Gebesee, Thuringia, Germany

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🇩🇪 Gebesee is a town in the district of Sömmerda, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated near the confluence of the rivers Gera and Unstrut, 18 km north-west of Erfurt.

Geography North of Gebesee, the Gera, which flows along the eastern edge of the city, flows into the Unstrut. Gebesee is located on the federal highway 4. The Erfurt-Nordhausen railway line runs near Gebesee.

History Gebesee had the rights of a spot since the late Middle Ages and is said to have officially received city rights in 1638. There is no proof of this, so Gebesee was still used as Marktflecken (1642) or Churfürstl. Saxon Written Village (1687) or Adelig. Spots (1829) called. Nevertheless, the place has a formerly fortified old town. With an area of around 35 hectares, it is even one of the larger old towns in Thuringia, whereby the space within the wall was never completely and densely built up. This characteristic is also shown by some neighboring cities in the Thuringian basin, whereby it is particularly evident in Gebesee with its wide streets and well below 2000 inhabitants in the old town. Gebesee was a farm town without significant trade, so the old town development is rather simple. Worth seeing are the Gothic city church of St. Laurentius, the Romanesque St. Catherine's Church and the castle consisting of two building complexes.

History: Middle Ages As early as 731, the missionary Bonifatius is said to have visited Gebesee and built a chapel on the nearby Klausberg. At the beginning of the 9th In the 19th century, Gebesee was mentioned as a directory of the properties of the Kloster Hersfeld, founded by Archbishop Lullus († 786) by Mainz. In 1073, a state parliament took place on the Tretenburg, in which Saxony and Thuringia allied themselves into an alliance against Henry IV. The Tretenburg was destroyed by order of the Roman-German king Rudolf I in 1290. On the 24th In June 1375, Bärenstein Castle was besieged by Duke Otto of Braunschweig. The siege could be ended by Landgrave Balthasar of Thuringia. During the siege, the Boniface Church was set on fire, but rebuilt in the following years.

The knightly family "von Gebese", which was first mentioned in a document with Henricus de Gebesehe around the year 900, comes from the place and had its ancestral seat here. The Klausberg, 1 km north of Gebesee, was the destination of the German kings. There was a facility from the 10th century in a strategically convenient place. century. During archaeological investigations of the area, settlement ceramics from the 10th and 11th century were found. century. Remains of construction point to a large hall church, which probably opened the royal fortification until the 13th century. century survived. The castle area was bordered by steep slopes of the Geraufers and arched ramparts. The two castle areas covered about 4 hectares. The knightly family was perhaps responsible for the care of the inventory. 2]

Early modern times In 1502, Pope Alexander VI granted the Church of St. Laurentius an indulgence, which is written on parchment and is now kept in the city archive. In 1508, Gebesee was pledged by Duke George of Saxony to the monastery at the gates for 9,000 guilders. Adam Graf von Beichlingen then bought Gebesee from Duke Georg in 1518. In 1532, the Laurentiuskirche was extended by stones from the chapel on the Klausberg, which was built by Boniface. The first Lutheran preacher was Nikolaus Ehrich from Weißensee, who was appointed by Bartholomäus Friedrich Graf von Beichlingen in 1555. In 1564 Gebesee was afflicted by the plague and 331 inhabitants died from it. On the 10th In June 1567, Count Bartholomäus Friedrich von Beichlingen died without leaving male heirs. He was buried in the vault of the Laurentiuskirche. The Laurentiuskirche received an organ in 1576 by Henricus Camenius for 210 guilders. The plague sought Gebesee again in 1597 and 316 inhabitants died.

In 1602, the Gottesacker of the Laurentiuskirche was placed in front of the wall. A girls' school was opened in 1605. On the 25th In August 1616, there was a contract between the Allerheiligenkirche in Erfurt and its local con-confites. The contract included that the Confiten had to pay their grain and this inGebeseer Scheffln was to be measured. In 1630, the chapel on the Gottesacker was completed and inaugurated by the then pastor Magister Benjamin Dedekind. On the 4th In March 1636, the imperial general field marshal Melchior von Hatzfeld camped at Gebesee Castle and stayed for four days. Then he moved on to the Elector of Saxony to besiege the Swedes in Magdeburg. Gebesee is said to have received the city right in 1638, but was officially established until the 2nd Half of the 19th century referred to as a village or market town. Instead of a city court, there was only an noble patrimonial court in the village. On the 20th In November 1641, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria and Imperial Field Marshal Piccolomini camped at Gebesee Castle for five days. During the departure, 20 houses went up in flames, as did the Bonifatiuskirche; this was severely damaged and rebuilt by a state collection in 1659. In 1674, troops of Metternich plundered Gebesee several times when they went to war against the French. For the third time, the plague entered Gebesee in 1682. From 1706 to 1707, the Swedes camped in Gebesee, which cost the commons 5,551 thalers and 17 silver pennies as contributions. In a fire on the 29th. In December 1745, 100 houses with all barns and stables were destroyed.

