Wolfmannshausen

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Location of Wolfmannshausen in grave field (municipality )

Wolfmannshausen is a village in the southern district Schmalkalden- Meiningen in Thuringia. Since 1 December 2007, the formerly politically autonomous village is a village in the municipality grave field.

• 3.1 Ortsteilrat
• 3.2 district mayor
• 3.3 Coat of Arms

Geography

The location is situated 18 km south-east of Meiningen and falls from afar by the high tower of his church on. Through the town flows the Bibra, the springs near the south-east. Halfway between Wolfmannshausen and Queienfeld, close to the former border between the districts of Meiningen and Hildburghausen is the commercial and industrial area "Lower Hellert " with some companies.

History

The town was mentioned in a donation of the Noble Wolmut 956 for the first time. He owes Wolfmannshausen probably his name. As early as 3000 BC, there was a settlement, as can be deduced from 1996 excavated archaeological finds of pottery shards, the ram pressure ceramic modeled on the Rössen culture represent. Also shards of the Linear Pottery found, rarely occurring in southern Thuringia.

Three barrows groups between the place and Sülzdorf are occupied with Hallstatt grave hills. In the north-west group a grave hill under the astrological point of view with a stone ring and indicated pyre is occupied. The name of this area "Thunder Heide" indicates a former cult significant place.

First, the Bavarian Grand Duchy of Würzburg belonging, the place came in exchange for Sondheim in the grave field until 1808 treaty between the duchies of Würzburg and the Protestant Saxony- Meiningen Saxe-Meiningen; However, the citizens kept their Catholic faith. At the time of the GDR Wolfmannshausen belonged to the diocese of Würzburg continue. Karl Ebert was the last bishop of the Bishop of Würzburg Commissioner in Meiningen.

Catholic enclave

The parish Wolfmannshausen was the only parish of the Diocese of Würzburg, which was not located within Bavaria, but belonged to Saxony- Meiningen. The appointment of a new pastor, therefore, meant a political issue because, among other things, the government of Lower Main circuit refused to send Bavarian contender in foreign services. Only through an official request of Bishop Adam Friedrich United Trockau to the Duke Bernhard II was in 1829 with the Bavarian King Ludwig I to find a compromise. The Catholic parish was an enclave in a Protestant country. The pastor of Wolfmannshausen therefore supervised in 1837 the Catholic communities in Meiningen and Hildburghausen. When the Ordinariate in 1857 tried to establish its own chaplain in Meiningen, this was deported on the Bavarian border. From 1859 to 1861 was later Bishop of Speyer Joseph Georg von Ehrler Kaplan of Wolfmannshausen and Hildburghausen. Even today, the St. Giles Church is the Catholic parish church in Wolfmannshausen.

Policy

Ortsteilrat

The Ortsteilrat of Wolfmannshausen is adjacent to the district mayors from four other district councils, all of which are provided by the CDU. (As at municipal election on June 7, 2009)

District mayor

Honorary district mayor is Lothar Seeber ( CDU). He was elected last June 7, 2009. He was since 2000, also the last honorary mayor prior to the incorporation.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was designed by the Herald Karl -Heinz Fritze from Niederorschel.

Economy and infrastructure

From 1893 to 1970, Wolfmannshausen a breakpoint at the now disused railway line Rentwertshausen - Römhild.