Niederdorla

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Niederdorla
Rural community Vogtei
Niederdorla coat of arms
Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 38 "  N , 10 ° 26 ′ 33"  E
Height : 205 m above sea level NN
Area : 14.64 km²
Residents : 1352  (December 31, 2011)
Population density : 92 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 2012
Postal code : 99986
Area code : 03601
Niederdorla (Thuringia)
Niederdorla

Location of Niederdorla in Thuringia

Niederdorla is a district of the rural community Vogtei in the Unstrut-Hainich district in Thuringia ( Germany ) and is not far from the geographical center of Germany.

location

Niederdorla is located on the northern edge of the Hainich National Park about 5 kilometers south of Mühlhausen and can be reached via the national roads L 2104 and L 1016 (Mühlhausen– Eisenach ). The Seebach dam is located south of the village. The urban forest Mühlhausen and the forest of the places Heyerode and Kammerforst limit the corridor to the west.

history

The place Niederdorla was first mentioned in a document in 1223. The place belonged to the bailiwick of Dorla .

The municipality of Niederdorla merged on December 31, 2012 with other municipalities of the Vogtei administrative community to form the new municipality of Vogtei.

mayor

The last honorary mayor Eberhard Schill ( SPD ) was elected on June 6, 2010.

Attractions

  • The oldest house in the village is the Teutonic Knights' House from 1653 (Herrenstrasse 2).
  • The St. John's Church is also worth seeing.
  • The border house Heyerode im Hainich stands on the boundary of Heyerode and the Niederdorlaer Holz forest district belonging to Niederdorla.
  • One of the last surviving village gates in Thuringia is the Fickentor .
  • The Anger with two stone tables
  • The sacrificial moor
A special attraction of the place is the old Germanic sacrificial moor , to which a lake once belonged. Numerous objects from the period between the 6th century BC were found here between 1957 and 1964. And 10/11. Century AD, which can be seen today in an exhibition. It is a sacrificial place of the Germania Libera (the non-Roman Germania). Acts of sacrifice could be proven up to the time of the Great Migration. There were several settlements around the sanctuary. There are numerous sacrificial sites, some with anthropomorphic wooden idols. Bones of 334 animals and at least 40 people have been found. There were hammers, axes and clubs that were apparently used for cultic killing. Agricultural implements, traps, wheel parts and carpentry tools were also found. Of the sacrificial animals, cattle were the most common with 114. Then came the dogs with 54, horses with 24, pigs with 22 individuals and many sheep or goats. 35 domestic or wild birds were also represented. Wild animals were much rarer.
In addition, a Germanic settlement has been recreated in recent years.
Kaiserlinde and central stone in Niederdorla
  • Geographical center of Germany
Since German reunification on October 3, 1990, the geographical center of Germany has been about 500 m north of Niederdorla . This was confirmed by Dr. Karl-Heinz Finger from Dresden and a Dr. Förge from Göttingen measured and confirmed. The most distant points of today's German territory in north-south and east-west directions were chosen as the measuring method. The intersection point thus determined is at the above-mentioned point at 51 ° 10 'north latitude and 10 ° 27' east of Greenwich .
On October 12, 1990, the municipality of Niederdorla was informed of this fact. On February 26, 1991, an emperor's linden tree ( Tilia pallida ) was planted at the geographical center as a tribute . A center stone set up in the immediate vicinity also provides information about this.
Since 1990 there has been an annual "Festival at the Center of Germany".

Sons and daughters of the place

  • Matthias Weckmann (approx. 1616–1674), organist and composer of the Baroque in Hamburg
  • Matthias Zenge (* 1962), balloonist and world champion in gas ballooning

Others

  • The make- up is a hearty potato meal typical of the region with a piece of mutton . A Niederdorla cooking association has set itself the task of preparing this dish and also serves the make - up at the Vogteier fair .
  • As evidence of an often coarse folk humor, neck names and nicknames that characterize each village developed centuries ago . Accordingly, the Niederdorla frogs lived here in the village - as there was an extensive wetland area (reed, Seewiesen) with countless frogs on the edge of the village.

literature

  • Jan Bemmann , Güde Hahne: Ancient Iron Age sanctuaries in northern Europe according to the archaeological sources. In: Heinrich Beck , Detlev Ellmers , Kurt Schier (eds.): Germanic religious history. Sources and source problems (= Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde . Supplementary volumes. 5). de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 1992, ISBN 3-11-012872-1 , pp. 29-69.
  • Martin Herwig: The joint bailiwick Dorla, Dorla and Langula in front of the Hainich. A miniature picture of German conflict. With an afterword by Gunter Görner - reprint of the Eisleben 1878 edition. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2001, ISBN 3-934748-79-1 .
  • Paul Karmrodt: The bailiff's fight for old legal rights. In: Mühlhauser contributions. No. 9, 1986, pp. 48-58. ZDB -ID 14566-X
  • Harald Rockstuhl (Hrsg.): Lexicon of personalities, writers and artists of the Bailiwick. With Kammerforst and Oppershausen. (Niederdorla, Oberdorla, Langula). Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2002, ISBN 3-936030-25-1 .

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. 198.
  2. ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 1st to December 31st, 2012
  3. ↑ Local elections in Thuringia on June 6, 2010. Elections for community and city council members. Preliminary results. Retrieved June 6, 2010 .
  4. ^ Karl-Heinz Finger: Focus on "Germany". (PDF; 11.7 kB). Dresden 1998.
  5. ↑ Martin Zenge: Niederdorlaer is the new world champion in gas ballooning , in: Thüringer Allgemeine from September 3, 2014.
  6. ^ Savior of the national dish (make-up). In: Niederdorla.de online magazine of the central community. Retrieved May 3, 2010 . (According to a report in the Thüringer Allgemeine from September 14, 2007)
  7. ↑ Rolf Aulepp: Nicknames of the places and their residents in the Mühlhausen district. In: Eichsfelder Heimathefte. Volume 27, No. 1, 1987, ISSN  0232-8518 , pp. 78-83.

Web links

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