Sophienhof (Harztor)

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Location of Sophienhof in Thuringia

Sophienhof is a district of the rural community Harztor in the district of Nordhausen in Thuringia.

Geographical Location

The village is located in the so-called Sophienhof Hohnsteiner forest, which once belonged to the Counts of Stolberg, in the northwest of Thuringia, only 1 km from the border with Saxony -Anhalt and 6 km from the border with Lower Saxony away. The place can be reached by motor vehicles only about byways of Rothesütte or from the main road 81 between Hasselfelde and Ilfeld. Otherwise, several hiking trails lead from the surrounding villages after Kiel.

Sophienhof also has a breakpoint of Harzquerbahn, the off approximately 800 m north of the site is located in the forest.

History

The place was probably made in the 17th century and was first mentioned in 1560 under another name. Count Christian Ernst of Stolberg- Wernigerode 1710 inherited the county of Wernigerode and the Hohnsteiner forest. He married in 1712 Charlotte Sophie Countess of Leiningen - Westerburg, according to its name in 1717, the village, which until then was known as Schmerplatz, was renamed in Kiel. In the first half of the 18th century a small church was built in Sophienhof, which fell like the church in the neighboring Rothesütte near the inner-German border and was demolished in the 1960s. Your 1742 cast bell is preserved and is now (2012 ) in a belfry at the cemetery. 1747 was appointed Count forestry and hunting champion with his office in Sophienhof Hans Dietrich von Zanthier. To him a memorial stone.

Sophienhof was incorporated into the municipality of Ilfeld 1972. As part Ilfelds since January 1, 2012, is part of the newly founded community Harztor.