Buchfart
Buchfart is a municipality in the southern part of the Weimar area and part of the joint management Mellingen.
Geography
The local situation of Buchfart is located about 17 kilometers southwest of the county town Apolda and about 7 kilometers south of the city of Weimar in the transverse valley of the Ilm. The highest elevation is considered the balsam ( 340.6 m above sea level. NN ), an arm of the Rosenbergs ( 379.9 m above sea level. NN ), which, however, already belongs to the hallway of the Weimar hamlet Legefeld.
History
On the northern banks of the Ilm the site had attracted the undercut slope already in the Neolithic and later to colonize, proved by archeological findings.
The place name Buchfart refers to an important ford place in Buchenwald. The place was first documented in 1348 with Lutolf of Heitingsburg residence in Buchverte mentioned. The counts of Orlamünde had at this time the suzerainty in Buchfart, this came in 1395 to the Counts of Schwarzburg. Apparently served the rock castle and the Buchfarter Ilmfurt a Altstrasse, immediately adjacent to the castle the steep slope of the Ilmtales climbed here, the necessary retaining walls and remains of sunken roads should still have been recognized in the 19th century in the undergrowth. The game-rich forests to Buchfart and Hetschburg were favorite hunting grounds of the Weimar court.
The rock castle Buchfart also attracted researchers. Already in 1551 the mineralogist and mining expert Georgius Agricola had risen to the chambers of a rock castle, as it vividly assured him there had once troglodytes - lived dwarf " subterranean creatures ". 1822 examined the local historian Karl Gräbner days the fabled castle, issuing the book " The old mountain castle Buchfart the Grand Duchy of Weimar ".
Attractions
Castle Rock
The cliffs opposite the local situation of Buchfart are probably already begun in the 10th century by progressive erosion in constant change, the rock castle located there is referred to in the literature as rock castle, with the expansion of the plant. It is regarded as a special feature in the Thuringian castle landscape. The plant consisted of about twelve chambers and corridors, which have ranged up to 40 meters above the valley floor. The former access situation and the outer walls are no longer be reconstructed. The castle offered in its heyday, the best protection against attackers on the other hand the living conditions inside the castle were extremely safe. Already in 1440, the facility was abandoned. Meanwhile, nature has destroyed a significant part of the castle. In 2009, extensive stabilization work on the rock wall were required; it is hoped to have saved a large part of the remaining ruins.
Ilm- Bridge and Mill
Another attractions of the place is the built in 1613, covered wooden bridge over the river Ilm represents the Grade II listed bridge has a length of 43 meters, a width of three meters and the headroom is 3.05 meters. The bridge is still dedicated to the traffic - it belongs as a bridge structure to the highway 87 Next to the bridge is a Grade II listed water mill. The ensemble is one of the most popular photo opportunities.
Village Church
The Buchfarter church " Our Lady " is basically a Gothic building from the 14th century. The nave, however, dates from the 18th century. At the church, a general renovation in 1870 made.
Area trails
By Buchfart the Goethe hiking trail Weimar- Großkochberg and the " Three Towers Trail " runs, this leads from the site directly adjacent to the Pauline Tower in Bad Berka.
Balsamine
The scenic beauty of the Ilmtales at Buchfart led to the designation as a " conservation area average Ilm valley ". Began early in the 18th century a lively tourist industry. Above the rock castle the inn " Gunther Ruh " was built in 1894 by Baldwin anger. In 1924, she was destroyed by fire. The current Ausflugsgaststätte " balsam " was built in 1931. It got its name from the poetic planted here locust trees that enchant in the spring of the place with their sweet, heady scent. [Note 1]
Wooden bridge over the River Ilm
Interior view of bridge
Watermill
Village Church
Signpost stone
Personalities
- Volckmar power ring (around 1588-1637 ), 1629 to his death pastor in Buchfart