Skylights (Neuhaus am Rennweg)

Skylights City of Neuhaus am Rennweg Coordinates: 50 ° 31 ′ 35 "  N , 11 ° 11 ′ 35"  E
Height :	620 m above sea level NN
Incorporation :	July 1, 1950
Incorporated into:	Light
Postal code :	98724
Area code :	036701
Former school

Together with Ascherbach , Waschdorf , Hügel and Dorst, Oberlichte is the largest village in the Lichte district in the town of Neuhaus am Rennweg in the Sonneberg district in Thuringia .

location

In the southern part of the Thuringian Forest , in a wooded area, lies the municipality of Lichte with the districts of Bock and Teich , Geiersthal , Oberlichte and Wallendorf .

history

The first documentary mention of Lichte (Wallendorf) took place on December 29, 1414. Lamprechts, which was run with Wallendorf, was first mentioned in a document on December 21, 1386. The history of the district is shaped by the more than 240 year old tradition of porcelain production . The Wallendorfer Porzellanmanufaktur has existed since 1764.

The founding of the Lichte Porcelain Manufactory in Oberlichte by the Heubach brothers dates back to 1822. Only a little later in 1840 the brothers bought another porcelain factory in Lichte and exported in particular porcelain character dolls such as “Whistling Jim” to the USA .

In 1950 the previously independent valley villages of Bock and Teich, Geiersthal, Oberlichte and Wallendorf were merged to form the municipality of Lichte, which at that time had more than 3,000 inhabitants. Since 1990, the municipality of Lichte has been part of the Lichtetal am Rennsteig administrative community , which has its administrative headquarters in Lichte-Wallendorf.

On January 1, 2019, Lichte was incorporated into the town of Neuhaus am Rennweg and moved from the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district to the Sonneberg district.

Culture and sights

The birthplace of

• Albert Brödel (1897–1944), teacher, local poet and chronicler ( location of the birthplace )
• Scherf, Gebr. Louis (1870–1955) & Albert (1876–1953) Porcelain plate painter , gold medal at the 1904 World Exhibition in St. Louis
• Wilhelm Ulbrich (1846–1922), modeller, painter, journalist and local poet

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  Seal mark
  (1850-1923)
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  disused train station to light
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  former school to skylights

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 , pp. 302 and 156.
2. ↑ Lichte on www.thueringen.info Retrieved on April 5, 2012.
3. ^ Jean Bach: Heubach Brothers. In: Jean Bach: Internationales Handbook of Doll Brands. A doll identification book. Laterna Magica, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-87467-389-8 , p. 60.
4. ↑ Thuringian Law and Ordinance Gazette No. 14/2018 p. 795 ff. , Accessed on January 19, 2019
5. ↑ Heiko Haine (Ed.): Old Masters en miniature - Thuringian Porcelain Plate Painting (= writings and catalogs of the Otto Ludwig Eisfeld Museum. 1, ZDB -ID 2635991-1 ). Museum Otto Ludwig, Eisfeld 2011.

Web links

Commons : Skylights (Lichte)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files