Schönhagen (Eichsfeld)

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	Coordinates: 51 ° 20 '  N , 10 ° 1'  E
Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Eichsfeld
Management Community :	Uder
Height :	325 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.54 km 2
Residents:	148 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	58 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	37318
Area code :	036083
License plate :	EIC, HIG, WBS
Community key :	16 0 61 084
Association administration address:	Settlement 14 37318 Uder
Website :	vg-uder.de
Mayor :	Bernd Stitz
Location of the community Schönhagen in the Eichsfeld district

Schönhagen is a municipality in the Uder administrative community in the Thuringian district of Eichsfeld .

geography

View of Schönhagen from the north

Schönhagen is about eight kilometers west of the district town of Heilbad Heiligenstadt at the beginning of a valley that opens towards the Leine . The area is characterized by limestone mountains, such as the Großer Iberg (487 m) in the east, the Röhrsberg (468 m) in the south and the Ochsenberg (458 m) in the west. In terms of traffic, the place can only be reached from the north via Landesstraße 2011 and Kreisstraße 108.

history

Schönhagen was first mentioned in a document in 1323. At that time the place was called Schornbrandshagen or Schornbrandshayn . He has been called Schönhagen since 1589. It belonged to Kurmainz until the secularization in 1802 and was under the jurisdiction of the von Hanstein family . From 1802 to 1807 the place became Prussian and then became part of the Kingdom of Westphalia . From 1815 to 1945 it was part of the Prussian province of Saxony . From 1945 to 1949 it belonged to the Soviet occupation zone and was part of the GDR from 1949 . From 1961 until the turnaround and reunification in 1989/1990, Schönhagen was affected by the closure of the nearby inner-German border. Since 1990 it has belonged to the re-established state of Thuringia.

Population development

Development of the population (December 31) :

1994: 134 1995: 138 1996: 139 1997: 137 1998: 142 1999: 138

2000: 151 2001: 147 2002: 141 2003: 145 2004: 147 2005: 144

2006: 143 2007: 144 2008: 152 2009: 153 2010: 153 2011: 146

2012: 151 2013: 158 2014: 155 2015: 148 2016: 149 2017: 148

2018: 145 2019: 148

Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

religion

67% of the population are Catholic, 10% Protestant. The local Catholics and their subsidiary church St. Michael belong to the parish of St. Jakobus the Elder , based in Uder , Diocese of Erfurt . The Lutherans belong to the parish of St. Petrus in Arenshausen , parish of Mühlhausen of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

politics

Municipal council

The community council of Schönhagen is composed of six community council members.

• Proposal for election WI Schönhagen - Alliance 90 / The Greens : 1 seat
• FWG Schönhagen: 5 seats

(As of: local elections on June 7, 2009)

Local election 2014:

• Nico Stitz (1st alderman)
• Thilo Brinckmann
• Jens Molter
• Heike Niederau-Buck
• Ulrich Rohrberg
• Stephan Sommer

mayor

The honorary mayor Bernd Stitz was re-elected on June 6, 2010.

coat of arms

Blazon : "In green above a silver, uniform three-mountain, a silver, gold-armored and red-tongued, soaring bird of prey."

The coat of arms of the municipality was approved on December 11, 2006. The bird of prey represents the common buzzard in the area , the three mountain without a raised central dome symbolizes the three mountain ranges Iberg, Hopfenberg and Heiligenberg and the color green highlights the forest and nature-rich surroundings of the place, which is located in a valley on three Sides enclosed by mountains and only accessible via an access road.

Attractions

• St. Michaels Church from 1741
• Field chapel from 1827
• As a project Kuhmuhne Schönhagen eV , a show garden was created on the club's premises . The main goal of this project is to grow as many original herbs, vegetables and spices as possible. In the meantime, over 600 mostly “forgotten” crops and ornamental plants have been shown. The facility is also known as the “flail show garden” , as the seeds largely come from the organic seed propagation of the flail seed GBR.

literature

• Editor of Iberg communities: On the history of the Iberg communities Thalwend, Birkenfelde and Schönhagen. Anniversary publication 2005 Verlag Mecke Duderstadt 2005

Individual evidence

1. ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics  ( help on this ).
2. ↑ 2011 census
3. ↑ Local elections in Thuringia on June 7th, 2009. Elections for community and city council members. Preliminary results. (PDF; 1.8 MB) The State Returning Officer, accessed on March 10, 2010 . 
4. ↑ http://vg-uder.de/trägersgemeinden/schoenhagen/gemeinderat.html
5. ↑ Local elections in Thuringia on June 6, 2010. Elections for community and city council members. Preliminary results. The regional returning officer, accessed on June 6, 2010 . 
6. ↑ Cartherina Merx: Schaugarten Schönhagen . In: moment. The magazine . Number 08/2006. Sonsdruck, Bad Langensalza 2006, p. 16 .

Web links

Commons : Schönhagen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Kuhmuhne show garden