Meisdorf

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Meisdorf
Unconfirmed coat of arms of Meisdorf
Coordinates: 51 ° 42 ′ 37 ″  N , 11 ° 17 ′ 39 ″  E
Height : 177 m
Residents : 1100  (2007)
Incorporation : January 1, 2002
Postal code : 06463
Area code : 034743
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Location of Meisdorf in Falkenstein / Harz

Meisdorf is a district of the town of Falkenstein / Harz in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt . In 2000 Meisdorf became a state-approved resort .

Geographical location

Meisdorf, aerial photo (2015)

Meisdorf is located at the eastern foot of the Harz Mountains in the east of the Harz / Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park at around 200  m above sea level. NN . It is from the Selke flows through the associated sub-resin and the resin Mansfeld the Selketal forms. To the southwest of Meisdorf, above the river, lie the castle ruins of Anhalt , Falkenstein Castle and the Alter Falkenstein and Ackeburg castle stables . The Strulle spring is to the west of the village .

history

Pigeon tower in Meisdorfer Hof

Meisdorf was first mentioned in 1184 (according to other information 1219) as "Meystorp" or "Meyßtorp". The lords of the Falkenstein castle owned the place for a long time. Characteristic for the place are fortified farms, z. B. the Wendenburgischer Hof and the Möhringsche Hof. Historically, there are seven ring courtyards (see also Vierseithof ).

In the Selketal there were already some mills in early times, of which the water mill, built in 1512 and owned by the Bischof family since 1932, is still in operation today.

After the Falkensteiners, the Asseburgers came into possession of the Falkenstein Castle; At the end of the 18th century they built a castle on the outskirts of Meisdorf, to which it is connected by an avenue. The complex, which is used today as the Parkhotel Schloss Meisdorf , is surrounded by a park with native and exotic trees. There is also the Asseburg hereditary burial and the Meisdorf war memorial .

In the 19th century, Meisdorf received a rail connection to the now closed Frose – Quedlinburg line . Today Meisdorf is connected by the PlusBus 240 (Quedlinburg – Aschersleben) of the Harz transport company .

On January 1, 2002, it merged with the neighboring communities of Ermsleben , Endorf, Neuplatendorf, Pansfelde, Reinstedt and Wieserode to form the town of Falkenstein / Harz, which is named after Falkenstein Castle .

Meisdorf village church

Meisdorf patronage church

The church in the middle of Meisdorf, whose origins are believed to be in the 14th century, deserves special attention. From the end of the 15th century until 1945 it served the von der Asseburg family as a patronage church, which is reminiscent of a count's lodge that is still in existence today.

The church in Meisdorf received its present form mainly through a renovation completed in 1686, during which the destruction caused by the Thirty Years' War was removed.

The baroque furnishings with a multi-storey high altar, the baptismal angel and an inlaid pulpit from 1696 with a pulpit clock are well worth seeing . The parapets of the patron's box and the lower of the two circumferential galleries are painted with pictures that mostly depict stations in the life of Jesus.

The Friends' Association for the Preservation of the Church of Meisdorf e. V. tries to carry out urgently necessary repair work and conducts tours, choir and organ concerts and changing exhibitions in the church.

The Meisdorf Church is popular as a baptism and wedding church, although civil weddings can take place in Meisdorf Castle.

  • Meisdorf village church

  • View of the chancel

  • Patronage box of the Lords of Asseburg

  • Baroque high altar

  • Pulpit with preacher's clock

  • View of the organ and double gallery

Culture and leisure

Museum courtyard Meisdorf
Meisdorf Castle , new castle
  • The area around Meisdorf, including the Selke Valley, is accessible via numerous cycling and hiking trails. About the local Selkemühle is ruined castle Anhalt on the big mountain and over the Falkensteiner Weiler garden house the Castle Falkenstein reached that of the southern route of the historic Romanesque Road stands.
  • Meisdorf Castle (today's Parkhotel Meisdorf Castle ) is located on the southwest edge of Meisdorf ; northwest of it is the 18-hole golf course of the Golf Club Schloß Meisdorf eV .
  • In the museum courtyard (ring courtyard from the 17th century) historical agricultural and domestic exhibits and documents on the history of Meisdorf are shown. The tourist information is also located there.

literature

  • Sven Frotscher: Falkenstein Castle and Meisdorf Castle. Ed. Leipzig, Leipzig 1995, ISBN 3-361-00434-9 .
  • Heimatverein Meisdorf (Hrsg.): Chronicle of the community Meisdorf. Meisdorf 2005 (self-published).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2002
  2. ↑ Petra Korn: Patronatskirche Meisdorf: Rarity returns to the pulpit . In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, Quedlinburg edition, December 17, 2014.