Windeberg Explained

State:Thüringen
District:Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis
Type:Ortsteil
Town:Mühlhausen
Elevation:344
Postal Code:99974
Area Code:03601, 036029
Population:237
Population As Of:March 2021
Pop Ref:[1]
Licence:UH, LSZ, MHL
Mayor:Ronald Haase
Bürgermeistertitel:Ortsteilbürgermeister
Website:muehlhausen.de
Year Of First Mention:1296

Windeberg (pronounced as /de/) is a village and quarter of the town of Mühlhausen in Thuringia, central Germany.

Geography

Windeberg lies on the edge of the southern slope of the Dün at the transition to the Thuringian Basin, 6km (04miles) north-east of the core town of Mühlhausen. The Forstberg (395m (1,296feet) above NN) lies to the south and the Flachstal (Flax Valley) nature reserve to the west. There are transport links via the Landesstraßen (state's roads) 1016 and 2041.

History

The village was first mentioned in a document on 29 August 1296.[2] For centuries, it belonged to the sphere of influence of the Reichsstadt (imperial city) of Mühlhausen. In 1565, the (male) population of Windeberg was 45.[3] In 1750, much of the village, including the village church, fell victim to a fire.[4] In 1802, Windeberg, together with Mühlhausen, fell to the Kingdom of Prussia, from 1807 to 1813 to the Kingdom of Westphalia (canton Dachrieden) created by Napoleon, and after the Congress of Vienna in 1816, it was assigned to the Landkreis Mühlhausen i. Th. in the Prussian Province of Saxony.On 1 June 1992, Windeberg was incorporated into Mühlhausen.[5]

Sights

References

  1. Web site: Einwohnerstatistik . Population figures . de . Stadt Mühlhausen . 8 June 2022.
  2. Book: Kahl, Wolfgang . Ersterwähnung Thüringer Städte und Dörfer. Ein Handbuch . First mentions of Thuringia's towns and villages. A handbook . de . 5th . Rockstuhl . Bad Langensalza . 2010 . 978-3-86777-202-0 . 315.
  3. Book: Reinhard . Jordan . Chronik der Stadt Mühlhausen in Thüringen . Chronicle of the town of Mühlhausen in Thuringia . de . 1: (–1525) . Danner . Mühlhausen . 1900 . 41 .
  4. Book: Verzeichniß der untergegangenen Dörfer ec. im Regierungs-Bezirke Erfurt . Directory of the lost villages etc. in the administrative district of Erfurt . de . Neue Mittheilungen aus dem Gebiete historisch-antiquarischer Forschungen . 2, No. 2 . 1836 . . 265 .
  5. Web site: Der Ortsteil Windeberg . The quarter of Windeberg . de . Stadt Mühlhausen . 2022-05-17.
  6. Web site: Windeberg, Stadt Mühlhausen/Thüringen, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, Thüringen . Christian . Kirchner . de . denkmalprojekt.org . 2008 . 2022-05-17.