Merkers-Kieselbach
Merkers-Kieselbach was a municipality in the Wartburg district in Thuringia , which existed from 1994 to December 30, 2013.
geography
Merkers-Kieselbach lay on both sides of the Werra between the Thuringian Forest and Rhön Mountains .
Community structure
The municipality of Merkers-Kieselbach consisted of the districts of Merkers , Kieselbach and the small district of Kambachsmühle .
history
The district Kieselbach was first mentioned in 1155 by the monastery of Hersfeld, the district Merkers in 1308.
The two formerly independent communities of Merkers and Kieselbach merged in 1994 to form the unified community of Merkers-Kieselbach.
On December 31, 2013, Merkers-Kieselbach and the neighboring community of Dorndorf were merged into the new Krayenberg community .
Population development
Development of the population:
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- Data source: from 1994 Thuringian State Office for Statistics - values from December 31st
politics
Last municipal council
The last municipal council of Merkers-Kieselbach consisted of 16 council members:
(As of: local elections on June 7, 2009 )
mayor
The last full-time mayor Inka Sollmann (independent) was elected with 91% of the vote.
coat of arms
The coat of arms was designed by the heraldist Uwe Reipert and introduced on July 1, 1994. The wavy bar with the pebbles symbolizes the place name Kieselbach, the castle represents the Krayenburg.
Culture and sights
Buildings
- Merkers Adventure Mine - When it opened , the world's largest potash mine attracts thousands of visitors every year to the “world of white gold”. Large parts of the Reich gold reserve, cash and works of art were hidden here in 1945.
- Fortified church in the Kieselbach district - the church was built in 1563. The oldest of its three bronze bells dates from 1462 and probably comes from the chapel on the Krayenburg.
- Historic half-timbered houses in both districts - in Kieselbach there is the oldest surviving and inhabited four-sided courtyard.
- "Country Canyon" in Kieselbach - The former old sandstone quarry was lovingly and carefully converted into a western village by the Country Club Kieselbach.
- Regional Museum Krayenbergregion - In the local museum of the district Kieselbach history can be experienced and the visitor gets interesting insights into the home and customs of Kieselbach and the surrounding area.
- “Andreas-Fack-Haus” - In the birth house of the Rhönlied poet Andreas Fack in Merkers, a small museum has been lovingly set up in his honor.
Regular events
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Kieselbach:
- February: Carnival
- Maundy Thursday: Easter fire
- May 1st: Fire Brigade Festival
- Ascension Day: Major event in Country Canyon
- June: Summer festival (horticultural association) and sports festival
- October: fun fair
- November: Martin's parade
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Marker:
- February: Carnival
- May: Florian's fire
- June: handball and sports festival
- October: fun fair
- November: Carnival
Economy and Infrastructure
industrial Estate
The Merkers industrial park is located on the eastern outskirts of Merkers on the site of the former mine. It has a total area of 70 hectares (as of 2009). The Am Hämbacher Kreuz industrial area is also important; it is right on the border with the Hämbach district of Tiefenort.
traffic
The federal road 62 leads in a west-east direction through the place Merkers, the federal road 84 through Kieselbach.
Others
During the Second World War , 700 prisoners of war as well as women and men from numerous occupied countries had to do forced labor : in the potash pits I and II of Merkers, in the pits I and II in Kaiseroda and Hämbach as well as in agriculture.
Individual evidence
- ^ Thuringian ordinance on the dissolution and amalgamation of the municipalities of Kieselbach and Merkers of January 20, 1994 (GVBl p. 234), a) § 5 amended by ordinance of April 6, 1994 (GVBl. P. 410)
- ↑ Draft of the Thuringian law on the voluntary reorganization of municipalities belonging to the district in 2013 ( memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 1st to December 31st, 2013
- ↑ Local elections in Thuringia on June 7th, 2009. Elections for community and city council members. Preliminary results. (PDF; 1.9 MB) The State Returning Officer, accessed on February 6, 2010 .
- ^ Hartmut Ulle Thuringian Wappenbuch - Arbeitsgemeinschaft Genealogie eV (editor).
- ↑ Business parks in the Wartburg region. In: Wartburgkreis-Online. Archived from the original on May 15, 2011 ; Retrieved February 18, 2010 .
- ↑ Thuringian Association of the Persecuted of the Nazi Regime - Association of Antifascists and Study Group of German Resistance 1933-1945 (Hg.): Heimatgeschichtlicher Wegweiser to places of resistance and persecution 1933-1945, series: Heimatgeschichtliche Wegweiser Volume 8 Thüringen, Erfurt 2003, p. 327 , ISBN 3-88864-343-0
