Waxed

Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Eichsfeld
Management Community :	Westerwald-Obereichsfeld
Height :	475 m above sea level NHN
Area :	17.47 km 2
Residents:	466 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	27 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	37359
Area code :	036075
License plate :	EIC, HIG, WBS
Community key :	16 0 61 101
Association administration address:	Neue Str. 16 ; 37359 Küllstedt
Website :	www.westerwald-obereichsfeld.eu
Mayor :	Leander Lins ( FDP )
Location of the community waxedt in the district of Eichsfeld

Waxedt is a municipality in the Thuringian district of Eichsfeld . It belongs to the administrative community of Westerwald-Obereichsfeld .

Geographical location

Waxed from the south (2012)

Wachsedt is located on the plateau of the Upper Eichsfeld northeast of the wooded ridge of the Westerwald on the eastern edge of the Eichsfeld-Hainich-Werratal Nature Park . The Thuringian Basin begins further south-east . The nearest town Dingelstädt is about 5 kilometers to the northeast and the district town of Heilbad Heiligenstadt is 11 kilometers to the northwest. The Steingraben, a northern tributary of the Lutter, has its source in the village .

The Neuhaus single farm (first mentioned in 1291) and the Westerwald forester's lodge on the 504 m high official fathom also belong to the municipality of Wachsedt . The district is located at an altitude of approx. 300 m in the valley below Gleichenstein Castle and 520 m north-west of waxedt.

history

Historical postcard from Wachsedt

Wachsedt was first mentioned in a deed of donation from Ditmar von Kirchberg in 1134 and belonged to Kurmainz until the secularization in 1802 . In 1525, during the Peasant War, Wachsedt was devastated by the nobility. During the Thirty Years' War the place was burned down in 1632 by the troops of Bernhard von Weimar . 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 . A cigar factory was built on site around 1900.

On April 7, 1945, after a brief battle in retreat by the Wehrmacht, the US Army occupied waxedt. Before that, artillery and fighter-bombers had destroyed several houses and numerous farm buildings. At the beginning of July 1945 the place came to the Soviet occupation zone / SBZ and was part of the GDR from 1949 . From 1961 until the turnaround and reunification in 1989/1990, Wachsedt was affected by the closure of the nearby inner-German border. On a hill near the village there was a Soviet radar station for air surveillance (radio station 411). Since 1990 the place belongs to the re-established state of Thuringia.

Population development

Church in waxedt

Development of the population (December 31) :

1994: 616
1995: 617
1996: 622
1997: 609
1998: 603
1999: 612
2000: 603

2001: 602
2002: 602
2003: 585
2004: 583
2005: 579
2006: 571
2007: 570

2008: 561
2009: 549
2010: 525
2011: 502
2012: 501
2013: 505
2014: 490

2015: 487
2016: 475
2017: 477
2018: 466
2019: 466

Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council of waxedt consists of eight council members.

CDU : 5 seats
FDP : 3 seats

(Status: local elections on June 7, 2014)

mayor

The honorary mayor Leander Lins was first elected in 1999, then he was re-elected in 2004, 2010 and 2016.

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on March 24, 1995 by the Thuringian State Administration Office.

Blazon : "In gold over a silver wall shield foot, a growing guard with a green doublet and hat, peering with his right hand on the brim of his hat, in his left hand, supporting himself on the wall, holding a golden horn slung around his neck."

It is talking and was designed by Hans Otto Arnold from Göttingen.

Attractions

Comet Neowise over the parish church of St. Michael

Grafenburg Gleichenstein , on the 459 m high Schlossberg between Martinfeld and waxedt. It was first mentioned in 1250 . Since 1993 there has been a falconry at the castle .
Halfway below the Gleichenstein Castle and the village waxedt, the area is called Klüschen Hagis . A pilgrimage chapel and a hermitage were built there in the 16th century . The resident was called Klausner Hans . The donkey spring that rises in this area is known for its spring pot. The chapel and the surrounding area were certainly places of pilgrimage for devotion to Mary in the past.
Parish Church of St. Michael , built 1840-1845

Others

As evidence of an often coarse folk humor, neck names and nicknames that characterize each village developed centuries ago . Accordingly, the waxedter Kleeben lived here in the place - waxedter onions or wooden blocks .

Sons and daughters of the church

Alfons Maria Lins (1888-1967) was a German Roman Catholic theologian and priest, charismatic leader of the Bündische Jugend, promoter of the liturgical movement in the Roman Catholic Church in the German-speaking area and pastor in Bad Orb.
Karl Dietrich (1927 - 2014), composer and university professor in Weimar

literature

Eduard Fritze: 850 years waxedt 1134–1984 - Festschrift . Ed .: Council of the community of waxedt. 1984, p. 50 .
Alfons Richwien, Eduard Fritze: Chronicle of waxedt Eichsfeld . Ed .: Municipality of waxedt. Verlag Rockstuhl, 2012, ISBN 978-3-86777-432-1 , p. 287 .

Individual evidence

^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).
^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. Rockstuhl Verlag, Bad Langensalza, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 194
↑ http://www.wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/wahl.asp?wahlart=GW&wjahr=2014&habenErg=GEM&wknr=061&gemnr=61101
↑ http://www.wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/wahl.asp?wahlart=BM&wJahr=0000&zeigeErg=GEM&auswertung=1&wknr=061&gemnr=61101&terrKrs=&gemteil=000&buchstabe=&Langname=&wahlvorschlag=&sort=&druck=&XLS=&anzahlH = -5 & Non_existing = & x_vollbildDatteil = & optik = & Aktuell = & ShowLand = & ShowWK = & ShowPart = & w_date = 05.06.2016
↑ Michael Köhler: Pagan Sanctuaries , Jenzig-Verlag 2007, p. 143f. ISBN 978-3-910141-85-8
↑ Rolf Aulepp: Nicknames of the places and their inhabitants in the Mühlhausen district , in: Eichsfelder Heimathefte , Heft 1, Heiligenstadt 1987, pp. 78–83.

Web links

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

Eichsfeld school project

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-TH-1] Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).

[2] Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. Rockstuhl Verlag, Bad Langensalza, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 194

[3] ttp://www.wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/wahl.asp?wahlart=GW&wjahr=2014&habenErg=GEM&wknr=061&gemnr=61101

[4] ttp://www.wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/wahl.asp?wahlart=BM&wJahr=0000&zeigeErg=GEM&auswertung=1&wknr=061&gemnr=61101&terrKrs=&gemteil=000&buchstabe=&Langname=&wahlvorschlag=&sort=&druck=&XLS=&anzahlH = -5 & Non_existing = & x_vollbildDatteil = & optik = & Aktuell = & ShowLand = & ShowWK = & ShowPart = & w_date = 05.06.2016

[5] Michael Köhler: Pagan Sanctuaries , Jenzig-Verlag 2007, p. 143f. ISBN 978-3-910141-85-8

[6] Rolf Aulepp: Nicknames of the places and their inhabitants in the Mühlhausen district , in: Eichsfelder Heimathefte , Heft 1, Heiligenstadt 1987, pp. 78–83.