Wachsenburg community
The Wachsenburg municipality was a municipality in the northwest of the Ilm district in Thuringia , about 20 km southwest of the state capital Erfurt . It existed from 1994 to 2012.
geography
location
The area of the former Wachsenburg municipality lies at the transition from the central Thuringian Forest to the Thuringian Basin on the southern edge of the Ohrdrufer Platte . It is traversed west to east by two ridges of the Eichenberg – Gotha – Saalfeld fault zone , the formation of which has led to interesting geological phenomena, such as those observed at the salt spring at Sülzenbrücken and at the quarry in Haarhausen.
In the center of the municipality, on a mountain cone that rises about 150 m from the surroundings, the Veste Wachsenburg , one of the three equals , gave its name.
Neighboring communities
Neighboring communities of the Wachsenburg community were (as of December 30, 2012) clockwise, starting in the north: Nesse-Apfelstädt , Ichtershausen , Arnstadt , Gossel , Wölfis , Drei Gleichen .
Community structure
The community consisted of five districts, which were all independent communities until their formation on June 30, 1994. These are:
- Bittstädt (600 inhabitants)
- Haarhausen (594 inhabitants)
- Holzhausen (611 inhabitants)
- Röhrensee (214 inhabitants)
- Sülzenbrücken (641 inhabitants)
politics
Hans Ullrich (CDU) was the mayor of the community throughout its existence.
The district of Sülzenbrücken also had a local council with six members and Ludwig Frank (SPD), a local mayor. The other districts did not have such a structure.
history
The area of the Wachsenburg municipality is one of the oldest settlement areas in Thuringia. The first settlements can be traced back to the 4th or 5th century. The districts of Bittstädt, Haarhausen and Holzhausen were first mentioned in a document in 786. From the 17th to the beginning of the 20th century, the villages of today's municipality (except for Röhrensee, which temporarily belonged to Prussia) were part of the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha or Saxe-Coburg and Gotha . Then they came to the district of Arnstadt or (1952) to the district of Arnstadt , which in 1994 became part of the Ilm district.
Soon after German reunification, the need to make the administrative structures more effective led to the formation of the Wachsenburg administrative community , which resulted in the founding of the Wachsenburg community in 1994 .
On December 31, 2012, the Wachsenburg community was incorporated into Ichtershausen and the enlarged community was renamed the Wachsenburg district .
For further history, see the articles on the individual districts or on the Veste Wachsenburg .
religion
The places of the former Wachsenburg community have been shaped by Protestantism since the 16th century . There is an evangelical church in each of the five districts.
Economy and Infrastructure
economy
The villages of the former municipality have been characterized by agriculture since their foundation. After 1990, several small businesses have settled. The largest company is Wachsenburg-Massiv-Haus AG. There are also some from the gastronomy and tourism sectors, of which the hotel and restaurant on the Wachsenburg is the most important.
traffic
The districts of Haarhausen and Sülzenbrücken have stops on the Neudietendorf – Ritschenhausen railway line , which were last served almost every hour by regional trains of the Erfurt Railway and South Thuringia Railway . There were free connections to Erfurt , Arnstadt , Saalfeld , Ilmenau and Meinigen .
The federal highway 4 touches the northern municipality area. The closest runs are Arnstadt West and Wandersleben .
Others
Before it was incorporated into Ichtershausen, the Wachsenburg community was the only community in Germany that had the name community in its name.
Web links
- Official website of the Wachsenburg community
- private homepage with maps and comprehensive information about the community