Wöhlsdorf (Saalfeld)

Wöhlsdorf City of Saalfeld / Saale Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′ 58 ″ N , 11 ° 20 ′ 27 ″ E
Height :	214–222 m above sea level NN
Incorporation :	July 1, 1950
Incorporated into:	Beulwitz
Postal code :	07318
Area code :	03671
	Local road

Wöhlsdorf is a location in the Beulwitz district of the city of Saalfeld / Saale in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district in Thuringia .

geography

Wöhlsdorf is on the left of the Saale on federal road 85 in the Saale floodplain. The nearby location is Crösten . Beulwitz then follows without a break . These locations are located in the rural area of the city on the Saale. The soils of the district are fertile and close to the groundwater.

history

The first documentary mention of Wöhlsdorf (Auma-Weidatal) from Wöhlsdorf took place in 1389.

On October 10, 1806, a battle between 9,000 Prussian and 14,000 French soldiers took place near Wöhlsdorf . The French armed forces were victorious. During this battle, the commander of the advance guard, the Prussian Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, was killed.

The place was and is agriculturally oriented.

Culture and sights

In Wöhlsdorf there is a memorial for Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia. It was built in 1821–1823 based on a design by Karl Friedrich Schinkel . Between 1981 and 1984 the monument was demolished and then rebuilt. The stele-like structure made of sandstone has a triangular gable . A bronze relief with a standing genius by Christian Friedrich Tieck is embedded in it.

Web links

Commons : Wöhlsdorf - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. 5th, improved and considerably enlarged edition. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 318.
↑ Stephanie Eißing and others: Thuringia (= Handbook of German Art Monuments . ). 2nd, revised and supplemented edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-422-03095-6 , p. 1398.

[1] Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. 5th, improved and considerably enlarged edition. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 318.

[2] Stephanie Eißing and others: Thuringia (= Handbook of German Art Monuments . ). 2nd, revised and supplemented edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-422-03095-6 , p. 1398.