Weilar

Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Wartburg district
Fulfilling municipality :	Dermbach
Height :	289 m above sea level NHN
Area :	14.32 km 2
Residents:	846 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	59 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	36457
Area code :	036965
License plate :	WAK, SLZ
Community key :	16 0 63 084
Association administration address:	Behind the castle 1 ; 36466 Dermbach
Mayor :	Harald Fey
Location of the community Weilar in the Wartburg district

Village church

Weilar Castle

Weilar is a municipality in the Wartburg district in southwest Thuringia with almost 900 inhabitants. The Bayershof district had 3 residents on June 30, 2009. The fulfilling municipality for Weilar is the municipality of Dermbach .

location

Weilar is located about two kilometers south of Stadtlengsfeld on the northeastern edge of the Thuringian Rhön and is traversed by the Felda . The state road 1022 runs on the outskirts through the municipality.

Stadtlengsfeld borders the district to the north, the town of Bad Salzungen to the east, Dermbach to the south and the municipality of Oechsen to the southwest .

history

The place is mentioned for the first time in 1153. In old documents and documents from that time it is also called Wyler or Wylere . Weilar Castle stood on the site of Weilar Castle . In 1153 a ministerial family Weilar was first mentioned. The ownership structure changed constantly, so that Weilar once belonged to the Hersfeld monastery and later to the Fulda monastery . In 1498, the family name of the Boineburgs was first mentioned in connection with the place. Ludwig I. von Boyneburg received fiefs from Count Wilhelm von Henneberg to Weilar. In the following period it belonged to the Boineburg rule of Lengsfeld .

Weilar was persecuted by witches from 1663 to 1713. Nine people got into witch trials , three women and one man were burned.

In the 18th century the castle was transformed into a palace. Remains of the castle are in the masonry and in the farm buildings.

Attractions

Weilar Castle
St. Andrew's Church

politics

Municipal council

The community council of Weilar is composed of 8 community council members.

Sports club (SV): 8 seats

(As of: local election on May 26, 2019 )

mayor

The honorary mayor Harald Fey was re-elected on June 6, 2010.

coat of arms

The coat of arms was designed by the heraldist Uwe Reipert . The coat of arms of the community of Weilar is split twice: in the front a square of silver and black, in the middle in green a stylized, right-turning, silver lily of the valley with 4 flowers, in the back a black St. Andrew's cross in silver. The silver / black square is taken from the family coat of arms of the Boineburgs, whose family history was linked to the village and its surroundings for almost half a millennium. The lily of the valley symbolizes the location of the village in the Thuringian Vorderrhön with its species-rich flora. The St. Andrew's cross found its way into the coat of arms as a symbol for the evangelical church built in the village, which bears the name of the apostle Andrew .

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

The place is characterized by agriculture and tourism. A former hydropower plant is managed as a pension.

traffic

Weilar is located on state road 1022 , which leads from Dorndorf to federal road 285 and to Dermbach . Weilar had a stop on the Feldabahn (Dorndorf– Kaltennordheim ). The line was closed in the 1990s and the tracks between Weilar and Kaltennordheim were dismantled in 2008.

Personalities

Harry Balkow-Gölitzer (1949–2018), journalist, book author, radio presenter and songwriter

Individual evidence

^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).
↑ Information .. In: District Office Wartburgkreis (Hrsg.): Official Gazette of the Wartburgkreis from 10 August 2010 . Bad Salzungen 2010, p. 14 .
↑ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian Cities and Villages Publishing House Rockstuhl Bad-Langensalza 2010 5th verb. Edition ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 p. 306
↑ Ronald Füssel: The witch persecutions in the Thuringian region , publications of the working group for historical witchcraft and crime research in Northern Germany, Volume 2, Hamburg 2003, p. 250
↑ Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and prehistoric living spaces Jenzig-Verlag 2001 ISBN 3-910141-43-9 p. 269
↑ City council election 2019 in Thuringia - preliminary result. The regional returning officer, accessed on June 4, 2019 .
↑ Local elections in Thuringia on June 6, 2010. Elections for community and city council members. Preliminary results. The regional returning officer, accessed on June 6, 2010 .

Web links

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

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

[Amtsblatt-2] Information .. In: District Office Wartburgkreis (Hrsg.): Official Gazette of the Wartburgkreis from 10 August 2010 . Bad Salzungen 2010, p. 14 .

[3] Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian Cities and Villages Publishing House Rockstuhl Bad-Langensalza 2010 5th verb. Edition ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 p. 306

[4] Ronald Füssel: The witch persecutions in the Thuringian region , publications of the working group for historical witchcraft and crime research in Northern Germany, Volume 2, Hamburg 2003, p. 250

[5] Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and prehistoric living spaces Jenzig-Verlag 2001 ISBN 3-910141-43-9 p. 269

[6] City council election 2019 in Thuringia - preliminary result. The regional returning officer, accessed on June 4, 2019 .

[7] Local elections in Thuringia on June 6, 2010. Elections for community and city council members. Preliminary results. The regional returning officer, accessed on June 6, 2010 .