Wölferbütt

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Wölferbütt
City of Vacha
Wölferbütt coat of arms
Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ′ 7 ″  N , 10 ° 3 ′ 15 ″  E
Height : 400 m above sea level NHN
Area : 4.6 km²
Residents : 415
Population density : 90 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31 2013
Postal code : 36404
Area code : 036965
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Location of Wölferbütt in Vacha

Wölferbütt is a district of the city of Vacha in the southwestern Wartburg district in Thuringia.

geography

The local area covers an area of ​​4.60 km². Wölferbütt is about 400 m high at the foot of the Dietrichsberg in the Auersberger Kuppenrhön , about 45 kilometers southwest of Eisenach . The localities Mariengart and Masbach also belong to the district of Wölferbütt . On June 30, 2009, 14 residents lived in the Masbach district.

history

Wölferbütt was first mentioned as Steinfeld on August 31, 786 in a deed of donation from Charlemagne to the Hersfeld monastery . The village kept this name until the Thirty Years War .

In 1908 a farmer found Celtic jewelery and tools in the Wölferbütter Feldflur, evidence of a very early settlement. On the Dietrichsberg there are also walls made of basalt stones and terraced fields. These are probably not from the Celtic era, but were probably built by local farmers during the Thirty Years' War.

Mariengart was first mentioned as Schalkeslohe . In 1339 a Servite monastery was founded there, which was moved to Vacha in 1368 . The monastery buildings were destroyed in the Peasants' War in 1525 .

Today the ruins of a burial chapel from 1676 and the remains of a barn of the monastery still stand in Mariengart. The chapel was built for Kunigunde von Boineburg and Friedrich von Buttlar. In 1704 it burned down during repair work.

Masbach used to be a knightly court.

As of December 31, 2013, the place was incorporated into the city of Vacha .

legend

According to a legend, today's place name can be traced back to the following event:

At the end of the Thirty Years War, the hardship was so great that even the wolves were starving. Therefore, a wolf ventured into the village to find something to eat in a barrel (vat). A farmer found him there and killed him.

Probably the place name Wölferbütt goes back to a nobleman "Wolf von Buttlar", who had larger possessions in the corridor of the place in the 16th century .

Population development

In 1955 there were 670 inhabitants in the village of Wölferbütt. Development of the population:

  • 1995-462
  • 2000-462
  • 2005 - 433
  • 2010 - 399
Data source: from 1994 Thuringian State Office for Statistics - values ​​from December 31st

Culture

In Wölferbütt every year in the first week of September there is a festival in a marquee on the village square. People dance in traditional costumes and much more. From 1974 to 1989 the village festival and the village ensemble Wölferbütt made the village known. The village ensemble received the art prize for appearances at home and abroad and for some television productions. Some old half-timbered houses have been preserved in the village .

societies

Sports club SV “Wolf” Wölferbütt, rural women’s club, volunteer fire brigade, fishing club, hunting association Wölferbütt, slaughter club, motorcycle enthusiasts Wölferbütt, beekeeping club “Upper Oechsetal”

Economy and Infrastructure

The municipal administration is housed in the old school from 1913, the kindergarten the "Little Wolves" in the former Konsum .

  • Entrance

  • Ruin in Mariengart

  • Half-timbered house and bakery on the village square

  • Dietrichsberg near Wölferbütt

  • Column break on Dietrichsberg

  • Large meadow on Dietrichsberg

  • Fair parade 2005

  • Fair parade 2005

Personalities

The local poet August Herbart was born in Wölferbütt on December 1st, 1851 , after whom the village street is named.

literature

  • Olaf Ditzel, Walter Höhn: Vacha and the neighboring communities in the Oechsetal . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg / Fulda 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-121-8 , p. 28-30 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information .. In: District Office Wartburgkreis (Hrsg.): Official Gazette of the Wartburgkreis from 10 August 2010 . Bad Salzungen 2010, p. 14 .
  2. ↑ Waldemar Küther . (with the assistance of Hans Goller): Vacha and his Servite monastery in the Middle Ages . In: Central German Research . tape 64 . Böhlau-Verlag, Cologne; Vienna 1971, ISBN 3-412-10571-6 , p. 365 .
  3. ^ Paul Luther: Materials for local history lessons - Bad Salzungen district, Suhl district . Ed .: Council of the Bad Salzungen District, Department of Public Education. Bad Salzungen 1959, structure of the district of Suhl (overview of the places and population of the districts), p. 5-11 .

Web links

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