Mehrstedt
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Mehrstedt
Rural community town of Nottertal-Heilinger Heights
Coordinates: 51 ° 16 ′ 8 ″ N , 10 ° 39 ′ 49 ″ E
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| Height : | 274 m |
| Residents : | 280 |
| Incorporation : | March 8, 1994 |
| Incorporated into: | Schlotheim |
| Postal code : | 99994 |
| Area code : | 036021 |
Mehrstedt is a district of the city and rural community of Nottertal-Heilinger Höhen in the Unstrut-Hainich district in Thuringia .
geography
The clustered village of Mehrstedt is located northeast of Schlotheim in a long valley at the foot of the southern roof of the Dün (Heimberg: 334 m) on the edge of the Thuringian basin . To the northeast are the foothills of the Hainleite and to the south the Heilinger heights . To the south, the federal highway 249 leads from Mühlhausen to Ebeleben with a connection for the village.
history
The place was first mentioned in 1130. Horse breeding has a great tradition. There were once village craftsmen for every trade. The church from the 17th century is a gem . The place is surrounded by a hedge, which was once a historical protective wall. Until 1918, the place with the neighboring Schlotheim belonged to an exclave of the subordinate rule of the Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt .
After 1990 the place was completely renovated and the hedge is still standing.
traffic
The Mehrstedt stop was on the Ebeleben – Mühlhausen railway line . Passenger traffic on the Ebeleben - Schlotheim section was stopped in 1974. Freight traffic was stopped at the end of 1994.
Personalities
- Werner Braune (1909–1951), SS-Obersturmbannführer, commander of Sonderkommando 11b in Einsatzgruppe D
- Fritz Braune (1910–2006), employee in the Reich Security Main Office and commander of a special command of Einsatzgruppe C during the invasion of the Soviet Union.
- Eckhard Ohl (1947–2006), SPD politician
Individual evidence
- ^ 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.
- ↑ Mehrstedt on the Schlotheim website . Queryed on November 6, 2012.
