Rauschwitz

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Rauschwitz (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
Help on coat of arms	Coordinates: 50 ° 58 '  N , 11 ° 48'  E
Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Saale-Holzland district
Fulfilling municipality :	Eisenberg
Height :	290 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.77 km 2
Residents:	213 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	24 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	07616
Primaries :	036692 or 036691
License plate :	SHK, EIS, SRO
Community key :	16 0 74 073
Association administration address:	Market 27 07607 Eisenberg
Website :	www.stadt-eisenberg.de
Mayor :	Thomas Claus
Location of the municipality of Rauschwitz in the Saale-Holzland district

Rauschwitz is a municipality in the Saale-Holzland district in Thuringia . The fulfilling municipality is the district town of Eisenberg .

geography

The municipality of Rauschwitz is located in the north of the district. The state road L 1070, which connects Hermsdorf with Camburg , runs through the town .

Nearby villages are Karsdorfberg and Mertendorf in the north, Pretschwitz in the east, Nischwitz and Göritzberg in the southwest and Schmörschwitz in the west. Around the village, far beyond the neighboring towns, there are agricultural areas.

history

Community structure

Rauschwitz was first mentioned in a document in 1230.

The districts (first documented mention) of the municipality are:

• Dollschütz (1145)
• Karsdorfberg (1378)
• Pretschwitz (1230)
• Rauschwitz (1230)
• Schmörschwitz (1145)

Rauschwitz and its districts belonged to the fiefdom of the Bürgel Abbey . The corridor of the former village of Wilkensdorf was divided between the communities Döllschütz and Rauschwitz.

Later, the places belonged to the Wettin district office of Eisenberg , which was under the sovereignty of various Ernestine duchies due to several divisions in the course of its existence . In 1826 the places with the southern part of the Eisenberg district office and the city of Eisenberg came from the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg to the Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg . From 1920 they belonged to the Free State of Thuringia.

On July 1, 1950, the previously independent communities of Karsdorfberg, Pretschwitz and Schmörschwitz were incorporated.

Sculpture by the chainsaw artist Ricardo Villacis in front of the Church of St. Jacob

See also : Church of St. Jacob

energy

There have been three wind turbines in Rauschwitz since 2003, namely two Nordex S77 systems with a nominal output of 1500 kW, a hub height of 100 m and a rotor diameter of 77 m, as well as a GE 1.5sl system with a nominal output of 1500 kW, a hub height of 96 m and 77 m Rotor diameter.

Wood art

The wood artist Christian Schmidt from Rauschwitz has been inviting colleagues to international chainsaw symposia in his community since 2016. The sculpture by Ricardo Villacis from Ecuador stands at the village pond.

Personalities

• Erwin Baum (1868–1950), politician ( Thuringian Landbund ), leading minister of state in Thuringia under the Baum-Frick government

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics  ( help on this ).
2. ^ 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 , pp. 58, 138, 224, 228 and 253.
3. ↑ The desert in the office of Eisenberg. 8) Wilkensdorf in Eisenbergisches Nachrichtensblatt dated December 13, 1850 ( digitized version , accessed on November 2, 2017)
4. ↑ Christian Schmidt's website