Grabe () is a village and a quarter of the town of

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, central

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. It consists of the settlements ''Kleingrabe'' (Smaller Grabe) and ''Großgrabe'' (Greater Grabe).

Geography

Grabe is located east of Mühlhausen. The

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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

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and the

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lowlands. The stream Notter flows through Grabe.

History

Großgrabe and Kleingrabe were first mentioned in a document on 17 July 997. On 4 June 1300, Landgrave Frederick I sold the village together with Bollstedt and

Höngeda Höngeda () is a village and quarter of the town of Mühlhausen in Thuringia, central Germany. Geography Höngeda is located southeast of Mühlhausen along the '' Landesstraße'' (state's road) 247 from Mühlhausen to Gotha in the Thurin ...

to the ''

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'' (imperial city) of Mühlhausen. In 1565, there were 58 inhabitants in ''Wester-Grabe'' (Großgrabe) and 42 in ''Oster-Grabe'' (Kleingrabe). In 1802, Großgrabe and Kleingrabe, together with Mühlhausen, fell to the

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, from 1807 to 1813 to the Kingdom of Westphalia (''Dachrieden'' canton) created by

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, and after the

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in 1816, they were assigned to the district of ''Mühlhausen i. Th.'' in the Prussian

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. The municipalities of Großgrabe and Kleingrabe were merged in 1965 to form the municipality of Grabe. 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

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of Weinbergen. 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.

Sights

* * 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.

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