Seitenroda

Seitenroda is a municipality in the southern part of the Thuringian Saale- wood - country circuit and part of the joint management Southern Saale valley.

Geography and Geology

Seitenroda is about 2 km east of Kahla and east behind the Leuchtenburg. The steadily rising and winding L1062 leads past the castle and directly through the town east to Eineborn with connection to the Federal Highway 9 at Hermsdorf. The hilly district of the village comprises 405 ha limestone and colored stone weathered soils prevail. Except for the valleys, these surfaces are ground water away. The hills and steeper slopes are forested and provided with balks.

History

The first mention of Seitenroda took place in 1280. With the construction of the light castle probably was accompanied by the establishment of the village; the proven documentary Ersterwähnungen of village and castle are close together. The castle was first mentioned in 1221.

Seitenroda 1669-1713 was affected by witch hunts. Two women and two men got into witch trials. The output is unknown, since the files were destroyed.

→ See also the village church Seitenroda

Pictures

Seitenroda with Leuchtenburg

Church in Seitenroda

Fachwerkhof in Seitenroda

Altenberga Bad Klosterlausnitz Bibra, Saale-Holzland Bobeck Bollberg Bremsnitz Crossen an der Elster Dornburg-Camburg Eichenberg, Saale-Holzland Freienorla Geisenhain Gneus Golmsdorf Gumperda Hainspitz Hartmannsdorf, Saale-Holzland Hummelshain Kleinbockedra Kleineutersdorf Laasdorf Lehesten, Saale-Holzland Lindig Lippersdorf-Erdmannsdorf Meusebach Milda, Germany Nausnitz Oberbodnitz Petersberg, Thuringia Quirla Rauda Rauschwitz Renthendorf Rothenstein, Germany Ruttersdorf-Lotschen Scheiditz Schleifreisen Serba Silbitz Stadtroda Sulza Tautenburg Tautenhain, Thuringia Thierschneck Tissa, Germany Trockenborn-Wolfersdorf Unterbodnitz Walpernhain Wichmar Zimmern, Thuringia Integrated Authority File
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