Milz

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Aerial view

Spleen is a district of the city Römhild in Hildburghausen in Thuringia ( Germany ).

Geography

Spleen is located in the southern part of Hungary near the border to neighboring Southern Bavaria. It is located southwest of the Gleichberge the river spleen, a northeastern tributary of the Franconian Saale.

History

Spleen is a more than 1200 -year-old establishment in the Frankish Empire in the time of Charlemagne: the nunnery Milize is the abbess Emhilt (also: Emhild ), a niece of Charlemagne, which dates from the Counts of Hedene - Prince, was founded. Documents of the 8th century are preserved as copies from the 12th century in the Abbey of Fulda as so-called Codex Eberhardi. It contains three documents which relate to the monastery spleen. In a document issued in the spleen of 25 March 784 abbess Emhilt the church and the nuns of her convent gives her paternal and maternal genetic among others in slipways and spleen. The Count Roggo confirmed and another 15 witnesses. Spleen was also a royal estate and on the Great DC mountain there was an associated fort, the old castle. This noble proprietary monastery was rich in Hesse and East Francia possession, ranged from Coburg in Bavaria to Meschede in Westphalia. Be found in the vicinity as possessions of the monastery following places mentioned: Eyershausen, Irmelshausen, slipways, Höchheim, Obereßfeld, Ottelmannshausen, Seidingstadt, Sesslach, Streufdorf, spleen and Untereßfeld. 26 years later, with another certificate, dated February 3, 799 ( or 800 ) confirmed that abbess Emhilt and 22 unnamed nuns give the monastery spleen and its possession as well as the decoration of the church of the monastery of Fulda. Spleen is called vicus publicus et villa, what a fiscal good and means village. This monastery spleen is transformed from a noble proprietary monastery into an adjoining cloister of the monastery of Fulda. With a third instrument without exact date ( 799 or 800 ) Charlemagne confirmed this by donating his Blutsverwanden Emhilt. The latter instrument is regarded by some historians as a forgery. In February 800 Charlemagne is said to have visited his niece Emhilt in spleen. 805 the monastery was destroyed by the Slavs and not rebuilt. 907 received the abbey of Fulda also under royal ownership violence in spleen. The wealthy former goods owned by the monastery came in 1290 to the Count of Henneberg -Hartenberg. In the 17th and 18th centuries spleen flourished by tanning and by the favorable position on the busy road Nuremberg and received the right to fairs and its own post office. The changed traffic conditions beeinträchtigeten this development, the post office came in 1776 after Römhild. Until 1838 there was a manor, in 1514 it is called. It is said that the buildings were constructed on the ruins of the former convent spleen.

Maria Magdalena Church

The Mary Magdalene was built in 1520 by the brothers Hans and Valentin Schwarz. Repairs, there were 1748 and 1845 to the choir rebuilt in neo-Gothic style. 1852 to reach the interior of the Church is renewed to match it. Above the sacristy rises a church tower built as a fortified church tower, which is topped by a gable roof. Beginning of the 20th century, the first the church roof superior basement was performed on three sides in half-timbered style, the west side of stone masonry. The eastern gable of the attic also showed truss. The framework has been later replaced by masonry.

As founder of the private church of the spleen is considered resident in Würzburg Franconia Duke Heden (up to 717), who ruled over Franconia, Thuringia, and the eastern Hesse. So the first Milzer church dates from the vorbonifatianischen time. This is the predecessor church of the Magdalene, as can be inferred from the numerous documents Fulda, one of the earliest verifiable church buildings in central Germany. The Baroque predecessor organ is probably from 1754 the organ builder Niclaus Serber. 1988-89 was a partial restoration of the organ with the use of the remaining original parts rather than by the organ-building workshop Schönefeld in Stadtilm.

The partial restoration took place in coordination with the then organ experts from the national church and the state authorities of the GDR. Work was performed with the potential at this time means and materials. A particular difficulty was that the place was in the border area of the GDR and was accessible only with special permission.

Military cemetery

The cemetery was fixed early 16th century, a strong wall with shooting holes surrounded the entire cemetery, before that, was a water-filled ditch. On the west side crossed a wooden covered bridge the gap, a round arch locked the wall. On the inside of the wall clerestory were added, of which 1850 have half was present. Parts of the church fortifications have been preserved.

Spleen today

Up to the present time the village is dominated by the prevailing agriculture (crops and livestock ). Bear testimony of the, built as a belt of the former military town around the old village barn building. The approach was then used to only three goals (Upper - still preserved the gatehouse, and Speckentor Untertor ). In addition, in the municipality of the spleen settled some craftsmen. So bakers, brewers, fishermen, basket makers, butchers, millers, blacksmiths, tailors, carpenters and wheelwrights, despite the proximity to the city Römhild until the end of the 19th century resident. In addition, the village had a pub with a dance floor and guest rooms, a bakery and a small brewery, which was used by all participating farmers until the 1970s for brewing beer.

On December 31, 2012, the municipality of the spleen Römhild joined with the city Römhild and other formerly independent communities along the new city. The municipality of the spleen was the district Hindfeld.

Culture and sights

With the largest tumuli fields of Germany, the archaeological site is one of the Merzelbachwald in spleen. The chronology is still ahead of the settlement on the stone castle. The findings point to the importance of the cemetery because there were still taken burials.

Structures

• Church of St. Mary Magdalene
• Gatehouse ( Obertorstraße )
• Old Post Office ( Old Post Road )