Grabe, Mühlhausen

Grabe (pronounced [ˈɡʁaːbə]) is a village and a quarter of the town of Mühlhausen in Thuringia, central Germany. It consists of the settlements Kleingrabe (Smaller Grabe) and Großgrabe (Greater Grabe).

Grabe
Ortsteil of Mühlhausen
Entrance to the village
Entrance to the village
Location of Grabe
Grabe is located in Germany
Grabe
Grabe
Grabe is located in Thuringia
Grabe
Grabe
Coordinates: 51°13′34″N 10°32′30″E
CountryGermany
StateThuringia
DistrictUnstrut-Hainich-Kreis
TownMühlhausen
First mentioned997[1]
Government
 • OrtsteilbürgermeisterKarsten Lutze[2]
Elevation
199 m (653 ft)
Population
 (March 2021)[3]
 • Total645
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
99998
Dialling codes03601
Vehicle registrationUH, LSZ, MHL
Websitemuehlhausen.de

Geography

Grabe is located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) east of Mühlhausen. The Volkenroda Abbey in the neighbourhood can easily be reached on foot from Grabe. The village is connected to the Landesstraße (state's road) 249. The terrain is hilly and lies on the edge of the Thuringian basin and the Unstrut lowlands. The stream Notter flows through Grabe.

History
The Eichsfeld region and the territory of the Reichsstadt (imperial city) of Mühlhausen with Großgrabe and Kleingrabe around 1759 (the map contains some errors)

Großgrabe and Kleingrabe were first mentioned in a document on 17 July 997.[1] On 4 June 1300, Landgrave Frederick I sold the village together with Bollstedt and Höngeda to the Reichsstadt (imperial city) of Mühlhausen.[4] In 1565, there were 58 inhabitants in Wester-Grabe (Großgrabe) and 42 in Oster-Grabe (Kleingrabe).[5]

In 1802, Großgrabe and Kleingrabe, together with Mühlhausen, fell to the Kingdom of Prussia, from 1807 to 1813 to the Kingdom of Westphalia (Dachrieden canton) created by Napoleon, and after the Congress of Vienna in 1816, they were assigned to the district of Mühlhausen i. Th. in the Prussian province of Saxony. The municipalities of Großgrabe and Kleingrabe were merged in 1965 to form the municipality of Grabe.[6]

The village, which has always been agricultural, found new forms of ownership to work the land after 1990. With equestrian sports, the connection to the city is further strengthened.

On 30 June 1994, Grabe became part of the newly created municipality of Weinbergen.[7] Since 1 January 2019, when the municipality of Weinbergen was dissolved and its villages joined the town of Mühlhausen, it has been a quarter of that town.[2]

Sights
St George's Church
  • St George's Church in Großgrabe
  • Ruins of St Albanus's Church in Kleingrabe
  • Furthmühle (Furth mill)

Transport

Grabe station was on the Ebeleben–Mühlhausen railway line. Freight traffic was discontinued at the end of 1994 and passenger traffic on 31 May 1997. The line has been closed since 15 August 1998.

Bibliography
  • Kirchner, Christian (2011). Ortsfamilienbuch Kleingrabe 1407–1963. Bad Langensalza: Rockstuhl. ISBN 978-3-86777-264-8.

References
  1. Kahl, Wolfgang (2010). Ersterwähnung Thüringer Städte und Dörfer. Ein Handbuch [First mentions of Thuringia's towns and villages. A handbook] (in German) (5th ed.). Bad Langensalza: Rockstuhl. p. 96. ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0.
  2. "Der Ortsteil Grabe" [The quarter of Grabe] (in German). Stadt Mühlhausen. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  3. "Einwohnerstatistik" [Population figures] (in German). Stadt Mühlhausen. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  4. Jordan, Reinhard, ed. (1900). Chronik der Stadt Mühlhausen in Thüringen [Chronicle of the town of Mühlhausen in Thuringia] (in German). Vol. 1: (–1525). Mühlhausen: Danner. p. 65.
  5. Jordan, Reinhard, ed. (1900). Chronik der Stadt Mühlhausen in Thüringen [Chronicle of the town of Mühlhausen in Thuringia] (in German). Vol. 1: (–1525). Mühlhausen: Danner. p. 41.
  6. "GOV:GRAABE O5701". wiki-de.genealogy.net. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017.
  7. Statistisches Bundesamt, ed. (1995). Gemeinden 1994 und ihre Veränderungen seit 1. Januar 1948 in den neuen Ländern [Municipalities in 1994 and their changes since 1 January 1948 in the new states] (in German). Stuttgart: Metzler-Poeschel. ISBN 3-8246-0321-7.

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