Nordheim (Grabfeld)
Nordheim
Municipality grave field
Coordinates: 50 ° 27 ′ 10 ″ N , 10 ° 24 ′ 6 ″ E
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Height : | 346 m |
Area : | 7.91 km² |
Residents : | 247 (Jul 2, 2015) |
Population density : | 31 inhabitants / km² |
Incorporation : | December 1, 2007 |
Postal code : | 98631 |
Area code : | 036944 |
Location of Nordheim in Grabfeld
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Village church
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Nordheim is a village in the southern district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen in Thuringia . Since December 1, 2007, the formerly politically independent municipality has been part of the Grabfeld municipality .
geography
Nordheim is located in Grabfeld in southern Thuringia .
history
Nordheim was first mentioned in 774. The place protected itself with a wall and a moat around the whole village. Three gatehouses gave access. There was also a castle and a fortified church. The castle in the middle of the village was the predecessor of the later moated castle. Since 1360 the lords of Stein have been documented as lords of the place. Through the imperial knighthood, they built up a relatively autonomous petty rulership up to the Imperial Deputation Headquarters in 1803.
In 1808, the Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen and the Grand Duchy of Würzburg agreed on an area swap: the Saxon fiefs Filke, Neustädtles, Sands, Völkershausen and Willmars came to Würzburg, the Würzburg fiefs Berkach, Gleicherwiesen and Nordheim / Grabfeld went like the mixed fiefs Bibra and Walldorf an Sachsen-Meiningen. Since then, Nordheim has belonged to the Maßfeld office in the Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen.
Since 1920 the place belongs to the Free State of Thuringia . In 1945 the moated castle and parts of the fortifications were destroyed.
politics
District Council
The Nordheim district council consists of five councilors.
- FW 4 seats
- DRK 2 seats
(Status: local elections on June 27, 2004)
District Mayor
The last honorary mayor before the incorporation was Veronika Anding, who was elected in 2004. After she resigned on May 1, 2007, the non-party Gita Weyhrauch held the office as deputy until it was incorporated on December 1, 2007. The current mayor of the district is Harald Schöppach.
Culture and sights
- Local museum
- Council and bakery
- Fortified church
Views of Nordheim
Personalities
- Friedrich Georg von Stein (1769–1851), officer and landowner
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2007
- ↑ Nordheim Rhön lexicon
- ↑ exchange of territory in 1808 Rhon lexicon
- ↑ Michael Köhler : Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces. Jenzig-Verlag Köhler, Jena 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , pp. 191 and 192.