Wiesenthal (Thuringia)

Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Wartburg district
Fulfilling municipality :	Dermbach
Height :	380 m above sea level NHN
Area :	13.63 km 2
Residents:	743 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	55 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	36466
Area code :	036964
License plate :	WAK, SLZ
Community key :	16 0 63 086
Association administration address:	Behind the castle 1 ; 36466 Dermbach
Website :	wiesenthal.info
Mayor :	Sven Hollenbach
Location of the community of Wiesenthal in the Wartburg district

Wiesenthal is a municipality in the Wartburg district in Thuringia and is located in the northeastern foothills of the Rhön in a wide flood plain. The fulfilling municipality for Wiesenthal is the municipality of Dermbach .

history

The village was first mentioned in 795 in a deed of donation from the Fulda monastery . For centuries the place belonged to the Fischberg office , which was at times owned by the Lords of Neidhartshausen , the Lords of Frankenstein , the Counts of Henneberg- Schleusingen, the Fulda Monastery and various Ernestine duchies .

In 1616 the village burned down. The residents suffered severely in the Thirty Years' War . Through the "Fischberger Rezess" of 1764 the place came from the diocese of Fulda to Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach ( Amt Kaltennordheim ). After the remaining office of Fischberg / Dermbach came to Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach through the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the place was rejoined.

Culture and sights

Buildings

Church of St. Jacobus from 1722, but the tower is older. The furnishings are simple, the pulpit has evangelist figures, the baptismal font is from 1599. The churchyard was once fortified. The churchyard wall still has loopholes .

"Schranshaus" is a house built in 1903 with a former village shop, which was chosen as the domicile by members of the Wiesenthaler Heimat- und Geschichtsverein. It is intended to set up a cultural village center and local museum in the house.

Only the remainder of a round tower has been preserved from the former fortification of the fortified cemetery .

Wiesenthal and the Nebelberg

Juniper slope in Wiesenthal Switzerland

Natural monuments

The Wiesenthaler Schweiz nature reserve was first designated on September 12, 1990 and has a total area of 34 hectares. A special feature is a large juniper slope.
The "Iben" or Eibengarten am Neuberg has been known as a botanical specialty far beyond Germany's borders for hundreds of years. The Eibenhain is always a magnet for nature lovers and hikers. The specialists and foresters also enjoy this closed yew deposit, which is one of the largest in both Germany and Thuringia. The Eibengarten extends about 1.25 km in length of the mountain slope from north to south and about 0.25 km in width from east to west. On an area of 4.5 ha this is with a population of 425 trees, which are 22–62 cm in diameter and 4–12 m high and are one of the largest closed yew trees. Of the Central German-Thuringian yew occurrences, the oldest yew trees are said to be here. It is estimated to be around 450 years old. Since Wiesenthal is located in the Rhön Biosphere Reserve together with its neighboring villages, the Ibengarten has also been incorporated into this as an existing nature reserve, the total area is 57.79 hectares, the first designation took place on January 24, 1932.

politics

Municipal council

The council of Wiesenthal consists of eight council members.

Community of voters FFw Wiesenthal / Pro Wiesenthal (5 seats)
Association for local and local history (3 seats)

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

mayor

The honorary mayor Sven Hollenbach was re-elected on June 6, 2010.

Personalities

Hjalmar Carlsson (1896-1943), a Protestant pastor of the Confessing Church (BK) and local history researcher, was local pastor from 1927 to 1937. A street in the village was named after him.

literature

Hjalmar Carlsson: Wiesenthal in the Rhön. A home book . Ed .: E. Winter. Verlag der Herrnhuter Gesellschaft, 1940, p. 240 .
Bruno Kühn: The history of the Dermbach district . In: Journal of the association for Thuringian history and antiquity . tape 1 . Friedrich Frommann, Jena 1854, p. 249-296 .
Adalbert Schröter: Country by the road. The history of the Catholic parishes in the Thuringian Rhön . St. Benno, Leipzig 1989, ISBN 3-7462-0430-5 , pp. 77-80 .
A. Schubert: The Ibengarten. A yew grove in Neuberg near Glattbach . Rainer Hartmann, Sondheim vd Rhön (Reprint Dermbach adRhön) 1993, ISBN 3-926523-33-6 , p. 20 .

Web links

Commons : Wiesenthal - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Official journal of the administrative community Dermbach with news of the community Wiesenthal - Portal of the University of Jena with online archived issues (from 2009).
Official website of Wiesenthal

Individual evidence

^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).
^ Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and prehistoric living spaces , Jenzig-Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , p. 274/275
↑ Step by step closer to the museum. Südthüringer Zeitung, local page Bad Salzungen, April 21, 2012, accessed on April 21, 2012 : “For many years the building was threatened with decay. In the meantime, the half-timbered house from 1903 has become a gem. At least externally. There is still a lot to do inside. But the members of the Association for Local and Local History can be very proud of what has been achieved so far. ... Today there are 32 members who have one big goal: to turn the Schranshaus into a village museum after the extensive renovation, an active museum with changing exhibitions and small events.
↑ ^a ^b Klaus Schmidt: The Wartburg district. Nature and landscape . In: Wartburgkreis (Ed.): Nature conservation in the Wartburgkreis . tape 7 . Printing and publishing house Frisch, Eisenach and Bad Salzungen 1999, p. 87-88 .
↑ 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 .

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

[2] Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and prehistoric living spaces , Jenzig-Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , p. 274/275

[Presse20120421-3] Step by step closer to the museum. Südthüringer Zeitung, local page Bad Salzungen, April 21, 2012, accessed on April 21, 2012 : “For many years the building was threatened with decay. In the meantime, the half-timbered house from 1903 has become a gem. At least externally. There is still a lot to do inside. But the members of the Association for Local and Local History can be very proud of what has been achieved so far. ... Today there are 32 members who have one big goal: to turn the Schranshaus into a village museum after the extensive renovation, an active museum with changing exhibitions and small events.

[Natur1-4] Klaus Schmidt: The Wartburg district. Nature and landscape . In: Wartburgkreis (Ed.): Nature conservation in the Wartburgkreis . tape 7 . Printing and publishing house Frisch, Eisenach and Bad Salzungen 1999, p. 87-88 .

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

[6] 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 .