Saalburg-Ebersdorf | |
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 Ebersdorf Castle | |
Location of Saalburg-Ebersdorf within Saale-Orla-Kreis district  | |
  Saalburg-Ebersdorf  Saalburg-Ebersdorf | |
| Coordinates:50°29′30″N11°42′0″E / 50.49167°N 11.70000°E /50.49167; 11.70000 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Thuringia |
| District | Saale-Orla-Kreis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2022–28) | Carsten Hahn[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 71.87 km2 (27.75 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 431 m (1,414 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 3,319 |
| • Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 07929, 07368 |
| Dialling codes | 036647, 036651 |
| Vehicle registration | SOK |
| Website | www.saalburg-ebersdorf.de |
Saalburg-Ebersdorf is a town in theSaale-Orla-Kreis district, inThuringia,Germany close to theBavarian border. It is situated on the riverSaale, 10 km southwest ofSchleiz, 30 km west ofPlauen and 30 km north-west ofHof.
The town is an administrative union of two large villages (Saalburg and Ebersdorf) lying either side of the Saale river near the Bleilochtalsperre as well as several smaller villages in between and around them.
The earliest records of the towns and villages of Saalburg-Ebersdorf are from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.[3] They lay on and around the historical trade route betweenNuremberg andLeipzig.
Saalburg and Ebersdorf became increasingly important in the seventeenth century as regional seats of the Counts von Reuss.
Saalburg was established under the Lobdaburger reign in around 1313. Some ruins from this early settlement remain today, including a 3-meter-high remnant of the city wall.
From 1647-1666, Saalburg was the seat of the state ofReuss-Saalburg.
Saalburg subsequently became part of the state ofReuss-Greiz (or Reuss Elder Line).
Ebersdorf dates its foundation to 1401.
In 1678, the state ofReuss-Lobenstein was partitioned and the state ofReuss-Ebersdorf was created under Heinrich X. Schloss Ebersdorf was built in 1692-1694 to house the court of the new state.
Under the influence of the Reuss Princes, Ebersdorf became a centre ofPietism in Germany. The relatedMoravian faith also took a minority hold in Ebersdorf after the marriage ofErdmuthe Dorothea Reuss-Ebersdorf toNicolaus Zinzendorf.[4]
The Moravian Church (pictured) was built in 1746. The classical west facade of Schloss Ebersdorf, shown in the main photo above, was designed byChristian Friedrich Schuricht and was completed in 1792.
On 8 October 1806, Napoleon's troops first entered Prussian territory and battles took place on the banks of the Saale between the forces ofNapoleon I of France andFrederick William III of Prussia. Napoleon spent the night of 8 October in Schloss Ebersdorf. This (a precursor to theBattle of Schleiz on 9 October and theBattle of Jena-Auerstadt on 14 October), was the first battle of theWar of the Fourth Coalition.
From 1807 until 1813, thePrincipality of Reuss-Ebersdorf became part of theConfederation of the Rhine. From 1813, the Principality became a member (successively) of theGerman Confederation the Thuringian Trade Association, the Central German Trade Association and (from 1833) theZollverein. In 1849, the Principality became a constitutional monarchy. During theAustro-Prussian War of 1866, the Principality took a neutral position while the Reuss, Elder Line was aligned with the Austrian Empire. Both joined theNorth German Confederation in 1866 and became part of unified Germany in 1871.
In 1919, Ebersdorf became part of the independent (and short-lived)Republic of Reuss, before in 1920 this state (and hence Ebersdorf) joined the newly establishedFree State of Thuringia within the Weimar Republic.
After the Second World War, the region became part of the newly created District of Gera (Bezirk Gera) in 1952 within the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). After German reunification in 1990, Salburg and Ebersdorf became part of the restored state of Thuringia.
Saalburg and Ebersdorf were legally merged on 1 January 2003 and, on 6 May 2006, they absorbed the previously independent municipalities of Friesau, Röppisch, Schönbrunn and Zoppoten.
Saalburg-Ebersdorf hosts theSonneMondSterne festival, an outdoor music festival which is one of the largest in Europe and which has featured acts such asMassive Attack;David Guetta;Skrillex;The Chemical Brothers;Hot Chip;Faithless;Kraftwerk; andUnderworld.
Saalburg-Ebersdorf istwinned withRenningen (Baden-Württemberg).[5]
Countess Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf, daughter ofCount Heinrich XXIV, was the mother ofLeopold I of Belgium andVictoria, Duchess of Kent and grandmother ofErnest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha,Queen Victoria,Prince Albert,Ferdinand II of Portugal,Leopold II of Belgium, andEmpress Carlota of Mexico, among others.
Heinrich LXXII metLola Montez in London in the middle of 1843 and gave her a loose invitation to visit him in Ebersdorf. Her visit was not a success and she was quickly moved on again.
Erdmuthe Dorothea, Countess von Reuss-Ebersdorf (1700–1757) marriedNicolaus Ludwig, Imperial Count vonZinzendorf (1700–1760) Renewer of theMoravian Church in 1722. Her family became very involved in the Moravian Church and a Moravian Settlement was started in Ebersdorf in the 1730s. The settlement was a center of education and social work in the Thuringian Forest. Today the Moravian Church operates a children's home and retreat center in the Congregation in Ebersdorf.
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