Hausen (Nessetal)
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Hausen
Rural community of Nessetal
Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 52 ″ N , 10 ° 43 ′ 37 ″ E
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| Height : | 275 m above sea level NN |
| Incorporation : | April 1, 1974 |
| Incorporated into: | Bufleben |
| Postal code : | 99869 |
| Area code : | 03621 |
 St. Nicholas Church
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Hausen ( ) is a district of the rural community Nessetal in the district of Gotha in Thuringia .
Geography and traffic
Hausen is located on the Nesse in the Thuringian Basin . The 413 meter high Fahner Höhe rises to the northeast, the 314 meter high Kindleber Höhe to the south and the 309 meter high Ballstädter Höhe to the northwest. The village itself is around 275 meters above sea level and has a relatively original structure. The Hausener Flur is not forested and is used intensively for agriculture. Neighboring towns are Bufleben in the south, Pfullendorf in the southwest, Westhausen in the west, Ballstädt in the north and Eschenbergen in the northeast.
Hausen is on the main road from Gotha (about nine kilometers south) to Gräfentonna . There is also a road to Pfullendorf.
History and culture
Hausen was first mentioned in a document in 1143. Before Thuringia was founded, Hausen belonged to the Duchy of Saxony-Gotha ( Gotha Office ) and since 1974 it has been a municipality with Bufleben and Pfullendorf.
The village church of St. Nikolai (coord .: ⊙ ) was built around 1148 as a small chapel. In 1605 the tower was rebuilt and the church was expanded to its present size by 1661. The church has three ogival windows on the south side and a former round arched door, which was bricked up except for the upper area, which is now designed as a window. There are small window openings on the first floor of the tower and large rectangular windows on the second floor. The top of the tower forms a tail dome with a lantern attached, which is now closed, with a gold-colored tower button and a wrought-iron weather vane on top . In 1857, Joh. Chr. Berles and Barb. Marg. Berles of the church an organ that cost 600 thalers. Due to the size of the new organ, the church had to be rebuilt. In 1969 the church tower was re-covered and the church clock was repaired.
On April 1, 1974, Hausen was incorporated into Bufleben . With the incorporation of the community of Bufleben into the rural community of Nessetal on January 1, 2019, Hausen became a district of this.
Personalities
- Johann Heinrich Acker (1647–1719), theologian, at times pastor in Hausen
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thuringian Law and Ordinance Gazette No. 14/2018 , accessed on March 20, 2019