Oberheldrungen

Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Kyffhäuserkreis
Fulfilling municipality :	On the jewelry
Height :	150 m above sea level NHN
Area :	12.46 km 2
Residents:	796 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	64 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	06577
Area code :	034673
License plate :	KYF, ART, SDH
Community key :	16 0 65 052
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	At the train station 43 ; 06577 Heldrungen
Website :	www.oberheldrungen.de
Mayoress :	Susann Weber (BfOH (Citizens for Oberheldrungen / Harras))
Location of the municipality of Oberheldrungen in the Kyffhäuserkreis

Oberheldrungen is a municipality in the Kyffhäuserkreis in Thuringia . The district of Harras belongs to the municipality of Oberheldrungen .

geography

Oberheldrungen lies between the Schmücke and the Hohe Schrecke . The Helderbach flows through the village.

1.5 km southeast of Harras is on the main mountain of the Schmücke in the north on the upstream ridge of the Bonifatiusberg. On this hill there is a rampart in which bronze finds were recovered. The wealth of finds in the graves and burial mounds on the ridge of the Schmücke can be compared with that of the Kleiner Seeberg in the Thuringian Basin.

history

Oberheldrungen was first mentioned in a document in 874. Later the place belonged to the office of Heldrungen .

The earlier mining of potash salts is significant in industrial history . The disused potash mine of the Heldrungen II union , also known as the “Anna” mine, is located immediately south of Oberheldrungen (see map below).

In 1902 the sinking of the “Anna” shaft began. It took two years to complete.

Location of the "Anna" shaft
Remains of mining times
Outdoor swimming pool in the district of Harras

The extraction of carnallite was made from 1905. The mining mining method was the room and pillar method. The thickness of the potash seam Staßfurt fluctuated due to the deposits tectonics , reaching places more than 30 m. The extracted salts were processed in the company's own factories, ruins of which are still preserved today (see photos on the right). In 1924, the Heldrungen II mine was finally shut down in accordance with Section 83a of the Decommissioning Ordinance.

Since January 1, 2019, An der Schmücke has been a fulfilling municipality for Oberheldrungen, previously Oberheldrungen belonged to the administrative community of An der Schmücke .

Population development

Bonifaziuskirche in Oberheldrungen (2014)

Stone Cross in Oberheldrungen (2014)

Development of the population (December 31) :

1994: 1108
1995: 1110
1996: 1107
1997: 1095
1998: 1083
1999: 1080

2000: 1063
2001: 1044
2002: 1025
2003: 1005
2004: 1000
2005: 0970

2006: 948
2007: 932
2008: 924
2009: 911
2010: 892
2011: 848

2012: 826
2013: 810
2014: 809
2015: 806
2016: 813
2017: 805

2018: 795
2019: 796

Culture and sights

Bonifaziuskirche (from 1714)
rare plants such as gentian, silver thistle , fossil finds in limestone

Personalities

Franz David Christoph Stoepel (born November 14, 1794 in Oberheldrungen, † December 19, 1836 in Paris ), musician of a dubious reputation, but who caused a lot of dust at the time

Cathlen Gawlich (born March 11, 1970 in Sömmerda , Erfurt district ), German actress and radio play and voice actress

References and comments

^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).
↑ Michael Köhler: Pagan sanctuaries. Jenzig-Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-910141-85-8 , pp. 123 and 232.
↑ After the First World War and the loss of the Alsatian potash mines, the German potash monopoly was broken. In order to curb the overproduction of potash salts, on October 22, 1921, the Reichstag issued the “Ordinance on the Amendment of the Regulations of the Law on the Regulation of the Potash Industry” of July 18, 1919, briefly referred to as the “Decommissioning Ordinance”. With this ordinance, the potash plant operators were offered to voluntarily shut down less profitable plants by the end of December 31, 1953.
^ Robert Eitner: Stoepel, Franz David Christoph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 36, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, pp. 433-435.

Web links

Commons : Oberheldrungen - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-TH-1] Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).

[2] Michael Köhler: Pagan sanctuaries. Jenzig-Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-910141-85-8 , pp. 123 and 232.

[3] After the First World War and the loss of the Alsatian potash mines, the German potash monopoly was broken. In order to curb the overproduction of potash salts, on October 22, 1921, the Reichstag issued the “Ordinance on the Amendment of the Regulations of the Law on the Regulation of the Potash Industry” of July 18, 1919, briefly referred to as the “Decommissioning Ordinance”. With this ordinance, the potash plant operators were offered to voluntarily shut down less profitable plants by the end of December 31, 1953.

[4] Robert Eitner: Stoepel, Franz David Christoph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 36, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, pp. 433-435.