Wittmannsgereuth

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Wittmannsgereuth
Coordinates: 50 ° 37 ′ 44 ″  N , 11 ° 18 ′ 8 ″  E
Height : 587 m
Residents : 96
Incorporation : January 1, 1997
Incorporated into: Saalfelder Höhe
Postal code : 07318
Area code : 03671
View of the place
View of the place

Wittmannsgereuth is a district of the city of Saalfeld / Saale in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district in Thuringia .

location

The small town of Wittmannsgereuth is located southwest of Saalfeld / Saale . It is about 600  m. ü. NN and has 96 inhabitants.

history

Wittmannsgereuth was first mentioned in a document in 1337. In addition to agriculture, iron ore mining became the main industry from the 18th century . Traces of ore mining can still be seen on the Eisenberg today. For the Maxhütte Unterwellenborn , the Wittmannsgereuth mine was the most important raw material supplier until the 20th century.

From 1991 to 1996 the place belonged to the administrative community Saalfelder Höhe . With the conversion of this into the unified community of Saalfelder Höhe on January 1, 1997, Wittmannsgereuth also became a district of this unified community. This was incorporated into Saalfeld on July 6, 2018.

Leisure and nature

Leisure activities include a football field, a restaurant and the “Mellestollen” hotel.

The Wittmannsgereuth bat gallery is a retreat for the endangered bat species, the little horseshoe bat .

The Mellestollen visitor mine with an educational mining trail is located near the Waldhotel-Restaurant "Mellestollen". Viewing appointments are to be arranged through the hotel.

literature

  • Hubertus Scholz: The "Hochrück" opencast mine and Wittmannsgereuth. In: Rudolstädter Heimathefte. Vol. 53, Issue 7/8, 2007, ISSN  0485-5884 , pp. 200-206.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Thuringian State Office for Statistics
  2. ↑ Thuringian Law and Ordinance Gazette No. 7 2018 of July 5, 2018 , accessed on July 6, 2018
  3. ↑ Brochure: "Schlösserwelt Thüringen, Spring / Summer 2017 Magazine", Thuringian Palaces and Gardens Foundation, advertising notice from the Waldhotel Mellestollen on page 69