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Madness
City of Wasungen
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Coordinates: 50 ° 37 ′ 59 ″  N , 10 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  E
Height : 350 m
Area : 8.01 km²
Residents : 407  (December 31, 2017)
Population density : 51 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 2019
Postal code : 98634
Area code : 036941
Protestant church

Wahns is a district of the town of Wasungen in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district in Thuringia .

geography

Wahns is located in the valley of the Katza in the Vorder Rhön , around 12 kilometers from the district town of Meiningen .

history

The place was first mentioned in the 9th century as Wanesdorf . In the early Middle Ages the place belonged to Cent Friedelshausen , which became a fief of the Würzburg monastery until 1297 and 1330, 1335 . Through repeated pledging it came into the possession of the Counts of Henneberg . Around 1350 the place belonged to the office of sand . Around 1470 the place is said to have been desolate. The church was also looted and was not renewed until 1584. The Thirty Years War had devastating effects . In the three parishes belonging to the parish of Katz, 250 people died of the plague between 1634 and 1635.

Wahns was affected by the persecution of witches from 1622 to 1677 : two people got into witch trials , the outcome of the trial against Valentin Dahn is unknown. Catharina Scharfenberg received a church sentence in 1677.

In 1668 the village again had 58 inhabitants. For centuries agriculture was the main source of income for the residents. With the industrial development in the nearby towns of Meiningen and Wasungen, most of the residents found employment there. 1708–1710, today's listed church was built.

From 1829 to 1869 the place belonged to the administrative office Wasungen and then to the district of Meiningen in the Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen . From 1920 the place belonged to the Free State of Thuringia.

On January 1, 2019, the municipality of Wahns was incorporated into the city of Wasungen. She belonged to the administrative community Wasungen-Amt Sand .

societies

  • Fire Brigade Association Wahns eV
  • Men's choir "Edelweiß" Wahns eV
  • Sports club "SV65" Wahns eV

politics

The municipal council of Wahns last consisted of 6 councilors and councilors.

  • Friends of the sport 4 seats
  • Friends of the fire brigade 2 seats

(As of: local elections on May 25, 2014)

The honorary mayor Susanne Rückert was elected on June 27, 2004.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kai Lehmann : Innocent. Witch hunt south of the Thuringian Forest. Over 500 researched cases from the 16th and 17th centuries. Wehry-Verlag, Untermaßfeld 2012, ISBN 978-3-9813902-8-5 , p. 393 f .; Kai Lehmann: Exhibition "Luther and the Witches". Wahns area, Library Museum Schloss Wilhelmsburg Schmalkalden, 2012; Ronald Füssel: The persecution of witches in the Thuringian area (= publications of the working group for historical witchcraft and crime research in Northern Germany. Vol. 2). DOBU-Verlag, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-934632-03-3 , p. 247, (also: Marburg, Universität, Dissertation, 2000).
  2. ↑ 2014 municipal council elections in Thuringia

Web links

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