Wangenheim
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Wangenheim
Rural community of Nessetal
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| Height : | 260 m |
| Area : | 10 km² |
| Residents : | 658 (Dec. 31, 2017) |
| Population density : | 66 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 2019 |
| Postal code : | 99869 |
| Area code : | 036255 |
Wangenheim is a district of the rural community Nessetal in the Thuringian district of Gotha .
geography
Wangenheim is located in the northwestern part of the Gotha district in the Nesse valley on the southern edge of the Große Harth ridge , a southeastern branch of the Hainich . The hills surrounding Wangenheim reach heights of up to 360 m above sea level. NN. Wangenheim is about 15 kilometers from Gotha and Bad Langensalza . The Krautmaßengraben , a small stream that drains the fields north of the village, runs through the center of the village. To the west of the village is the Tüngeda / Wangenheim dam , which was built in 1977/78 for irrigation purposes, and which today is primarily used for recreation with a campsite to the northeast.
The closest places are Eberstädt an der Nesse in the south, Brüheim in the south-west, Tüngeda in the north-west, Wiegleben in the north, Hochheim in the east and Goldbach in the south-east. The state road L 1030 runs through the village from Gotha to Reichenbach , where it meets the B 84 . To the north of the village there is a large wind turbine on the 358 m high Teufelsberg .
history
Based on archaeological finds in the Wangenheimer Flur, it is assumed that people settled here as early as the Cord Ceramic and Bronze Ages . The village itself was first mentioned in 860 as the property of the Fulda monastery .
In 1133, the noble von Wangenheim family appeared in documents that shaped the development of the place in the late Middle Ages. Decisive for the fortified headquarters of the Wangenheim family in the village was probably the intersection of the north-south and east-west routes as well as the favorable natural and nutritional location. For the time being they were free, from 1395 they became ministerials of the Thuringian landgraves . This family was also the owner of Castle Winterstein from 1513 to 1560 and from 1370 owner of Castle Sonneborn . Wangenheim Castle was abandoned in the 16th century. In 1747 a kemenate-like building was demolished. Remnants of the complex are said to have been visible in the 18th century. After the two manors in the town went bankrupt, the Lords of Uechtritz (Fuga line) bought them in 1738. Wangenheim was still part of the Wangenheim court .
From the 17th century to 1920, the place belonged to the Duchy of Saxony-Gotha or its successor duchies . After that, the place part of the district Gotha and was from 1952 to 1990 for the county Gotha in the GDR - district of Erfurt .
On January 1, 2019, the previously independent municipalities of Wangenheim, Ballstädt , Bufleben , Friedrichswerth , Goldbach , Haina , Hochheim , Remstädt , Brüheim , Warza and Westhausen were merged to form the rural municipality of Nessetal . Wangenheim was a member of the Mittleres Nessetal administrative association .
Town twinning
The sponsor community of the place is Dörzbach in Hohenlohekreis in Baden-Württemberg .
Parish
The evangelical parish of Wangenheim, at the same time the parish seat for the ev.-luth. The parishes of Wangenheim, Tüngeda, Reichenbach, Westhausen and Warza joined forces with ten other Protestant parishes to form the Evangelical Emmaus Parish of Goldbach-Wangenheim on January 1, 2013. The pastor's office was retained even if the pastor in charge now lives in Goldbach. About 300 registered Protestant Christians live in Wangenheim.
Attractions
Village church of St. Trinity
More Attractions
- A few hundred meters west of the village is the Tüngeda / Wangenheim dam , a local recreation area.
- See also: List of cultural monuments in Nessetal
Economy and Infrastructure
The community is dominated by agriculture. With the development of the rural tourist center of the Wangenheim reservoir, tourism has also acquired a certain importance. In 1999 the largest wind farm in Thuringia was built on the municipal territory .
Wangenheim is on the local road from Goldbach to Reichenbach , a district of the Hörselberg-Hainich community in the Wartburg district . The next motorway junctions are on the A4 about 20 kilometers south.
The place had from 1890 to 1995 a train station on the Nessetalbahn , which was about two kilometers south of the center.
Water and sewage
The water supply and wastewater disposal is ensured by the water and wastewater association Mittleres Nessetal.
sons and daughters of the town
- Lothar Engelhardt (1939–2010), major general and last head of the NVA
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces. Jenzig-Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , pp. 266 and 277.
- ↑ Thuringian Law and Ordinance Gazette No. 14/2018 , accessed on May 20, 2019
