Ilfeld
Ilfeld | |
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Ortsteil of Harztor | |
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Location of Ilfeld  | |
  Ilfeld  Ilfeld | |
| Coordinates: 51°34′38″N 10°47′14″E / 51.57722°N 10.78722°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Thuringia |
| District | Nordhausen |
| Municipality | Harztor |
| Area | |
| • Total | 62.33 km2 (24.07 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 240 m (790 ft) |
| Population (2010-12-31) | |
| • Total | 2,954 |
| • Density | 47/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 99768 |
| Dialling codes | 036331 |
| Vehicle registration | NDH |
| Website | www.ilfeld.de |
Ilfeld is a village and a former municipality in the district of Nordhausen, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated at the south foot of the Harz, at the entrance to the Bährethal, 8 miles (13 km) north from Nordhausen by the railway to Wernigerode. Since 1 January 2012, it has been part of the municipality of Harztor.
History
Ilfeld and Neustadt in the Harz were at the core of a County, first named Bilstein, then Ilfeld and, from 1160 on, the County of Hohnstein by marriage. By the end of the 13th century, the counts had split their territories among several lines due to divisions among the respective male heirs.
In 1154 the place was first mentioned as Ilevelt in a document by the Saxon Duke
Ilfeld, as a town, dates from the 14th century, when it sprang up round the monastery. This was reformed in 1545, and a year later converted into the school mentioned above, which under the rectorship of Michael Neander enjoyed a reputation for scholarship which it maintained for centuries.[1]
When in 1593 the last Count Ernest VII of Hohnstein – ruling together the three
In 1632, after many litigations at the
Ilfeld was restituted to Hanover in 1813. By an administrative reform Ilfeld became the capital of the meanwhile Royal Hanoveran Province of Hohnstein in 1815, later renamed into Department of Hohnstein (German: Amt Hohnstein). When in 1866 Prussia annexed Hanover Ilfeld stayed with the now Prussian Province of Hanover, becoming in 1885 the capital of the District of Ilfeld (German: Kreis Ilfeld), combining the territorially unconnected former Hanoveran departments of Ilfeld and Elbingerode. By the Prussian reform of districts in 1932 the District of Ilfeld was dissolved and its two territorially unconnected parts were disentangled from Hanover and transferred to the Prussian Province of Saxony, with the Hohnstein section including Ilfeld becoming a part of the District of the County of Hohenstein [sic], which comprised those parts of the ancient Hohnstein County, which had remained with the Prince-Bishopric of Halberstadt in 1632.
By the early 20th century, Ilfeld contained a Lutheran church, a celebrated gymnasium, once a monasterial school, with a fine library. Until 1903 the
In July 1945 Ilfeld became part of the
Natural monuments
The Lange Wand is at the southern approach to the village on the steep bank of the Behre. The geological outcrop which is explained on an information board sheds light on the history of the formation of the
Sources
- Forstemann, Monumenta rerum Ilfeldensium (Nordhausen, 1843)
- Michael Neander, Bericht vom Kloster Ilfeld, edited by Bouterwek (Göttingen, 1873)
- K. Meyer, Geschichte des Klosters Ilfeld (Leipzig, 1897).
References
- ^ a b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ilfeld". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 14 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 299.
- ^ Hand-coloured photograph
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