Lindewerra
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Coordinates: 51 ° 19 ′ N , 9 ° 57 ′ E |
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State : | Thuringia | |
County : | Eichsfeld | |
Management Community : | Hanstein-Rusteberg | |
Height : | 150 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 4.42 km 2 | |
Residents: | 256 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 58 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 37318 | |
Area code : | 036087 | |
License plate : | EIC, HIG, WBS | |
Community key : | 16 0 61 066 | |
LOCODE : | DE LDW | |
Association administration address: | Steingraben 49 37318 Hohengandern |
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Mayor : | Gerhard Propf | |
Location of the municipality of Lindewerra in the Eichsfeld district | ||
Lindewerra is a municipality in the Hanstein-Rusteberg administrative community in the Eichsfeld district of Thuringia .
Geographical location
Lindewerra is located on a horseshoe-shaped bend in the Werra between Bad Sooden-Allendorf in the south and Witzenhausen in the north. West-southwest neighboring village is Oberrieden , across the river at the lower end of the Werraschleife , which belongs to Bad Sooden-Allendorf in the Werra-Meißner district in northern Hesse . North of the village, the terrain rises steeply to the Höheberg, the highest point of which is the nearby Junkerkuppe ( 510.7 m above sea level ). A sandstone rock there, the Teufelskanzel ( 452 m ), offers good prospects, including the Werraschleife. Not far to the north, near Rimbach , the Hanstein castle ruins are a symbol of the Eichsfeld .
Lindewerra is located in a scenic hiking area on the Werra cycle path . In this stretch of water, the Werra is classified as an “ other federal inland waterway ” and can be used, among other things, by canoes.
history
The place Lindewerra, which was probably created in the Franconian period before 900, was first mentioned in 1299 as "Lindenewerde". The name is derived from Werder linden tree and was only later related to the Werra. The village belonged to Kurmainz until the secularization in 1802 . The von Hanstein family held jurisdiction until 1849 . From 1815 to 1945 the place was part of the Prussian province of Saxony .
Stockmacherdorf
In 1830 Wilhelm Ludwig Wagner brought the stick-making trade to Lindewerra. From then on, this largely determined life in the village and made it known as the “Stockmacherdorf”. Hiking sticks and walking sticks from Lindewerra were even traded worldwide. The Lindewerra stick-maker museum, founded in 1980, is located in the village .
In the 19th century, a lively club life developed in the village, in which a men's choir played a leading role. With the construction of the six-arched sandstone bridge over the Werra in 1900/1901, Lindewerra developed into a "summer retreat" and was also regularly visited by Göttingen students for celebrations.
End of the war and the GDR era
During the withdrawal of the Wehrmacht on April 8, 1945, the central part of the Werra Bridge was blown up. Before the occupation on April 9th, American mortar fire in Lindewerra caused numerous damage to houses and outbuildings. At the beginning of July 1945 the place was given up to the Soviet occupation zone . Since he was only affected by the Wanfried Agreement in such a way that the course of the zone border was now moved to the middle of the river, Lindewerra remained in the Soviet zone. In the post-war period , the border ran right past the village from then on and thus formed the inner-German border from 1949 . Therefore the Werra Bridge was not rebuilt. At first there was still access to the fields on the other side of the river via a ferry. In 1952, the border regime was tightened and long-established families were expelled as part of the Vergeziefer campaign . The border fortifications, which were continuously reinforced in 1961 and until 1987 - a watchtower stood on the preserved eastern bridgehead - hermetically sealed off the village. Lindewerra was in the restricted area , which could only be visited with special permission by reliable people from the GDR.
The opening of the border in November 1989 improved living conditions for the population. This began with the dismantling of the border installations before they were systematically removed by the border troops in March 1990. In 1993 the last remains fell, the "reconstruction" of a short piece of border fence as a memorial is planned.
present
Lindewerra has been part of the Free State of Thuringia since 1990. In 1991 the urgently needed renovation of the village church began, the village green was redesigned and the restoration of the historic half-timbered houses was promoted, many of which had already fallen victim to border fortifications or neglect.
A citizens' initiative fought for the reconstruction of the Werra bridge with the preservation of the historical part. The restored bridgeheads were connected by a steel segment and in 1999 the Werra bridge was opened to traffic again on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of the town; The district road 62 leads across, which since then connects the place again with the neighboring municipality of Oberrieden and the local federal road 27 .
Population development
Development of the population (December 31) :
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- Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics
politics
Municipal council
The local council of Lindewerra consists of six council members.
- Alliance 90 / The Greens : 1 seat
- FWG Lindewerra : 5 seats
(Status: local elections of June 7, 2009)
The 2014 local elections did not result in any change in the distribution of seats.
mayor
The honorary mayor Gerhard Propf was elected on June 6, 2010.
economy
Lindewerra has been the seat of the record company Ruf Records since 1994 . The worldwide concert tour "Blues Caravan" carried out by the record label begins with a concert in Lindewerra's community hall, which is unique in Thuringia.
Attractions
- Baroque Protestant St. Mary's Church from 1738, with a late Gothic winged altar around 1500
- Stickmaker Museum Lindewerra , opened in 1980
- Werra bridge from 1900/1901, demolition in 1945, rebuilt in 1999
The historic center of Lindewerra was entered as a monument ensemble in the monuments book of the Free State of Thuringia in June 2018 .
Personalities
- Wilhelm Ludwig Wagner , brought the stick-making trade to Lindewerra in 1830, which later made the village world famous
Individual evidence
- ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).
- ↑ Directory E, serial no. 62 and directory F der Chronik ( Memento of the original of July 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration
- ↑ Local elections in Thuringia on June 7th, 2009. Elections for community and city council members. Preliminary results. (PDF; 1.9 MB) The State Returning Officer, accessed on March 10, 2010 .
- ↑ http://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/wahl.asp?wahlart=GW&wjahr=2014&habenErg=GEM&wknr=061&gemnr=61066
- ↑ Local elections in Thuringia on June 6, 2010. Elections for community and city council members. Preliminary results. The regional returning officer, accessed on June 6, 2010 .
- ↑ Thuringian State Gazette No. 25/2018, page 724
literature
- Josef Keppler: Lindewerrsches picture book (1895–1999). Photo documents from the history of the stickmaker's village Lindewerra in Werraland in Eichsfeld . Mecke Duderstadt 1999, ISBN 3-932752-36-8 .
Web links
- Municipality of Lindewerra (administrative municipality Hanstein-Rusteberg), on vg-hanstein-rusteberg.de