Niederzimmern

Niederzimmern is a municipality in the western part of the Weimar area and part of the joint management Gram Metal.

Geography

Lower rooms is located at the foot of the Great Südwestabdachung Etter Mountain in the Thuringian Basin. The county road 45 connects the village with Vieselbach. The railway line Weimar to Erfurt through the district.

History

In the year 876 Niederzimmern was mentioned for the first time in the " tithe disputes " between the archbishops of Mainz and Fulda at the Diet of Ingelheim documented. It was later called " rooms infra".

As a reward for faithful military service of the place in 1346 was given by the Earl of Orlamünde the Erfurters. Niederzimmern formed with his district the eastern boundary of the city of Erfurt. The watch-tower, 252 meters above sea level. NN, was built at this time to protect the border and is considered one of the landmarks of the town. The entrance is on the first floor. After the Congress of Vienna Niederzimmern fell to Weimar and has - after previously inter alia rooms infra - called - since its current name.

Until 1852 Niederzimmern had two churches, St. Boniface Church in Oberndorf and the Wigbertikirche in the lower village. The former was demolished in 1854. The two churches were schools and one parish. The Wigbertikirche comes in their older parts from the beginning of the 15th century. Featured here are the views of the Old and New Testaments in the galleries and in particular the Emblemata.

Lower rooms, with its mourning hall - the 1914 was built, according to the head of the Museum of Sepulchral Culture in Kassel, Prof. Dr. Reiner Sörries - an extraordinary monument of the German death culture of this era.

Kurt Wise (* 1886 † 1940) has designed the monument to honor the fallen of the First World War.

Famous guests

  • On October 30, 1632, the Swedish king Gustav Adolf prayed in the Wigbertikirche.
  • In 1696 was Johann Christian Bach (* 1673 in Erfurt, † 1727 in Mitre ) cantor in low rooms.
  • The composer Richard Wagner stayed in the night of 18 May 19, 1849 Location.
  • Lyonel Feininger made ​​from sketches he drew on his cycling in the Weimar area, a woodcut of the Church.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Konrad Stolle (1436-1501), chronicler
  • Johann Heinrich Deinhart, (1805-1867), educator

Pictures

Village church of Niederzimmern

Watchtower at Niederzimmern

Pothole monument

Others

In early March 2010 caught the municipality of worldwide interest with their action tar must be found. Through the long winter and the severe frost in particular dismissed the Vieselbacherstrasse numerous potholes. With 50 EURO could " acquire " a pothole and any participants in the action received the promise of a plaque, on which a desired of him text was affixed. In April was repaired with the proceeds from the sold 257 holes and 25 tons of asphalt of the German asphalt industry the road. On 30 April, the pothole monument was unveiled with the plaques.

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