Weingarten, Thuringia

50.97361111111110.537222222222352Koordinaten: 50 ° 58 ' 25 "N, 10 ° 32' 14" E

Weingarten within the rural community Hörsel

Weingarten is a district of the rural community Hörsel in the northwest of the Thuringian Landkreis Gotha.

  • 2.1 Population development
  • 3.1 Former Mayor
  • 4.1 Structures
  • 5.1 traffic

Geography

Geographical location

The village is located north of the Thuringian Forest, about 14 kilometers from the district town of Gotha and about 45 kilometers from the state capital Erfurt. Weingarten is located in the north of 390 m above sea level. NN high Haynberges, from the deeper Nessetal separates ( about 254 m above sea level. NN ) as a flat hill the valley of Hörsel ( about 276 m above sea level. NN ). The nearest villages are Friedrichswerth in the north, Sonneborn in the northeast, Neufrankenroda the southeast, Teutleben in the south and Ebenheim in the West. On the southern outskirts of the village pond, pond source of Gliemen Brook, which flows to the east and reaches the Nesse between Sonneborn and Friedrichswerth is.

Extent of the area

The total area of the district is 402 hectares of vineyard.

History

The first written mention of the vineyard is found in an undated deed of Fulda Abbot Burchard ( 1168-1176 ).

On January 1, 1997, Weingarten member congregation founded 1994 Management Community Hörsel. By order of the Thuringian state parliament on 16 November 2011, the administrative community Hörsel was disbanded on 1 December 2011 and by a voluntary group of ten previously independent municipalities Unteraspach, Ebenheim, Fröttstädt, Hörselgau, Lauchagrund, Mechterstädt, Metebach, Teutleben, Trügleben and Weingarten rural community Hörsel be re- formed.

Population Development

Development of the population (each 31 December):

  • 2002 - 189
  • 2003 - 183
  • 2004 - 183
  • 2005 - 180
  • 2006 - 177
  • 2007 - 162
  • 2008 - 171
  • 2009 - 164
  • 2010 - 157

Policy

Former Mayor

In the mayoral election on June 27, 2004 Clear Klaus was elected honorary mayor of the community. On 6 June 2010 he was confirmed in his office. His term began on 1 July 2010. With the conversion to the rural community he was from December 1, 2011 for the district mayor ( with a term of office until 2016).

Culture and sights

Structures

The main attraction of the place is the nameless village church. The little church is very old. Documents, in which the Church is mentioned, say that they already existed in the 13th century. It is believed that this is the oldest church in Thuringia village. Probably it was built in the course of travel of Boniface of Ohrdruf in the 8th century. In a square entering an cubical, stone altar meet under certain conditions, the sun's rays, a fact which indicates a place of pagan worship that was perhaps rebuilt in the wake of the missionary Boniface by the locals to a Christian church. The church contains two galleries and about 120 seats, a space that has complied with the church attendance of former times. The parish is part of the parish Metebach, which continues to belong to the parishes Neufrankenroda, Asbach and Ebenheim.

Economy and infrastructure

The place is dominated by agriculture, with most of the arable land is cultivated by a company based in Sonneborn.

Traffic

The nearest train station is about seven kilometers south of Weingarten in Mechterstädt or Fröttstädt. Bus number 820 of the Regional Transport Community Gotha combines vineyard with the county town of Gotha.

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