Saalborn
Saalborn
City of Blankenhain
Coordinates: 50 ° 53 ′ 26 ″ N , 11 ° 19 ′ 29 ″ E
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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 |
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View from the south
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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.
Personalities
- Johann Gottlob Bernstein (1747-1835), doctor and professor of medicine
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saalborn on the official Blankenhain website. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
- ^ 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. 243.
- ↑ Saalborn on the Blankenhain website. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
- ^ Website of the city of Blankenhain .
- ↑ Information on the Sallborn website
- ↑ Note on the sign in front of the yew tree