Dingsleben

Dingsleben is a municipality in the district of Hildburghausen in Thuringia. It belongs to the administrative community Feldstein. The administrative headquarters are in the town Themar.

Location

Thing life is seen spatially in the triangle of Hildburghausen, Römhild and Themar and at the foot of the mountains of southern Thuringia DC. The county road 510 opens up the space and leads to different paths through the grave field in Henneberger country. The nearby towns are St. Bernard and east Zeilfeld. The terrain is heavily cropped, but climatically favorable influence of the Schweinfurt pool.

History

Dingsleben was first mentioned as the abbess of the monastery Emhild spleen there Belongings including the pen Fulda rendered on February 3, 799. Rule default, the location in the Official Themar first belonged to the county of Henneberg, after 1583 to various Saxon duchies and since 1826 to Saxe-Meiningen.

During the turmoil of the Revolution of 1848 by troops of the Kingdom of Bavaria, the busy " Criminal Bavaria". In 1895, a brewery was founded, which still exists as Dingslebener private brewery Metzler. 1920, Dingsleben the state of Thuringia. On the morning of April 8, 1945 eliminated inhabitants along with slave laborers from Poland and Russia, erected by the Wehrmacht tank barrier to allow U.S. troops free passage.

Policy

Parish council

The council is composed of six council members:

• Sports Club 51 Dingsleben: 4 seats
• Volunteer Fire Dingsleben: 1 seat
• At home club Brunnenberg: 1 seat

(As at municipal election on June 7, 2009)

Economy

In Dingsleben the Dingslebener brewery is located. Furthermore, many smaller businesses and especially one-man entrepreneurs resident in Dingsleben.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Alfred Kirchner ( * 1887), politician ( NSDAP)