Neumark, Thuringia

Neumark is a country town in the northern part of the Weimar area and part of the joint management Nordkreis Weimar in Thuringia.

Location

Neumark is located north of the city of Weimar in the extended foot of the Northern Slope of the Great Etter Mountain in the fertile Thuringian Basin and in the rain shadow of the mountain above. Southwest of the village is the dam Vippachedelhausen. The country road in 1054 recorded the village traffic default.

History

With its good 470 inhabitants Neumark is currently the smallest city in Thuringia and by Arnis the second smallest of Germany. Unlike Arnis ( collection to the city as part of a municipal reform 1934) has Neumark over a medieval town charter, which has already been awarded in 1326.

Neumark was the first time in 1179 as Novo Forno documented comprehensible, 1248 as novum forum as villa (village). The castle was captured in the War of Succession in 1249 by supporters of " Henry the Illustrious " and destroyed. From her only ditches and Umwallungen are left. 1326 appears Nuwinmarkete as stat ( city).

Manor

The Allerstedt of sitting on Neumark 1289-1326.

The family of Rockhausen on Kirchscheidungen acquired in 1600 the manor Neumark ( near Weimar ). The Duke of Saxon- weimarsche Councilor Frederick Hort leather (* 1579 † 1640) calls 1633 in Neumark four knights seats: the Rieteselsche of Wurmbsche of Techwitzische and Rockhausensche manor. In a report from 1637, in which it announced that on January 31 of the year 32 houses, parish, town hall and 22 barns were placed in Neumark by the soldiers in ashes, only three noble knights seats are listed and said of these that they had been completely looted. Also describe 1640 Ludwig Sigmund von Riet donkey, who was married to the daughter of Hans von Sabine Wurmb on Neumark, the wurmbschen heirs and a Lord of Techwitz as the owner of three manors misery in the darkest colors. There were only 34 houses inhabited, 69 others were partly burnt sites, partly sunken. This is also confirmed by the subsequent letter of the Maria Sabina, widow of Heinrich Gottfried Rockhausen, mistress Neumark and Kirchscheidungen, from 1650 to the royal councils to Weimar. From their letter stating that their property Neumark has been burned and ravaged during the Thirty Years' War, and doing all records were destroyed with. 1664 sell Rockhausen the free Lehn and manor Neumark.

Policy

Coat of arms

Blazon: " Azure, a silver castle with open gate and two side towers with red pointed roofs, golden knobs and red flags, between the towers a semicircular pediment, on both sides of the castle ever an upright plant stems, in chief floats a sechsstrahliger star. "

Flag

The flag of the city is red - white striped and is in the middle with the coat of arms.