Bad Colberg-Heldburg () is a former municipality in the region

Heldburger Land The Heldburger Land was the historical, Saxon, administrative district (''Amtsbezirk'') of Heldburg (borough of Heldburg) and is today the southernmost part of the Free State of Thuringia and the district of Hildburghausen, between the towns of Co ...

in the district of Hildburghausen, in

Thuringia Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and lar ...

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. It is situated 16 km south of

Hildburghausen Hildburghausen ( IPA adapted from: ) is a town in Thuringia in central Germany, capital of the district Hildburghausen. Geography It is situated in the Franconian part of Thuringia south of the Thuringian Forest, in the valley of the Werra riv ...

, and 18 km west of

Coburg Coburg () is a town located on the Itz river in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. Long part of one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined Bavaria by popular vote only in 1920. Until the revolution of 1918, it ...

. It was created in 1993 by the merger of the former municipalities of Bad Colberg, Gellershausen, Heldburg, Holzhausen, Lindenau and Völkershausen. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the town Heldburg.Gebietsänderungen von Januar bis Dezember 2019
Statistisches Bundesamt

Heldburg history

First Heldburg was called in the issued 837, October 17 certificate no. 507 of the Code Eberhardi. Sigibald, executor of Count Asis, rendered in goods in Heldburg and other places to the monastery of Fulda. Heldburg received city status on 2 December 1394, the Council's 1396 witnessed and held the low courts to a limited extent. In the 16th century Heldburg was attached. The City Church "Unserer lieben Frau" stood in the Middle Ages the country chapter Coburg the diocese Würzburg. The castle

Veste Heldburg Heldburg Fortress (german: Veste Heldburg) is a high medieval hilltop castle. In the 16th century it was rebuilt into a renaissance castle. It rises on a former volcanic region to ' Heldburger Gangschar' counted, 405-metre-high volcanic cone, 113 ...

was first mentioned in 1317 as a possession of the

Counts of Henneberg The House of Henneberg was a medieval German comital family (''Grafen'') which from the 11th century onwards held large territories in the Duchy of Franconia. Their county was raised to a princely county (''Gefürstete Grafschaft'') in 1310. Upo ...

. It became a territory in 1353 of the

Burgraves of Nuremberg The Burgraviate of Nuremberg (german: Burggrafschaft Nürnberg) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire from the early 12th to the late 15th centuries. As a burgraviate, it was a county seated in the town of Nuremberg; almost two centuries pas ...

and in 1374 became part of the Wettin family holdings.

Culture

Northeast of the town is the

in which the German Castle Museum ( Deutsches Burgenmuseum). After years of renovation and construction of the fortress, the museum was opened on September 8, 2016, the Thuringian Minister President. The museum includes 40 rooms, which were concerned with the meaning and function of castles. In addition to their structural development and life on castles, represented both in peace and in times of war. Also worth seeing is the old town with its restored half-timbered buildings from the early modern period. It is surrounded by a city wall from the 16th century. Get in addition to wall sections five of the original 14 towers and the Untertor as one of the former four city gates. The Protestant church of Our Lady (Unserer lieben Frauen)(

Johann Gerhard Johannes Gerhard (17 October 1582 – 17 August 1637) was a Lutheran church leader and Lutheran Scholastic theologian during the period of Orthodoxy. Biography He was born in the German city of Quedlinburg. During a dangerous illness, at the ...

in 1606 became general superintendent of the duchy for 9 years), on the west side of the square dates from the period 1502–1537, the tower is older. The Town Hall is a half-timbered building with skylights and is located on the market in the city center.

Heldburg is home to the Thüringer Montgolfiade, a famous

hot air balloon festival Hot air balloon festivals are held annually in many places throughout the year, allowing hot air balloons operators to gather- as well as for the general public- to participate in various activities. They can include races; evening "night glows" ...

Personalities

* Eucharius Hoffmann (1540-1588), composer, organist, choir director, music documentaries, born in Heldburg *

(1582-1637), an important representative of Lutheran orthodoxy, Superintendent in Heldburg (1606-1615), general superintendent in Coburg, teacher at the Gymnasium Casimirianum in Coburg, professor in Jena, author * Johann Christian Thomae (1668-1724), rector, author, born in Heldburg * Johann Wilhelm Wagner (1681-1745), astronomer, born in Heldburg

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External links

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Website of Tourismusverein Heldburger Land
{{Authority control Former municipalities in Thuringia Hildburghausen (district)

Heldburg history

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