Oehrenstock

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oehrenstock
City of Ilmenau
Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′ 36 ″  N , 10 ° 56 ′ 34 ″  E
Height : 570 m above sea level NN
Residents : 487  (Jan. 1, 2019)
Incorporation : March 8, 1994
Incorporated into: Langewiesen
Postal code : 98693
Area code : 03677
map
Location of Oehrenstock in Ilmenau
View over Oehrenstock, with Ilmenau in the background
View over Oehrenstock, with Ilmenau in the background

Oehrenstock is a district of the city of Ilmenau in the Ilm district ( Thuringia ) with around 487 inhabitants.

geography

Oehrenstock Church

Oehrenstock is about 575 meters above sea level in the Thuringian Forest . The place is traversed by the Oehre , a tributary of the Schorte . The 774 meter high Kienberg lies south of Oehrenstock . In the vicinity of Oehrenstock there are numerous tunnels that testify to earlier mining for manganese and fluorspar .

history

Oehrenstock was first mentioned in a document in 1311. The place was owned by the Lords of Wüllersleben and later became part of the Schwarzburg-Sondershausen county . The inhabitants were farmers, miners or forest workers. In particular, the brown stone required for the frequent glass and metal processing in the Thuringian Forest, which was extracted in several pits and which led to a certain prosperity in the village in the 19th century, was mined . Later there were also some smaller companies that produced thermometers . Until 1918 Oehrenstock belonged to the sovereignty of the Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. During the time of the GDR, agriculture in particular was intensified. On March 8, 1994, the place of Langewiesen was incorporated. Langewiesen was again incorporated into Ilmenau on July 6, 2018.

politics

Wolfram Lortsch has been the local mayor since 2009. He was last confirmed in office in the local elections in Thuringia on May 26, 2019. Together with four other members, he forms the district council of Oehrenstock.

Attractions

Economy and Transport

Today Oehrenstock no longer has any industry. The residents either work in the local tourist industry or commute to work in Ilmenau .

The disused quarry Oehrenstock is type locality of the minerals Hausmannite and Braunite .

There are roads from Oehrenstock to Langewiesen and Ilmenau .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Official Gazette of the City of Ilmenau 02/2019. City of Ilmenau, March 8, 2019, p. 10 , accessed April 23, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Municipalities 1994 and their changes since January 1, 1948 in the new federal states , Metzler-Poeschel publishing house, Stuttgart, 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , publisher: Federal Statistical Office
  3. ↑ Thuringian Law and Ordinance Gazette No. 7 2018 of July 5, 2018 , accessed on July 6, 2018
  4. ↑ City administration Ilmenau: Official Gazette of the City of Ilmenau 07/2019. June 7, 2019, pp. 1–10 , accessed July 6, 2019 .

Web links

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