Wippra

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Wippra
City of Sangerhausen
Wippra coat of arms
Coordinates: 51 ° 34 ′ 28 ″  N , 11 ° 16 ′ 28 ″  E
Height : 256 m above sea level NHN
Area : 46.09 km²
Residents : 1406  (Jan. 1, 2013)
Population density : 31 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 2008
Postal code : 06526
Area code : 034775
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Location of Wippra in Sangerhausen

Wippra is a village in the town of Sangerhausen in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz in Saxony-Anhalt , Germany. It is a state-approved resort .

geography

Wippra dam

Wippra is located on the southeastern edge of the Harz, about 13 km north of Sangerhausen, at an altitude of about 320 m. The place is in the valley of the Wipper flowing through Wippra and is surrounded by dense forests. However, the forest was not always as dense as it is today, as the Mansfeld copper slate mining required large quantities of wood both for the construction of tunnels and for the smelting process.

About seven kilometers outside of the village, deep in the Wippertal, is the Wippra dam . It was built from 1951 to 1952 and holds a maximum of 2 million m³ of water. The dam is around 20 m high and 126 m wide.

In the northeast, the place Friesdorf borders on Wippra.

Local division

The village of Wippra is made up of the districts Hayda , Popperode and Wippra as well as the forest houses Bodenschwende and Schiefergraben and the residential area Talsperre.

history

Memorial for the victims of the Second World War in Wippra

In a register created between 881 and 899, the tithe of the Hersfeld monastery , Wippra is mentioned for the first time in a document as the place of Vuipparacha im Friesenfeld , which is subject to a tenancy requirement . The place emerged as a market town in what would later become the Rammelburg office , which the oldest street in Wippras, Fleckstraße, still reports today . The remains of Wippra Castle from the 11th century can still be found on the Schlossberg .

In the course of the onset of industrialization and the emergence of the Hettstedt rolling mill, the Wippertal Railway was built in 1920, which runs from Klostermansfeld via Mansfeld to Wippra and still runs today.

In the GDR, Wippra was an (air) health resort.

Wippra was an independent municipality until it was incorporated into Sangerhausen on January 1, 2008. Before the incorporation, the municipality of Wippra belonged to the administrative community Wipper-Eine .

politics

mayor

The last honorary mayor of the municipality of Wippra was Monika Rauhut.

coat of arms

Historic coat of arms of Otto Hupp

Blazon : “In silver, a red church with a square tower, blue roofs, blue studded roof gables and two studded blue turrets; the nave is covered with a squared semicircular shield: Fields 1 and 4: divided five times by silver and red, fields 2 and 3: in silver six red diamonds (3: 3). "

The coat of arms was designed by the heraldist Lutz Döring.

Culture and sights

Wippraer Church

The townscape is characterized by numerous beautiful half-timbered houses. A special building is the St. Mary's Church, a baroque plastered building from the 18th century, in the church tower there are two 700 year old bells with Gothic characters. The St. Mary's Church also has a carved St. Mary's altar, this (late Gothic winged altar) dates from around the year 1480. The rectory built around 1640, which was renovated in 1998, is also worth seeing. Equally remarkable is the Schieferhof, a 650-year-old half-timbered building. In Wippra you can also find the Hasselbachschanze (43-meter hill) and a small forest pool at the western end of the village .

In the center of the village is the brewery, which has been brewing for 500 years. Under Count Vollrad von Mansfeld, the brewery was built in 1480 at the current location. After a long break, it has been in operation again since March 2004.

Museums

  • The local history museum is located in a half-timbered building from the 17th century and offers a small, contemplative glimpse into bygone times.
  • Wippra museum and traditional brewery

Buildings

  • Church of St. Mary with a St. Mary's altar from the Hildesheim wood carving from 1480.

music

  • Wippra has a male choir and a brass band, and the Heimatverein offers further musical entertainment.

Economy, infrastructure and transport

Hotel German House
  • One of the 25 forest offices in the state of Saxony-Anhalt is located in Wippra .
  • Wippra also offers a wide range of services and retail.
  • There are many places to stay overnight, from hotel rooms to guest rooms.

traffic

Wippra train station
Wipperliese

The passenger trains on the railway line to Klostermansfeld (also known as Wipperliese ) , which is especially used for tourism, run regularly on weekends and public holidays.

education

  • Wippra primary school
  • Wippra day care center

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the place

literature

  • Hermann Schotte: Rammelburger Chronik. History of the old Mansfeld office of Rammelburg and the spots, villages and estates belonging to it Wippra, Abberode, Biesenrode , Braunschwende, Forst Braunschwende, Friesdorf, Haida, Hermerode, Hilkenschwende, Königerode, Popperode, Rammelburg, Ritzgerode, Steinbrücken , Halle 1906, new edition 2005 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.sangerhausen.de/ortsteile/wippra
  2. ^ Reg. Thur. No. 287
  3. ↑ StBA Area: changes from 01.01. until December 31, 2008