Wolfsberg (Thuringia)
Wolfsberg was a municipality in the Ilm district in Thuringia . The place is in the southern part of the district about four kilometers east of Ilmenau . Wolfsberg was formed in 1994 from the places Gräfinau-Angstedt , Wümbach and Bücheloh . About two thirds of the population live in Gräfinau-Angstedt, Wümbach has about 650 and Bücheloh 440 inhabitants.
The community was named after the 527 meter high Wolfsberg , which lies between the three villages. Wolfsberg has several industrial parks. In addition, there are new housing estates in the villages of Wümbach and Gräfinau-Angstedt, which benefit above all from the proximity to the university town of Ilmenau. The municipality's administrative seat is in Gräfinau-Angstedt.
geography
In the municipality, 2918 people (as of December 31, 2016) lived on 28.68 km² . Wolfsberg was shaped by the varied landscape of the Paulinzellaer red sandstone hill country. The lowest point of the municipality was about 400 meters above sea level in the Ilm valley near Gräfinau-Angstedt and the highest point was the eponymous Wolfsberg at 527 meters. In the landscape, arable and pasture areas alternated with spruce and pine forests. The defining element here was the watercourses and their valley cuts. The largest river in Wolfsberg was the Ilm, which flows through the place Gräfinau-Angstedt and the eastern municipality in a south-north direction. Other rivers were the Wipfra , which feeds the Heyda dam in the extreme northwest of the municipality , the Wohlrose in the southeast, the Humbach through Bücheloh in the north and the Wümbach , which flows through the village of the same name and flows into the Ilm in Gräfinau-Angstedt.
Community structure
Wolfsberg consisted of the three districts:
- Gräfinau-Angstedt (with the small settlement Lehmannsbrück )
- Wumbach
- Bücheloh
Neighboring communities
Clockwise, starting in the north: Wipfratal , Ilmtal , Königsee-Rottenbach , Gehren , Langewiesen , Ilmenau
history
The unified community of Wolfsberg was founded in 1994 through the merger of the places Gräfinau-Angstedt, Wümbach and Bücheloh. On May 21, 1994, the three villages symbolically planted their coat of arms trees on the summit of Wolfsberg. Gräfinau an oak, Bücheloh a beech and Wümbach a linden tree. The seat of the municipal administration is in Gräfinau-Angstedt.
All three places were mentioned for the first time in a document from 1282. From then on, they were in the sphere of influence of the Grafschaft Schwarzburg , to which they also belonged until the end of the small states in Thuringia in 1920. Bücheloh and Gräfinau belonged to Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt , Angstedt and Wümbach to Schwarzburg-Sondershausen . When the state of Thuringia was founded, the field boundaries were cleared and Gräfinau on the west bank of the Ilm and Angstedt on the east bank were merged to form the municipality of Gräfinau-Angstedt.
In the course of the Thuringia regional reform in 2018 and 2019 , negotiations were started with the city of Ilmenau about integration into it. This led to the dissolution of the community and integration into the city of Ilmenau on July 6, 2018.
Population development
From 1994: data as of December 31, source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics
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politics
Municipal council
The council of Wolfsberg consists of 16 council members.
(As of: local elections on May 25, 2014)
Former mayor
The full-time mayor of the community was Lars Strelow. He was elected on November 18, 2012, after the death of his predecessor Georg Juchheim.
coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved on December 8, 1994 by the Thuringian State Administration Office.
Blazon : "In gold a black wolf from a green mountain, split by a golden pole, which is covered with a golden beech leaf in the front, a green oak leaf in the middle and a golden linden leaf in the back."
The place name is heraldically visualized in the talking coat of arms. The two motifs wolf and mountain are complemented by three leaves that symbolize the individual districts. The beech leaf stands for Bücheloh , the oak leaf for Gräfinau-Angstedt and the linden leaf for Wümbach .
The coat of arms was designed by the heraldist Frank Diemar .
Local partnerships
A partnership existed with the communities of Haiger in Hesse , Lusigny in France and with the Polish communities of Slesin, Kleczew and Rychwal (LK Konin).
Economy and Infrastructure
Agriculture and livestock are dominant in the economy, especially dairy farming. But in all three places there are also small industrial areas where various small businesses have settled. Many residents commute to work in Ilmenau. The district's organic waste dump is also located near Wümbach.
The federal road 87 , which also runs through the village of Bücheloh, ran through the municipality . The A71 junction at Ilmenau-Ost is about one kilometer from Bücheloh. Country roads lead to Ilmenau, Langewiesen , Gehren , Pennewitz , Cottendorf and Traßdorf (to Arnstadt ). The nearest rail connections are in Ilmenau on the Erfurt – Ilmenau railway line and in Singen on the Arnstadt – Saalfeld railway line . The high-speed line Nuremberg – Erfurt runs through the community in a south-north direction. The Wümbach valley bridge on this route lies between Wümbach and Gräfinau-Angstedt . On the Wümberg near Wümbach there is the Ilmenau-Wolfsberg station on the route , which serves as an operating / overtaking station in front of the tunneling under the Thuringian Forest. The planning originally provided for an interregional stop for the Ilmenau area.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 46 Thuringian communities are to merge in the summer . ( thueringer-allgemeine.de [accessed December 18, 2017]).
- ↑ Article in the Thüringer Allgemeine , accessed on June 22, 2018
- ↑ Thuringian Law and Ordinance Gazette No. 7 2018 of July 5, 2018 , accessed on July 6, 2018
- ↑ http://www.wolfsberggemeinde.de/index.php/buergerinformationen/gemeinderatausschuesse
- ^ New Thuringian Wappenbuch Volume 2, page 18; Publisher: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Thüringen eV 1998 ISBN 3-9804487-2-X
- ↑ http://www.wolfsberggemeinde.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47:partnergemeinden&catid=34:stati-seite&Itemid=64
