Meuselbach-Schwarzmühle
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Meuselbach-Schwarzmühle
Rural community town of Schwarzatal
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| Height : | 560 m |
| Area : | 7.52 km² |
| Residents : | 1064 (December 31, 2017) |
| Population density : | 141 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 2019 |
| Postal code : | 98746 |
| Area code : | 036705 |
Meuselbach-Schwarzmühle is a district of the rural municipality of Schwarzatal in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district in Thuringia .
geography
Meuselbach is located on a plateau on the eastern edge of the Schwarzatal in the north of the Thuringian Slate Mountains . To the west lies the valley of the Schwarza, to the south that of the Weißen Schwarza and to the northeast that of the Mellenbach. To the east is the 786 meter high Meuselbacher Kuppe . To the north, a narrow ridge between Schwarza and Mellenbach continues about three kilometers. In contrast to the rest of the area, it is not forested. Schwarzmühle is a very small place that lies at the point where the Meuselbach flows into the Schwarza on the right. Schwarzmühle is located one kilometer northwest of Meuselbach at an altitude of about 390 m above sea level. NN .
Neighboring places
Clockwise, starting in the north: Mellenbach-Glasbach , Oberweißbach / Thuringian Forest , Cursdorf , Katzhütte , Großbreitenbach , Böhlen , Wildenspring
Local division
The place is divided into two districts:
history
The first settlers are believed to be around 1200 at the foot of the Kuppenberg . The community was first mentioned in 1354 as Muzilbach . Over time, the name of the place changed several times. In the vernacular the place is called Misselmich . In 1370 the probably eponymous river through the place is mentioned for the first time, in the spelling Müßelbach . Until the Reformation, Meuselbach was a branch belonging to Mellenbach, which consisted of only 25 houses. In 1569 the congregation received permission to employ a chaplain and to build its own church and school. The Schwarzamühle is first mentioned in 1585. In 1641, the association with Mellenbach was finally dissolved through the separation of the churches.
In 1626 and 1635 the plague broke out in the community and claimed a total of 202 deaths. During the Thirty Years War in 1640 the community was sacked by Swedish troops. A plague of locusts in Meuselbach is reported from the year 1690/1691 , which destroyed the entire harvest.
After the Thirty Years War, the place developed very quickly and the population rose sharply. This development was promoted by the trade in oil and the haulage.
The current church building was built between 1738 and 1760. In the district of Schwarzmühle, the first stone bridge was built over the Schwarza in 1770 . Because of their poor location, 250 Meuselbachers emigrated in the middle of the 19th century and left the place forever. In 1852 a school building was set up in Schwarzmühle, but it was closed again in 1939. Today's connecting road between the districts of Meuselbach and Schwarzmühle was built in the years 1885/1886. In 1887 the first refuge was built on the Meuselbacher Kuppe , in the place of which the present-day restaurant with a lookout tower was later built. On May 19, 1897, a 875 g heavy meteorite fell on a field near the houses.
In October 1922 Meuselbach and Schwarzmühle were combined. In 1932 the double jump was opened at Rosenberg, which was then the largest ski jump in Thuringia . In the years 1936 and 1937 the sewer system was built and the Dorfbach covered and the main street paved. Because of repeated water shortages, a water pipe was built to Cursdorf and Meuselbach was connected to the group water supply.
During the Second World War , workers from Eastern Europe who were housed in a barrack camp for " Eastern workers " had to do forced labor in local companies.
In 1991 the place was supplied with natural gas . In 1992 the new Schwarzabrücke in Schwarzmühle was inaugurated. Between 2003 and 2006, the through-road was thoroughly renovated.
The municipality of Meuselbach belonged to the Königsee office in the Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt until 1918 and then to the Free State of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt until 1922 . Schwarzmühle, on the other hand, belonged to the office of Gehren in the Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and then until 1922 to the Free State of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.
From 1922 to 1952 Meuselbach belonged to the Rudolstadt district , from 1952 to 1994 to the Neuhaus district in the Suhl district and since 1994 to the then newly founded Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district in the Free State of Thuringia .
From 1994 the community also belonged to the Bergbahnregion / Schwarzatal administrative association, which has its administrative headquarters in the town of Oberweißbach / Thür. Forest had. On January 1, 2019, the community with Mellenbach-Glasbach and Oberweißbach / Thür joined. Forest to form the rural community town of Schwarzatal, which belongs to the administrative community of the same name .
