Vollersroda

Vollersroda is a municipality in the southern part of the Weimar area and part of the joint management Mellingen.

History

In 1262 the place Vollersroda was first mentioned in a document of Volrad Kranich field for the monastery Oberweimar as " Volradshrode ". The Lords of Schleidnitz and Lichtenberg had in the 14th century property and rights in Voylesrode. Later the place came into the possession of the Counts of Weimar- Orlamünde and belonged from 1428 to the Counts of Schwarzburg. In the years 1440 and 1508 more mentions of the place have occurred. 1598 the site was sold by the Saxon Chancellor Marcus Gerstenbergk to Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Saxe -Weimar. The Thirty Years' War was over Vollersroda tolerable, while the nearby settlement Weiheroda was destroyed. From the beginning of the 19th century the city was part of the Grand Duchy of Saxe -Weimar -Eisenach, District Court District Jena and after 1945 with the State of Thuringia part of the Soviet occupation zone and the GDR. Since 1990, the city is part of the newly established state of Thuringia.

Attractions

• The village church of the village from the 18th century as having a " fortified " characterized choir tower with truss tower and was taken Weimar country in the list of monuments of the county. It was also repeatedly painted by Lyonel Feininger.
• On the way to Wachhügel you come to the horse-pond - a natural, water-filled sink in the hallway of the village. According to a legend here was a stopping place for teamsters, always had yet to have their horses and even after the passage of the book Fahrter mountain grant a respite before they could reach the village.