Sophienhof (Harz Gate)
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Sophienhof
Harztor rural community
Coordinates: 51 ° 38 ′ 4 " N , 10 ° 47 ′ 26" E
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| Height : | 534 (-560) m above sea level NN | |
| Residents : | 50 (Nov 1, 2012) | |
| Incorporation : | 1972 | |
| Incorporated into: | Ilfeld | |
| Postal code : | 99768 | |
| Area code : | 036331 | |
Location of Sophienhof in Thuringia |
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 View of Sophienhof
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Sophienhof is a district of the Harztor rural community in the Nordhausen district in Thuringia .
Geographical location
The village of Sophienhof is located in the Hohnstein Forest, which once belonged to the Counts of Stolberg , in the far north of Thuringia, only 1 km from the state border with Saxony-Anhalt and 6 km from the state border with Lower Saxony . The place can only be reached by motor vehicle via side roads from Rothesütte or from the federal road 81 between Hasselfelde and Ilfeld . Otherwise, several hiking trails lead from the surrounding towns to Sophienhof.
Sophienhof also has a stop on the Harzquerbahn , which is located around 800 m north in the forest away from the village.
history
The place probably originated in the 17th century from a collection of huts used by forest workers and was first mentioned in 1645 (under a different name). Count Christian Ernst zu Stolberg-Wernigerode inherited the County of Wernigerode and the Hohnstein Forest in 1710 . In 1712 he married Sophie Charlotte Countess zu Leiningen-Westerburg , after whose name the village, which until then had been called Schmerplatz , was renamed Sophienhof in 1720 . After own preaching posts had been established in Rothesütte and Sophienhof in 1734, a small church was built in Sophienhof, which, like the church in neighboring Rothesütte, fell into disrepair due to its location near the inner-German border and was demolished in the 1960s. Its bell, cast in 1742, has been preserved and is in a belfry in the cemetery. In 1747 Hans Dietrich von Zanthier was appointed count forest and hunting master based in Sophienhof. A memorial stone commemorates him.
Sophienhof was incorporated into the Ilfeld community in 1972. As part of Ilfeld, it has belonged to the newly founded Harztor community since January 1st, 2012.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Just Ludwig Günther Leopold: Church, parish and school chronicle [...] , 1817.
- ↑ Sophienhof on the website of the Ilfeld district. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 12, 2007 ; accessed on August 31, 2012 .
- ↑ Chronicle of the Ilfeld community. (PDF; 223 kB) Accessed June 6, 2015 .