Newer history Gebesee was initially the seat of its own office and came to the Saxon office of Weißensee after the extinction of the Counts of Beichlingen. Through the decisions of the Congress of Vienna, Gebesee came to Prussia in 1815 and was assigned to the district of Weißensee in the administrative district of Erfurt in 1816, to which he belonged until 1944. 3] The last owners of the castle and estate were the lords of the Brincken until 1918. Then the castle was taken over by the "Stiftung deutsche Landerziehungsheime".

After the First World War, the settlement company "Sachsenland" bought parts of the manor in Gebesee. Between the village and Dachwig, 18 settler sites with 40 to 60 acres of land were created, which formed the Gebesee settlement. Those willing to settle also came from areas in the east that had been awarded to Poland by the Versailles Treaty in 1919. One of the most active and successful settlers was Rudolf Kuntz, pastor's son from Bischleben, natural scientist and local historian. Following his model, hedges, trees and orchards were created in the tree-poor area - landscape maintenance was carried out. 4]

During the Second World War, more than 75 prisoners of war as well as women and men from the Soviet Union, France and Poland had to perform forced labor in agriculture in Gebesee. In addition, prisoners of war were in action: Command 22 with 52 French prisoners of war, which existed until 1943.

In the Gitter campaign, Hermann Schlegel (born 1879) was admitted to the Buchenwald concentration camp and on the 16th Released again in September.

Buildings The church of St. Catherine was built in the 14th century. century, the church of St. Laurentius in the 15th century.

Tretenburg The Tretenburg is a heavily polished rampart near Gebesee. The hill, located about 2 km west of the confluence of Gera and Unstrut, is one of the most memorable places in Thuringian history.

Monastery courtyard and royal travel station On the Klausberg near Gebesee was once in the middle of the 10th century. In the 19th century, a medieval settlement with the main and forecourt as well as a surrounding moat was created. Today, the area belongs to the forest.

Gebesee Castle One of the preserved sights of the village is Gebesee Castle.

Economy Due to its location in the Thuringian Basin, Gebesee offers a favorable basis for agriculture. The agricultural cooperative thus occupies a significant economic share. Furthermore, Gebesee has the label factory All4Lables and the large bakery MEGGLE Bakery. In addition, there are several small and medium-sized companies as well as many trading companies. In many consumer areas, Gebesee is the point of contact for places in the surrounding area. This is also favored, among other things, by a shopping center.

Traffic The Ringleben-Gebesee station is located on the Wolkramshausen-Erfurt railway line in the municipality of Ringleben. Gebesee itself has no connection to the railway network. The Regional Express and the Regional Railway from Nordhausen to Erfurt stop here. The state capital can be reached in 17 minutes.

Gebesee is connected to the main road network by federal highway 4. In addition, there are some branching country roads, e.g. B. to Ringleben and Schwerstedt. The next motorway entrance is in Erfurt-Gispersleben on the A 71.

The Gera cycle path and - although not located on this river - the Unstrut cycle path lead through Gebesee. Between Gebesee and Ringleben, both paths are identical. From Ringleben, the "Unstrut" cycle path continues via Haßleben, Werningshausen and Wundersleben, where it actually meets the Unstrut again.

Schools and educational institutions • Gebesee State Primary School • Oskar Gründler State High School • Educational and educational institution of the "Schloss Gebesee GmbH" in Schloss Gebesee • Vocational school Schloss Gebesee (private. Sponsorship BS SG gGmbH) • The boarding school Schloss Gebesee was a Hermann Lietz school from 1923 until its dissolution in 1951. Today it is again run as a reform school. • Gebesee City Library

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Gebesee has a population of over 2,105 people. Gebesee also forms part of the wider Sömmerda District which has a population of over 68,717 people. Gebesee is situated near Sömmerda.

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