Rockstedt

This article describes the Thuringian community of Rockstedt. The district of the same name in the municipality of Ostereistedt in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district in Lower Saxony can be found under Rockstedt near Zeven .

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	Coordinates: 51 ° 17 '  N , 10 ° 46'  E
Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Kyffhäuserkreis
Fulfilling municipality :	Life
Height :	230 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.94 km 2
Residents:	210 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	43 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	99713
Area code :	036020
License plate :	KYF, ART, SDH
Community key :	16 0 65 058
Address of the municipal administration:	Main street 2 99713 Ebeleben
Website :	www.rockstedt.de
Mayor :	Denis Kiel
Location of the municipality of Rockstedt in the Kyffhäuserkreis

Rockstedt is a municipality in the southwestern Kyffhäuserkreis ( Thuringia ). It is located on the northern bank of the Helbe about two kilometers east of the town of Ebeleben . Ebeleben is a fulfilling community for Rockstedt.

history

The place Rockstedt is over 1000 years old. Otto I donated his property in western Rockstedt to the Archdiocese of Magdeburg in 956 . Otto II confirmed this donation in 973. In the same year, the community was exchanged for the Fulda monastery . Later the place belonged to the rule of the principality Schwarzburg-Sondershausen .

Church of St. Bonifatius in Rockstedt

Population development

Development of the population (December 31) :

1994: 274 1995: 257 1996: 271 1997: 274 1998: 280 1999: 277

2000: 273 2001: 276 2002: 277 2003: 270 2004: 274 2005: 272

2006: 267 2007: 252 2008: 253 2009: 249 2010: 240 2011: 252

2012: 248 2013: 230 2014: 235 2015: 219 2016: 220 2017: 210

2018: 217 2019: 210

Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on February 20, 1997 by the Thuringian State Administration Office.

Blazon : “Divided; above, in blue, a growing, red-armed, golden goose with outspread wings; below in silver over two blue waves a red, jointed bridge. "

Culture and sights

• The Protestant parish church of St. Bonifatius is a single-aisled , partly still medieval church with a retracted, square choir tower . The octagonal tower end with a curved dome and lantern is from 1729 to 1731. The current structure with staircases on the north and south sides as well as an extension for the patron's box at the choir is based on a fundamental redesign from 1899 and 1900. Most of the furnishings were created around 1900. The neo-Gothic altarpiece contains five late Gothic carved figures.

• The water mill, built in 1594 by the resident Schicke, was renovated by the Lessel family and is open to visitors on Mill Day.

• The bakery, built well before 1848, was completely renovated in 2006. Since then, May and Advent baking has taken place annually. Traditionally, large cakes and bread are baked from homemade sourdough.

Personalities

• Alfred Gleißberg (1864–1963), oboist
• Dieter Keitel (1941–2009), jazz musician

Individual evidence

1. ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics  ( help on this ).
2. ^ New Thuringian Wappenbuch Volume 2, page 28; Publisher: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Thüringen eV 1998 ISBN 3-9804487-2-X
3. ^ Dehio, Georg , edited by Stephanie Eißling, Franz Jäger and other specialist colleagues: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Thuringia . Deutscher Kunstverlag , 2003, ISBN 3-422-03095-6 , p. 1007

Web links

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