Simmershausen (Römhild)

Simmershausen City of Römhild Coordinates: 50 ° 22 ′ 20 ″  N , 10 ° 38 ′ 33 ″  E
Height :	311 m
Residents :	290
Incorporation :	March 23, 1993
Incorporated into:	Gleichamberg
Postal code :	98630
Area code :	036875
Local street in Simmershausen

Simmershausen is a district of the town of Römhild in the Hildburghausen district in Thuringia .

geography

The structure of Simmershausen, in contrast to z. B. zu Gleicherwiesen or Gleichamberg , a street village and has about 290 inhabitants. In the south of the village, the Milz river runs from east to west.

history

The first written mention of the place goes back to the year 874 under the name "Sigimareshusun". From 1888 to 1946 there was a rail connection to Hildburghausen and Lindenau via Heldburg . The structure of the center is still very well preserved and dates from the 9th and 10th centuries. In 1993 the center of Simmershausen was placed under monument protection by the Thuringian state administration. On March 23 of the same year, the place was incorporated into the community of Gleichamberg.

Worth seeing

The core of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Mary dates back to 1514. The church and the rectory were walled and enclosed by a moat. At that time it was built as a fortified church and served as the last refuge for the residents of the time. The nave was built in 1881/82.

To the former " LPG Simmershausen", which is now the "Zuchtzentrum Gleichamberg e. G. “counts, belonged a small field with a runway, which was designed for agricultural aircraft in the GDR times . The model flying club “MFC Hildburghausen e. V. “leased the runway in 1994, and since then the members have been using their model airplanes and helicopters there.

Personalities

• Johann Melchior Faber (born January 18, 1743 in Simmershausen, † January 31, 1809), philologist and Bible researcher
• Johann Ernst Faber (* February 1745 in Simmershausen; † March 15, 1774 in Jena ), orientalist, brother of Johann Melchior

literature

• Paul Lehfeldt : Architectural and art monuments of Thuringia, booklet XXXI, Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen, district court districts of Heldburg and Römhild , 1904, reprint, Verlag Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza, ISBN 978-3-86777-378-2 .

Web links

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

• Information about Simmershausen on the website of the city of Römhild

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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
2. ^ Gustav Moritz Redslob :  Faber, Johann Melchior . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 496 f.
3. ^ Gustav Moritz Redslob:  Faber, Johann Ernst . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 495 f.