Mankenbach

Mankenbach City of Koenigsee Coordinates: 50 ° 37 ′ 9 ″  N , 11 ° 8 ′ 14 ″  E
Height :	494 m above sea level NN
Incorporation :	July 1, 1950
Incorporated into:	Oberhain
Postal code :	07426
Area code :	036738

Mankenbachsmühle 1937

Mankenbach is a district of the town of Königsee in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district ( Thuringia ).

geography

Mankenbach is located south of Oberhain on the same high plateau of the Thuringian Slate Mountains . To the south of the Schwarzatal on the steeper slopes there is forest. State road 1112, which is connected to district road 132 in the direction of Mankenbach, runs down in the valley . The tractors-accessible areas are used intensively for agriculture, otherwise pasture farming is practiced.

history

The Thuringian forest village was first mentioned in a document on November 19, 1370. There was once an ironworks in Mankenbach . There was limited agriculture and forestry in addition to the oil trade . Until 1918 the place belonged to the sovereignty of the Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt .

On July 1, 1950, Mankenbach was incorporated into Oberhain. The place has been part of the city of Königsee since January 1, 2019.

The inhabitants of the original village of Leibis were relocated in 1994 near the Mankenbachsmühle from Unterweißbach to the village of Neu-Leibis . Today the inn in the Mankenbach Nature Park offers holiday apartments. Agricultural and forestry work continues.

Web links

Commons : Mankenbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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. 173.
2. ↑ Mankenbach / New Leibis