Oberalba

Oberalba Dermbach municipality Coordinates: 50 ° 43 ′ 31 ″ N , 10 ° 5 ′ 38 ″ E
Height :	406 (400-425) m
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Postal code :	36466
Area code :	036964
	Location of Oberalba in Dermbach
	View of the place

Oberalba ( Rhöner Platt : Öberall) is a district of the municipality of Dermbach (Dermich) in the southwestern part of the Wartburg district in the Free State of Thuringia ( Germany ).

geography

location

The place Oberalba is located in the Thuringian Rhön , about fourteen kilometers (as the crow flies) southwest of the district town of Bad Salzungen and about two kilometers west of the main town Dermbach.

Mountains and waters

Oberalba is located at the southern foot of the Emberg ( 541.9 m above sea level ), which is a southwest branch of the Baier mountain ( 713.9 m ), south-west of Oberalba is the Sachsenburg mountain ( 720.9 m ).

The Albabach, a four kilometer long orographically left tributary of the Felda , rises on the outskirts.

history

Oberalba was first mentioned on May 10, 1183 as "Albaha". It belonged for centuries to the Office Fischberg which temporarily owned by the Lords of Neidhartshausen , the Lords of Frankenstein , the Counts of Henneberg -Schleusingen, the monastery of Fulda , various Ernestine duchies and finally in 1815 the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach was .

Oberalba was affected by the persecution of witches from 1631 to 1706 . Eight women were caught in witch trials , three died under torture and in custody. 60-year-old Barbara Hartung, mother of nine, was charged with alleged witchcraft on charges of lice making . She withstood the worst torture, did not confess, and was released in 1698.

In 1955 there were 335 inhabitants.

church

The Protestant church in Oberalba was built in 1665. The church consists of half-timbered houses, with four arched windows on each side. The tower with the Welscher dome is covered with slate. It is the smallest half-timbered church in southern Thuringia.

Culture and sights

societies

In Oberalba there is the Rhönklub Zweigverein Oberalba e. V. and the Oberalba Fire Brigade Association. There is a private weather station with a webcam in the village .

Natural monuments

The "Sachsenburg" nature reserve is located southwest of the town and has a size of 50.5 hectares. It was expelled on March 23, 1961.

literature

Adalbert Schröter: Country by the road. The history of the Catholic parishes in the Thuringian Rhön . St. Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1989, ISBN 3-7462-0430-5 , p. 77-80 .
Bruno Kühn: The history of the Dermbach district . In: Journal of the association for Thuringian history and antiquity . tape 1 . Friedrich Frommann Verlag, Jena 1854, p. 249-296 .

Web links

Commons : Oberalba - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. Verlag Rockstuhl, Bad-Langensalza 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 204.
^ Kai Lehmann : Exhibition "Luther and the Witches", Oberalba area, Library Museum Schloss Wilhelmsburg Schmalkalden, 2012; Ronald Füssel: The persecution of witches in the Thuringian region , publications by the working group for historical research on witches and crime in Northern Germany, Volume 2, Hamburg 2003, p. 234f.
^ Paul Luther: Materials for local history lessons - Bad Salzungen district, Suhl district . Ed .: Council of the Bad Salzungen District, Department of Public Education. Bad Salzungen 1959, structure of the district of Suhl (overview of the places and population of the districts), p. 5-11 .
^ Klaus Schmidt: The Wartburg district. Nature and landscape . In: Wartburgkreis (Ed.): Nature conservation in the Wartburgkreis . tape 7 . Printing and publishing house Frisch, Eisenach and Bad Salzungen 1999, p. 87 .

[1] Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. Verlag Rockstuhl, Bad-Langensalza 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 204.

[2] Kai Lehmann : Exhibition "Luther and the Witches", Oberalba area, Library Museum Schloss Wilhelmsburg Schmalkalden, 2012; Ronald Füssel: The persecution of witches in the Thuringian region , publications by the working group for historical research on witches and crime in Northern Germany, Volume 2, Hamburg 2003, p. 234f.

[Schulungsmaterial-3] Paul Luther: Materials for local history lessons - Bad Salzungen district, Suhl district . Ed .: Council of the Bad Salzungen District, Department of Public Education. Bad Salzungen 1959, structure of the district of Suhl (overview of the places and population of the districts), p. 5-11 .

[Natur-4] Klaus Schmidt: The Wartburg district. Nature and landscape . In: Wartburgkreis (Ed.): Nature conservation in the Wartburgkreis . tape 7 . Printing and publishing house Frisch, Eisenach and Bad Salzungen 1999, p. 87 .