Ziegenhain (Jena)

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Goat grove
City of Jena
Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 11 ″  N , 11 ° 37 ′ 30 ″  E
Height : 272 m
Area : 2.6 km²
Residents : 427  (December 31, 2017)
Population density : 164 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1913
Postal code : 07749
Area code : 03641
View of the place
View of the place
Stone cross near Ziegenhain

Ziegenhain is a district of the university city of Jena in Thuringia .

Location and surroundings

Ziegenhain is located east of Jena city center in the middle section of an eastern side valley of the Saale. This "Ziegenhain Valley" begins at the stone cross on the edge of the Wöllmisse / Kernberge high plateau and flows into the main valley after about 3.5 km east-west. The highest point in the rim of the surrounding mountains is the "Windberg" at 391.7 m above sea level next to the Fuchsturm parking lot , which is on the neighboring Kirchberg (378.4 m above sea level). Today's settlement area is between 230 and 300 m above sea level and is almost entirely registered in the land use plan as a monument protection ensemble .

history

The first documentary mention (as Cigenhain ) was in 1259. According to the name it should be in the 11th / 12th. Century. Possibly. it originated from the Clöchwitz desert in the western corridor . Since 1435 the place was owned by the monastery Bürgel . Until the Reformation, Ziegenhain was a well-known place of pilgrimage to the miraculous image of Mary in the Marienkirche. Since the 18th century it has been known above all as the “beer village” of the “hard-drinking studios of the Alma Mater ” and, together with the Fuchsturm, as a popular excursion destination for Jena residents and their guests. The rapid growth of the population at the beginning of the 20th century due to industrialization ( Zeiss and Schott ) led to the abandonment of communal independence and the incorporation as a district of Jenas in 1913. As one of the first districts, the village elected its own local mayor and a local council in 1995 .

The main sources of income for the village were agriculture, viticulture and beer brewing . As early as the second half of the 20th century, the proportion of people employed in agriculture fell significantly. Since 1990 there is only one sheep farm and one part-time farmer. For this purpose, 25 small and micro-businesses were created.

The spelling of the place name changed frequently in 700 years, for example from Cigenhain (around 1259) via Zeegenhayn , Zceginhayn , Zegenhayn , Ziegenhann and others to Ziegenhayn and today's Ziegenhain . Today the name is almost unanimously interpreted as "a piece of forest that is kept as a goat pasture".

Sights / Marienkirche

The most famous monument is the imposing former pilgrimage church and, after the Reformation, the parish church of the village, the Ziegenhainer Marienkirche. Old half-timbered houses and, above all, the remains of the centuries-old noble farm characterize the village.

Personalities

The best-known Ziegenhainers are several generations of the Dietrich family of botanists, who worked for over 2 centuries as university employees, companions of Goethe or as herbalists and also referred to themselves as botanici von Ziegenhain.

The bryologist Karl Mägdefrau and the actors Albrecht Schuch and Karoline Schuch also come from this place.

Others

The Ziegenhainer , a knotty hiking stick made from the wood of the Cornelian cherry , is named after the town of Ziegenhain . It was previously used by students at Jena University as a striking weapon.

literature

  • G. Cosack, R. Jonscher: From Ammerbach to Zwatzen. Jena 1998
  • Heide, Klaus: The Marienkirche in Ziegenhain near Jena . Jena 2009
  • Volker Schmidt: Our goat grove; Histories from an old, young village. Goat Grove 2009

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Andrei Zahn: Closewitz and the Kapellendorf monastery; in: Sheets of the Association for Thuringian History eV - Jena: Association for Thuringian History, ISSN 2194-3966, ZDB-ID 11111483 - Vol. 15.2005, pp. 6-14
  2. ↑ Ziegenhainer MARIENKIRCHE
  3. ↑ Biography of botanist family DIETRICH

See also

Web links

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