Pfaffschwende

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	Coordinates: 51 ° 15 '  N , 10 ° 6'  E
Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Eichsfeld
Management Community :	Ershausen / Geismar
Height :	350 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.02 km 2
Residents:	290 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	72 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	37308
Area code :	036082
License plate :	EIC, HIG, WBS
Community key :	16 0 61 075
Association administration address:	Kreisstrasse 4 37308 Schimberg
Website :	pfaffschwende.de
Mayor :	Uwe Wagner
Location of the municipality of Pfaffschwende in the Eichsfeld district

Pfaffschwende is a municipality in the Ershausen / Geismar administrative community in the Eichsfeld district of Thuringia .

Geographical location

Pfaffschwende is not far from the border of Hesse and Thuringia on the eastern roof of the Gobert ridge . Neighboring places are Volkerode in the north-west, Wiesenfeld in the north-north-east, Sickerode in the east and Kella in the south-west.

Pfaffschwende with church

history

Pfaffschwende was first mentioned in a document under the name Pfaffingesendung in connection with the reconstruction of the nearby Greifenstein Castle in 1399. During the peasant war in 1524/25 the place was completely destroyed, but rebuilt in the same place in 1540. The place belonged to Kurmainz until the secularization , from 1802 to 1945 it was part of the Prussian province of Saxony .

An important acquisition for the Pfaffschwender since around 1840 were cotton weaving products . In the years 1922 to 1924 the place was electrified. After the Second World War , some families came to Pfaffschwende as a result of the resettlement of people from the German eastern regions. The place belonged to the Soviet occupation zone until 1949 and was part of the GDR from 1949.

On July 1, 1950, the previously independent municipality of Sickerode was incorporated.

By order of the Council of Ministers of the GDR , a 5 km exclusion zone , in which the town was located, was created on the inner German border from 1952 . As a result, the place could no longer be visited by citizens who lived in the interior of the GDR without a permit. In order to be in the place, a stamp with the note had to be impressed on the person's identity card. With the turn of 1989/1990 the place came to Thuringia.

Population development

Development of the population (December 31) :

1994: 544 1995: 532 1996: 526 1997: 491 1998: 473 1999: 467

2000: 397 2001: 387 2002: 386 2003: 377 2004: 372 2005: 365

2006: 364 2007: 359 2008: 357 2009: 359 2010: 350 2011: 294

2012: 298 2013: 301 2014: 296 2015: 330 2016: 293 2017: 287

2018: 284 2019: 290

Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

politics

Municipal council

The Pfaffschwende municipal council consists of six council members.

• SPD : 1 seat
• Country women 2 seats
• Customs community of voters: 3 seats

(As of: local elections on June 7, 2009)

Local election 2014:

• Association for Customs: 4 seats
• Country women: 2 seats

mayor

The honorary mayor Uwe Wagner was elected on June 6, 2010 and confirmed in his office in 2016.

Parish partnership

A partnership with the municipality of Windhagen in Rhineland-Palatinate has existed since 1990 .

societies

In addition to a volunteer fire brigade and a sports club, Pfaffschwende also has an association for customs and homeland care.

literature

• Walter Fricke: Ortschronik von Pfaffschwende 1399–1999. According to archival, literary and other sources and chroniclers of the community . Ed .: Pfaffschwende municipality. Pfaffschwende 1999, p. 160 .

Web links

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

• www.ershausen-geismar.de - Official website of the Ershausen / Geismar administrative association
• www.pfaffschwende.de - Official website of the Pfaffschwende community

Individual evidence

1. ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics  ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Local elections in Thuringia on June 7th, 2009. Elections for community and city council members. Preliminary results. (PDF; 1.9 MB) The State Returning Officer, accessed on March 7, 2010 . 
3. ↑ http://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/wahl.asp?wahlart=GW&wjahr=2014&habenErg=GEM&wknr=061&gemnr=61075
4. ↑ Local elections in Thuringia on June 6, 2010. Elections for community and city council members. Preliminary results. The regional returning officer, accessed on June 6, 2010 .