Pfafferode
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Pfafferode
City of Mühlhausen / Thuringia
Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 36 ″ N , 10 ° 23 ′ 59 ″ E
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| Height : | 286 m above sea level NN | |
| Postal code : | 99974 | |
| Area code : | 03601 | |
Location of Pfafferode in Thuringia |
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 Main building of the Ecumenical Hainich Clinic in Pfafferode with Kirschallee
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Pfafferode is a district of the city of Mühlhausen / Thuringia in the Unstrut-Hainich district in Thuringia .
location
On the western outskirts of Mulhouse directly on the federal highway 249 is the district Pfafferode. It is located at the northeastern foot of the Hainich at the transition to the Unstruttal , and to the southwest is the Mühlhausen city forest . The northern part of the corridor is occupied by agricultural land.
history
Pfafferode was first mentioned in a document in 1246. The Pfafferode estate initially belonged to the Teutonic Order and came to the city of Mühlhausen in 1599. Since then the estate has belonged to the area of the Free and Imperial City of Mühlhausen . In 1802/03 Pfafferode and the city of Mühlhausen became part of Prussia . Between 1807 and 1813 it belonged to the canton of Mühlhausen in the Kingdom of Westphalia , before it belonged to the district of Mühlhausen i. Th. In the Prussian province of Saxony , to which it belonged until 1945.
The Pfafferode Provincial Institution was built from 1910 to 1917. In addition, in 1913 the Ecumenical Clinic Church was built in the sanatorium, which was consecrated in 1917. During the Nazi era , the clinic functioned as a killing institute for the mentally ill during the Brandt campaign . It is assumed that at least 2,400 victims. The clinic was for a long time one of the state hospitals for neurology and psychiatry in the Free State of Thuringia and was renamed the Ecumenical Hainich Clinic Mühlhausen after the change of sponsor . The clinic is run as a non-profit GmbH .
Attractions
One of Pfafferode's attractions is the extensive clinic park , which dates back to the establishment of the sanatorium. Several wells made of travertine from Mühlhausen and the old trees come from the origins of the park . The old ornamental cherry avenue behind the main building and today's administration building is particularly attractive during the flowering period in May.
Individual evidence
- ^ 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 , p. 217.
- ↑ Ecumenical Hainich Clinic gGmbH. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
