Judenbach
Judenbach is a municipality in Thuringia in the district of Sonneberg.
- 3.1 municipal
- 5.1 traffic
Geography
The place is a 3 -km-long road village on a plateau in the south of the Franconian Forest Steinachtal between the west and the east Tettautal. East of the village is 699 meters above sea level the high stone hill, north rises 697 meters high mountain goat and the 714 -meter high shingle blow.
Neighboring communities
Clockwise, starting in the north: Sonnenberg - Tettau - Pressig - Föritz.
Community structure
To Judenbach include four more places:
- Heiner village
- Jagdshof
- Monk mountain
- Neuenbau
History
The church was first mentioned in documents in 1317, but is probably much older.
Judenbach formerly lived mainly of toy manufacturing and agriculture and forestry. In the Middle Ages there were around Jews Bach several charcoal burners and a glass factory. The village benefited from the construction of long-distance connections along the mountain valleys and the railroad of the Thuringian Forest greatly from its location on the military and trade route from Nuremberg to Leipzig. Judenbach was one of the resting and bias points for the crossing of the Thuringian Forest. The military and trade route used by the so-called Sattelpaß Neuenbau at the lowest point of the mountain crossing.
With the beginning of the Nazi era, the persecution of political opponents began, but there was in place also resistance against the Nazi system. By 1936 a small resistance group worked at the couple Emma and Rudi Suffa who received educational pamphlets of couriers and further initiated. A resident of Heiner village received a one-year prison sentence for him such documents were found. The Protestant pastor Gerhard Hertzsch presented in 1934 openly against the German Christian Church leadership, after which he forcibly transferred by Melborn and was dismissed in 1935 from the Thuringian church service.
The village was from 1952 to 1990 in the restricted zone along the border with the Federal Republic (see Inner German border), which is why its inhabitants suffered severe restrictions on their personal freedom. In the 1950s, the whole district Rottenbach was razed because it was located right on the border with Bavaria. In addition, a case of forced resettlement of unwanted citizens is at least (Action vermin ) occurred.
Policy
Parish council
The Council of the Municipality Judenbach consists of 14 members and Mayor Albrecht Morgenroth ( CDU).
- CDU: 8 seats
- LEFT: 3 seats
- CDU: 2 seats
- Citizens' Initiative Jagdshof: 1 seat
(As at municipal election on June 7, 2009)
Culture and sights
Economy and infrastructure
The toy manufacturing, which was marked up in the 1950s by many small private holdings, then from a PGH and later in the VEB Kombinat toys Sonni Sonnenberg rose, no longer has any meaning.
After the turn settled with the company Dr. Franz Schneider GmbH a plastic operation for the automotive supplier industry in Judenbach of which offers about 300 jobs. In addition, many residents commute to work in the places in the area, especially in the direction Sonnenberg, County Kronach and Coburg.
In addition to the old settlement structure of a typical street village, the church has several side streets in the lower part, new development areas that have been used by many newcomers emerged after the turn. In addition, a new community center and a cultural center with open-air theater was built.
Traffic
From Judenbach the roads to Sonnenberg, Tettau Pressig and Steinach.
Personalities
Well -known son of the village is Erich Apel, the SED functionary and was from 1963 to 1965 Chairman of the State Planning Commission of the GDR.
In addition, the world's extended family Bauersachs has its roots in Judenbach. Your granddaddy Hans Bauer Sachs was here in the 15th century forester. A scion of the American part of this family, Ken Bowersox, is flown as NASA astronaut several times on the space shuttle into space, one of which to the International Space Station ISS.
Another famous son of the church is the missionary Peter Martin Metzler (1824-1907), who made an important contribution to the modernization of Palestine in the last years of the 19th century.
Another Jew Bacher personality was Franz Diez (1914-2000), he drove a lot of success for BMW in sidecar race ( 3days - Alpine Rally, etc.) of the 30s and provided important insights for the development of two-wheelers.
The painter Ali Kurt Baumgarten (1914-2009) was also from Judenbach.