Hetschburg

Hetschburg is a municipality in the southern part of the Weimar area and part of the joint management Mellingen.

Geography

The close Ilm valley and the surrounding plateaus like Adelberg, Bohemian Grove, Knott mountain and Röhmberg offer little space for the expansion of the town. Hetschburg is conveniently connected between the B 87, which ran right past the place and located on the north elevation of the place B 85

History

" Heitungsburg " is the original name of an ancient forts, below there was a settlement on the Ilm. Your name indicates a foundation by members of the ruling at the beginning of the 8th century Thuringian- Franconian duke Heden II, who secured the transition between the Thuringian Altsiedelland and the development of the land area between Ilm and Saale here. The castle is a well built by the Dukes already Christian chapel, which was dedicated to St. Martin remained. The reason today " Martin's Church " mentioned hillfort investigated the archaeologists Paul Grimm and Wolfgang Timpel. It is mentioned in a deed of Count Wichmann May 1119. The noble family of Heidingsburg can be detected in records from 1252 to 1486. In the Thirty Years' War, the town was almost completely destroyed. The church was rebuilt in the Baroque style 1700-1730. The parish registers begin until 1702, the final name " Hetschburg " appeared in 1775 for the first time on. From the beginning of the 19th century the city was part of the Grand Duchy of Saxe -Weimar- Eisenach and after 1945 with the State of Thuringia part of the Soviet occupation zone and the GDR. Since 1990, the city is part of the newly established state of Thuringia.

→ See also Martin's Church ( Hetschburg )

Economy

Due to its location in the conservation and recreation area " Middle Ilm Valley " a growing importance of tourism is given.

Attractions

• Church
• Wallburg with Martin Church