Weidensee (Mühlhausen)

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Weidensee is an estate in the area of ​​the city of Mühlhausen in the Unstrut-Hainich district in Thuringia . In addition to the estate, a few other houses belong to the village of Weidensee.

location

Weidensee is located near the Thomasquelle and the formerly excavated Thomasteich . Its overflow flows into the Felchtaer Bach , which flows into the Unstrut . The settlement and the estate are located on the county road 206 southwest of Mühlhausen in the hill country of the Thuringian Basin . In the west lies the Hainich with the Mühlhausen city forest .

history

Weidensee was first mentioned in documents in 1206, at that time it belonged to the Lords of Weidensee . The city of Mühlhausen acquired the village site in 1302, which was desolate from the middle of the 15th century . Since then, the place has belonged to the area of ​​the Free and Imperial City of Mühlhausen . In 1802/03 the area became part of Prussia . Between 1807 and 1813, the place belonged to the canton of Dorla in the Kingdom of Westphalia , before it became part of the district of Mühlhausen i. Th. In the Prussian province of Saxony , to which he belonged until 1945.

Today's estate was built around 1700 and was privately owned until 1938 and then acquired by the city. In 1957 a pig fattening system was built on the site for the LPG "Aktivist" Popperode and later the LPG Niederdorla . In 1993 the property was sold to an investor who was planning a horse farm with a country hotel.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. 5th, improved and considerably enlarged edition. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 305.

Web links

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Coordinates: 51 ° 11 ′  N , 10 ° 25 ′  E