Ramsla
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Ramsla
Rural community Am Ettersberg
Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 2 ″ N , 11 ° 17 ′ 9 ″ E
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| Height : | 238 m |
| Area : | 4.05 km² |
| Residents : | 304 (December 31, 2017) |
| Population density : | 75 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 2019 |
| Postal code : | 99439 |
| Area code : | 036452 |
Ramsla is a district of the rural community Am Ettersberg in the north of the Weimarer Land district .
geography
The place is north of the Ettersberg with 477 meters and the city of Weimar . About 3.5 kilometers away is the main town of the Berlstedt administrative community . Ramsla itself is on a hill sloping to the northeast. The brook Lache flows through the village .
history
Ramsla was first mentioned in 1119 as Rameslahe in a document from Archbishop Adalbert of Mainz . From 1211 the name appears in the documents as Ramsla .
The property in the community was divided between the imperial abbey of Fulda , the rule of the Counts of Gleichen , the monasteries Paulinzella and Pforta and the properties of the Marienstift Erfurt. Since the 16th century the cultivation of woad played a major role in the employment of the majority of the population who lived on agriculture. An important beekeeping industry emerged in the 19th century. In addition, there were a large number of handicraft businesses, especially in weaving and stocking knitting. In the year 1727 20 active stools can be proven.
There is evidence of a parish in the village since 1468. A school was first mentioned in 1578. Until 1945 there was only one teacher for all classes. Today the children visit the school center in Berlstedt.
On January 1, 2019, the municipality of Ramsla was merged with other municipalities of the administrative community of Northern Weimar to form the rural municipality of Am Ettersberg .
Attractions
The following objects are listed according to the monuments list of the district Weimarer Land:
- Church with a churchyard
A church can be found in the documents for the first time in 1119. The church that exists today was probably built in the 14th or 15th century, but destroyed in later years. In 1697, the ruin was rebuilt and partially rebuilt. The paintings on the barrel vault and the parapet depicting scenes from the Bible date from 1702.
- Gate and farm building, Am Plan 60
- Oven plates (relief plates), Am Plan 64
- Source enclosure and source pond, Am Plan 64
- Homestead (rectory), Kirchgasse 50
- Fallen monument in the churchyard
- Waidmühlstein, Am Plan
Personalities
- Johann Wilhelm Neumayr von Ramsla (1572–1641), military theorist, constitutional lawyer and travel writer
- Friedrich Kühn (1822–1885), printer and company founder
- Christine Lieberknecht (* 1958), Prime Minister of Thuringia from 2009 to 2014, lives in Ramsla
