Steinheid

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Steinheid
Coordinates: 50 ° 28 ′ 0 ″  N , 11 ° 4 ′ 59 ″  E
Height : 800 m above sea level NHN
Area : 23.21 km²
Residents : 1183  (Dec. 31, 2010)
Population density : 51 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 1, 2011
Postal code : 98724
Area code : 036704
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Location in the district of Sonneberg
Church of Our Lady
Rectory
Panorama of the place seen from Siegmundsburg.

Steinheid is a district of the town of Neuhaus am Rennweg in Thuringia in the Sonneberg district .

geography

The state-approved health resort Steinheid is located on the ridge of the Thuringian Slate Mountains , directly on the Rennsteig . The place is crescent-shaped over the valley of the Grümpen . At 820 meters high, Steinheid is one of the highest places in Thuringia, along with Neuhaus am Rennweg (835 m). The highest mountain in the area and the second highest in the Thuringian Slate Mountains is the 868 meter high Kieferle , approx. 500 meters east of the village.

Local division

Limbach , about one kilometer to the west, and Neumannsgrund , about one kilometer to the south-west, have belonged to Steinheid since the middle of the 19th century .

history

In 1362 the place was first mentioned as the Steynerne Heyde in a feudal letter from the Margrave of Meißen.

Gold mining was once operated there in particular. In 1430 the gold mines near Steinheid were captured and plundered by the Hussites .

In 1530 Steinheid was elevated to a free mountain town. In the Thirty Years War the mining of the city with 51 collieries was completely destroyed. After that, glass-blowing and box- making were important branches of business as supplying trades for the oil trade .

Until 1920 Steinheid belonged to Sachsen-Meiningen .

On December 1, 2011, Steinheid was incorporated into the town of Neuhaus am Rennweg. Before that, the city of Steinach had been a fulfilling municipality for Steinheid since 1997 .

Winter sports

Due to the altitude, Steinheid is a traditional winter sports resort. Organized winter sports were founded in 1910 and skiing competitions are still held regularly today. They are organized and carried out by SC Steinheid eV.

Culture and sights

Economy and Infrastructure

In Steinheid there used to be mining and slate extraction. Today the place lives mainly from tourism . The glass industry is established with the largest employer Thuringian tree decorations Steinheid and numerous home workshops.

traffic

Steinheid is on the B 281 , which connects Saalfeld to Eisfeld via Neuhaus am Rennweg . Communal roads lead to Steinach, Scheibe-Alsbach and Schalkau .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ August Freysold: The Rennsteig of the Thuringian Forest . In: Writings of the Association for Things-Opinion-Regional Studies . tape 38 . Kesselring'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Hildburghausen 1901, p. 9 .
  2. ↑ Thuringian law on the voluntary restructuring of municipalities belonging to the district in 2011. (PDF) In: Law and Ordinance Gazette for the Free State of Thuringia. November 17, 2011, p. 293ff , accessed on May 26, 2013 (§§ 1–13).
  3. ↑ Website of the SC Steinheid de.V.

Web links

Commons : Steinheid  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Steinheid  - travel guide