Neuengönna

Neuengönna is a municipality in the north of the Saale- wood - country circuit and part of the joint management Dornburg - Camburg. It is divided into the districts Neuengönna and Porstendorf.

• 2.1 Middle Ages
• 2.2 Viticulture
• 2.3 Development of the Population

• 5.1 traffic

Geography

Geographical Location

Neuengönna at the output of Gönnatals, 1 km west of the B 88 in the Saale valley between Jena and thorn castle. By Neuengönna runs the L 2302. The city of Jena, is about 14 km away and the nearest motorway is the A 4 (16 km south). In Porstendorf is a train station of the train hall between Großheringen and Saalfeld. Until 1969 there was a railway line Crossen - Porstendorf that branched here.

Adjacent communities are (clockwise) Lehesten in the West, Hainichen rooms and the city thorn castle in the north, Dorndorf - Steudnitz in the northeast, Golmsdorf the east, and the district-free city of Jena in the south.

Landscape

The municipal area is dominated by the landscape of the central Saale valley. In Neuengönna is the output of the Nerkewitzer ground, and not far from there leads the patrons stream into the Saale. Towards the west leads the narrow, wooded valley on to Nerkewitz. In the Saaleaue there are fields or meadows, and the river is lined with trees.

East of Porstendorf lies between two arms of the Saale Rabeninsel with a large lake. The western part of the municipality consists of the beginning heights of the Ilm -Saale- plate here with the Plattenberg a height of 345 m above sea level. NN achieved. In the north of the earth digging rooms coming flows into the Saale valley. Next to it is the castle skull, a steep mountain spur where there was once a castle site.

History

Middle Ages

The story Neuengönnas was from the beginning with the development of the neighboring village Porst ( qv) linked. Around 1250 the monks of the monastery gate were allowed to dissolve the existing farming villages Porstendorf and Hummelstedt and taken over the land management on their grange in Porstendorf itself. Only one and a half centuries later, in the early 15th century, they decided to Creation of a new farming community at the output of Gönnatals. Whether or not there before 1257 mentioned a small settlement Parvo Geine (small Gönna ) has determined is controversial. Due to the monks did the application of a spacious two road village, the course of which seem oriented towards the then major transport routes. The New Porstendorf and later New Gönna place indicated was 1421/25 mentioned in the latest findings. 1432 he received his own church. The newly settled farmers took over the management of a large part of the Porstendorfer lands. These included numerous vineyards.

East of Neuengönna lies the prehistoric important Wüstung Hummelstedt.

Viniculture

Neuengönna was for centuries an important wine village of the Middle Saale valley. Viticulture at the output of Gönnatals at Porstendorf was started by the monks of the monastery Pforta in the 12th century and first mentioned in 1182. In the 16th century, it must be of over 70 hectares of vineyards in the district Neuengönna - Porstendorf. In 1700 it still 41 hectares and in 1799 had 38 acres left. In addition, many vineyards were cultivated in the room 's and the Stiebritzer corridor of Neuengönnaer residents. The production of wine presented to the 17th century is the main occupation of the village, in the 18th century, it was still regarded as "the best income ". Nowadays, in the hallway, two vineyards are operated. The old meaning of winemaking is kept by the motif of the winemaker in the municipal seal and by several representations to Gebäudefssaden remembered.

Development of the population

Personalities

• Bruno II of Porstendorf, 1209-1228 Bishop of Meissen, dates from Porstendorf
• Pauline von Hirschfeld, German novelist, was born on June 6, 1890 in Porstendorf and grew up on the estate Porstendorf
• Robert Heyne, Chairman of the Association of Jena in 1806 and recipient of the Order of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Attractions

• The church ( position → 50.98715421805611.6491261125 ) is known for its late-Gothic, three -sided carved. He comes from the time it was built the church in the 15th century.
• In the village a home office was established, which provides information on the regional history as well as the Battle of Jena and Auerstedt.
• On the Rabeninsel There is a pool and a camping site.

Economy and infrastructure

The former wood mill in Porstendorf is now used as a hydroelectric power plant. Since 1910, located in Porstendorf a cardboard factory which produces gray cardboard and recycled paper.

Traffic

The breakpoint Porstendorf lies on the railway line Großheringen -Saalfeld.