Ebersroda is a village and a former municipality in the

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district, in

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. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the municipality

Gleina Gleina is a municipality in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 2009 it has included Baumersroda and Ebersroda.World Heritage A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for h ...

. The World Heritage nomination

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is representative for the processes that shaped the continent during the

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between 1000 and 1300:

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, the so-called “

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” and the dynamics of cultural exchange and transfer characteristic for this very period.

World Heritage nomination

The village Ebersroda is one of the eleven components of the cultural landscape

that has been proposed by the

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for inscription in the List of World Heritage. The Förderverein Welterbe an Saale und Unstrut e.V. is the coordinating body for this World Heritage nomination: http://www.naumburg-cathedral.de. The World Heritage nomination is representative for the pervasive processes that shaped the continent during the High Middle Ages between 1000 and 1300: Christianization, the so-called “Landesausbau” and the dynamics of cultural exchange and transfer characteristic for this very period.

History

This component part encompasses the village of Ebersroda located north of the Unstrut River on the adjoining plateau of Querfurt-Gleina. As the neighboring village Schleberoda, Ebersroda was founded as a result of intensive land development by clearance in the

such as other villages with “root” (Roda) in the name (e.g. Albersroda, Baumersorda, Schnellroda, Ebersroda and Schleberoda). Ebersroda is a characteristic

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

built around a village green only accessible from one side. The oval-shaped green at the centre of the village community features a continuity of use, which has survived over the centuries, with a village

pond A pond is an area filled with water, either natural or artificial, that is smaller than a lake. Defining them to be less than in area, less than deep, and with less than 30% emergent vegetation helps in distinguishing their ecology from th ...

, two well houses, a bake house and a brewery.

Today

The

farmsteads A farm (also called an agricultural holding) is an area of land that is devoted primarily to agricultural processes with the primary objective of producing food and other crops; it is the basic facility in food production. The name is used ...

with forward-facing gables and with partly elaborate gates or portals have repeatedly been renovated on a persistent ground plan dating from the

; their building fabric today dates from the 17th to 20th century. The belt of barns terminating the farmsteads has been completely preserved. Around the gardens and meadows adjoining each barn, a path that can be accessed from each farmstead still marks the original village boundary today. The churchyard is located on the north-eastern edge of the village and is surrounded by a lane. From the church that existed in the High Middle Ages, a high choir tower with a wall bond of ''

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'' and coupled abat-sons remains. A Baroque hall church was adjoined to this tower on the eastern side in the 18th century.

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