Windehausen

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St. Giles Church from the southwest

Windehausen is a district of the rural community of herring / helmets in the district of Nordhausen in Thuringia.

Location

Windehausen is located east of the town of Nordhausen in the Golden Meadows and north of the city pegs. The railway Halle- Nordhausen and the federal highway 38 through the district. Further east is the Kelbra Dam.

History

Most likely Windehausen is a Wendish settlement. Not only the still festzustellende former ring local architecture with surrounding moat suggest. The name probably means House of Wenden. The place was first mentioned on 16 March 1158, by a charter of Emperor Frederick I as Winthusen. Friedrich gave then the nunnery Nordhausen at the request of the abbess Cecilia, the imperial castle and the royal court Nordhausen in exchange for two pounds pence annual income in Windehausen and Bielen.

The place was a long time to the Official pegs. 1819 came the offices herring and Kelbra to Prussia and thus Windehausen the circle Sangerhausen in the province of Saxony.

As of December 1, 2010, the city pegs / helmets and the municipalities Auleben, Hamma, Uthleben and Windehausen merged to rural community herring / helmets.

Attractions

In the local church you will find a 700 -year-old Pietà. The presentation made ​​of linden wood is about 120 cm high and is also represented in the current coat of arms of the town. It shows Mary holding the body of Jesus on the lap after it has been taken down from the cross.