Thuringian Flood

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Contemporary commemorative inscription for the Thuringian Flood in Geunitz , house no. 15: The inscription reads "TA IS WRITTEN TO / AS IT HAS DONE WITH TEN TOR / A BIG WATER TURG HANS BAUCH CAME HIS YARD / HIS TOR TIR MAWER MITNAM / 1613" .
High water mark from 1613 on Georgikirche (Mühlhausen)

The so-called Thuringian Flood was a flood disaster in 1613, during which parts of Thuringia were affected by a flood .

On May 29, 1613 severe thunderstorms erupted over parts of Thuringia and caused many rivers to rise several meters within a few hours. Affected was an area from Mühlhausen , Langensalza and Artern in the north to Stadtilm and Ichtershausen in the south, from Erfurt and Gotha in the west to Naumburg in the east. The storm disaster is described as the "Thuringian Flood" in the chronicles of many localities:

In Kahla there were several fatalities, in Jena large parts of the city were flooded. In Zottelstedt near Apolda the water level of the Ilm rose by 6 to 8 m and almost completely destroyed the village in the bank area. In Apolda itself, eight houses were washed away and 24 animals drowned. In Weimar , 44 houses were destroyed in the flood disaster, in Bad Berka 23 houses, in Erfurt 125 houses. In Mattstedt the water level of the Ilm rose by 6 meters and flooded the entire lower village. The disaster had the consequence that the further development of the area shifted to higher ground. In Bad Sulza , the saltworks built only a few years earlier on the Ilm fell victim to the floods, but was rebuilt at the same place.

The total death toll is given as 2,261 people. Historical flood events such as the Thuringian Flood, as extreme hydrological and meteorological situations, also play an important role in current research on this topic.

See also: flood of the century

literature

In 1720 Georg Wilhelm von Lage published the work “The Complete Acta of the Thuringian Flood of 1613”, this book was published by the Lackische Buchhandlung Weimar and Leipzig (format 4 °). The same book was in the estate of Bergrate Johann Carl Wilhelm Voigt, who died in Ilmenau in 1821 ("Directory of the mineralogical library left by Mr. Bergrath Voigt, who died on January 1st", edited by his son, the bookseller and later publisher Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, Sondershausen, Ilmenau and Weimar).

The meteorologist Gustav Hellmann collected a bibliography on the Thuringian Flood, which lists the writings available at the time, including reprints of the title pages. Two more additions were published:

  • The "Thuringian Flood" of 1613. In: Report on the activities of the Royal Prussian Meteorological Institute in 1912 (= publications of the Royal Prussian Meteorological Institute No. 256). Behrend & Co. Berlin 1913, pp. 21–57 with map.
  • The "Thuringian Flood" from 1613. Addendum. In: Report on the activities of the Royal Prussian Meteorological Institute in 1914 (= publications of the Royal Prussian Meteorological Institute No. 284). Behrend & Co. Berlin 1915, pp. 11–15 with map.
  • The "Thuringian Flood" of 1613. Second addendum. In: Activity report of the Prussian Meteorological Institute for the years 1917, 1918 and 1919. Behrend & Co. Berlin 1920, p. 141 f.