Schmerbach (desert)

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Schmerbach was a village near Helmershausen in southern Thuringia . The stream of the same name flows through the valley. Due to the only 350 meters to the inner-German border , the village was leveled with several other farms in the region in 1974.

history

For the first time, the village is mentioned in 1562 as a Henneberg fiefdom of the Heldritt zu Helmershausen. During the Thirty Years War, the village was burned by imperial troops in 1631, after which it was temporarily uninhabited. In 1866 a brick factory was built and in 1877 Weimarschmieden and the estate were owned by Hermann Miesegaes from Southampton. In 1904, Guido Grosser bought the homestead.

After the Second World War, the village was within the Soviet occupation zone . The proximity to the border was the reason that the residents had to vacate the houses and leave the area. On February 27, 1974, blasting work was requested by Böhme, a consultant for internal affairs at the district council. On March 13 of the same year, the power supply to the houses of the Krannich and Görtz families and an empty house was disconnected. The demolition of four residential buildings including outbuildings and a field barn was approved on April 17, 1974. On May 11, 1974, the other buildings followed, with the exception of the transformer house and the cemetery.

One station on the Friedensweg is dedicated to the village. A memorial stone was also placed.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.rhoen.info/lexikon/staetten/W%9Fstung_Schmerbach_bei_Helmershausen_6378189.html Info, in the Rhönlexikon, accessed on January 24, 2014
  2. ^ Schätzlein, Gerhard, 1991, plate 17 of the Friedensweg

Coordinates: 50 ° 32 '  N , 10 ° 14'  E