Mennewitz (Schlöben)

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Mennewitz
Municipality of Schlöben
Coordinates: 50 ° 54 ′ 10 ″  N , 11 ° 42 ′ 6 ″  E
Height : 269 ​​m above sea level NN
Residents : 60  (March 6, 2019)
Incorporation : October 1, 1965
Postal code : 07646
Area code : 036428
View of Mennewitz
View of Mennewitz

Mennewitz is a district of the municipality of Schlöben in the Saale-Holzland district in Thuringia.

geography

The village, laid out as a round by the Sorbs , is located in a flat trough-shaped valley at the foot of the Wöllmisse mountain range between Schlöben and Schöngleina . The state road 1076 from Jena to Eisenberg passes about 500 m south . This part around Schlöben used to be an old trade route . The Jena-Schöngleina airfield is located on the south-eastern plateau of the Wöllmisse .

church

history

The first documentary mention took place in 1279. 1358 Messrs handed over by Lobdeburg - Leuchtenburg the former Vorwerk the Monastery Roda . In 1546 the Mennewitz Monastery was sold to the Lords of Bünau zu Schlöben. As a result of the Thirty Years War, the village became impoverished. The community was able to buy land in 1596, so that in 1653 twelve farms were again viable.

Agriculture shaped and still shapes the village today. There is now a dairy cattle facility in Mennewitz , which is managed jointly with the neighboring villages. In 1998 there were 76 residents in the village.

Web links

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

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. 179.