Oberkatz
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Oberkatz
City of Kaltennordheim
Coordinates: 50 ° 36 ′ 15 ″ N , 10 ° 13 ′ 25 ″ E
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| Height : | 463 m above sea level NHN |
| Area : | 9.11 km² |
| Residents : | 243 (Dec. 31, 2017) |
| Population density : | 27 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 2019 |
| Postal code : | 36452 |
| Area code : | 036966 |
 Districts of the city of Kaltennordheim
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Oberkatz ( Rhöner Platt : Öberkatz) is a district of the city of Kaltennordheim in the district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen in the southwest of Thuringia .
geography
Oberkatz is the easternmost district of the city of Kaltennordheim, which is part of the Hohe Rhön administrative community. The place is located in the Katzgrund , which is named after the Katza rising slightly above the place . The Diesburg rises southwest of the village, from which the Rhön-Rennsteig hiking trail leads on the back of the Hohen Löhr to the Hohe Geba , located southeast of the village .
Neighboring places
Stepfershausen in the east, Rhönblick in the south, Aschenhausen in the west, Kaltennordheim in the north-west, Oepfershausen in the north, Unterkatz in the north-east
history
The village was first mentioned in the year 874 , it is said to have originated from several manors. Presumably included the Katz places already in 1297 the Office of sand . Also around 1350 Oberkatz is counted as part of the Friedelshausen office or the Sand office.
In addition to the Counts of Henneberg , the following noble families had possessions in the area: the Marschalk von Marisfeld, the lords of Teufel, von Bratten, von Hohnberg, von Helba, von Buttlar , von Dietsch, von Strauch, von der Keer, von Herda and von Auerochs as well as the monasteries Frauenbreitungen and Sinnershausen . The "Wolfsburg" used to stand close to the place. It was rebuilt and fortified by Eberhard von der Keer in 1380, but it was destroyed by the princes in 1397 as a robber baron's castle. But when the von der Keer invaded the territory of the Bishop of Würzburg by force in 1412, Bishop Johann had this castle conquered by his mercenaries and destroyed again. It was later rebuilt and finally destroyed in the Peasants' War.
Oberkatz was persecuted by witches from 1617 to 1692: five women were tried in witch trials , two were executed, and one was expelled from the country. The first victim was Barbara, Georg Öhmel's wife in 1619.
From 1592 to 1829 Oberkatz was still part of the Sand Office, which from 1680 was in the Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen . The market law Oberkatz received in 1705 by the Meininger Duke Bernhard I. (Sachsen-Meiningen) . At that time cattle markets were held. From 1829 to 1869 the place belonged to the administrative office Wasungen, from 1869 to 1872 to the administrative office of Meiningen, then to the district of Meiningen , from 1952 to the district of Meiningen and since 1994 to the district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen.
On January 1, 2019, Oberkatz was incorporated into the city of Kaltennordheim together with six other locations of the Hohe Rhön administrative community . Oberkatz is the only part of Kaltennordheim that did not belong to the Eisenach district before 1950 .
Culture and sights
Buildings
- The village church Oberkatz from 1618 has a simple interior; the organ from 1838 has been preserved almost in its original condition.
- Heimatstube and bakehouse
Natural monuments
- The cultural landscape around Oberkatz was also created as a result of the continuous grazing with sheep and goats. The Schäferweg is a five-kilometer-long themed hiking trail in the Oberkatzer Flur and provides information with display boards about the traditional trade of traveling shepherds in the Rhön.
- About 2 km south of the village there is a noteworthy, strong juniper growth on the Hohen Löhr .
- There are prehistoric barrows on the Höhn and in Rieder Holz.
Regular events
- Lichtmessmarkt , always on the first Saturday in February. The biggest attraction here is a dancing bear tied in pea straw with an entourage.
- Pasture downhill, always on October 3rd. Cattle drive, relocation and attractions around the Katzbachhaus
Personalities
- Johann Wilhelm Dietmar (1671–1759), lawyer
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kai Lehmann : Innocent. Witch hunt south of the Thuringian Forest. Over 500 researched cases from the 16th and 17th centuries. Wehry-Verlag, Untermaßfeld 2012, ISBN 978-3-9813902-8-5 , p. 266 f .; Kai Lehmann: Exhibition "Luther and the Witches". Oberkatz area, Library Museum Schloss Wilhelmsburg Schmalkalden, 2012; Ronald Füssel: The persecution of witches in the Thuringian area (= publications of the working group for historical witchcraft and crime research in Northern Germany. Vol. 2). DOBU-Verlag, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-934632-03-3 , pp. 240 ff. And 247, (also: Marburg, Universität, Dissertation, 2000).
- ↑ Thuringian Law and Ordinance Gazette No. 14/2018 p. 795 ff. , Accessed on January 3, 2019
- ↑ Information sheet on Thuringian Schäferweg (PDF file; 2.73 MB).
