Brunnhartshausen

Brunnhartshausen is a municipality in the district of Wartburg in Thuringia, located in the Rhön.

• 4.1 Village Church

Geography

Brunnhartshausen lies in the natural area Auersberger Kuppenrhön south of the glass mountain, southeast of Arnsberg and east of Katzenstein. On the northern outskirts of the village, the mountain rises Walter. The municipality belongs to the administrative community Dermbach, which has its headquarters in the town of Dermbach.

June 30, 2009 47 inhabitants lived in the district Steinberg.

History

The first mention of the place Brunnhartshausen place in the year 1145th Brunnhartshausen belonged for centuries to the Official Fish Mountain, which at times in the possession of the Lords of Neidhartshausen, the Lords of Frankenstein, the Counts of Henneberg - Schleusingen, the monastery of Fulda, various Ernestine duchies and last from 1815 of the Grand Duchy of Saxe -Weimar -Eisenach was.

Brunnhartshausen 1602-1659 was affected by witch hunts. Four women found themselves in witch trials and were burned.

In 1955, 371 residents lived in the town.

Policy

Parish council

The local council of Brunnhartshausen is composed of six council women and councilors.

• FFW 6 seats

(As at municipal election on June 7, 2009)

Mayor

The honorary mayor Eberhard foot was re-elected on June 6, 2010.

Attractions

Village Church

Among the attractions of the place the Protestant village church ( position → 50.67535655305610.097731053889 ) belongs. As can be seen from an inscription on the lintel of the lower door, it was built in 1732. At the " back wall " of the Church, which should come from the former chapel, behind the organ are still parts of the old frescoes visible. The painting of the church was 1756th From 1778 comes the altar, baptismal font from 1804. The presentation of the painting " Luther and the Swan " above the main entrance goes back to the Czech reformer Jan Hus. The pictures on the church ceiling show the following biblical motifs, "Abraham, with Isaac ," " Mary with the child Jesus ," " Jesus in Gethsemane ," " Jesus on the Cross " and " The Risen ".

From the organ, which was older than the church, 1794 Advanced prospectus remained, in 1985, a new plant was installed with eight registers. It has the following dispositions: Gedackt 8 ' Principal 4', reed pipe 4 ' Wald Flute 2', Sifflöte 1 ' mixture 3f. In Pedal: Subbass 16 ' octave bass 8' ( See also → List of organ stops ).

There is a cross, which is believed to have originated around 1500 on the western wall under the stairs. Above the staircase to Läutboden is to read: The war is removed, the peace come again, God be praise, honor, and price. Now let the sun shines and brings you to tears bliss. Drum praise God with the highest diligence. 1814, 17 April. The church was equipped for the second Sunday of Advent 1926 electric light. 1964/65 was the last interior renovation. The 1894 painted ceilings pictures were able to be exposed again. 1989, shortly before the turn, a new oak staircase to the loft was built in 1991 followed the candlesticks on the walls. The tower houses three bells: a bronze bell of Johann Melchior Derck who they cast in 1735 in mine. She survived her whereabouts on the bell cemetery and returned on August 8, 1950. Furthermore, still hanging two steel bells in the tower, which were cast in 1921 in Bochum. Since 1992, the ringing is electrically operated. In the summer of 1996, the last time being remedial measure to the Church by her appearance was renovated.

Religion

• The Protestant parish belongs to the parish Empfertshausen the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia.
• The Catholic church belongs to the parish of the Assumption in Zella / Rhön in the diocese of Fulda.

Traffic

The nearest train stations are about 21 km Bad Salzungen Wernshausen and Schwallungen, each about 26 km east of the Werrabahn Eisenach- Meiningen.