Molsdorf

Molsdorf City of Erfurt
Coordinates: 50 ° 54 ′ 8 ″  N , 10 ° 57 ′ 43 ″  E
Height :	229 m
Residents :	530  (December 31, 2016)
Incorporation :	July 1, 1994
Postal code :	99094
Area code :	036202
Location of Molsdorf in Erfurt

Molsdorf is a district in the extreme southwest of the Thuringian state capital Erfurt . Until it was incorporated into Erfurt on July 1, 1994, Molsdorf was an independent municipality.

geography

Molsdorf is located at the Erfurt an der Gera motorway junction . Nearby, a few km down the Gera , the Apfelstädt joins the Gera.

history

On panel 3 of the “ Breviarium Lulli ”, which is assigned to the period from 775 to 815, “Mollesdorf” is mentioned, where three hooves and one manse are transferred to the Hersfeld monastery . Thus the last year of the period of the Hersfeld list of goods is used as the dating year for the first mention. Accordingly, 2015 would be the 1200 year anniversary.

While 815 was the first name to be mentioned in a list of goods, the place was first mentioned in a document on September 8, 1109. In a donation to the Reinhardsbrunn monastery , Erminrich (see also next section), son of Amelungs v. Mollesdorf , given as a witness. The local council of Molsdorf has chosen this year as the basis for the anniversary celebrations. Thus, in 2009 the 900th anniversary was celebrated.

In the place of today's castle there was previously a moated castle in the upper village to the left of the church. 1114 are the lords of Molsdorf (Erminrich von Molsdorf) mentioned in a document. Later, the lords of Witzleben and von Thüna owned the moated castle (Dietrich von Witzleben, 1432; Heinrich von Witzleben, 1450; Ernst von Witzleben, 1530). In 1616 the town and castle temporarily came into the possession of those von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen , at that time still Count Günther von "Schwarzburg-Arnstadt". The castle was rebuilt into a renaissance castle, which was converted into today's baroque complex in the 18th century. At the beginning of the 18th century, the estate was acquired by the "privy councilor Bachov", who left it to the British and Brunswick Legation Councilor and Landdrost , Otto Christoph Schultz . In 1733, Count Gustav Adolf von Gotter bought the castle from his widow . In 1748 Gotter's successor was the Württemberg State Minister, Heinrich Reinhard Freiherr Röder von Schwende, who in turn passed it to Duke Friedrich III for around 80,000 thalers . sold. The place belonged to the Amt Wachsenburg , which in 1640 came to the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha , from 1672 to the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and in 1826 to the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha .

In the years 1891, 1946 and 1994 the place was inundated by the floods of the Gera. After the floods of 1994, a flood dam was built (completion 2005).

On July 1, 1994, Molsdorf was incorporated into the city of Erfurt.

Population development

• 1843: 340
• 1910: 604
• 1939: 694
• 1990: 553
• 1995: 566
• 2000: 577
• 2005: 571
• 2010: 550
• 2015: 534

politics

mayor

Period mayor 1919-1933 Willy grasses 1933-1945 Alfred Heinemann 1945-1946 Hilmar Dörnfeld 1946-1948 Hugo Reich 1949 Reinhold Keyßner 1950-1955 Max Gräßer 1956-1957 Mr. Katzmareck 1957-1959 Richard Ullrich 1959-1984 Werner Drießel 1984-1990 Hans-Jürgen Hertrich 1990-2013 Wolfgang Friebel

Culture and sights

• Molsdorf Castle is a baroque castle with a surrounding park. The castle emerged from a moated castle and was rebuilt several times. It was given its current baroque appearance under Count Gotter from 1734 to 1740. He also had the park laid out.
• The castle church St. Trinitatis , visible from afar in the castle park and near the castle, was built from 1717 to 1721 on the site of the dilapidated church of St. Alban under Landdrost Schultz. The church has largely been preserved in its baroque shape, painting and furnishings.

According to Galletti , the place had before the Reformation in addition to the "Upper Church" (St. Alban / St. Trinitatis) another church ("Virgin Mary") in the lower village, which however "died". It was a fief of the Mainz monastery. The churchyard, which still existed in his time (1780), was laid out on the site. Today's cemetery is located at the northern entrance to the village.

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  Molsdorf Castle ( Location → )

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  St. Trinity Church ( Location → )

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  Blackboard on the church

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  Barn of the former estate

societies

• Association for the rescue of the castle church Molsdorf eV
• Association of the volunteer fire brigade Erfurt-Molsdorf eV

Personalities

• Count Gustav Adolph von Gotter (* 1692 in Gotha; † 1762), diplomat and art collector
• Gottfried Heinrich Krohne (* 1703 in Dresden, † 1756 in Weimar), German architect in the Baroque period , built the Apfelstädt Bridge near Molsdorf
• Maximilian Schüller (* 1843 in Molsdorf; † 1907 in Berlin), doctor, professor of surgery in Greifswald and Berlin

Individual evidence

1. ^ Website of the municipality
2. ^ ^{A b c} Galletti: History and Description of the Duchy of Gotha , Gotha 1780, pp. 324-325
3. ↑ Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces. , Jenzig-Verlag 2001, p. 184, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 .
4. ↑ Municipalities 1994 and their changes since January 1, 1948 in the new federal states , Metzler-Poeschel publishing house, Stuttgart, 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , publisher: Federal Statistical Office
5. ^ Johann Friedrich Kratzsch : Lexicon of all localities of the German federal states . Naumburg, 1843.
6. ↑ gemeindeververzeichnis.de
7. ↑ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006). 
8. ^ Thuringian State Office for Environment and Geology: Environment regional.
9. ↑ Population of the city districts

Web links

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

• Page about Molsdorf on the homepage of the city of Erfurt