Urbach (Nordhausen district)

coat of arms	Germany map
Help on coat of arms	Coordinates: 51 ° 29 '  N , 10 ° 54'  E
Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Nordhausen
Fulfilling municipality :	Pegs / helmets
Height :	180 m above sea level NHN
Area :	26.53 km 2
Residents:	885 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density :	33 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	99765
Area code :	036333
License plate :	NDH
Community key :	16 0 62 054
Address of the municipal administration:	Str. The unit 42/43 99765 pegs / helmets
Mayor :	Jürgen Vopel
Location of the municipality of Urbach in the Nordhausen district

Urbach is a municipality in the Thuringian district of Nordhausen with around 900 inhabitants. The city ​​of Heringen / Helme is the fulfilling municipality for Urbach .

location

Urbach is located east of Nordhausen and on the northern edge of the Golden Aue and across from the Kelbra Dam Nature Park . The Nordhausen - Halle railway line , the 38 federal motorway and the 80 federal road run between Urbach and the dam . In terms of traffic, the place is connected to the national roads 2076 and 3080.

history

Church of St. Johannis in Urbach

The first written mention of the place took place on June 23, 1169.

The current church of St. Johannis dates from the 19th century.

In what is now the “Kalkhütte” forest hotel, three companies, VEB Nortak Hanewacker Nordhausen , VEB Braunkohlenwerk Müelte and VEB Mineralölwerk Lützkendorf, built a children's holiday camp , continued it and turned it into a holiday home.

Tiemerode near Urbach fell in disaster in 1412. The church there was fortified with a wall and moat. Remnants of the church can still be seen. The moat becomes clear in the so-called pastor's walk.

Municipal council

, The municipal council in Urbach consists of eight council members. Since the local elections on May 26, 2019 , the seats have been distributed as follows:

• Urbach fire department: 3 seats (33.7% of the votes)
• Allotment garden club and sports club: 2 seats (31.0%)
• Förderverein Kita: 2 seats (22.3%)
• Parish support group: 1 seat (13.1%)

The turnout was 68.5%.

Personalities

• Georg Gotthilf Evers (1837–1916), Lutheran theologian, convert to Catholicism, book author and botanist, officiated here from 1873 to 1880 as Lutheran pastor

Web links

Commons : Urbach (Thuringia)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics  ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian cities and villages , Verlag-Rockstuhl, Bad-Langensalza, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 296.
3. ↑ Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and prehistoric living spaces , Jenzig-Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , p. 248.
4. ↑ Thuringian State Office for Statistics: City council election 2019 in Thuringia - Urbach municipality , accessed on July 28, 2020