Heldburg

Heldburg
Heldburg
Town
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	Coordinates: 50°17′N 10°44′E / 50.283°N 10.733°E
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Hildburghausen
Municipal assoc.	Heldburger Unterland
Subdivisions	13
Government
• Mayor (2019–25)	Christopher Other (CDU)
Area
• Total	112.75 km2 (43.53 sq mi)
Elevation	288 m (945 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	3,362
• Density	30/km2 (77/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	98663
Dialling codes	036871
Vehicle registration	HBN
Website	stadt-heldburg.de

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.

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

^ Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen, accessed 14 July 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2022" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. June 2023.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon. Vol. 9. Leipzig und Wien. 1906. p. 132.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ 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)
^ Heldburg - Geschichte erleben Archived 2020-08-03 at the Wayback Machine, official website Heldburg

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[1] Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen, accessed 14 July 2021.

[2] "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2022" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. June 2023.

[mgk-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon. Vol. 9. Leipzig und Wien. 1906. p. 132.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[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] Heldburg - Geschichte erleben Archived 2020-08-03 at the Wayback Machine, official website Heldburg

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