Saalborn

Saalborn City of Blankenhain Coordinates: 50 ° 53 ′ 26 ″ N , 11 ° 19 ′ 29 ″ E
Height :	342 m above sea level NN
Residents :	216 (Sep 30, 2011)
Incorporation :	April 9, 1994
Postal code :	99444
Area code :	036459
Location of Saalborn in Thuringia
	View from the south

Saalborn is a district of the city of Blankenhain in the Weimarer Land district in Thuringia .

geography

Not far from the federal highway 85 and connected to it by a local road, Saalborn is halfway between Blankenhain and Bad Berka . Except for the natural gates, the area around the village is surrounded by wooded hills and mountains. The village is 339 m above sea level.

history

On August 7, 1136, the first documentary mention of the place, which at that time belonged to the county of Berka . The name Saalborn refers to a spring in the sedge. There used to be home weavers and basket weavers as well as a brickworks here . The place has 216 inhabitants. In the former manor a dormitory of is life coaching work Weimar-Apolda housed. The homeland association has its domicile in the former school .

Attractions

The church is from the 12th century. At the end of the last century, a unique and valuable treasure was found on the church floor, a Romanesque lecture cross made of copper with traces of earlier gilding. A parish was first mentioned in 1422. It was closed in 1896 and became a subsidiary of Blankenhain. Opposite the church entrance are old tombstones, including a stone with a Star of David.

Also worth seeing is the beautiful cemetery chapel, which towers high above the graves.
A few meters from the cemetery chapel there is also a yew tree , which was classified as a natural monument in 1968. It is considered the largest yew tree in Thuringia and was probably planted in 1856. For a yew tree that can live to be several hundred years old, it is actually relatively young.