Wernburg

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Wernburg
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Coordinates: 50 ° 41 ′  N , 11 ° 36 ′  E

Basic data
State : Thuringia
County : Saale-Orla district
Management Community : Oppurg
Height : 340 m above sea level NHN
Area : 6.9 km 2
Residents: 615 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 89 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 07381
Area code : 03647
License plate : SOK, LBS, PN, SCZ
Community key : 16 0 75 124
Association administration address: Am Türkenhof 5
07381 Oppurg
Website : Wernburg on the VG website
Mayor : Dieter Fröhlich ( FDP )
Location of the municipality of Wernburg in the Saale-Orla district
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Wernburg is a municipality in the Saale-Orla district in Thuringia . The community has about 680 inhabitants on an area of ​​6.84 km².

geography

Wernburg is located south of the town of Pößneck and east of Ranis on the southern edge of the Orlasenke in the hilly terrain of the south- east Thuringian slate mountains. The state road 1102 connects the village of Wernburg and the hamlet of Seebach with the surrounding area.

Community structure

The municipality of Wernburg consists of the districts of Wernburg and Seebach .

Neighboring communities

Adjacent communities are (clockwise) Bodelwitz , Peuschen , Moxa , Schmorda and the cities of Ranis and Pößneck .

history

A Neolithic hilltop settlement was located on the Haselberg west of Wernburg. Flint fragments, arrowheads and ceramic shards have been found on the hill. A hill fort lies on a prominent hill with steep slopes in the Orlasenke northwest of Wernburg. The aforementioned Altenburg was a predestined hilltop settlement with control over the Orlatal. Cultural legacies are evidence of a settlement in the Neolithic and the Latène period .

Wernburg Castle around 1860, Alexander Duncker collection

Wernburg, which lies on the edge of the Orlasenke, was first mentioned in a document on June 1, 1320. Wernburg belonged to the electoral office of Arnshaugk until 1815 and after its assignment, decided at the Congress of Vienna , came to the Prussian district of Ziegenrück , to which the place belonged until 1945.

A side line of the von Brandenstein family was named after the place from 1360-1370, the original castle complex was in the upper village. She stood on a small rock surrounded by a moat. Around 1580 the family moved into the newly built renaissance castle. The von Seebach family acquired this manor in 1684, and the von Schönfeld family in 1735 . After 1757, through marriage, the estate came to the von Erffa family, who lived there continuously until the end of 1945. During the GDR era, the building served as a technical college for animal breeding, with a focus on pig breeding. In 1960 the castle burned down to a large extent, the few remains are provisionally secured. The square St. Vitus Chapel from 1508, which formerly belonged to the estate, is currently being restored.

Population development

Development of the population (from 1994: as of December 31) :

  • 1933: 791
  • 1939: 823
  • 1994: 680
  • 1995: 686
  • 1996: 712
  • 1997: 725
  • 1998: 717
  • 1999: 744
  • 2000: 770
  • 2001: 766
  • 2002: 768
  • 2003: 772
  • 2004: 772
  • 2005: 772
  • 2006: 759
  • 2007: 747
  • 2008: 734
  • 2009: 722
  • 2010: 705
  • 2011: 662
  • 2012: 648
  • 2013: 649
  • 2014: 656
  • 2015: 639
  • 2016: 631
  • 2017: 625
  • 2018: 612
Data source from 1994: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

politics

Municipal council

Local election 2014
Turnout: 58.4%
 %
70
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
61.1%
22.9%
15.9%
Gains and losses
compared to 2009
 % p
 25th
 20th
 15th
 10
   5
   0
  -5
-10
-15
-20
-25
-21.2  % p
+ 22.9  % p
-1.8  % p

Since the 2014 local elections , the local council has been composed as follows:

The turnout was 58.4%.

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on January 24, 1995 by the Thuringian State Administration Office.

Blazon : “Divided by gold over red; topped with a golden heart shield, which shows a rising green wedge between two fallen green wedges, three green deciduous trees above, two silver wings below. "

The coat of arms was designed by the heraldist Michael Zapfe .

Historical monuments

In the cemetery on Bodelwitzer Strasse , a boulder with a warning sign reminds of at least seven concentration camp victims of a death march that was driven through the town by SS men in April 1945 . Nothing is reminiscent of the prisoners of war and forced laborers who were used in agriculture in Wernburg and Bodelwitz .

Personalities

  • Christa Vetter (1932–2018), television and radio play dramaturge and editor

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics  ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ Michael Köhler : Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces. Jenzig-Verlag Köhler, Jena 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , p. 128.
  3. ↑ Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces. Jenzig-Verlag Köhler, Jena 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , p. 53.
  4. ^ 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. 310.
  5. ↑ Thomas Bienert: Medieval castles in Thuringia. 430 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-631-1 , p. 224.
  6. ^ Entry on Wernburg in the private database "Alle Burgen". Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  7. ↑ Chapel in Wernburg adorns Christmas thalers. In: Ostthüringer Zeitung . November 23, 2010, accessed November 12, 2018 .
  8. ^ A b Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Ziegenrück district. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  9. ^ Thuringian State Office for Statistics - 2014 municipal council elections in Thuringia, final result: Wernburg
  10. ↑ Hartmut Ulle: New Thuringian Wappenbuch. Volume 2: Ilmkreis, Jena, Kyffhäuserkreis, Saale-Orla-Kreis, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt (district), Schmalkalden-Meiningen (district), Suhl. 2nd, changed, revised edition. Working group Genealogy Thuringia, Erfurt 1997, ISBN 3-9804487-2-X , p. 47.
  11. ↑ Thuringian Association of the Persecuted of the Nazi Regime - Association of Antifascists and Study Group of German Resistance 1933–1945 (Ed.): Local history guide to sites of resistance and persecution 1933–1945. Volume 8: Thuringia. VAS - Verlag für Akademische Schriften, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-88864-343-0 , p. 229.