Emsetal

Emsetal was a unit municipality in the Thuringian Forest, it is located on the Big Island mountain and belongs to the district of Gotha, Thuringia. It existed from 1996 to 2013. The places are now part of the city Walterhausen.

  • 3.1 Last council
  • 3.2 Last Mayor
  • 3.3 incorporation
  • 4.1 tourism
  • 4.2 Structures
  • 4.3 Cultural Associations
  • 4.4 Sports Clubs
  • 4.5 Motor Sport

Geography

Location

The community Emsetal was removed from the county town of Gotha on the western edge of the district of Gotha, about 18 km ( straight line ). The part type of Emsetal lay at the foot of the Big Island mountain and its foothills. Neighboring communities were the City of Walter Hausen and Tabarz in the district of Gotha and Bad Love Stone ( district Steinbach ), Ruhla, Seebach and Hörselberg -Hainich in Wartburg district.

Mountains and rivers

The southern part of the municipal area was completely forested and extended up to the crest of the Thuringian Forest to the Rennsteig. The highest elevation was the northwestern boundary point on the Big Island mountain ( 914.2 m above sea level. NN ). Noteworthy were also the mountains and surveys: Upper Beerberg, Drehberg, Big White Mountain, Little White Mountain ( 724.5 m ( 831.1 m above sea level. ) ( 754.3 m above sea level. ) ( 746.7 m above sea level. ) above sea level. NN ), Small Island mountain ( 705.6 m above sea level. NN ), Karpacz head ( 694.6 m above sea level. NN ), width Berg ( 634.1 m above sea level. NN ), Thiel mountains ( 565.3 m above sea level. NN ) Reitz hill ( 481.8 m above sea level. NN ), brooding mountain ( 443.7 m above sea level. NN ), Galgenkopf ( 425.8 m above sea level. NN ) and Sandberg ( 415.5 m above sea level. NN ). The northern part of the municipality has been used since the Middle Ages agriculturally dominated the pastoral industry. The lowest point was at the Emse in Kaisergrund (305 m above sea level. NN ). The municipal area was drained from the Esme, an orographic left tributary of the Hörsel. In the Emse turn the Fischbach and Schmerbach resulted as a main tributaries.

Community structure

Emsetal consisted of the districts Fischbach, Schmerbach, Schwarzhausen and Winterstein.

History

The unit community Emsetal created in 1996 through the merger of the previously independent municipalities Fischbach, Schmerbach, Schwarzhausen and Winterstein. The name of the village refers to the river Emse.

As a starting point for the colonization history of upper Emsetales the district Schwarzhausen is evaluated. The place was first mentioned in documents 787 and was connected via the Schweinaer road with the Rennsteig and the towns south of the forest. In a northerly and easterly direction paths and roads were used in the fertile Thuringian Basin as Altsiedelland. Barely five kilometers north is the fabled Great Hörselberg with the significant already in prehistoric times Venus cave.

To control the Old Quarters and the first settlements were built castles - this, first the focus castle was built in the valley. The later development of the territorial Landgraviate Thuringia brought the construction of additional fortifications with it. During this time the Winterstein Castle and just a few hundred meters away was the smaller castle summer stone, still with grave residues than ground monument in the grounds available. The Lords of Wangenheim and the Lords of Uetterodt were for centuries the dominant gender in the districts.

Archaeological finds on the Rennsteig and in the vicinity of the places show the beginning and Utilisation of ore deposits - written evidence is the copper smelting. Forest farmers and charcoal burners should have identified the majority of the village population.

Policy

Last council

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 led to the same distribution of the 16 seats in the municipal council as the previous local elections in 2004:

  • CDU: 10 seats
  • FWG Emsetal: 4 seats
  • FDP: 2 seats

Last mayor

The honorary mayor Klaus Reissig was elected on 10 March 2002.

Incorporation

The community Emsetal was incorporated on 31 December 2013 by Walter Hausen. Signed a contract to both Mayor on January 29, 2013.

Culture and sights

Tourism

  • The districts possessed by their proximity to the neighboring resorts Tabarz, Friedrichroda Brotterode a long tradition in winter sports and tourist resorts that also enriched the cultural life. On the southern outskirts of the village of Fischbach mountain stage Fischbach was built in 1953 and recorded in collaboration with the National Theater Eisenach in the summer season. This place was also a venue for concerts and folklore events.
  • The Big Island Mountain and the Rennsteig were proportionally to the municipality and were the most famous sights.

Structures

  • In winter, the stone ruins of the castle Winterstein were worth watching were the Wangenheimer family tomb and the monument to the Stutzel as well as the home office.
  • A landmark on the Rennsteig in the winter Steiner district wat the Ruhlaer ski lodge with the raptor enclosure made ​​there.
  • The former Wangenheimer Castle in Fischbach was built in stages from 1587 to 1639, it housed up to 31 December 2013, the local council and a local history museum. Grave stones of this noble family were in the Jacobuskirche in the local situation of Fischbach.
  • In Schwarzhausen there was another castle - it was built by the Lords of Uetterodt and is now used as a school.
  • In the district Schmerbach numerous historical fountains were running.

Castle Schwarzhausen

Castle Winterstein

Mountain Stage Fischbach

Half-timbered house in Schmerbach

Hotel at the ski lodge Ruhlaer

Stutzels grave in Winterstein

Cultural associations

  • The cultural life of the village Schmerbach also contributed to the Köhler club. In a wooded area north of town location, Köhler festival was celebrated every year.
  • In all districts of cultural events were offered as songs and folk evenings in support of tourism projects. The Home and historical societies made ​​possible by the creation of their activities Heimatstuben in Winterstein and Fischbach. An extensive network of trails erschließte the natural beauty of the districts.

Sports clubs

  • After the First World War, the development of winter sports began in the Thuringian Forest. Am Rennsteig created on the initiative of skiers from Ruhla and Eisenach Ruhlaer ski lodge, she became the first center for winter sports in the region. In addition to the cross-country skiing and sledding and ski jumping has been around since the 1920s demand, Schanzenbauten were built in Fischbach and Winterstein, the jumps of Brotterode, Tabarz and Ruhla were for economic reasons only used.
  • Of great importance for the sport had the Rennsteiglauf held every year at the organizational preparation, the sports fans of the Emsetal participated.

The SV Emsetal eV was the biggest club of the united community Emsetal, was established on May 6, 1999. Its predecessors are the SV unit Schmerbach / Schwarzhausen and the football section of the SV Winterstein 90 eV

Motorsport

The district Winterstein was the starting point for the of 2005-2009 annually discharged ADAC Rennsteig mountain race. The race track with 4,100 route length of Winterstein on the L 1027 towards Bad Love stone to the Rennsteig up, la exactly on the opposite side of the mountain legendary Glasbach race. A special feature was the division of the paddock: the touring car stood up to and including 2008, the bottom of the site; the cars above the target area.

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