Schweickershausen

Schweickershausen is a municipality in the district of Hildburghausen in Frankish dominated the south of Thuringia. The municipality belongs to the administrative community to Heldburger lowlands. The administrative headquarters are in the town of Bad Colberg- Heldburg.

Location

Schweickershausen located in Heldburger country southwest of Bad Colberg- Heldburg in the southernmost tip of the state of Thuringia. A large part of the district borders is both border between Thuringia and Bavaria. Transport default, the village has connection to the county road 503 to the connection to the main road 1134.

History

The church was first mentioned in 1317 as Schwichershusin. As early as 1340 the community Schweickershausen was called. It is likely that even then there was a castle or a castle in the town. The place was owned by the family of Schaumberg and was sold in 1469 to Hartung Steward of Wetzhausen to Sternberg. He and his descendants called themselves since Steward of Schweickershausen.

The place bordered on the hen Bergische militia. Remains of which can still be seen today.

1525/1526 the town was captured by the Reformation and Lutheran.

Schweickershausen 1630-1685 was affected by witch hunts. Two women and a man came in witch trials. Hans Müller was burned in 1654.

The Church of Schweickershausen was inaugurated in 1747. Before that there was a church that had been built by Martin Steward of Wetzhausen, the Grand Master of the German Order in the same place.

The present castle was built in the early 18th century, replacing a much older building.

After the division of Germany in 1945 the place of the Soviet occupation zone was assigned, after he was first occupied by Americans. In the castle border troops were quartered later. 1961 double row of barbed wire fence was built with minefield and explains the entire region of the country Heldburger a prohibited area. Due to the geographic location of the place exposed the usually 5 km wide restricted area to the rest of East Germany could leave only after 18 kilometers.

On 26 December 1989, the border was reopened and about 4000 guests from Bavaria welcomed and catered for.

The village is built mainly in Franconian half-timbered construction with an intact monumental ensemble. It reached under various competitions first places, for example in 1998 the gold medal in the national competition Our village is beautiful and 1999, the silver medal in the European competition Entente Florale Europe. To the west of the municipality on the border lies the nature reserve of Long Mountain.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Schweickershausen consists of six council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 in a proportional representation. The elected Council members belong to the liberal voters.

Twinning

A partnership exists with the community Ermershausen in Bavaria.