Beichlingen

Beichlingen is a municipality in the district Sömmerda in Thuringia. It belongs to the administrative community Kölleda, which has its headquarters in the city Kölleda. The neighboring Altenbeichlingen is a district of Beichlingen.

  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Mayor
  • 3.3 Local friendship

Geography

Beichlingen located 5 km north of Kölleda in the Thuringian basin at the southern edge of the decorations. For the eastern part of the district of the wooded mountain belongs Kuenzel ( 380.1 m above sea level. NN ).

History

The village was first mentioned in 1014. The eponymous Counts of Beichlingen had here on the lying above the village of Castle Beichlingen its headquarters, later the Earl of Werther - Beichlingen.

Beichlingen was affected by witch hunts in the years 1618-1690. A woman and two men got into witch trials.

In April 1945, the site was occupied by U.S. troops. In early July, these were replaced by the Red Army. This took lodgings in the manor belonging Oberweimarischen yard ( " the sheep " ), which was then called " Russenhof " or " Red Farm ".

In GDR times, a children's summer camp was operated in place.

Population Development

  • 2002: 573
  • 2003: 568
  • 2004: 589
  • 2005: 594

Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

Policy

Parish council

The municipal council of Beichlingen consists of 8 council women and councilors.

  • FWG: 6 seats
  • FZSV: 2 seats

(As at municipal election on June 27, 2004)

Mayor

The Honorary Mayor Lutz Bauer was elected in 2006.

Local friendship

  • Since 2002, a local friendship with Berlichingen in Baden- Württemberg.

Culture and sights

  • Schloss Beichlingen
  • Protestant village church " St. Aegidius " succession to the church burned down in 1930 ( position → 51.23052771222211.255770772778 )
  • Burying place of the Counts of Werther - Beichlingen in the churchyard. Also, the last owner of the castle Beichlingen to 1945, Thilo von Werther - Beichlingen, his wife Walpurgis and Elisabeth Countess of Werther are buried there.
  • Series with six graves of German soldiers - five of them young soldiers news - who died during the invasion of U.S. troops on 11 April 1945, in the churchyard
  • Granite boulder in front of the cemetery with the names of 16 soldiers from the place, which are not returned from the First World War

Clubs

  • Fire Department eV
  • Freizeitsportverein (FSV) Beichlingen eV, founded in 1990, organized every year since 1997 the Castle Mountain Running
  • Friends of Castle Beichlingen eV, founded in 1991

Events

  • Castle Mountain Running Beichlingen
  • Osterfeuer Beichlingen

Environment

  • Hostel " Children and Youth Village " V. " At Wind Mountain", since 1950
  • Waldschwimmbad
  • White Mountain with tomb of Count Georg von Werther - Beichlingen
  • Mountain range Accessorize with Kuenzel Mountain, ramparts of the castle Monraburg and turning

Personalities

  • Georg von Werther ( born September 15, 1581 Beichlingen, † June 10, 1636 in Dresden), Statesman
  • Georg Graf and Baron von Werther - Beichlingen ( born November 20, 1816 in Beichlingen, † February 2nd, 1895 ibid ), a diplomat in the Prussian service
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