Möhrenbach

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Möhrenbach
City of Ilmenau
Möhrenbach coat of arms
Coordinates: 50 ° 37 ′ 24 ″  N , 10 ° 59 ′ 41 ″  E
Height : 540 m above sea level NHN
Area : 13.86 km²
Residents : 672  (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 48 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31 2013
Incorporated into: Miter
Postal code : 98694
Area code : 036783
Möhrenbach (Thuringia)
Möhrenbach

Location of Möhrenbach in Thuringia
View over the place
View over the place
church

Möhrenbach is a district of the city of Ilmenau in the Ilm district in Thuringia in Germany .

geography

Möhrenbach is located in the Thuringian Forest . The municipality can be divided into three strips. In the west lies the Thuringian Forest with its mountains, in the middle the wide Möhrenbacher Tal and in the east the Lange Berg , which already belongs to the Thuringian Slate Mountains . In the western part of the municipality is the valley of the Wohlrose , above which the 771 meter high Silberberg rises. To the east follow the valleys of Möhrenbach and Ilmsenbach, which unite in Möhrenbach to form the valley water. In the central north-south valley, the village of Möhrenbach is about 550 meters above sea level. The landscape here is characterized by meadows interspersed with small forests and only rises to the east to the Long Mountain, which at 808 meters is the highest point in the municipality. In the forests in the west and east of the municipality, the spruce dominates the trees. In the extreme south of the municipality is the Hohe Tanne , the pass between Langem Berg and Thuringian Forest and the catchment areas of the Ilm and Saale . The neighboring town in the north is Gehren , in the south behind the Hohe Tanne lies Großbreitenbach and in the east beyond the Long Mountain Gillersdorf .

history

Möhrenbach was first mentioned in 1374. The place belonged to the Grafschaft Schwarzburg , the lords of Berlstedt once exercised the local rule as Schwarzburg feudal takers. In its early days, the place lived from mining for copper , silver and lead , also from forestry and wood processing, from the 17th century also from weaving and a glassworks mentioned in 1690 . In 1811 a fire caused severe damage to the village. 48 houses were destroyed.

From 1533 to 1920 the place belonged to the office of Gehren in the Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen ( suzerainty ), then until 1952 to the district of Arnstadt and from 1952 to the district of Ilmenau . In 1994 the Ilm district was founded, to which Möhrenbach belongs today.

Since 1994 Möhrenbach has belonged to the administrative community Langer Berg based in Gehren. According to the Thuringian law on the voluntary reorganization of municipalities belonging to the district, Möhrenbach was incorporated into Gehren on December 31, 2013, which raised Gehren to a rural municipality. As part of the regional reform in Thuringia , Möhrenbach has been one of 16 districts of the city of Ilmenau since July 6, 2018 .

church

politics

Mathias Steitz ( CDU ) was elected mayor of the district on May 26, 2019 for the local elections in Thuringia . In the first ballot, he prevailed against his three opponents with 60.4% of the valid votes cast and thus did not have to go into the runoff election. Together with six other members, it forms the local council.

coat of arms

The coat of arms is split into green and blue by a silver pole drawn from a silver shield base, bordered in silver on the right and left and shows a gold six-spoke wheel at the front and a silver shovel and a silver pick crossed at the back.

Economy and Transport

In Möhrenbach there used to be a porcelain and wood industry . Today, many residents commute to work in Ilmenau , Gehren or Großbreitenbach .

Möhrenbach is located on the state road 1047 from Gehren to Großbreitenbach . Between 1883 and 1997 the place had a stop on the Ilmenau – Großbreitenbach railway line . To the west of the town there is the high-speed line from Nuremberg to Erfurt with a bridge in the Wohlrose Valley and the Silberberg tunnel under the Silberberg.

Personalities

  • Arthur Rackwitz (1895–1980), Protestant theologian, 1921–1929 pastor in Möhrenbach
  • Aurel von Jüchen (1902–1991), Protestant theologian, 1932 pastor in Möhrenbach
  • Siegfried Sommer , politician (SED), Chairman of the Frankfurt District Council (O.), born in Möhrenbach
  • Horst Hörnlein (* 1945), former luge rider, 1973 world champion in doubles, born in Möhrenbach

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official Gazette of the City of Ilmenau 02/2019. City of Ilmenau, March 8, 2019, p. 10 , accessed April 23, 2019 .
  2. ↑ City administration Ilmenau: Official Gazette of the City of Ilmenau 07/2019. June 7, 2019, pp. 1–10 , accessed July 6, 2019 .

Web links

Commons : Möhrenbach  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files