Kirchgandern

Kirchgandern is a municipality in the Thuringian district of calibration field. It belongs to the administrative community Hanstein - Rusteberg and is located about one kilometer south of the federal motorway 38

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Mayor

Geographical location

Kirchgandern is in the upper line trench about 2.5 km north-east of the border triangle Hesse Lower Saxony and Thuringia. The 4.37 km ² large area extends in the heights of 192-329 m above sea level. NN. To the north rises the Horse Mountain (300 m above sea level, . Former place of sacrifice ) and northeast of the ( approximately 325 m above sea level. ; Site of a chapel ) Bald Mountain. The line forms the southwestern boundary of the parish and the natural border of the Thuringian neighboring communities Arenshausen the southeast and Hohengandern in the southwest. To the northwest lies the Lower Saxon Besenhausen. In the forest towards Bald Mountain springs from the goose creek that flows through the village about east-west direction and slightly west of it flows into the lead. He also split the village into two parts: the northern half of the village is called Oberndorf, the southern as a village.

West past the village runs the country road 1001, which leads south to Federal Highway 80, and located to the northwest on adjoining them roads through Lower Saxony for in Hesse in Marzhausen junction Neu-Eichenberg - Friedland the motorway has 38.

Still belongs to the local situation, the south-east direction Arenshausen preferred settlement Neuwerth.

History

The first mention Kirchganderns took place in 1118. Kirchgandern takes its name from the original settlement " Ganderaha ". " Gander " means gander and " Aha " is the name for water, so the place name means " located at the goose creek ". The nickname " church " was the village, as his church was the main church of the spiritual spell. The church is one of the oldest churches in the near vicinity, according to deed it was built in 1300. Thus evolved over time from the place name " Ganderaha " today toponym Kirchgandern. 1802 to 1807 the place became Prussian and then came to the Kingdom of Westphalia. From 1815 he was part of the Prussian province of Saxony. 1945 to 1949, the village belonged to the Soviet occupation zone and since 1949 part of the GDR. From 1952 until the turn and reunion 1989/1990 Kirchgandern was affected by the closure of the nearby German border. Among other things, lying directly on the border stations of the cross and the coming of the 1852 Magdalen Chapel was no longer available and were destroyed by decay and destruction. In the 90's Way of the Cross and chapel were rebuilt. Since 1990, the city is part of the re-established state of Thuringia.

In Kirchgandern there used to be many craft shops such as bakeries, butcher shops, a mill, grocery stores, restaurants, a cigar factory, doctors, hairdressers, a hat factory, tailor, a shoemaker, a plate -makers, carpenters, a blacksmith, painters, plumbers, a trucking company and much more. Even in education Kirchgandern was relatively well equipped with two schools.

Over the years in Kirchgandern developed an active club life. For example, the Veterans' Association, the Pigeon Association, the Young Women's Association and the cycling club, which no longer exist today emerged. However, the glee club, the dog sport club, the VFR Sports Club, the Old Men Kirchgandern, the forest community, the Kolping family, the conveyor Kirchgandern and the volunteer fire department Kirchgandern are still very active today.

After the turn Kirchgandern was taken to the village renewal program; the community opened up an industrial park and built a community center in which today meetings, association meetings and celebrations take place.

Coat of arms

The community Kirchgandern leads an official coat of arms and a flag.

Blazon: " Azure, a silver flight ready Ganter with a growing right and left from the neck shortened floating silver bar, topped with a red heart sign with a silver sechsspeichigen wheel "

The speech ends crest can be seen a goose with outstretched wings (wings are shown in bottom view ), where the neck and head of the goose combined with a transom a cross, form as a sign of faith and church. The heart sign with the silver wheel symbolizes the centuries-old affiliation with the electors and the archbishopric of Mainz, thus the calibration field.

Population Development

Development of the population (31 December):

• 2002: 603
• 2003: 603
• 2004: 626
• 2006: 623

• 2007: 635

Policy

Parish council

The local council of Kirchgandern is composed of eight council members.

• CDU: 5 seats
• FDP FDP: 3 seats

(As at municipal election on June 7, 2009)

Mayor

The honorary mayor Wolfgang Sieling (CDU ) was elected on June 6, 2010.

Attractions

Among the attractions of the place include:

• Village with half-timbered houses
• Church
• Stations of the Cross and Magdalen chapel on the pilgrims Loccum - Volkenroda

Sons and daughters

• Albert Krebs ( b. 1951 )