Anrode

Anrode is a town on the edge of the Eichsfeld and is located in Unstrut Hainich in Thuringia.

Location

Anrode is located northwest of Mulhouse in the transition area from the lowlands to the Unstrut Eichsfelder transition and altitudes. The regional road connects with the 2035 federal highways 247 and 249 with Mulhouse and surroundings.

History

The village was first mentioned in March 1197. Until the 13th century the town was known Aninnrod. The farmers also went the way of the East German agriculture. Now held every second Saturday a Anroder farmers market. It's just a commercial place in the new village of a former monastery. The current community Anrode was formed on 1 January 1997 from the five former municipalities that are now their districts:

  • Bickenriede
  • Dörna
  • Hollenbach
  • Lengefeld
  • Zella

Culture and sights

  • Monastery Anrode

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Johann Friedrich Wender (1655-1729), organ builder, had his workshop in Mühlhausen
  • Adolf von Glümer ( born June 5, 1814 Lengefeld; † January 3, 1896 ), Prussian General of the Infantry
  • George Atzerodt ( born June 12, 1835 in Dörna; † July 7, 1865 ), co-conspirators of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
  • Vitus Recke († January 18, 1959 ), Cistercian priest, Abbot of Himmerod 1937-1959, was largely responsible for rebuilding the church of the monastery Himmerod
Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis Lengefeld (Anrode) Altengottern Bad Langensalza Bad Tennstedt Ballhausen Bothenheilingen Bruchstedt Flarchheim Herbsleben Heroldishausen Issersheilingen Kirchheilingen Kleinwelsbach Klettstedt Kutzleben Marolterode Menteroda Neunheilingen Obermehler Oppershausen Rodeberg Sundhausen Tottleben Unstruttal Urleben Vogtei, Thuringia Weberstedt Weinbergen Integrated Authority File
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