Obermehler
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Obermehler
Rural community town of Nottertal-Heilinger Heights
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| Height : | 268 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 21.66 km² | |
| Residents : | 1245 (December 31, 2018) | |
| Population density : | 57 inhabitants / km² | |
| Incorporation : | December 31, 2019 | |
| Postal code : | 99996 | |
| Area code : | 036021 | |
Location of Obermehler in Thuringia |
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Obermehler is a district of the town and rural community of Nottertal-Heilinger Heights in the Unstrut-Hainich district in Thuringia .
geography
Obermehler is located twelve kilometers (as the crow flies) northeast of the district town of Mühlhausen / Thuringia . The place consists of four districts: Obermehler, Großmehlra , Siedlung Pöthen and Siedlung Am Flughafen.
Geologically, the place is in the northwest of the Schlotheimer Graben , at the interface between the Thuringian Basin and the southeastern roof of the Dün . In the Volkenroder forest , an extensive forest area west of the Obermehler locality, is the highest point of the village ( 364.1 m above sea level ). The headwaters of the Notter , which flows through all districts, are located in the Obermehlers corridor .
history
The first documentary mention refers to events that concerned the Lords of Mehler , whose aristocratic residence existed east of Obermehler. A flat hill mentioned in Park Pöthen was interpreted as a castle hill, but an archaeological investigation is no longer possible. Großmehlra belonged to the Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen from 1324 to 1918 . Obermehler was a place in the Duchy of Saxony-Gotha from 1645 to 1918 . Until the 19th century he belonged to the Amt of Volkenroda , which was an exclave of the Duchy of Saxony-Gotha.
With the discovery of potash deposits under the overburden around 1900, the construction of extensive conveyor systems and the necessary railway network began.
On July 1, 1950, the previously independent community of Großmehlra was incorporated.
The Obermehler garrison settlement was established in 1954. The Soviet military base was used to operate the military airfield, which was expanded in the following years for MIG jet fighters. In 1993 the military site was handed over and designated for civil use.
On December 31, 2019, the community of Obermehler merged with other communities to form the city and rural community of Nottertal-Heilinger Höhen. The communities were previously united in the Schlotheim administrative community, which was dissolved at the same time.
Population development
- 1995 - 1,123
- 2000 - 1,097
- 2005 - 1,032
- 2010 - 957
- 2014 - 837
- 2015 - 1,291
- 2016 - 1,515
- 2017 - 1.430
- 2018 - 1,245
- Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics
Almost half of the residents are refugees who have been housed in the apartment blocks outside the village at the airfield between Großmehlra and Schlotheim since 2015.
politics
administration
The former municipality belonged to the Schlotheim administrative community , which had its administrative seat in the town of Schlotheim .
Former councilor
The council of the municipality of Obermehler consisted of 12 council women and councilors.
- CDU 12 seats
(As of May 26, 2019 )
Former mayor
The last honorary mayor Heiko Willfahrt (independent) was elected to office on June 5, 2016.
Results of supra-local elections
- State elections in Thuringia 2019 : The constituency candidate of the AfD ( Lars Schütze ) received 42.7% of the votes in Obermehler, while the AfD achieved 41.7% of the state votes. The constituency candidate followed by a long way behind with 22.4% of the vote, while her party received 23.7% of the national vote. The CDU received 21.4% of the constituency votes and 21.8% of the state votes, the SPD 7.2% each.
Economy and Infrastructure
The potash shafts in the corridor were closed in 1990. In the meantime, the former military airfield Schlotheim , which was developed as a commercial airfield ( Obermehler-Schlotheim airfield ), has great economic importance for the agricultural location.
Personalities
- Hugo Riemann (1849–1919), music theorist, music historian, music teacher and music lexicographer
Culture and sights
Churches
In the local situation Obermehler the Romanesque is choir tower St. Ullrich from the 12th century, in Großmehlra is the St. Vitus Church , again a choir tower, built as a simple rectangular building with an east tower , whose construction date could fall even in Roman times. Today's nave was built in 1913 as a rectangular building with a gable roof . Both churches belong to the Menteroda rectory of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Central Germany .
Shaft systems
The local chronicle reports a European record: the Pöthen I and II shafts were the deepest pits in potash mining in Europe from 1910 to 1913, at that time the mining depth had already been increased to one thousand meters. However, this made the conveyor technology immensely more expensive.
literature
- Pastor Keil: From the history of the village of Mehler . Verlag der Gemeindepflege Obermehler, Obermehler 1902, p. 52 .
- From the history of the village of Mehler. Obermehler - Großmehlra - Pöthen. 997-1997 . Festkomitee Obermehler, Heiligenstadt 1997, p. 112 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Paul Grimm , Wolfgang Timpel: The prehistoric and early historical fortifications of the Mühlhausen district . Heimatmuseum Mühlhausen, Mühlhausen 1972, p. 23 .
- ↑ Thuringian Law and Ordinance Gazette No. 11/2019 of October 18, 2019, p. 385 ff. , Accessed on January 14, 2020
- ↑ Refugee accommodation Obermehler will only be significantly smaller in 2020 , in Thüringer Allgemeine from June 27, 2017
- ↑ City council election 2019 in Thuringia. Retrieved October 28, 2019 .
- ^ Thuringian State Office for Statistics: Elections in Thuringia. In: wahlen.thueringen.de. Retrieved April 22, 2017 .
- ↑ https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/wahl.asp?wahlart=LW&wjahr=2019&habenErg=GEM&wknr=009&gemnr=64052
