Altenfeld

Old Field is a nationally recognized resort in Ilm-Kreis in Thuringia.

2.1 Territorial accessory
2.2 Population development

3.1 municipal
3.2 Local Partnerships

4.1 Museums
4.2 Sport
4.3 Structures

Geography

Old Field is the southernmost town in Ilm-Kreis. The village is located in a valley of Oelze in west-east direction. Geologically, this region is already one of the Thuringian Slate Mountains, but this goes northwest of the village in the Thuringian Forest on, which can not be exactly separated both mountains.

Old field lies in 550 to 650 m above sea level. NHN and is in the north of the hood ( 810.8 m above sea level. NHN ), to the west by slashing carbon (790 m above sea level. NHN ), to the east by the High Forest ( 693.6 m above sea level. NHN ) and in the south of the 743 meters high Decemhieb limited. North West of the town lies Neustadt am Rennsteig, in the northeast of the city Großbreitenbach. Following the course of the river Oelze leads to the southeast, the resin valley road for 150 meters lower -lying district Oelze the community Katzhütte. South and west are extensive pine forests and the Rennsteig. The municipal area is wooded almost completely ( 83%). The dominant tree species is the spruce. Only in the valley around the village there are some meadows, which are used for grazing livestock. In Old field, there is a rough -alpine climate with cool, wet summers and snowy winters.

Neighboring communities

Geology

By scientists at the Freiberg 1988, the oldest traces of life ( plant plankton ) were detected in dark gray to black chert on the territory of the former GDR in the Altenfelder layers of the Thuringian Slate Mountains. The chert belongs geologically to the Precambrian and consists predominantly of the material quartz. It owes its dark color to the relatively high content of carbon.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1492. In the document there is talk of cutting mills on " Clemen stone " and " on the old field ", whose exact location is unknown. Notes from the year 1490 situated on a desert village instead of going to the top Oelze, called " old field ", suggest that the location of Old frame on a old deserted village took its starting point and therefore must be witnessed considerably older than documented.

In April 1525 the peasant uprising broke out in Thuringia from, in consequence called the settlers of forest villages into a so-called " evangelical brotherhood ", also forest covenant together. In addressing the troops of the feudal landlords also occupied the "old field ". In 1550 was built on the territory of the present-day village at the confluence of Reischelbach Oelze and a smelter in which the mined silver in the environment and copper ore was melted. From about 1600 to 1646 Old Field was a deserted village. In 1646 led the colonization of Glashütte " on the old field ", an abandoned mining camp, or for re- occupation of the site. From this glassworks was a development soon to the largest village in the then official Mitre in the Principality of Schwarzburg- Sondershausen.

The glass-making remained next to the brickyard, and Schachtelmacherei Muldenhauerei until today the main industry of the place. Merchants from Thuringia brought the glass to Holland, since about 1690 Dutch merchants came here.

In the years 1738-1741 the now listed church was built on a projecting rock.

Due to the location in the mountains without sufficient arable land occurred in the Old Field repeated famines, most recently in 1772 when 72 people died of starvation. 1846 a fire destroyed the village, which fell 17 houses completely to the victim.

In the late 19th century only worked a glassworks; until about 1900, there was hut start-ups.

1901, a glassmaker Association and in 1905 a branch of the SPD was founded. In 1911 Wilhelm Pieck said in an election meeting with the workers old box. 1919 involved the Altenfelder Workers' and Soldiers on the dismissal of the district administrator Gehrener, 1920 were Altenfelder glass makers involved in the general strike against the Kapp Putsch. In 1954 the award "State- recognized resort " at the Old Field was awarded for the first time. In 1998, the community got this predicate then permanently awarded by the Thuringian Ministry of Economy and infrastructure.

Territorial accessory

Since 1599 Old Field belonged to the county, the later Principality of Schwarzburg- Sondershausen, which rose in 1918 in the Free State Black -Sonderhausen, from 1922, the village belonged to the district of Arnstadt, from which the southern part of 1952, the county Ilmenau was formed, the old field then belonged. In 1994, the Ilm-Kreis was founded, one of the old field today.

Population Development

Source: from the value for 1994 Thuringian State Office for Statistics

Policy

Old field belongs to the administrative community Großbreitenbach. The administrative headquarters are in the town Großbreitenbach.

Parish council

The Council of the Municipality Council Old field consists of 12 women and councilors.

The municipal election in Thuringia on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:

Local partnerships

Since 1990, a partnership with the community of Eschenburg in Hesse.

Culture and sights

Museums

The Glass Museum Old field shows the full range of glass production, as utility and art glass. Among other thermometers can be seen from five decades.
Small gallery in the community center
Juke Museum Eger with a collection of old music boxes from the period 1888-1924

Sports

3-field beach volleyball court
Waldschwimmbad in Bettelmannstal
Bowling alley
Multi-purpose hall
Sports field
Numerous hiking and ski trails
Ski lift

Structures

Listed church to the Old field. Here is an organ in the workshop of the Arnstadt organ builder Johann Stephan Schmaltz of 1776.

Economy and Transport

In Old Field homework used to be, as in other places in the vicinity, is widespread. Manufactured products here were products of household necessities such as Matchsticks, spoons and other wooden products. This home workers were among the poorest people in Thuringia, was just like the slate mountains for a long time as the poorest region of the country. In addition to the homework the glass industry was an important industry in the resort, it was here well into the GDR. Products were here with general household also hollow glass thermometers and other glass instruments.

Today is the largest employer in the town, based in Anhausen Remy & Geiser GmbH, which is active for pharmacy in the production of plastic and glass containers, and since 1991 through the acquisition of the site old box of glass ring Thuringia AG operates a factory here.

By Old Field the provincial road L2648 over which connections to Kahlert am Rennsteig runs ( there to Neustadt am Rennsteig, Masserberg or Gießübel ) and Großbreitenbach exist. From these branches a municipal road to the Katzhütte / Oelze. The nearest rail connection is also five kilometers east in Katzhütte at the Schwarzatal web. About two kilometers east of the town is the Oelzetalbrücke the high-speed line Nuremberg -Erfurt, which is otherwise out through tunnels in the municipality.

Bus connections are represented by lines 304 ( Großbreitenbach - Ilmenau) and 308 ( Old Field - Königsee - Herschdorf ) realized the IOV Omnibusverkehr GmbH Ilmenau.

Personalities

Traugott Ochs ( * October 19, 1854 in Old Field, † August 27, 1919 ), court conductor, organist and conductor
Franz Eger (1889-1956), politician, mayor of Hildesheim, born in Old Field
Fritz Grunert (1930-2001), politician (SPD ), member of the Brandenburg state parliament, born in Old Field
Manfred Geyer ( born 1951 ), former biathlete, currently coach of the National Biathlon Team South Korea

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