Renthendorf

coat of arms	Germany map
Help on coat of arms	Coordinates: 50 ° 48 '  N , 11 ° 51'  E
Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Saale-Holzland district
Management Community :	Hills / valleys
Height :	290 m above sea level NHN
Area :	11.59 km 2
Residents:	403 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	35 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	07646
Area code :	036426
License plate :	SHK, EIS, SRO
Community key :	16 0 74 077
Community structure:	2 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Dorfstrasse 20 A 07646 Renthendorf
Website :	www.huegelland-taeler.de
Mayor :	Heiko Willsch
Location of the municipality Renthendorf in the Saale-Holzland district

Renthendorf is a municipality in the southeast of the Saale-Holzland district and part of the Hügelland / Täler administrative community .

geography

Neighboring communities are Eineborn , Kleinebersdorf , Ottendorf , Tautendorf and Weißbach in the Saale-Holzland district, the city of Triptis in the Saale-Orla district and the city of Münchenbernsdorf and Schwarzbach in the district of Greiz .

The community itself is made up of the two districts Hellborn and Renthendorf.

history

Renthendorf was first mentioned in a document on September 7, 1358. Ober-Renthendorf initially belonged to the office of Arnshaugk in the Electorate or Kingdom of Saxony , before it fell with the Neustädter Kreis in the course of the Wars of Liberation in 1815 and the associated assignments of territory to Prussia and later to the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach . Unter-Renthendorf, however, belonged to the Roda office of the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Saxe-Altenburg .

The spur on which the church stands is surrounded by a moat. It separates the church from the Brehm memorial . The moat once protected a castle complex. The ditch is also called the “cave” in the village.

The future zoologist and "animal father" Alfred Brehm was born as the son of the "bird pastor" Christian Ludwig Brehm in the parsonage in Renthendorf and died there. The Brehm memorial with an exhibition on the life and work of Alfred Edmund and Christian Ludwig Brehm is located in the house of the bird pastor's widow and his children, which was built after his death . The two-story brick building is ailing (2013) and in urgent need of general renovation. The library had to be relocated to the district archive to relieve the statics. A special purpose association for restoration has been formed to which, in addition to Renthendorf, several surrounding communities belong.

Alfred Brehm, his parents and other family members rest in the churchyard in Renthendorf. The name Alfred Brehm (1891–1916) can also be found on the war memorial for the fallen of the community.

In Hellborn, there are two stone crosses 8 m apart on the western edge of the village. The western cross was found lying in the river bed in the Nahe in 1930 and set up at the current location.

On May 7, 1990, Hellborn was incorporated .

→ See also Renthendorf village church

Development of the population (December 31) :

1994-514 1995 - 519 1996 - 517 1997 - 510 1998 - 509 1999 - 510

2000-515 2001 - 500 2002 - 480 2003 - 474 2004 - 476 2005 - 470

2006 - 453 2007 - 440 2008 - 448 2009 - 442 2010 - 423 2011 - 425

2012 - 424 2013 - 424 2014 - 419 2015 - 432 2016 - 422 2017 - 400

2018 - 403 2019 - 403

Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

Personalities

• Christian Ludwig Brehm (1787–1864), the "bird pastor" - ornithologist and pastor
• Ferdinand Wachter (1794–1861), historian and professor at the University of Jena; became the victim of a robbery in Burgau
• Alfred Brehm (1829–1884), the “animal father” - zoologist, geographer and writer
• Reinhold Brehm (1830–1891), doctor and pioneer of Spanish ornithology
• Helmut Faulwetter (1929–1989), GDR diplomat, ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives (1970–1974)

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  Church in Renthendorf

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  Rectory in Renthendorf

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  Brehm memorial , former home of the Brehm family

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  Grave of Alfred Brehm in Renthendorf

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  Plaque for the Brehm memorial

literature

• Manfred P. Bläske: A place of German scientific history. Renthendorf in Thuringia - home of the naturalist Brehm. In: Ärzteblatt Thuringia. Vol. 21, 2010, ISSN  0863-5412 , pp. 304-306 .

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 , p. 231.
3. ↑ Places in the Saaleland  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ The place on the homepage of the Hügelland-Täler administrative association
5. ↑ Sven Ostritz (Ed.): Saale-Holzland-Kreis, Ost (= Archaeological Hiking Guide Thuringia. H. 9). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2007, ISBN 978-3-937517-51-3 , p. 124.
6. ↑ Brehm Memorial fights against decay. His legacy is cared for at the place where he was born and died, Renthendorf - the building is ailing. In: Thüringische Landeszeitung , March 5, 2013.
7. ↑ Sven Ostritz (Ed.): Saale-Holzland-Kreis, Ost (= Archaeological Hiking Guide Thuringia. H. 9). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2007, ISBN 978-3-937517-51-3 , p. 122.
8. ^ Federal Statistical Office: Municipalities 1994 and their changes since 01.01.1948 in the new federal states . Metzler-Poeschel, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 .

Web links

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

• http://www.huegelland-taeler.de/