Marth

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Marth (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 51 ° 23 '  N , 10 ° 0'  E
Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Eichsfeld
Management Community :	Hanstein-Rusteberg
Height :	280 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.88 km 2
Residents:	330 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	68 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	37318
Area code :	036081
License plate :	EIC, HIG, WBS
Community key :	16 0 61 069
Association administration address:	Steingraben 49 37318 Hohengandern
Website :	www.vg-hanstein-rusteberg.de
Mayor :	Peter Dreiling
Location of the municipality of Marth in the Eichsfeld district

Marth is a municipality in the Eichsfeld district in Thuringia and belongs to the Hanstein-Rusteberg administrative community .

location

Marth with Rusteberg, seen from Hanstein Castle

The village center of Marth seen from the Rusteberg

Marth is located at the southern foot of the Rusteberg , still above the Leinetal about 8 kilometers west of Heilbad Heiligenstadt . The place is connected to the federal highway 80 via the district roads K 104 and K 105 .

The district of Marth also includes the small settlements of Hessenau and Eckstieg in the Leinetal , the former meadow mill and the “Miwepa” industrial area near the former Chausseewärterhaus, now the location of an Arenshausen packaging plant.

history

The place Marth belonged to Rusteberg Castle , a heavily fortified medieval castle complex . In the 15th century the castle was expanded into a modern fortress. It was the center of the Electoral Mainz administration of the Eichsfeld and the residence of the administrator. In 1540 the administration was moved to Heiligenstadt and the castle was neglected. After the office building at the foot of the mountain was built, the castle was given up.

From 1802 to 1945 Marth was part of the Prussian province of Saxony. 1945 to 1949 the place came under the Soviet occupation zone and was part of the GDR from 1949 . From 1961 until the turnaround and reunification in 1989/1990, Marth was affected by the closure of the nearby inner-German border. Since 1990 the place belongs to Thuringia.

Population development

Development of the population (December 31) :

1994: 376 1995: 389 1996: 386 1997: 374 1998: 376 1999: 386

2000: 376 2001: 365 2002: 370 2003: 364 2004: 355 2005: 369

2006: 362 2007: 363 2008: 365 2009: 348 2010: 354 2011: 343

2012: 345 2013: 331 2014: 330 2015: 339 2016: 325 2017: 326

2018: 338 2019: 330

Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

politics

Municipal council

The council of the Marth parish consists of 6 councilors and councilors. It is re-elected every five years.

Allocation of seats by the municipal council in 2014      A total of 6 seats CDU : 2nd Greens : 1 SG Marth e. V .: 2 FFW Marth e. V .: 1
	Parties, constituencies and associations		2014			2009			2004			1999
			Share a	Seats		Share a	Seats		Share a	Seats		Share a	Seats
	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	CDU	31.1	2		-	-		92.9	6th		77.9	5
	Sports club SG Marth e. V.	SG Marth e. V.	30.7	2		48.5	3		-	-		-	-
	Volunteer Fire Brigade Marth e. V.	FFW Marth e. V.	27.4	1		33.8	2		-	-		-	-
	Alliance 90 / The Greens	GREEN	10.8	1		17.8	1		-	-		-	-
	Action living village	Action l D	-	-		-	-		-	-		22.1	1
	Lebens- und Agrarkulturelle Initiative eV	LAI	-	-		-	-		7.1	-		-	-
percentage of invalid votes			6.0			1.7			2.1			7.3
Total seats			6th			6th			6th			6th
voter turnout			70.3%			62.6%			68.6%			66.4%

^a _{percentage of the valid votes cast}

mayor

On April 22, 2012, Mr. Peter Dreiling was elected honorary mayor with 51.4% of the votes .

coat of arms

Blazon : "In blue in the base of a shield, a red mountain, covered with a six-spoke silver wheel , behind it a silver castle with a tin tower, each with a golden halberd growing out of the wall."

Culture and sights

Rusteberg Castle, on the right at the edge of the town of Marth

Mariengrotte in Marth

The Rusteberg castle ruin is located on the conical mountain peak near Marth , it was the official seat of the Electoral Mainz administration for the Eichsfeld and dates back to the 12th century. Only ruins remain of the castle complex and a chapel.

Other attractions are:

• Rusteberg Castle, built as an official building in the middle of the 18th century, and today's Rusteberg Clinic
• the former dairy in the town center and other half-timbered buildings
• the Marian grotto
• Viewpoints over the western Eichsfeld
• St. Aegidius (Marth)

Specialist clinic

Specialist clinic

The specialist clinic Rusteberg offers 60 therapy places for young people with a drug, alcohol or medication problem. The clinic is run by SiT - Suchthilfe in Thüringen gGmbH.

literature

• Marth community (ed.): 750 years of Marth 1254–2004 . o. O. 2004, p. 36 .
• Karl Duval: "Rusteberg" In: The Eichsfeld . Sondershausen 1845, p. 398-421 .
• Rusteberg. In: Hans Patze , Peter Aufgebauer (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 9: Thuringia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 313). 2nd, improved and supplemented edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-520-31302-2 , pp. 365-367.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics  ( help on this ).
2. ^ Thomas Bienert: Central German castles in Thuringia Wartberg Verlag 2000 ISBN 3-86134-631-1 p. 41 u. 42
3. ↑ Castle
4. ↑ 2014 municipal council elections in Thuringia - final result. In: wahlen.thüringen.de. Retrieved March 4, 2018 .  
5. ↑ 2009 municipal council elections in Thuringia - final result. In: wahlen.thüringen.de. Retrieved March 4, 2018 .  
6. ^ 2004 municipal council elections in Thuringia - final result. In: wahlen.thüringen.de. Retrieved March 4, 2018 .  
7. ^ 1999 municipal council elections in Thuringia - final result. In: wahlen.thüringen.de. Retrieved March 4, 2018 .  
8. ↑ Mayoral elections 2012 in Thuringia - final result. Thuringian State Office for Statistics, accessed on June 18, 2012 . 

Web links

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