Pfaffschwende

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Land of the Federal Republic: Thuringia
district: Calibration field
geographical situation:
Coordinates: 51° 15 ' N, 10° 6 ' O
51° 15 ' N, 10° 6 ' O
height: ? m and. NN
surface: 4.03 km ²
inhabitants: 372 (31.December 2004)
Population density: 92 inhabitants for each km ²
postal zip code: 37308
preselection: 036082
Kfz characteristics: EIC
municipality key: 16 0 61 075
address
of the local administration:
Village route 53
37308 Pfaffschwende
politics
mayor: Albert Griethe (SPD)

Pfaffschwende is a municipality in that Central administrative body Ershausen/Geismar in the Thuringian district calibration field. The village is because of the foot of the Höhenzuges Gobert nearby the border between Hessen and Thuringia.

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history

Pfaffenschwende became under the name Pfaff Inge turns in the connectionwith the reconstruction of the nearby castle 1399 mentions seizing stone for the first time documentary. During the farmer war in the years 1524/25 the place was completely destroyed, developed 1540 in same place however again.

An important acquisition for the Pfaffschwender were since approximately 1840 products of the Kattunweberei. Inthe years 1922 to 1924 the electrification of the place took place. To the Second World War also some families came to Pfaffschwende due to the resettlement of humans from the German east areas.

By an arrangement of the Council of Ministers of the GDR a 5-km-Sperrzone became at the German domestic border starting from 1952,in that the place was, put on. Thus the place could be visited by citizens, who lived inside the GDR, no more without permission. Around itself in the place to stop a stamp with the note had to be pressed into the identity card of the person.

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Inhabitant development

development of the number of inhabitants (31. December):

data source: Thüringer national office forStatistics

of associations

beside a Freiwilligen fire-brigade and Sportverein gives it in Pfaffenschwende also an association for customs and homeland care.

partnership between cities

since 1990 exists a partnership to the municipality Windhagen in Rhineland-Palatinate.

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