Pfersdorf (Hildburghausen)

Pfersdorf City of Hildburghausen Coordinates: 50 ° 25 ′ 5 ″  N , 10 ° 40 ′ 2 ″  E
Height :	432 m above sea level NN
Residents :	343  (2012)
Incorporation :	March 8, 1994
Postal code :	98646
Area code :	03685
Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Nikolas

Pfersdorf is a district of the city of Hildburghausen in the Hildburghausen district in Thuringia .

location

The district is located in the Werraaue and on the state road 1132 southwest of Hildburghausen and north of Leimrieth .

history

The village was first mentioned in a document on April 12, 912.

Pfersdorf was hit by witch hunts in 1628 . Two women got into a witch trial and were beheaded.

Which belongs to Pfersdorf Good Friedenthal was declared in the GDR dictatorship a prohibited area and for exercises of civil defense and the Combat Groups misused. The political change prevented the complete demolition. 350 people lived in the village at the beginning of 2019.

Attractions

The St. Nicholas Church is located above the village on a hill.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. Rockstuhl Verlag, Bad Langensalza, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 218
2. ^ Kai Lehmann : Exhibition "Luther and the Witches", Pfersdorf area, Library Museum Schloss Wilhelmsburg Schmalkalden, 2012; Ronald Füssel: The persecutions of witches in the Thuringian region , publications of the working group for historical research on witches and crime in Northern Germany, Volume 2, Hamburg 2003, p. 237f .; Egbert Friedrich: Witch hunt in the Rodach area and the witch trial ordinance of Duke Johann Casimir (writings of the Rodacher Rückert Circle, issue 19), Rodach 1995, pp. 192-236.
3. ↑ Only the dead were allowed to stay , mainpost.de, accessed on November 13, 2019
4. ^ Pfersdorf on the website of the city of Hildburghausen.Retrieved on April 8, 2012

Web links

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