Sundhausen (Gotha)

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Sundhausen
City of Gotha
Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 45 ″  N , 10 ° 40 ′ 10 ″  E
Height : 311 m above sea level NN
Area : 11.9 km²
Residents : 1391  (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density : 117 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : April 1, 1974
Postal code : 99867
Area code : 03621
Sundhausen (Thuringia)
Sundhausen

Location of Sundhausen in Thuringia
St. Nicolai Church
St. Nicolai Church
Logo from Sundhausen

Sundhausen is a district of the district and residence city of Gotha .

location

Sundhausen is about three kilometers southwest of the city center of Gotha on the Leinakanal. The Windebach (drains the Grosser Berlach hill, which is up to 353 m above sea level ) and the Sülzengraben , the Beetengraben and the Tiefenbachgraben , which unite to form the Ratsrinne , Gotha's most important natural watercourse, flow through the village . The place is on the Thuringian Railway between Eisenach and Erfurt . Sundhausen also has three stops on the Thuringian Forest Railway (TWSB). Due to the location, the state road L 1027 runs to Gotha in the north-east and Leina and Wahlwinkel in the south-west, with a connection to the federal motorway B 4, junction Gotha-Boxberg. From the L 1027, the Kreisstraße 5 branches off between Sundhausen and Leina in the direction of Boxberg with the horse racing track. The district hospital complex ( Helios Kliniken ) is located on the western edge of the town .

history

Sundhausen was first mentioned in 786. In the Middle Ages, the place was part of the castle district of Tenneberg Castle near Waltershausen ( Tenneberg Office ) and was a station on the important trade route (Schweinaer Straße) that led across the Thuringian Forest near Waltershausen and Schweina towards Bad Salzungen .

At the beginning of April 1945, the first American tank appeared in what was then E.-Zunkel-Strasse (today Friedensstrasse) and was greeted by a resident with a white flag.

In 2011, a festival week was held to mark the 1225th anniversary of the town's existence.

Today the district has an area of ​​11.94 km² and 1,576 inhabitants.

Culture and sights

The St. Nikolai Church in Gotha-Sundhausen can look back on a history dating back to 1730. It was built on the site of a previous church, from which the current tower remains.

There is a war cemetery in the cemetery (which you have to look for): Five men and one woman died between 1942 and 1947, a tombstone was placed for each. Eight soldiers were buried in a communal grave with a tombstone: five died on April 3, 1945, one on March 31, 1945 and two in "April 1945".

Personalities

Web links

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