Schimberg (municipality)

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	Coordinates: 51 ° 16 '  N , 10 ° 10'  E
Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Eichsfeld
Management Community :	Ershausen / Geismar
Height :	287 m above sea level NHN
Area :	29.33 km 2
Residents:	2175 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	74 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	37308
Area code :	036082
License plate :	EIC, HIG, WBS
Community key :	16 0 61 113
Community structure:	4 districts
Association administration address:	Kreisstrasse 4 37308 Schimberg
Website :	www.schimberg-online.de
Mayor :	Ronald Leonhardt
Location of the municipality of Schimberg (municipality) in the Eichsfeld district

Community structure (2010)

Ershausen below the Schimberg

Schimberg is a municipality in the Eichsfeld district in Thuringia . It is the seat of the administrative community Ershausen / Geismar . The community in Südeichsfeld derives its name from the Schimberg , which characterizes the districts .

geography

location

Schimberg is located in the Obereichsfeld west of the Westerwald ridge in the Eichsfeld-Hainich-Werratal Nature Park . The Misseröder limestone ridge stretches between Ershausen and armaments .

Community structure

The community of Schimberg consists of six districts:

• Ershausen
• Lehna
• Martinfeld
• Misserode
• Armor
• Wilbich

Waters

At Martinfeld the Schloßbach flows , in the Ershausen district the Krombach coming from the northwest and at Wilbich the Wildebach flows into the Rosoppe , which flows into the Frieda at Geismar . Other small springs arise in the municipality, such as the Gute Born and the Tiefenbach .

history

In 1071 Martinfeld , 1169 Ershausen, 1318 armor as "Rystinen" and Wilbich, 1479 Misserode as "Missßenrode" and 1522 Lehna were first mentioned in a document. The places belonged to Kurmainz until the secularization in 1802 . From 1802 to 1807 they became Prussian and then came to the Kingdom of Westphalia . From 1815 to 1945 they were part of the Prussian province of Saxony .

On April 8, 1945, the sites were occupied by the US Army . In Ershausen, 6 residents died from artillery fire, and there was also severe damage to buildings. Two bridge blasts contributed to this, as also in Martinfeld. Wilbich also received artillery fire. Then the places were "easily occupied". They came to the Soviet occupation zone ( SBZ ) at the beginning of July 1945 and were part of the GDR from 1949 . From 1961 until the turnaround and reunification in 1989/1990, they were affected by the closure of the nearby inner-German border. Since 1990 the places belonged to the re-established state of Thuringia. The formation of today's community Schimberg took place on July 30, 1997 through the amalgamation of the formerly independent communities Ershausen (with the towns of Misserode and Lehna, which were incorporated on January 1, 1957) as well as Martinfeld, armaments and Wilbich.

Population development

Development of the population (December 31) :

1997: 2,571 1998: 2,560 1999: 2,526 2000: 2.504 2001: 2.504 2002: 2,473

2003: 2,436 2004: 2,417 2005: 2,413 2006: 2,387 2007: 2,372 2008: 2,337

2009: 2,323 2010: 2,297 2011: 2,306 2012: 2,303 2013: 2,252 2014: 2,255

2015: 2,279 2016: 2,224 2017: 2,209 2018: 2,193 2019: 2.175

Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council of Schimberg consists of 14 municipal council members, who have been distributed as follows since the municipal council election on May 25, 2014 :

• CDU : 8 seats
• Free voters : 6 seats

mayor

The honorary mayor Roland Leonhardt was re-elected on June 6, 2010.

Culture and sights

Church of St. Ursula and companions in Martinfeld

• Blue wonder at Gleichenstein Castle above the Martinfeld district
• View from the house window (Schimberg)
• Anger and half-timbered houses in the village center of Ershausen
• Pilgrimage site Klüschen Hagis near Martinfeld
• The baroque village church of St. Ursula and companions (1674–1723) has a valuable stucco marble altar that comes from the former Beuren monastery and a baptismal font
• Martinfeld Castle , formerly a noble knightly seat of a noble Thuringian family since the Renaissance and today a youth meeting place for scouts and a free youth hostel in the Martinfeld district

Personalities

• Josef Rodenstock (1846–1932), optician and founder of the optical works named after him
• Melchior Weißenhagen (1849–1905), pastor, member of the Reichstag (center)
• Karl Spitzenberg (1860–1944), guardian, natural law-based rooting culture, pioneer of forestry work theory

literature

• Eduard Fritze: The last days of the war in Eichsfeld. Rockstuhl Verlag, Bad Langensalza 2002. ISBN 3-936030-06-5

Individual evidence

1. ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics  ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Municipalities 1994 and their changes since January 1, 1948 in the new federal states , Metzler-Poeschel publishing house, Stuttgart, 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , publisher: Federal Statistical Office
3. ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities, see 1997
4. ↑ http://www.wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/wahl.asp?wahlart=GW&wjahr=2014&habenErg=GEM&wknr=061&gemnr=61113
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 . 

Web links

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

• Schimberg community
• Administrative community Ershausen / Geismar