Steinbach (Eichsfeld)
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Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ' N , 10 ° 13' E |
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State : | Thuringia | |
County : | Eichsfeld | |
Management Community : | Leinetal | |
Height : | 330 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 8.46 km 2 | |
Residents: | 552 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 65 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 37308 | |
Area code : | 036085 | |
License plate : | EIC, HIG, WBS | |
Community key : | 16 0 61 089 | |
Association administration address: | Main street 73 37308 Bodenrode-Westhausen |
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Mayor : | Jörg Schneider ( CDU ) | |
Location of the municipality of Steinbach in the Eichsfeld district | ||
Steinbach is a municipality in the Leinetal administrative community in the Eichsfeld district of Thuringia .
history
The place was first mentioned in a document in 1297. The community belonged to the Prussian province of Saxony until 1945 .
1945 to 1949 the place was part of the Soviet occupation zone and from 1949 part of the GDR . From 1961 until the turnaround and reunification in 1989/1990, Steinbach was affected by the closure of the nearby inner-German border. Since 1990 the place belongs to the re-established state of Thuringia.
coat of arms
Blazon : “A golden owl in a blue shield; a silver lily at the top left; in the silver shield base a blue wave bar covered with five gold stones. "
Population development
Development of the population (December 31) :
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- Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics
politics
Municipal council
The municipal council of Steinbach is composed of eight council members.
(As of: local elections on June 7, 2009)
The 2014 election resulted in no change in the distribution of seats.
mayor
The honorary mayor of Mauritius Hünermund (CDU) was elected on June 6, 2010. Jörg Schneider has been in office since 2016. Hiltrud Dräger was the mayor from 2004 to 2010.
Attractions
- Catholic St. Mauritius
Church The baroque church was built in 1779. The altar and the organ front are also baroque. -
Etzelsbach Chapel
The neo-Gothic pilgrimage chapel was built in 1898 by Paschalis Gratze . The furnishings are essentially early modern. The chapel became famous for the so-called horse pilgrimage across the country's borders.
Personalities
- Klemens Löffler (1881–1933), German librarian and historian
- Karl Leineweber (1911–1997), Low German writer
literature
- Gertrud Weber, Monika Klingbeil: 700 years Steinbach 1297–1997 . Ed .: Municipal administration Steinbach. o. O. 1997, p. 72 .
- Andreas Anhalt: Etzelsbach - A contribution to the pilgrimage history in the diocese of Erfurt . Mecke, Duderstadt 1998, ISBN 3-932752-29-5 , p. 112 .
- Peter Anhalt: Steinbach. Contributions to local history and local history . Part 1. Self-published, o. O. 1997, p. 208 .
- Peter Anhalt: Steinbach. A photo documentation. Contributions to local history and local history . Part 2. Mecke, Duderstadt 2007, ISBN 978-3-936617-71-9 , p. 240 .
- Peter Anhalt: Uhlnfaddern. Rhyming and dialect from Steinbach . Ed .: Heimatverein "Karl Leineweber". Cordier, Heiligenstadt 2001, ISBN 3-929413-66-3 , p. 144 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).
- ↑ Local elections in Thuringia on June 7th, 2009. Elections for community and city council members. Preliminary results. (PDF; 1.9 MB) The State Returning Officer, accessed on March 10, 2010 .
- ↑ http://www.vg-leinetal.de/html/wahlinformationen/index_wahlinfo.htm
- ↑ http://www.wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/wahl.asp?wahlart=BM&wJahr=0000&zeigeErg=GEM&auswertung=1&wknr=061&gemnr=61089&terrKrs=&gemteil=000&buchstabe=&Langname=&wahlvorschlag=&sort=&druck=&XLS=&anzahlH = -5 & Non_existing = & x_vollbildDatteil = & optik = & aktuell = & ShowLand = & ShowWK = & ShowPart = & w_date = 27.06.2004
- ↑ Anhalt, Peter: "wherever the most blessed Mother of God Assumption would be patroness". Dean Johannes Simerodt, founder of the horse pilgrimage to Etzelsbach. In: EJb 17 (2009), pp. 99-114.
Web links
- steinbach-etzelsbach.de - official website
- Parish office Steinbach