Ostheim

Ostheim vor der Rhön ( officially: Ostheim vdRhön ) is a city in the Lower Franconian district of Rhön - grave field and office of the Management Community Ostheim vor der Rhön.

  • 2.1 Amalgamations
  • 3.1 Mayor
  • 3.2 municipal
  • 3.3 Coat of Arms
  • 3.4 Town twinning
  • 4.1 monuments
  • 4.2 Local Specialties
  • 5.1 traffic
  • 5.2 Established businesses
  • 5.3 Media

Geography

Boroughs

The municipality Ostheim vdRhön has nine officially named districts:

  • Johannismühle
  • Copper mill
  • Lichtenburg
  • Lohmühle
  • Oberwaldbehrungen
  • Ostheim
  • Scheer mill
  • Urspringen
  • Walkmühle

History

The Frankish settlement Ostheim vor der Rhön was probably founded around 525 and 804 mentioned for the first time in a document. The taverns of Großvargula owned 1214 in Ostheim own goods and fief of the Abbey of Fulda and the Landgrave of Thuringia. The Office Lichtenberg to the Ostheim and Urspringen belonged, was formerly an office of the county Henneberg - Römhild and later the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar- Eisenach. 1920, the exclave Ostheim the newly founded state of Thuringia and was part of the district of Eisenach. 1945 Ostheim was assigned as part of the American occupation zone the Free State of Bavaria and Thuringia, Enclave stood as under Bavarian administration. Since the local government reform of 1972 Ostheim part of the administrative district of Lower Franconia. The Protestant parish belonged until 1972 to the state church in Thuringia, the Catholic Kuratie Ostheim vor der Rhön, formerly as larger areas of Thuringia belonging to the diocese of Fulda, is pastoral care since 1945 by the Diocese of Würzburg.

Incorporations

On 1 July 1972, the formerly independent municipalities were integrated Oberwaldbehrungen and Urspringen.

Policy

Mayor

Mayor Ulrich Waldsachs ( CSU FWG ) located in the first round with 66.29 % of the vote against Ulrike Stanek (SPD; 25.21% ) and Horst Werner ( OL -WV; 8.50% ) prevailed.

Parish council

The local council of Ostheim consists of 16 members and the mayor. Since the last municipal election in 2008, the CDU Community Ostheim holds 6 seats, 5 per account for the CSU and the SPD.

Coat of arms

Blazon:

" In gold between two red towers built with red pointed roofs a red crenellated wall with open gate, on which a red reinforced black lion with green diamond ring is available in paws. "

Twinning

A twinning maintains Ostheim Wasungen in Thuringia.

Culture and sights

  • The fortified church Ostheim is one of the largest and best preserved fortified churches in Germany.
  • Lichtenburg with a working knight hall and lounge
  • Historic old town with aristocratic residences, mills, half-timbered houses
  • Organ Building Museum in Hanstein Castle (on request with musical leadership )
  • Barrow
  • Ostheimer waiting (tower)
  • Jewish cemetery in the district Oberwaldbehrungen

Monuments

Local specialties

A local specialty is the Ostheimer meat loaf, not the meatloaf is, despite its name, as is common in southern Germany. It is made like a terrine of pork, 90 percent and 10 percent pork liver. The meat is still hot processed immediately after slaughter, which improves the taste. The medium- coarse, spiced with nutmeg meat dough wrapped a pork network that produces a fine crust during baking. The Ostheimer meat loaf has been included in the Slow Food Ark of Taste in October 2004. This earned him a national reputation. Since 2002, takes place every two years at the end of the second week of October Rhoener sausage market in Ostheim.

Economy

Traffic

Ostheim located on the main road 285, the A 71 motorway is around ten kilometers away and can be reached via the junction Mellrichstadt.

In public transport is served by bus lines Ostheim the OVF, which run to the DB breakpoint Mellrichstadt station, where connection is made to trains in Würzburg and Erfurt. Travel time to Mellrichstadt station is about ten minutes.

The train station of the city, at the track Mellrichstadt - Fladungen (scatter Valley Railway ) is operated only seasonally in the museum traffic.

Established businesses

  • Bionade GmbH (manufacturer of a biological soft drink )
  • Hey Organ Builders (manufacturer of pipe organs )
  • Organbuilder Hoffmann and Schindler, through family inheritance follwed the Markert family
  • Publisher Peter Engstler ( alternative literature, poetry, magazines)

Media

In Ostheim since March 23, 1907, the Ostheimer newspaper, the smallest local newspaper in Germany appears with about 900 copies. It is published and printed by a local publisher Gunzenheimer. In the 1976 released movie Over time, by Wim Wenders a key scene takes place in the printing of the Ostheimer newspaper instead, in the co-star, Robert, played by Hanns Hisser, at first bitterly with his father, the editor, dealing, but then reconciled with him.

Personalities ( in chronological order )

  • Hartmann Schenk ( born April 7, 1634 Ruhla in Eisenach ), the high schools attended to Eisenach and Coburg, went in 1656 to the University of Helmstedt, 1657 in Jena, was in 1662 a pastor in Bibra, 1669 Deacon in Ostheim vor der Rhön and pastor in Völkershausen, where he died on May 2, 1681. His art of prayer Güldene of 1677 contains some hymns from him, including the widespread output song Well, thank God it's done, singing, praying, teaching, listening, whose last stanza the vielgesungene output God bless our men, our input forms alike. Shortly before his death he wrote the Sterbelied father, it is coming to an end, my annual decrease.
  • Lawrence Hartmann Schenk ( born June 19, 1670 in Ostheim ), son of Hartmann Schenk, since his father's 1692 successor, died as a senior pastor in Unterrodach on September 1, 1730, in his Communionbuch 1718 and in 1722 he edited Römhilder Hymns 23 own songs published, including Jesus, Jesus, your love, O Jesus faithful pastor and Sweet Jesus, my sun.
  • Ernst Salomon Cyprian (1673-1745), Lutheran theologian, and librarian
  • Christian Schreiber (1781-1857), philosopher, educator, poet; died in Ostheim
  • Christian Glock (1801-1881), theologian, physician, musician, later mayor in Ostheim; Friend of the composer Robert Schumann
  • Högner Friedrich (1897-1981), born in Oberwaldbehrungen, organist, country director of church music
  • Hans Helm (1914-2001), physician in Ostheim, students, world champion 400m,
  • Eberhard helmet (1952 ), born in Filke, Doctor, German Champion, Bavarian Champion, 5th at the European Championships, co-founder of the SC Ostheim / Rhön

Gallery

Entrance Kirchenburg

Church Castle (2011)

Map of Enclave Ostheim

Fulda monastery Roman Catholic Diocese of Fulda Great hall Tureen Kings of the Road Hanns Zischler Aubstadt Bastheim Burglauer Hendungen Herbstadt Heustreu Hohenroth Hollstadt Niederlauer Oberelsbach Oberstreu Salz, Bavaria Sandberg, Bavaria Stockheim, Lower Franconia Strahlungen Sulzfeld, Rhön-Grabfeld Trappstadt Unsleben Willmars Integrated Authority File
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