Schmiedebach (Lehesten)
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Schmiedebach
City of Lehesten
Coordinates: 50 ° 29 ′ 33 " N , 11 ° 28 ′ 44" E
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| Height : | 571 m above sea level NN |
| Incorporation : | April 6, 1994 |
| Postal code : | 07349 |
| Area code : | 036653 |
 Village green
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Schmiedebach is a district of the city of Lehesten in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district in Thuringia .
location
Schmiedebach is located in the Thuringian Slate Mountains on a very sloping plateau with terraces. The state road 2376 connects the district with the localities towards Probstzella to the federal road 85 in the interior. Parts of the district border on the corridor of Steinbach an der Haide in Bavaria . Lehesten can be reached a little further south-west.
history
Wolfgang Kahl proves that Schmiedebach was first mentioned in documents in 1071. The community reports in its chronicle that it was first mentioned in 1414. In 1656, the residents built a defensive wall around the church. 1662 was the first evidence of slate extraction.
In 1943 the Laura satellite camp was set up . From 1952 the village belonged to the Lobenstein district , in the same year an agricultural production cooperative was founded in the village . From 1961 to 1990 the place was in the restricted area of the inner-German border .
On April 6, 1994 the town was incorporated into Lehesten. The oldest parts of the church come from the Gothic . The nave towards the southwest was not added until 1656. In 1998 the church tower was renovated. In 2008 the last slate mine closed its doors.
Web links
- Information about the Schieferdorfmuseum Schmiedebach. Retrieved August 28, 2020 .
Individual evidence
- ^ 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. 252.
- ^ Schmiedebach on the website of the city of Lehesten. Retrieved August 28, 2020 .
