Heldburg

Heldburg

Heldburg

Town in Thuringia, Germany

Heldburg is a town and a municipality in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, in central Germany. The municipality was created with effect from 1 January 2019 by the merger of the former municipalities of Bad Colberg-Heldburg, Gompertshausen and Hellingen. It is situated 16 km south of Hildburghausen, and 18 km west of Coburg.

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Administrative division

  • Albingshausen
  • Bad Colberg
  • Einöd
  • Gellershausen
  • Gompertshausen
  • Heldburg
  • Hellingen
  • Holzhausen
  • Käßlitz
  • Lindenau
  • Poppenhausen
  • Rieth
  • Völkershausen
  • Volkmannshausen

History

Heldburg was first mentioned in 837. It lies at the foot of the Heldburg Fortress. In 1374 it passed to the landgraves of Thuringia.[3] Heldburg was granted town rights in 1394.

In 1900, the town had a population of 1,040.[3]

During World War II, on 11 May 1942, the present-day district of Poppenhausen was the site of a massacre of 20 Polish prisoners of the Buchenwald concentration camp, who were publicly hanged by the Gestapo.[4] After the war, the town was part of East Germany.

In 1993 it became part of the municipality Bad Colberg-Heldburg.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen, accessed 14 July 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2022" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. June 2023.
  3. [3]
    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon. Vol. 9. Leipzig und Wien. 1906. p. 132.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. [4]
    Buchenwald. Ausgrenzung und Gewalt 1937 bis 1945 (in German). Bad Berka. 2016. p. 214. ISBN 978-3-9816900-3-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. [5]
    Heldburg - Geschichte erleben Archived 2020-08-03 at the Wayback Machine, official website Heldburg


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