Remschütz

Remschütz Local community Saalfeld / Saale Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′ 13 ″  N , 11 ° 21 ′ 20 ″  E
Height :	217 m above sea level NN
Incorporation :	July 1, 1950
Postal code :	07318
Area code :	03671
Location of Remschütz in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district
Half-timbered houses in Remschütz

Remschütz is a district of the district town of Saalfeld / Saale in the Thuringian district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt .

location

Remschütz is located about three kilometers north ( down the hall ) of the city center of Saalfeld and below the Kulmberg in front of the south / west slopes of the large forest area of ​​the Saalfeld Heath . Remschütz is bordered by forested mountains in the north to northeast, including the Kulm. The Saale valley connects to Remschütz in the northwest to southeast. Due to its location, the climate here is a little milder than in the already favored Saale floodplain around Saalfeld and Rudolstadt .

The Saale flows through Remschütz and thus divides the place into two parts. To the northwest of Remschütz, the Rudolstadt district of Schwarza begins after approx. 2.5 km and then Rudolstadt itself.

history

The name of the village Remschütz is of Slavic origin. It is evidently mentioned for the first time as "Remischzi" in a confirmation document for the establishment of the Benedictine Abbey Saalfeld in 1074 and was one of the abbey's interest villages. Around 1425 the monastery village was taken over by the Electoral Saxon Office of Saalfeld .

Company holiday camp 'Magnus Poser'

During the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) the village was heavily burdened several times by billeting and moving through of troops in Saalfeld and the surrounding area (1628, 1629, 1631, 1633, 1636, 1637) and the associated epidemics . In 1640 Saalfeld and many of the surrounding villages, including Remschütz, were completely devastated by a seven-week field camp of around 40,000 soldiers each from the main imperial and Swedish armies. The town's population was decimated by a third.

The war years from 1792 to 1815 also left traces. The battle between the Prussians and the Napoleonic army in 1806 near Wöhlsdorf , in which Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia fell, and the subsequent looting led to great hardship. The place on the outskirts of Wöhlsdorf where the prince was wounded is marked by a memorial stone . He is said to have died only a few meters away and a memorial designed by master builder Schinkel reminds of this at this point.

GDR times who maintained VEB Carl Zeiss Jena of its staff operating in the children's operation camps " Magnus Poser ".

Stone with flood and ice marks on the banks of the Saale

Farm with a covered courtyard, 2009

Abacus (calculation aid) in the hall

economy

Two thirds of the population of Remschütz made their living as horse farmers who were obliged to do labor with their horses until the 19th century . About a third of the farmers were given fewer rights to use communal property, such as the village green , as a result of later immigration . In addition to field cultivation, cattle breeding and a small vineyard, the terraces of which can still be seen today, hop growing played a larger role in the 19th century . With the not harmless rafting on the Saale, some residents earned a welcome extra income.

At the end of the 19th century, industrialization in and around Saalfeld increased the population. In Remschütz around 1845 there were only about 180 inhabitants, 90 years later almost 600 people lived in the village. The majority of the newly arrived residents settled in the newer part of the village to the right of the Saale. But even there you can still find old farms that suggest settlement at least in the late Middle Ages.

With the construction of the Hohenwartetalsperre (1935–1942), the frequent floods in the places on the Saale, as well as in Remschütz, no longer occurred. Almost every year, heavy, prolonged rain, in which the upper Saale valley with its deeply cut valleys represented a huge reservoir for rainwater, caused great damage. Especially in spring, when the ice rides that occur again and again, the breaking ice on the Saale pushed up to high barriers. If rain set in at the same time, the Saale flooded large areas of the Saale floodplain and caused great damage. The height of the hall mirror can be read from a stone placed on the village green to the right of the Saale.

Culture

Worth seeing

The left bank of the Saale, the so-called farmer's side (Florian-Geyer-Straße), has almost closed half-timbered farms (some with three and four sides ). Particularly noteworthy is the house no. 73, which still has an original, covered courtyard transition on the first floor between the main and side house. The buildings have all been extensively restored or preserved.

Art shore

To the left of the Saale, almost at the end of the farmer's side (lower part of Florian-Geyer-Straße), the Kunstufer was opened in 1994 . There are numerous sandstone sculptures by artists from Germany and other countries. As part of the 1st International Stone Sculptor Symposium “Peace Stones of Europe”, these were given on permanent loan at the place of origin. The main initiator for the sculpture park , as well as for the stone with the high water markings on the village green, is the artist Kristian Körting , who lives in Remschütz .

Web links

Commons : Remschütz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Private homepage about Remschütz

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://saale-online.de/die-region/staedte-und-gemeinden/saalfeld/natur/aussichtpunktee/
2. ↑ Kaspar Sagittarius : Saalfeld Histories. Published for the first time by Ernst Devrient on behalf of the city of Saalfeld aS . Wiedemann, Saalfeld as 1904.
3. ^ Karl HW Münnich: The picturesque banks of the Saale. With 60 views of nature drawn by Julius Fleischmann. Adler & Dietze, Dresden 1848.
4. ↑ Kunstverein Saalfeld .