Effelder, Eichsfeld

Effelder is a municipality in the Thuringian district of calibration field. It belongs to the administrative community Westerwald- Obereichsfeld.

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Mayor

Geographical location

Effelder lies on a limestone slab in Obereichsfeld south of the ridge in the Westerwald Nature Park Eichsfeld Hainich Werra. Just east lies the Thuringian Basin. In the village arises from the Borngasse from a ducted since 1976 in stone, hidden behind a locked door source of Kellerborn, a southern tributary of Lutter.

History

Middle Ages to 1900

There was a late medieval manor house on the site of jetzigem castle. 1162 a Garf of Wohlbach was named as Ministerialer, who lived probably in the fortified manor house. The remains of the fortified manor house from the 15th century. This masonry has survived.

Effelder was in 1215 as Effeldere ( for names Origin: affoltra means Old High German apple tree ) for the first time in a document, issued by Pope Innocent III, above, who took the Klosterzella in his protection, and his possessions and rights, including Effelder confirmed. where the Benedictine monastery at that time had 40 hooves, the Lutter and the monastery mill and the church, and thus exercised the right of patronage over Effelder. Owner of the village at that time were the Counts of Gleichenstein. In 1280 Effelder was sold by the Earl of twelve marks of silver at the monastery on repurchase up on the blood jurisdiction which held the lordship until the secularization in 1810. The neck jurisdiction fell in 1294 to the electorate of Mainz, since this year the Archbishop of Mainz, Gerhard II acquired the Eichsfeldgau and let this manage by the Office of Vogt Gleichenstein. During the reorganization of the Eichsfeld among the French district of Erfurt in 1806 had to pay a war tax of 460,000 thalers, of which alone Effelder had to pay 1175 Reichstaler bar and 928 dollars in the form of payments in kind. The village at that time had almost 950 inhabitants and was from the December 1, 1807 part of the Kingdom of Westphalia, which also is expressed that the place, along with Lengenfeld under the stone, Faulungen, Hildebrandshausen, Küllstedt and Wachstedt the Canton Großbartloff in the district Heiligenstadt was assumed. Magistrate of the canton Großbartloff was until 1815 Maire Anton Grundmann. In the community Effelder ended with the takeover by the French in 1808, the division of the head, usually with the stately mayor and the mayor's monastery. The municipality then had only one head also called Maire. The first one with this title was the monastery Schulze Adam Drößler, the one adjunct and eight municipal councils were on hand. The responsible for the communities Effelder and Struth monastery court was dissolved, should henceforth royal courts have jurisdiction. During the Russian campaign of Napoleon were among the soldiers also some Effelderer. After Napoleon's defeat in Russia Effelder was in November 1813 for a few days lodging for about 700 to 800 Imperial Russian soldiers. The on January 26, 1890 by fire (lightning ) destroyed old baroque church was built in 1894 replaced by a striking new building, the Eichsfelder Cathedral. In 1876 were Bracteates, that is hollow silver pennies of Reichsmünzstätte Mühlhausen from the period around 1215 found ( the so-called Effelder Fund).

1900 to today

On December 27, 1909, the Municipal Assembly decided to connect the village to the local power grid, for which a plan of the route of the power lines was established on 29 July 1910. Nearly a year after the decision you took the high voltage transmission lines, transformer stations and house plants in operation, which was finally fitted on 19 December 1910, the place with electric. Calculations showed that in 1912 came an electric lamp on every fifth inhabitant.

Effelder was occupied on April 5, 1945 by U.S. soldiers recaptured on April 6 by the Wehrmacht and occupied by the U.S. Army again on April 7. From the beginning of July, the town is part of the SBZ and from 1949 the GDR.

In 1966, the Out of My Dung districts Annaberg and Klosterzella.

At the time of the GDR residents Effelders gave the banners, posters, writings and speeches little attention, which touted the advantages of socialism over capitalism. This is a report of a delegation of the SED district Party pupils in 1961, which concluded, " one of the residents Effelders is not yet convinced of the victoriousness of socialism. It does not believe that we will be able to obtain West Germany in the foreseeable future in economic terms, since the FRG is us in the organization of production and of the mechanical equipment of the works ahead. " Around the same time the transformation of agriculture in the district Worbis is complete and in Effelder established the LPG Kellerborn, in 1989 or 36 employees worked. By construction, despite the economic and financial difficulties school, gymnasium, fire station, mortuary, sports court, the paving of several streets and drains were realized. Often happened the measures with the help of the NAW.

Coat of arms

The re-creation of the local coat of arms come to 1993 and includes a seal motif, which in turn goes back to the year 1951. The central motif of the coat of arms is the Church of St. Alban's, which is the emblem of the municipality level. The silver Sechsspeichenrad traces the centuries- long affiliation Effelders to Kurmainz while the apple refers to the place name. It can be etymologically derived from the Old High German apaldar (apple tree). Blazon: " In a red shield with a silver 16x gestückten board a gold single-tower church, beseitet top right of a silver apple and top left of a silver sechsspeichigen wheel ( Wheel of Mainz ). "

Population Development

Development of the population (31 December):

• 2002: 1414
• 2003: 1387
• 2004: 1390
• 2005: 1360

• 2006: 1355
• 2007: 1345
• 2011: 1298

Policy

Parish council

The local council of Effelder is made up of 12 council members.

• CDU - Community: 12 seats

(As at municipal election on June 7, 2009)

Mayor

The honorary mayor Hans- Werner Lange was re-elected on June 6, 2010.

Attractions

The church in 1892 newly built " St. Alban " was created as a joint venture of the village. As a builder of belonging to the Franciscan monastery Hülfensberg brother Paschal was asked who created his masterpiece here. The 56 meter high tower is a landmark and jutting out over the environment of the community Effelder. The three-aisled neo-Gothic hall church is, like the tower, built of pale limestone from local quarries. The tall, well-proportioned window tracery of sandstone and painted glass are based on the traditional architecture of the 14th century. Inside, in the majolica style from Munich artist Georg Kemper fall 1924-1928 created Stations of the Cross depictions eye. The church is often referred to by their size and overall impression as " Eichsfelder Dom".

Nickname

As evidence of a bawdy folk humor already formed centuries ago specificities of the village out characterizing Neck and nickname. Thus, in the village survived the Affaller Ramssecke ( Effelder Rammsäcke of bulks, bunching ).

Coins found

In the 19th and 20th centuries were found several coins that are dated to the 13th to 14th and the 17th to 18th centuries. The first one found during demolition work of the old churchyard wall in 1876, they found themselves between two exposed human skeletons. Of a total of 210 pieces were most a diameter 28-29 mm; the designs presented predominantly rider dar. On February 18, 1876, the city council of Mühlhausen bought for 16 dollars at the coins. Some of the coins is home to the Museum of Mulhouse. The second coin find was made ​​in 1946 during reconstruction work in the mill Lutter, you hid about 200 coins, whose minting be dated to the period 1670-1720. Traditions say that it was the ready money of a beggar, who hid his money there after his admission into the Lutter mill. The coins are privately owned.

Clubs

Effelder offers a variety of clubs, such as the shooting club, the very young and vintage tractor club and the sport club.