Marisfeld

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 33 '  N , 10 ° 34'  E
Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Hildburghausen
Management Community :	Field stone
Height :	380 m above sea level NHN
Area :	11.51 km 2
Residents:	445 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	39 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	98530
Area code :	036846
License plate :	HBN
Community key :	16 0 69 028
Address of the municipal administration:	Dorfstrasse 112 98530 Marisfeld
Mayor :	Hermann Happ (independent)
Location of the municipality of Marisfeld in the Hildburghausen district

Marisfeld is a municipality in the Hildburghausen district in the Franconian south of Thuringia. She belongs to the administrative community Feldstein . The administrative headquarters are in the city of Themar .

geography

Marisfeld can be reached by public transport via Landesstraße 2628. The village is located on the differentiated southern roofing of the Thuringian Forest to the south opposite the city of Suhl, which is located in the mountains to the north . Marisfeld is located at about 380 m above sea level in the so-called Marisfelder Mulde. The place is located on a limestone plate and belongs to the Thuringian Forest Nature Park .

Neighboring municipalities:

Dillstädt	Schmeheim
		Upper Town
Vachdorf	Leutersdorf     Henfstädt	Themar

history

Coat of arms of Johann Heinrich Marschalck von Ostheim on the church of St. Mauritius

The village was first mentioned between 776 and 796 and is therefore one of the oldest settlements in the area. Further documentary mentions name the cluster village as Marasfeldun (814), Marahsfeld (824) or Marchesfeld (1285). This far-reaching past also led to the unmistakable image of the village in southern Thuringia, which is characterized by the castle and the fortified church of St. Mauritius . The choir tower of the church with its loopholes and the pyramid helmet was built in 1497 and confirms the impression of a fortified church. While the first clergy of the place still came from the monastery Veßra , the place got church independence in 1539. In 1557 a separate rectory was built, which is still preserved today. In 1956, a machine-tractor station (MTS) for the agricultural production cooperative (LPG) was built in Marisfeld . From 1959 to 1963 Joachim Kunze , who later became mayor of Suhl, was director here.

In the 13th and 14th centuries the noble families of the Lords of Schmeheim and the Marschalk von Marisfeld were wealthy in Marisfeld, in the 17th century the Marschalk von Ostheim family . In terms of lordship, the place in the Themar office initially belonged to the county of Henneberg , after 1583 to various Saxon duchies and from 1826 to 1918 to Saxony-Meiningen . From 1868 Marisfeld belonged to the Hildburghausen district . In 1920 Marisfeld came to the state of Thuringia . In 1950 the place was transferred from the Hildburghausen district to the Suhl district by the 1st ordinance to implement the law to change the district and community boundaries in the state of Thuringia . After the state of Thuringia was dissolved in 1952, Marisfeld belonged to the Suhl-Land district in the Suhl district . With the establishment of the Feldstein administrative association in 1994, Marisfeld also joined VG Feldstein and thus became part of the Hildburghausen district .

Former motocross world champion and born in Marisfeld, Thomas Bieberbach , opened a motocross and enduro track in town with the KTM Adventureland after his career ended.

Marisfeld Castle

Marisfeld Castle

Originally founded as a moated castle built castle was first mentioned in 1100 as Talburg and medieval times repeatedly destroyed. The last destruction took place in 1641. In 1665 today's castle with the four towers was built by Eva Maria Magdalena Marschalk von Ostheim . In 1814, after the death of Baron Franz Friedrich Marschalk von Ostheim, the palace was sold to Christian Friedrich von Stockmar zu Coburg, who restored it. In 1882 the castle came into the possession of Hermann von Eichels, who also acquired Oberstadt Castle in 1892 , but then became impoverished and sold Marisfeld Castle in 1936 to Ludwig Krämer from Duisburg. In memory of his deceased wife, Krämer founded the Käthe Krämer Foundation, under which the castle was used as a children's rest home for the National Socialist People's Welfare . In 1947 the children's home was taken over by the People's Solidarity . 1951–1972 it was run by the Suhl District Council as the Karl Liebknecht Children's Home , after which it was handed over to the Marisfeld municipal council. In 1993 the Diakonisches Werk took over the home and began restoring it. The entire castle was reconstructed by 1997 and has since served as a children's home again.

Jewish community

From 1678 onwards, the Messrs Marschalk von Ostheim first settled protective Jews in Marisfeld. The formation of the Jewish community goes back to this time . By 1822 the community grew to 121 and by 1865 to around 200 Jewish residents, about 30% of the total population. In 1832 a synagogue was built on what is now Themarer Straße, followed by the Jewish cemetery , which still exists today, in 1848 . There was also a Jewish school in its own schoolhouse and a ritual bath. In 1856, the Jews living in the Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen received civil equality. As a result of a major fire in 1866, many Jewish residents then moved to the cities of Themar and Meiningen. In 1925 there were only 13 Jewish residents in the village. The synagogue was profaned in the 1930s . The last Jewish residents were deported in 1942 .

politics

The municipal council in Marisfeld consists of six council members:

• IG 6 seats

(As of: local elections on May 25, 2014)

Culture and sights

Attractions

Ev. St. Mauritius Church

• Palace Park and Marisfeld Palace
• Church of St. Mauritius with organ by Nicolaus Seeber and organ brochure by Hans Justus Leib offers an unmistakable picture of a Thuringian church. The choir tower has loopholes and a massive pyramid helmet. The original bell from 1498 is still preserved. It is dated to the year 1497. The current appearance of the church in the baroque style dates from 1711.
• old rectory, built in 1557
• old school

Cultural associations

• Friends of the Marisfeld Castle Park e. V.
• Trombone Choir Marisfeld, member of the Gnadauer Trumpet League

Sports

• Sports club SG Marisfeld / Oberstadt e. V.

Regular events

• Open Monument Day
• Carnival with the Carneval Club Marisfeld e. V. one week before Rose Monday every year.
• Fair on the first weekend in November with the Kirmesgesellschaft Marisfeld e. V.
• Park Festival (1966–2012)

Sons and daughters of the church

• Hans-Joachim Frank (* 1954), actor, director and theater manager
• Thomas Bieberbach (* 1966), former German enduro athlete

Individual evidence

Inscription on the former National Socialist People ’s Welfare Children's Recreation Home in the Essen district

1. ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics  ( help on this ).
2. ^ ^{A b} Administrative community Feldstein: Marisfeld. Retrieved April 4, 2014 . 
3. ^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. Rockstuhl Verlag, Bad Langensalza, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 174.
4. ↑ Kirchkreis Hildburghausen-Eisfeld: Marisfeld - Church of St. Mauritius. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 13, 2014 ; Retrieved April 8, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ^ Werner Herrmann: Village churches in Thuringia. Publishing house Thuringia, 1990, ISBN 3-86087-014-9
6. ^ Werner Herrmann: Village churches in Thuringia. Verlagshaus Thuringia, 1992, ISBN 3-86087-014-9 , p. 61.

Web links

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

Wikisource: Marisfeld in the Topographia Franconiae (Mathäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

• www.schlosspark-marisfeld.de - Impressions and information about the Marisfeld Castle Park and the historic town center
• Diakonie Henneberger Land: From robber barons' castle to children's home: the castle through the ages - historical demolition
• Allemannia Judaica: History of the Jewish community in Marisfeld