Linden (Straufhain)

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Linden trees
Straufhain parish
Coordinates: 50 ° 20 ′ 42 ″  N , 10 ° 36 ′ 13 ″  E
Height : 330 m above sea level NN
Residents : 330
Incorporation : January 1, 1996
Postal code : 98646
Area code : 036875
Evangelical village church
Evangelical village church

Linden is a district of the Straufhain community in the Hildburghausen district in Thuringia .

location

The small row village is located in the Heldburger Land near the Gleichberge on Landesstrasse 2671 and Landesstrasse 1133 . The linden trees are at the entrance to the village. The corridor of the district borders the Thuringian-Bavarian border. Thuringian neighbor is Schlechtsart , Bavarian neighbor is Trappstadt . The foothills are hilly and influenced by the more favorable Franconian climate.

history

The district was first mentioned in a document in 1300. The village community's documents are based on 1315. The village in Amt Römhild has been subordinate to several lords over time. In 1424 the construction of the first border began with the Landwehr . In 1518 they agreed on border disputes.

When the GDR was founded , 330 people lived in the village. In 1953 the LPG was founded. In 1956 the canalization took place in the village. In 1972/73 the culture house and the swimming pool were built. In 1973 the breeding center Linden / Gleichberg was established. In 2012 250 people lived in the district. In 2015 the population rose to 263.

Attractions

Sons and daughters of the church

  • Helena, Michael Höfling's wife (–1616), victim of a witch trial , was convicted and burned.

literature

  • Norbert Klaus Fuchs: The Heldburger Land - a historical travel guide. Rockstuhl Publishing House, Bad Langensalza 2013, ISBN 978-3-86777-349-2
  • Paul Lehfeld: Architectural and Art Monuments of Thuringia, Booklet XXXI, Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen, District Court districts of Heldburg and Römhild, 1904, reprint, Verlag Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza, ISBN 978-3-86777-378-2

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. Rockstuhl Verlag, Bad Langensalza, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 167
  2. ↑ Private website on Linden.Retrieved April 14, 2012
  3. ^ Kai Lehmann : Exhibition "Luther and the Witches", Linden area, Library Museum Schloss Wilhelmsburg Schmalkalden, 2012; Egbert Friedrich: Witch hunt in the Rodach area and the witch trial ordinance of Duke Johann Casimir (writings of the Rodacher Rückert-Kreis, issue 19), Rodach 1995, pp. 192–236; Ronald Füssel: The persecution of witches in the Thuringian region , publications by the working group for historical research on witches and crime in Northern Germany, Volume 2, Hamburg 2003, p. 244.

Web links

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