Population development
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Data source from 1994: Thuringian State Office for Statistics
religion
33% of the inhabitants of Meuselbach-Schwarzmühle are Protestant, 2% Catholic. The Lutheran parish Meuselbach-Schwarzmühle with its village church is part of the Oberweißbach parish in the Rudolstadt-Saalfeld parish of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany . For Catholics, the parish is Our Lady of Sorrows in Rudolstadt responsible, the next church town, the Church of Peace in Königsee is.
politics
Former councilor
The council of the municipality of Meuselbach-Schwarzmühle consisted of 12 council women and councilors.
- Citizens' initiative 3 seats
- CDU 2 seats
- Heimatverein 1 seat
- Fire Brigade Association Meuselbach-Schwarzmühle 5 seats
- Carnival club 1 seat
(Status: municipal council election on May 25, 2014)
Former mayor
The longtime honorary mayor Klaus Möller did not stand for election on June 19, 2016. His successor was Jörg Peter from the fire brigade association
coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved on June 30, 1993.
Blazon : "In blue a silver oblique left bar covered with a diamond lattice, above a growing golden, silver-armored lion, below a golden arnica flower and a golden mill wheel."
The coat of arms was designed by the heraldist Frank Diemar .
Culture and sights
The Meuselbacher Kuppe with the restaurant and the associated observation tower is worth seeing .
Well-known personality in the city
- Gerti Möller (* 1930), pop, rock and chanson singer
- Ronny Hornschuh (* 1975), German ski jumper lives in the district of Schwarzmühle
Economy and Transport
In the past, the inhabitants of the place lived from agriculture and from the extraction and processing of wood. In addition, the place is known for the humpback pharmacists (oil traders) and the now defunct pharmaceutical company . Mining was also carried out. In the time of the GDR and before that, tourism played a decisive economic role. There was, for example, the FDGB recreation home "Haus des Volkes" in the village, which had received the title "State Recognized Recreation Location" during the GDR era. Today only a few visitors come to the place.
The Meuselbacher Dorfstraße leads in the west down into the Schwarzatal in the district of Schwarzmühle and on to Katzhütte . In the east it runs via Cursdorf to Oberweißbach . Since 1900 there has been a stop in Schwarzmühle on the Schwarzatalbahn , which leads from Katzhütte to Rottenbach , which is located in the district of Schwarzmühle and is one kilometer and 200 meters in altitude from the district of Meuselbach.
Others
Meuselbach meteorite
On May 19, 1897, a meteorite struck a field near the village. Allegedly an 18-year-old girl was near the impact site. There is talk of a violent bang, similar to a detonation, which is said to have been heard 40 km away. The meteorite is an ordinary chondrite . The meteorite weighed 875 g and was recovered from a depth of approx. 20 cm. After the recovery, the meteorite was divided into different sizes and given to universities and museums .
This meteorite is important because for the first time in Germany the trajectory could be precisely observed and the meteorite was recovered just a few minutes after the impact. Most of the other meteorites were found by chance. See also: List of meteorites in Germany
literature
- Municipality of Meuselbach (publisher): Festschrift 650 anniversary of Meuselbach-Schwarzmühle , 2004
- Elvira Grudzielski: Around the Fröbelturm vol. 1, a contemporary document v. 1880 to 1930 of the city of Oberweißbach, ud communities Cursdorf, Deesbach, Leibis, Lichtenhain / Bergb. , Mellenbach, Meura, Meuselbach-Schwarzmühle, Schwarzburg, Sitzendorf, Unterweißbach , 1992 ISBN 3-89264-657-0
- Elvira Grudzielski: Around the Fröbelturm vol. 2., a contemporary document from 1930 to 1990 of the city of Oberweißbach, and communities of Cursdorf, Deesbach, Leibis, Lichtenhain / Bergb., Mellenbach, Meura, Meuselbach-Schwarzmühle, Schwarzburg, Sitzendorf, Unterweißbach , 2000 ISBN 3-89570-706-6
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thuringian Association of the Persecuted of the Nazi Regime - Association of Antifascists and Study Group of German Resistance 1933–1945 (Ed.): Heimatgeschichtlicher Wegweiser to sites of resistance and persecution 1933–1945, series: Heimatgeschichtliche Wegweiser Volume 8 Thüringen, Erfurt 2003, p. 237 . ISBN 3-88864-343-0
- ↑ Thuringian Law and Ordinance Gazette No. 14/2018 p. 795 ff. , Accessed on January 5, 2019
- ↑ 2011 census
