Clingen

Clingen is a small town in Kyffhauserkreis in northern Thuringia. It lies on the Helbe and together with the neighboring villages Westgreußen and Greußen a siedlungsgeografische unit with approximately 5400 inhabitants.

• 4.1 Structures
• 4.2 Miscellaneous

• 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
• 6.2 Persons who have worked on site

Geography

Clingen lies in the valley of the Helbe, which here extends into two arms: the city by the Saxon Helbe, just north of it the Black Burger Helbe. The environment is characterized by a flat wave, very fertile, sparsely wooded basin landscape, the Thuringian Basin. Ten kilometers north runs the Hainleite, low Mittelgebirgszug.

Clingen is a regular medieval town, in the center of the market square is elongated. Later the town was extended to the north to the shores of the Helbe. Immediately adjacent is the city of Greußen helbeabwärts and the village Westgreußen helbeaufwärts. The name " Clingen " means " artificial watercourses ".

History

Clingen was first mentioned around 900 and received city rights in 1282. It grew out of two town centers together two churches. St. Andrew is no longer present, St. Gumperti the present town church. In 13th-century Prince Henry of Hohenstein in Clingen a castle. She lay on the site of the later domain and served as the seat of the bailiff. Moat and wall rest are still available. 1356 came Clingen ( with Greußen ) to the counts of Schwarzburg. 1576 a castle was built. By the year 1920 Clingen belonged to the Principality of Schwarzburg- Sondershausen.

December 31 respectively Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

Policy

The city belongs since 1993 to manage Community Greußen.

City ​​council

Since the local elections on 7 June 2009 the City Council has nine councilors of the CDU and the three councils of the left.

Coat of arms

Blazon: " Azure, a growing bishop in the robes. In his right hand the crook in his left hand holding a book. "

The bishop is the holy Gumbert, the patron of a monastery church in Clingen. Probably the breast image has already gone to the city status end of the 13th century in the coat of arms.

Culture and sights

Structures

• The Protestant Church of St. Gumberti is a three-nave system with west tower and polygonal choir. The core was probably built in the early 13th century ( a tradition speaks of 1208). In the original basilica system of broad, transverse rectangular tower is included in the west facade. The upper floor with pointed helmet 1840 new listed. The nave walls have an irregular outline on through with pointed arched windows. To tracery windows are located on the east wall of the north aisle with three pass from the 14th century. Inside, the flat-roofed aisles are excreted by pointed arches. Above the nave and the choir on three sides closing a wooden barrel with lunettes (before 1680). The southern wall of the choir includes a front-row mounting of the 17th century. The main chapel contains stained glass windows of Co. W. Franke ( Naumburg ), the northern side aisle stained glass by Ernst Kraus. At the cemetery can be found grave stones from the 18th and the first half of the 19th century, including a sandstone tomb for George Ernestine Bachrodt with relief busts and figures of angels.
• Domain, a part of the castle of 1576
• Remains of the wall
• Several stately and well renovated half-timbered houses

Others

• Naherholungszentrum Small Wartburg ( only one model ) with mini zoo and playground

Economy and Transport

Until the 19th century, viticulture was operated in Clingen. The cultivation of flax, connected with the linen weaving retained the greatest importance for the predominantly rural population until the mid 19th century. On 30 May 1868 the first train the newly built railway line Sondershausen -Erfurt drove into the station of Greußen. The driving with passenger and freight trains was initially in deficit, even with the military transports, the 1870 and 1871 could only minimal gains can be achieved. The transport of agricultural products, brick goods and dressed stone won in the late years of the 19th century in importance. As a William Scheller from Groningen in Halberstadt in 1870 took over the Domänenhof from Rollmaus Lindstedt, he introduced the cultivation of sugar beet taken from his home in Clingen. Industrial processing could be made possible, which opened in December 1873 Sugar Factory Co. Clingen on the spot, since the required fuels ( brown coal) could be transported cheaply by rail. It was the beginning of the industrialization of the place.

Clingen been since the mid 19th century, already a center of Travertinsteinverarbeitung. In underground quarries east of the city - the so-called " Clinger caves " large-format tiles have been removed, processed in workshops near the train station and sold as building stone ( for example, to Erfurt ). Some Steinhauer designed with suitable quarry stone monuments, cemetery fences and walls. A certain amount of notoriety was the rock garden with the "Little Wartburg " on the western edge. Around the turn of the century, the rare craft of grotto maker also made thanks to strong demand out in stately parks and villas around. Today the town center mainly medium-sized companies are in the business park west resident, including a malthouse.

Clingen is close to the national highway 4 from Erfurt to Nordhausen. North of the city also runs the country's road Greußen - Großenehrich - Ebeleben. The Greußen railway station is about 600 meters before the Welkertor southwest of Clingen on the railway line Erfurt Nordhausen.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Günter Green ( born 1942 ), Member of Parliament

People have worked on site

• Johann Gottfried Kessler (1754-1830), mountain and building officer