Wippra

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Location of Wippra in Sangerhausen

Wippra is a part of the town Sangerhausen in the district of Mansfeld - South Harz in Saxony- Anhalt, Germany.

  • 3.1 Mayor
  • 3.2 Coat of Arms
  • 4.1 Museums
  • 4.2 Structures
  • 4.3 Music
  • 5.1 traffic
  • 5.2 Education
  • 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Wippra is located on the southeastern edge of the Harz, about 13 kilometers north of Sanger Hausen, at about 320 m altitude. The village lies in the valley of the current flowing through Wippra Wipper and is surrounded by dense forests. The forest was long but not always grown as dense as today, as the Mansfeld copper mining require large quantities of wood both for tunnel construction, as well as for the melting process.

About seven miles outside of the village, deep in the Wippertal, is the dam Wippra. It was built from 1951 to 1952 and holds up to 2 million cubic meters of water. The dam is 20 m high and 126 m wide.

At Wippra borders the place Friesendorf.

Place outline

The village Wippra is composed of the districts Hayda, Popperode and Wippra, and the forest floor houses Schwende and slate trench and the living space Dam.

History

In a resulting 881-899 directory, the tithes of the monastery Hersfeld, Wippra first mentioned as requiring a tenth place in the frieze Vuipparacha field in a document. The town was founded as a market town, which even today the oldest street Wippras, the spot road reports. On the Schlossberg are still remains of the castle Wippra from the 11th century.

With the onset of industrialization and the emergence of the mill Hettstedt, the Wipper Valley Railway in 1920 was built leading from Klostermansfeld over Mansfeld to Wippra and still drives.

Wippra was up to the annexation to Sangerhausen on 1 January 2008, an independent municipality. Prior to the incorporation of the town Wippra part of the joint management of Wipper - A.

Policy

Mayor

The last honorary mayor of the community Wippra was Monika Rauhut.

Coat of arms

Blazon: " Argent, a red church with a square tower, blue roofs, gables and blue beknauften two beknauften blue turrets; the nave covered with a squared semi-circular plate: Field 1 and 4: of silver and red five times divided, Field 2 and 3: in silver six red diamonds ( 3:3 ) ".

The coat of arms was designed by Lutz Döring heraldist.

Culture and sights

The site determine many beautiful half-timbered houses. As a special structure, the St. Mary's Church, a baroque stucco building from the 18th century is emphasized in its bell tower with two bells 700 years old, with Gothic characters are. Furthermore it has the St. Mary's Church a carved altar Marie, this ( late Gothic winged altar ) comes from the period around the year 1480th Also worth seeing is the built in 1640 rectory that was built in 1998. Equally remarkable is the Schieferhof, a 650 years old timber-framed building. In Wippra can be found as well on the western end of town, the ski jump Hasselbach ( 43- meter hill ) and a small forest pool.

In the center of the town is the brewery, which brews since 500 years. Under Graf von Mansfeld Vollrad the Brauhof was built in 1480 at its present location. After a long break it is operated again since March 2004.

Museums

  • The local museum is housed in a timber-framed building from the 17th century and offers a small contemplative insight into times past.
  • Museum and traditional brewery Wippra

Structures

  • Church of Saint Mary with a Lady altar from Hildesheim carving of 1480th

Music

  • Wippra has a men's choir, a brass band, more musical entertainment, the home club.

Economy, Infrastructure and Transportation

  • In Wippra is one of the 25 forest districts of Saxony- Anhalt.
  • Likewise Wippra offers a wide range of services and retail.
  • Accommodation are often found in the place of hotel to guest rooms.

Traffic

  • Bus with the lines 423 and 460 of the Transport Company Suedharz after Hettstedt and Sangerhausen and with the line 32 of the Harz transport companies to Harzgerode
  • Railway connection with the Wipperliese after Klostermansfeld
  • To the highway 242 connecting Hasselfelde and Mansfeld, there are about 4 km to the north, according to Stolberg there are about 25 km
  • To Federal Highway 38, which runs from Göttingen Halle ( Saale ) to Leipzig is about 15 km ( driveway Sangerhausen )

Education

  • Primary school Wippra
  • Daycare Wippra

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Johann Friedrich Esaias Steffens (1716-1802), Protestant theologian
  • Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Steckel (1781-1846), educator
  • Christiane Gerboth (* 1966), journalist, television presenter and news anchor
  • Silke Seifert ( born 1968 ), member of parliament (CDU )
  • Stefan Gebhardt ( b. 1974 ), politician (The Left )
  • Anna Kaleri (* 1974), writer
  • Katja Pähle (* 1977), politician (SPD )
  • Tino Hanekamp (* 1979), journalist and author
  • Anne Bartke (* 1990), football player
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