GDR, the command post with the 1st alarm group was located in a BT9 (observation tower). plus a BT11 on the so-called apron. In February 1985 the 15th border regiment was reorganized. From this point on it was the 7th border company in the 2nd border battalion of the 15th border regiment.

Note: The 500 m protective strip was part of the 5 km restricted area on the inner-German border. Additional restrictions applied to temporary and permanent stays in this protective strip.

In March 1976, the Kleinlichtenhain district was assigned to the Kleintettau community in the Kronach district ( Bavaria ).

On April 9, 1994, the community of Lichtenhain bei Gräfenthal was incorporated into the city of Gräfenthal.

Attractions

St. Sebastian Church (Lichtenhain)

Economy and tourism

Forestry and ecological agriculture , along with gentle tourism, are the source of income for the 100 inhabitants in the village. Hikes are enjoying increasing popularity, especially among our Dutch fellow citizens, to the nearby Rennsteig and along the former inner-German border between Bavaria and Thuringia, for example to the nearby Ratzenberg with the Thuringian observation point .

Mountains near the municipality of Lichtenhain
designation	Height above sea level	direction	distance	Specialty
Mittelberg	617 m	NNW ( ⊙ ) 50.5499 11.29215	4.7 km	partly coniferous forest, near Reichmannsdorf
Rough hills	802 m	NW ( ⊙ ) 50.54348 11.21724	4.2 km	Hilltop with observation tower Leipziger Turm , mountain restaurant
Mutzenberg	770 m	NWW ( ⊙ ) 50.54006 11.20028	4.8 km	partly coniferous forest, near Schmiedefeld
Rodeberg	761 m	W ( ⊙ ) 50.5064 11.2252611	6.6 km	Coniferous forest near the municipality of Piesau
Red mountain	799 m	W ( ⊙ ) 50.49421 11.23455	5.4 km	Coniferous forest near the municipality of Spechtsbrunn
Hammerberg	712 m	SW ( ⊙ ) 50.4543 11.22472	7.6 km	adjacent "mountain meadows in the Sonneberger Oberland"
Death head	664 m	SO ( ⊙ ) 50.39696 11.4734	8.2 km	wooded with conifers
Hoenkuppe	720 m	NO ( ⊙ ) 50.50603 11.32733	1.2 km	"Hausberg" to Lichtenhain, formerly the Bavaria / Thuringia border
Ratzenberg	678 m	NO ( ⊙ ) 50.51862 11.35088	4.3 km	Hilltop with Thüringer Warte observation tower
Koldizberg	584 m	NO ( ⊙ ) 50.55371 11.36824	7.2 km	Close to the slate quarries at Probstzella

Web links

Commons : Lichtenhain - collection of images, videos and audio files

Website Lichtenhain (Gräfenthal)

Individual evidence

^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. 5th, improved and considerably enlarged edition. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 165.

^ Federal Statistical Office: Municipalities 1994 and their changes since 01.01.1948 in the new federal states . Metzler-Poeschel, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , pp. 442 .

^ Lichtenhain on the website of the city of Gräfenthal , accessed on March 9, 2012

[1] Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. 5th, improved and considerably enlarged edition. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 165.