Wilhelmsdorf (Saale)

Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Saale-Orla district
Management Community :	Ranis-Ziegenrück
Height :	427 m above sea level NHN
Area :	9.33 km 2
Residents:	218 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	23 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	07389
Area code :	03647
License plate :	SOK, LBS, PN, SCZ
Community key :	16 0 75 125
Association administration address:	Pößnecker Str. 2 ; 07389 Ranis
Website :	www.vg-ranis-ziegenrueck.de
Mayoress :	Anke Czieslik
Location of the community Wilhelmsdorf in the Saale-Orla district

Wilhelmsdorf is a municipality in the Ranis-Ziegenrück administrative community in the Saale-Orla district in Thuringia .

geography

location

Wilhelmsdorf is located north of the Hohenwarte reservoir of the Saale on a higher terrain level of the southeast Thuringian slate mountains after the Saale heights. To the north are the towns of Pößneck and Ranis .

Community structure

The community Wilhelmsdorf consists of the districts Wilhelmsdorf and Kalte Schenke .

history

The first mention of the municipality of Wilhelmsdorf is proven in a document from 1381. In the 17th century, a post mill was built on the Hohe Straße . This served well well into the 20th century.

Half-timbered house in Wilhelmsdorf

Wilhelmsdorf Church

The coat of arms of the community shows Justitia with the scales, from which one can conclude that Wilhelmsdorf had its own jurisdiction. According to ancient traditions, the place was a mining village until the 17th century, as can be seen from the old tunnels and mountain holes. Wilhelmsdorf belonged to the electoral office of Arnshaugk until 1815 and after its assignment, decided at the Congress of Vienna , came to the Prussian district of Ziegenrück , to which the place belonged until 1945.

Population development

Development of the population (from 1994: as of December 31) :

1933: 220
1939: 196
1994: 285
1995: 287
1996: 291
1997: 287

1998: 282
1999: 279
2000: 277
2001: 273
2002: 265
2003: 248

2004: 244
2005: 243
2006: 243
2007: 234
2008: 223
2009: 232

2010: 232
2011: 218
2012: 225
2013: 225
2014: 224
2015: 220

2016: 213
2017: 209
2018: 212

Data source from 1994: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

politics

In the election of the municipal council on May 26, 2019 , the six members of the municipal council were newly elected, all of whom belong to the free voters. They were able to collect 79.9 percent of the valid votes. The turnout was 81.8 percent.

church

Wilhelmsdorf village church

Web links

Commons : Wilhelmsdorf (Thuringia) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

www.gemeinde-wilhelmsdorf.com

Individual evidence

^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).
↑ Werner Dietzel: Mills between the upper Saale and Thuringian basin. Water wheels and turbines in mills, hammer mills and smelters in the Saale catchment area as well as windmills on the surrounding plateaus. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2012, ISBN 978-3-86777-453-6 , p. 154.
^ ^A ^b Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Ziegenrück district. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).

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

[2] Werner Dietzel: Mills between the upper Saale and Thuringian basin. Water wheels and turbines in mills, hammer mills and smelters in the Saale catchment area as well as windmills on the surrounding plateaus. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2012, ISBN 978-3-86777-453-6 , p. 154.

[Deutsche_Verwaltungsgeschichte_Provinz_Sachsen,_Kreis_Ziegenrück-3] A ^b Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Ziegenrück district. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).