Zella (anrode)

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Zella
Municipality of Anrode
Coordinates: 51 ° 17 ′ 17 ″  N , 10 ° 22 ′ 18 ″  E
Height : 290 m above sea level NN
Residents : 317  (Dec. 31, 2011)
Incorporation : January 1, 1997
Postal code : 99976
Area code : 036023
Church in place
Church in place

Zella is part of the municipality of Anrode in the Unstrut-Hainich district in Thuringia and is part of the historic Obereichsfeld .

location

Zella is located on the national road 2041 from Dachrieden to Dingelstädt, about 9 kilometers northwest of Mühlhausen . The district lies in the Unstrut valley between the heights of the Dün in the northeast, the Upper Eichsfeld in the west and the Thuringian Basin in the southeast.

history

In the year 1201 the first mention was written in the certificate book of the Eichsfeld 161. Zella joined the community of Anrode on January 1, 1997. On December 31, 2011, 317 people lived in the district.

Breitenbich

The Breitenbich property, one kilometer to the east, belongs to Zella. It was first mentioned in a document in 1249 as the Breitenbich monastery. In 1253 the Cistercian monastery was given up again and converted into an estate, the convent moved to Mühlhausen. From 1908 to 1997 the surrounding towns were connected to the railway network with a stop on the Gotha – Leinefelde railway line named after Breitenbich . Today narrow streets lead to the former Breitenbich estate.

Personalities

  • Karl Künstler (1901–1945), SS-Obersturmbannführer, camp commandant of the Flossenbürg concentration camp.

literature

  • Roswitha Knauft: Festschrift for the 800th anniversary of Zella. Edited by the municipality of Anrode, Duderstadt o. J. (2001), 48 pages, 24 illustrations

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. 5th, improved and considerably enlarged edition. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 323.
  2. ^ Zella on the official website of the municipality of Anrode. ( Memento of the original from May 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 26, 2012.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gemeinde-anrode.de
  3. ^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. 5th, improved and considerably enlarged edition. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 40.