Furthermoreroda

Furthermoreroda community Hildburghausen Coordinates: 50 ° 25 ′ 56 ″  N , 10 ° 46 ′ 26 ″  E
Height :	430 m above sea level NN
Residents :	313  (2012)
Incorporation :	March 8, 1994
Postal code :	98646
Area code :	03685
Location of Weitersroda in Thuringia
Weitersroda Castle

Evangelical Lutheran Church

Weitersroda is a district of Hildburghausen in the Hildburghausen district in Thuringia .

location

Weitersroda is located at the foot of the Hildburghausen Forest in a large crescent-shaped open space that is used for tourism and agriculture. The district roads 117 and 115 open up the place.

history

The village was first mentioned in 1340 and the documents were archived. 313 people live in the district (as of 2012). Sights are the castle , the church from 1792 and the Jewish cemetery . The Weitersrodaer Schloss was a forerunner fortification of the Lords of Heßberg from 1376 to 1570. Later the property belonged to the Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen . In 2008, Florian Kirner from Munich took over the castle under the artist name “Prince Chaos II”. Since then, it has served as a cultural venue , for example for the "Bird of Paradise Festival", a small festival for alternative songwriters, which has been held annually since 2011.

Personalities

• Jürgen Straub (born November 3, 1953 in Weitersroda), German athlete and Olympic medalist

Web links

Commons : Weitersroda  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Website of the district council

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. Rockstuhl Verlag, Bad Langensalza, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 308
2. ↑ Weitersroda on the website of the city of Hildburghausen. Accessed on April 8, 2012
3. ^ Thomas Bienert: Medieval castles in Thuringia Wartberg Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-86134-631-1 , p. 111
4. ↑ Prince Chaos. Südthüringer Regionalfernsehen, August 3, 2013, accessed on August 16, 2020 .