Volkerode

This article describes the municipality of Volkerode in Thuringia.
A district of the municipality of Rosdorf in Lower Saxony also bears the name Volkerode

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 51 ° 15 '  N , 10 ° 5'  E
Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Eichsfeld
Management Community :	Ershausen / Geismar
Height :	330 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.86 km 2
Residents:	238 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	35 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	37308
Area code :	036082
License plate :	EIC, HIG, WBS
Community key :	16 0 61 098
Association administration address:	Kreisstrasse 4 37308 Schimberg
Website :	www.ershausen-geismar.de
Mayor :	Andreas Pudenz (Free Voters)
Location of the municipality of Volkerode in the Eichsfeld district

Volkerode

Volkerode is a municipality in the Eichsfeld district in Thuringia . It belongs to the administrative community Ershausen / Geismar .

Geographical location

Volkerode is located around 14 km south of Heilbad Heiligenstadt and spreads in the valley of the Hühnerbach, a western tributary of the Rode , on the eastern roof of the Gobert ridge . Neighboring places are Wiesenfeld in the east-northeast and Pfaffschwende in the southeast.

history

Volkerode was first mentioned in 1227 as "Wacolderot". The village was owned by the Archbishopric Kurmainz until 1802 , the landlords were the Junkers von Volkerode. From 1802 to 1807 the place became Prussian and then became part of the Kingdom of Westphalia . From 1815 to 1945 he was part of the Prussian province of Saxony. From 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, Volkerode was affected by the closure of the nearby inner-German border. Since 1990 the place belongs to the re-established state of Thuringia.

The Hühnerbach enabled the operation of two mills, an upper mill is mentioned as early as the 16th century, and in the 19th century the chicken mill and the damage mill can be identified as grinding mills. After the mills were abandoned, the damage mill became a residential building and the chicken mill was converted into a guesthouse.

Lords of Volkerode

The lords of Volkerode, who belonged to the lower nobility, were initially based on their fortified residence on the Goburg with an associated village. They owned Volkerode (with jurisdiction) and other estates in the area, in Dingelstädt, the Mark Duderstadt and Lutterhusen near Großbartloff. They were also at times lords of the castle at Stein Castle . It is not known exactly from when they lived in Volkerode. In the 16th century, the von Volkerode became Protestant and installed a preacher in the church. In 1692 a Herr von Volkerode was named for the last time, Heinrich Adolf, the family coat of arms shows two vertical spikes. Further representatives of the noble family were:

• Albert von Coburge (1312) probably identical to Berlt von Volkerode (1320)
• Hans, Berlt and Conrad von Volkerode (1376)
• Curt von Volkerode (1440)
• Wolf von Volkerode (1577), Field Marshal
• Philipp von Volkerode called Goburg (1604, 1631, 1636)

Population development

Development of the population (December 31) :

1994: 305 1995: 301 1996: 300 1997: 300 1998: 296 1999: 282

2000: 270 2001: 275 2002: 267 2003: 266 2004: 257 2005: 259

2006: 264 2007: 258 2008: 252 2009: 255 2010: 245 2011: 235

2012: 237 2013: 236 2014: 228 2015: 225 2016: 229 2017: 222

2018: 234 2019: 238

Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

Attractions

• Baroque church from 1780
• Volkerode castle complex
• Anger with a 600 to 800 year old court linden tree
• Lourdes Chapel at the exit to the "Gobert" ridge

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council of Volkerode consists of 6 councilors and councilors. It is re-elected every five years.

Allocation of seats by the municipal council in 2014    A total of 6 seats Friends of the Castle : 5 independent councilor : 1
	Parties and constituencies		2014			2009			2004			1999			1994
			Share a	Seats		Share a	Seats		Share a	Seats		Share a	Seats		Share a	Seats
	Friends of the Castle	b	92.4	5		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-
	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	CDU	-	-		31.4	2		89	6th		86.5	6th		100	6th
	Voting group Heimat- und Wanderverein	Hometown club	-	-		68.6	4th		-	-		-	-		-	-
	independent candidates		7.7	1		-	-		10.9	-		13.5	-		-	-
percentage of invalid votes			1.8			8.4			10.8			11.7			11.6
Total seats			6th			6th			6th			6th			6th
voter turnout			53.8%			74.2%			55.8%			72.2%			90.7%

^a _{percentage of the valid votes cast}

^b _{no abbreviation given}

mayor

The honorary mayor Jens Schmidt was elected on June 6, 2010 and re-elected in 2016. In the local elections in Thuringia 2019 , Andreas Pudenz (Free Voters) was elected as his successor with 97.6 percent.

literature

• Brunhilde Bittner: Festschrift for the 775th anniversary of Volkerode (Eichsfeld). 1227-2002. Short chronicle . Ed .: Municipal administration Volkerode. Heiligenstadt 2002, p. 88 .

Web links

Commons : Volkerode  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• History of the noble family von Volkerode
• Volkerode Castle
• German digital library: by Volkerode

Individual evidence

1. ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics  ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Volker Große, Klaus Herzberg: Volkerode: "Hühnermühle", "Schadenmühle", "Obermühle" . In: Maik Pinkert (Ed.): Mühlen im Obereichsfeld. A compendium . Eichsfeld-Verlag, Heiligenstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-935782-13-5 , p. 332-333, 398 .
3. ↑ Ed. K. Ed. Förstemann: New communications from the field of historical = antiquarian research. Halle 1835, Volume 2, First Issue, page 271
4. ↑ Siebmacher's great and general book of arms, vol. 6 (dead, extinct families), 6th section: extinct Prussian nobility, province of Saxony (exl. The Altmark), Nuremberg 1884, page 176
5. ^ Johann Wolf: Eichsfeldisches Urkundenbuch together with the treatise of the Eichsfeldischen nobility. Göttingen 1819 ( Treatise on the Eichsfeld nobility, as a contribution to their history. § 3 page 19)
6. ↑ Cyriakus Spangenberg: Other part of the nobility mirror. Schmalkalden 1594, chapter 46, page 261
7. ↑ Philipp von Volkerode called Goburg (1604)
8. ↑ 2014 municipal council elections in Thuringia - final result. In: wahlen.thüringen.de. Retrieved March 5, 2018 .  
9. ↑ 2009 municipal council elections in Thuringia - final result. In: wahlen.thüringen.de. Retrieved March 5, 2018 .  
10. ^ 2004 municipal council elections in Thuringia - final result. In: wahlen.thüringen.de. Retrieved March 5, 2018 .  
11. ^ 1999 municipal council elections in Thuringia - final result. In: wahlen.thüringen.de. Retrieved March 5, 2018 .  
12. ^ 1994 municipal council elections in Thuringia - final result. In: wahlen.thüringen.de. Retrieved March 5, 2018 .  
13. ↑ Local elections 2019 / mayor elections , mdr.de, accessed on May 28, 2019.