Hohenkirchen, Thuringia
High churches is a municipality in the administrative district of Gotha in Thuringia Community Apfelstädtaue.
- 5.1 Sons and daughters of the town
- 5.2 other personalities
Geography
High churches located on the northern edge of the Thuringian Forest in the vicinity of manor and George Thal (1.5 and 4 km ), Ohrdruf (3.6 km) and Petriroda (2,3 km). The nearby state road 247 location of traffic- both with Gotha and the Federal Highway 4 as well as with the larger economic regions in the near Thuringian Forest is connected.
History
The village chief churches was first mentioned on June 14, 1168.
The location of the village chief churches on the northern edge of the Thuringian Forest, with fast-flowing streams and close extended, situated in full possession of the monastery George valley forests like in the late 15th century a main reason for choosing this place to build one of the first Saigerhütten in the region by have been the Fugger. The object of the Saigerhütten was the best possible separation of copper and silver, in the process also lead was required that could obtain the product from the Fugger Goslaer mining area. A suitable, even closer situated to the resin hut site was not found, we might eventually have the proximity to competing Mansfeld copper mining area avoided. In the period 1510-1513 000000000024489.000000000024.489 quintals raw copper was gesaigert in High churches, thereby 000000000024191.000000000024.191 Garkupfer quintals were produced. The amounts required for it to charcoal were considerable. The charcoal shortage exposed craftsmen of the neighboring towns of Gotha, Erfurt, Arnstadt Saalfeld and complained about the rapidly rising cost of charcoal. Gains apparently achieved only the hut operators who allowed antransportieren overland to Thuringia most of blister copper from copper smelters own in what was then the Kingdom of Hungary belonging mining region of Banska Bystrica. The initially constructed of Nuremberg and Augsburg patrician families Saigerhüttenunternehmen were soon imitated in adjacent regions with the Thuringian princes financial participation. However, the products obtained gain was already significantly lower because of the silver content in the Thuringian blister copper was lower.
High churches 1669-1699 was affected by witch hunts. Six women and a man came in witch trials, four women were burned, one punishable by expulsion from the country, one died in prison.
Population Development
Development of the population (31 December):
- 2002 - 776
- 2003 - 792
- 2004 - 784
- 2005 - 761
- 2007 - 740
- 2008 - 740
- 2009 - 734
- 2010 - 729
Coat of arms
" In keeping red with a black gridded left silver Obereck a golden knight on a border to the right golden silver bridled horse with a silver shield with black bars cross in his right hand a black spear with silver lace. "
Attractions
The Church of St. Gangolf was built 1510/1511 as a church hall with recessed choir. This construction date and the financing of the church building is obviously directly related to the set up on the outskirts Saigerhütte. After the introduction of the Reformation in 1532 the church tower from demolition stones of the monastery George Thal nor was grown in the years 1576-1579. The Tower and the construction of a girls' school were initiated by the then minister of the parish churches of the High / manor / Petriroda Theodor Evander. Also purchased the organ in 1609 owed the municipality of financial support of the pastor. Has The present organ dates from the Knauf workshop of 1819, at the Rudolf Böhm from Gotha in 1960 made the latest changes.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Baroque tower hood and the baroque pulpit altar with rich sculptural decoration of 1776 and the two-storey gallery created with conversions. During the Second World War, the spire and the clock tower from 1844 was destroyed. To celebrate the 500th anniversary of the church a newly procured movement was set in motion on August 28, 2011.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Georg Böhm (1661-1733), organist and composer of the Baroque
Other personalities
- Jakob Fugger founded after 1495 in Hohenkirchen a Saigerhütte.