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coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′  N , 10 ° 19 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Eichsfeld
Management Community :	Lindenberg / Eichsfeld
Height :	280 m above sea level NHN
Area :	9.7 km 2
Residents:	379 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	39 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	37339
Area code :	036071
License plate :	EIC, HIG, WBS
Community key :	16 0 61 103
Association administration address:	Main street 17 37339 Teistungen
Website :	www.wehnde.de
Mayor :	Jens Sieber
Location of the municipality of Wehnde in the Eichsfeld district

Wehnde is a municipality in the Thuringian district of Eichsfeld . It belongs to the administrative community Lindenberg / Eichsfeld .

location

View from the Wehnder Warte over Wehnde

Wehnde is located about 7 kilometers northeast of Worbis on a plateau in Eichsfeld on the edge of the Ohm Mountains . The area is characterized by forests, meadows and fields. The north-western district boundary also forms the Lower Saxony- Thuringia state border.

Neighboring communities are Ecklingerode in the north, Brehme in the northeast, Tastungen in the south and Teistungen in the west.

There are several small springs on the outskirts, such as the Reese and the Lindenbach . The highest elevation is the Trogberg (502.9 m) in the southeastern municipality, other mountains are the Nonnecke ( 338.5  m ), Auf der Höchte ( 326.5  m ) and the Thomasberg (approx. 310  m ) in the Duderstädter Forest.

history

The Wehnder waiting

Wehnde estate around 1860, Alexander Duncker collection

Wehnde was first mentioned in a document in 1238. Wehnde belonged to Kurmainz from 1573 until the secularization of 1802 and was one of the five judicial villages of the von Wintzingerode on the Bodenstein . 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 .

In 1945 the place came to the Soviet occupation zone and was part of the GDR from 1949 . In the same year, following an agreement between the Soviet and English occupying powers, the border between the former Prussian provinces of Saxony (now Thuringia) and Hanover (formerly the Kingdom of Hanover and now Lower Saxony) was corrected and the Duderstädter Wald was added to the Wehnde district. From 1945 Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Wintzingerode-Knorr was expropriated, the family fled to West Germany and in 1948 the manor house was blown up on the basis of order 209 of the SMAD . From 1961 until the turnaround and reunification in 1989/1990, Wehnde was affected by the closure of the nearby inner-German border. Since 1990 the place belongs to the re-established state of Thuringia.

Wehnder Wait

The Wehnder Warte is on the road from Tastungen to Wehnde . In 1413, Martin von Worbis and his brother Hannes, co-owners of Bodenstein Castle , and the city of Duderstadt signed a contract to build a watch tower, but the building was not completed until 1430. The tower was manned by a guard for decades in order to recognize the dangers for the castle and Duderstadt. The tower is still well preserved and restored today. The former tower entrance can be reached via an external staircase and the internal staircase leads to a viewing platform. From here you have a wide view over the southern Untereichsfeld to the Göttinger Gleichen and the Upper Harz with the Brocken .

Wehnde manor

The castle-like Gut Wehnde was built around 1640, renovated in the 19th century and was the ancestral seat of the barons of Wintzingerode-Knorr . Large agricultural lands, forests and the Oberwildungen Vorwerk belonged to the estate . In 1945 the manor fell under the land reform and was expropriated, the land was divided between new farmers and small farms. The mansion was finally demolished in 1946.

coat of arms

Blazon : “In blue on a silver mountain, a silver brick tower; the mountain is covered with lintel rafters with two green oak leaves. "

The heraldic stylized tower symbolizes the Wehnder Warte located in the immediate vicinity. The two oak leaves in the silver hill indicate that it belongs to the Eichsfeld and also to the old oak at the former estate.

Population development

Development of the population (December 31) :

1994: 379 1995: 386 1996: 402 1997: 395 1998: 391 1999: 389

2000: 404 2001: 406 2002: 402 2003: 407 2004: 414 2005: 394

2006: 393 2007: 395 2008: 389 2009: 381 2010: 376 2011: 372

2012: 365 2013: 374 2014: 384 2015: 394 2016: 390 2017: 382

2018: 387 2019: 379

Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council of Wehnde is composed of six council members.

• FWG walls : 4 seats
• independent 2 seats

(Status: local elections on May 29, 2019)

mayor

The honorary mayor Jens Sieber (Free Wehnde Voting Association) was re-elected on June 5, 2016.

Partner communities

• Vyšná Slaná (Slovakia), since September 14, 2001

Attractions

• Wehnder Warte from 1430 with a view over the under-field to the Harz. In addition to the Sulbergwarte, it was one of a total of 16 waiting towers around Duderstadt .
• Evangelical Church of St. Ursula from the years 1664 to 1694
• West-east gate on the Kutschenberg on the state border with Lower Saxony
• Hiking routes to the Glockengraben reservoir, the Lindenberg and the Ohm Mountains

traffic

Wehnde is located two kilometers northeast of the federal highway 247 and is connected to traffic via the state road 2017, which also takes you to the next Leinefelde train station on the Halle – Hann. Münden , 11 km south of Wehnde, reached.

literature

• Helmut Godehardt: A few remarks on the patronage law and pastoral care in the former Bodenstein court villages, Tastungen and Wehnde. In: EJb 13 (2005), pp. 23-35
• Johann Freitag: In step with the times - our home in Eichsfeld. The Wehnder waiting. In: Eichsfelder Heimatzeitschrift. Volume 61, issue 5, page 141

Individual evidence

1. ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics  ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Thomas T. Müller in Gabriela Sigmori: The Wonder Book of Our Dear Lady in the Thuringian Misery (1419-1517). Vol. 12, Verlag Böhlau 2006, page 20
3. ↑ Volker Große, Gunter Römer: Lost cultural sites in Eichsfeld 1945 to 1989. A documentation . Eichsfeld Verlag, Heilbad Heiligenstadt, 2006, page 209
4. ↑ Local elections in Thuringia on May 29, 2019. Elections of the community and city council members. (PDF) The State Returning Officer, accessed on June 25, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Local elections in Thuringia on June 5, 2016. Elections of the mayors. Preliminary results. (PDF) The State Returning Officer, accessed on May 23, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Wehnder Warte on warttuerme.de

Web links

Commons : Wehnde  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Baffles
• Material on Schloss Wehnde in the Duncker Collection of the Central and State Library Berlin (PDF; 203 kB)