Herpf

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Parish Church of St. Johann

Herpf is a district of the county town of Meiningen in the south of Thuringia with 918 inhabitants ( 2010).

  • 5.1 traffic
  • 5.2 Facilities

Geographical Location

Herpf is located in the west of the city in front of the Rhön in the valley of the same river Herpf near the 751 meter high Gebaberges. The place is located in the Biosphere Reserve Rhön. The distance to the city center of Meiningen is in a straight line approximately six kilometers (street = 10 km).

History

In Eichigt there are prehistoric tumuli. 788 Herpf was mentioned as Heripfe documented and is the oldest district of Meiningen. The place name is Old High German origin and can be etymologically to the composition elements heri (big, enormous ) and kelt. affa or norddt. * apa lead back ( river ). The place was umwehrt in the Middle Ages with a moat, double wall and two gates. In the northwest there was a castle of the ruler, it was probably rebuilt in the late 15th century in a fortified church plant. 1447 this church was first mentioned. 1497 is united by construction of the keep of the former castle with the nave of the church. The current hall space was created in 1611 with two-story galleries.

After the division of the county of Henneberg in 1660, the town belonged briefly to 1672 to the Official Wasungen and then came back to the office Maßfeld. Since 1680, the village belonged to the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen. 1825 Herpf was affiliated with the Office Meiningen.

Herpf 1611-1685 was affected by witch hunts: First victim Osanna Motz died in 1611 in the torture chamber. A total of eight people came in witch trials, at least two were executed. Of the three processes, the output is unknown.

The incorporation of Seeba on 1 January 1971 was reversed on 1 August 1996, and Seeba joined the community Rhönblick.

On 11 March 2009 an integration contract for the incorporation of Herpf was signed to Meiningen between the municipality and the city Herpf Meiningen, which was completed on December 1, 2010.

Population Development

Development of the population (31 December):

  • 2002: 991
  • 2003: 974
  • 2004: 955
  • 2005: 941
  • 2006: 924
  • 2007: 929
  • 2008: 926
  • 2009: 912

Policy

The district mayor of Herpf is Petra Jungk. She was elected prior to the incorporation on 27 June 2004 as the honorary mayor and re-elected on June 6, 2010.

The Ortsteilrat Council shall consist of eight women and councilors with the following distribution of seats together:

  • TBV 7 seats
  • Individual candidate 1 seat

Steffen Huber, a member of the district council is represented in the Meininger City Council.

Culture and sights

  • Village fastening
  • Kirchenburg
  • The Protestant parish church of St. John is a church choir tower with a rectangular nave and dates from the years 1611-1620, the staircase doors were made ​​already in 1497. With its magnificent marbling and gilding it is an example of the quality of the peasant Baroque in the country.
  • In the village there are some well-preserved half-timbered houses that have been restored to a large extent.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

By Herpf the busy country road leads 1124 of Meiningen to Kaltensundheim ( Fulda ). This will be expanded in the mid- 2010s as the federal highway B87n and Herpf receives a ring road. Another major road is the L2621 from Reichenhausen about Herpf and the district Dreißigacker to Meiningen.

Facilities

In Herpf a primary school and the daycare dandelion are located.

Personalities

  • Georg Wilhelm Kessler (1782-1846), a Prussian official ( government of President Arnsberg ) and writer.
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