Meckfeld (Blankenhain)

Meckfeld City of Blankenhain Coordinates: 50 ° 51 ′ 4 "  N , 11 ° 26 ′ 16"  E
Height :	399 m above sea level NN
Residents :	31  (Sep 2011)
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Incorporated into:	Keßlar
Postal code :	99444
Area code :	036459
Meckfeld from the east

Meckfeld is a district of the city of Blankenhain in the Weimarer Land district , Thuringia .

geography

Village church

The hamlet-like place is 6.5 kilometers from Blankenhain on the border with the Saale-Holzland district near Milda . The county road 308 connects the village with the main road in 1060 of Apolda Blankenhain and Rudolstadt . The demarcation lies in a docked hollow of a plateau on shell limestone . These soils are mostly remote from the groundwater. In the southern area there is forest on the hills near Reinstädt .

history

The first documentary mention of the village was registered in 1350. The village first belonged to Orlamünde-Lauenstein . The ownership often changed. In 1784 a major fire raged in the village. Agriculture was the main livelihood with a medium-sized farm structure. In 1884 the areas were separated. Later the farmers switched to beekeeping . After the reunification they found new forms according to the conditions in East Germany.

See also

• Martin's Church in Meckfeld

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. 177.

Web links

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

• Meckfeld on the website of the city of Blankenhain
• Meckfeld on the website www.blankenhain-online.de