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Samples is a municipality in the administrative community Lindenberg / calibration field in the Thuringian district of calibration field.

  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Mayor

Location

Samples is located about six kilometers northwest of Worbis and 14 kilometers northeast of Heiligenstadt at the northwestern foot of Ohmgebirges. The village lies on the main road in 2017, the south of the town has connection to the highway 247 and leads to northern Duderstadt.

The district extends from Hahletal to Trogberg ( 502.9 m), the north-west pillar of the Ohmgebirges. West is the dam bell ditch.

Neighboring towns are Wehnde in the north, the south and Ferna Teistungen in the West.

History

Samples was first documented in 1090. The Knights of samples had a fortified manor house, which she later conversions as a castle. Castle and remains of fortifications are immortalized on an image in Bodenstein 's stock ledger. 1623 during the Thirty Years' War samples was completely destroyed. The St. Gallus church was built in the years 1725-1727. Its sovereign until 1802 Kurmainz, churches, land and court the family of Mr. Wintzingerode. 1802 to 1807 the place became Prussian and then came to the Kingdom of Westphalia. 1815 to 1945 he was part of the Prussian province of Saxony. 1945-1949 of the April 10, 1945, occupied by the U.S. Army site was part of the Soviet zone of occupation and since 1949 part of the GDR. From 1961 until the turn and reunion 1989/1990 samples was affected by the closure of the nearby German border. Since 1990, the city is part of the re-established state of Thuringia.

Coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms in gold samples shows a green lime from a wall grow, this should point to the walled village of Linde samples. The tree comes with a silver plate, in an oblique fire hook, busy, which stands for the noble family of those " of Wintzingerode ". This generation had possessions in place and the history of samples significantly influenced.

Population Development

Development of the population (31 December):

  • 2002: 280
  • 2003: 281
  • 2004: 279
  • 2007: 267

Policy

Parish council

The municipal council of samples is composed of six council members.

  • Nomination individual candidates: 6 seats

(As at municipal election on June 7, 2009)

Mayor

The Mayor Mario Nolte was elected in 2009.

Council of samples from 2009 (all non-party deputies):

  • Mayor: Mario Nolte
  • Deputy Mayor Harald Hesse
  • Council members: Jens Klaus Jan Wolf, Mario Urban, Olaf Liebscher, Karsten Roth

Culture and sights

  • Ev. St. Gallus Church
  • Village green 350 year old lime tree
  • Wehnder waiting
  • Samples has a 700-750 year old yew tree, which is probably the oldest in Thuringia

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Ernst August of Wintzingerode (1747-1806), royal - Prussian lieutenant general and commander of the Garde du Corps
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