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26-555: Artern is a town in the Kyffhäuserkreis district, Thuringia , Germany . The former municipalities Heygendorf and Voigtstedt were merged into Artern in January 2019. Artern is situated at the confluence of the rivers Unstrut and Helme , on a bend of the Unstrut, which flows through the town from the southeast to the northwest. It is located in the north east of Thuringia, close to

52-632: A disastrous period in the Thirty Years' War in the 17th century, the town was besieged, plundered and set on fire by the French. But the darkest day in Ahrweiler's history was on May 1, 1689, when the town was razed to the ground, and only ten houses were left standing among the ruins. The districts of Ahrweiler and Adenau were established in 1816, just after Prussia occupied the Rhineland. The district of Adenau

78-567: A few municipalities joining other districts. Values as of 31 December: The district has a partnership with the district Ahrweiler in Rhineland-Palatinate , which was initially established with the district Artern in 1990. The district is named after the Kyffhäuser mountains. The main river is the Unstrut , which flows through the east of the district. The main symbol of the coat of arms

104-623: A memorial stone was erected, which was removed in 1975. On 12 April 1945 Artern was occupied by the US Army , and in July of the same year by the Red Army . With this it became part of the Soviet occupation zone and later East Germany . From 1960 as of 31 December Atern has a cool steppe climate ( Köppen : BSk ; Trewartha : BSbk ), bordering on an oceanic one ( Köppen : Cfb ; Trewartha : Dobk ), which

130-546: Is a district in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany . It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Euskirchen , Rhein-Sieg and the city of Bonn in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia , and the districts of Neuwied , Mayen-Koblenz and Vulkaneifel . The region was conquered by the Romans under Julius Caesar about 50 BC. Some hundred years later the Roman fort of Rigomagus ( Gaulish for "king's field")

156-477: Is also characterised by orchards and vineyards. The lower Ahr River is one of the northernmost wine regions of Germany, known for its red wines from Pinot noir ( Spätburgunder ) and Portugieser . Ahrweiler is especially well known for its vineyards and wineries. Wine growing and trading has been going on in Ahrweiler for over 1,000 years. The town is the chief cultivator for the red wine known as "Ahrburgunder". Bachem, which lies one kilometre south of Ahrweiler,

182-566: Is also well known for its "Frühburgunder", a local name for Pinot Noir Précoce . Traditionally, in this small town more of this wine is produced than in any other place in the Ahr valley . On the first Sunday in September there is a traditional and annual wine festival in Ahrweiler, for which a "Wine Queen," or "Burgundia", is elected. Within the district are also the wine festival on the first Sunday in July at Bachem and another one in nearby Walporzheim on

208-710: Is the lion of the counts of Schwarzburg, who historically ruled most of the district. The lion holds a shield which contains the coat of arms of the Counts of Mansfeld, who owned the area around Artern in the 18th century. The three green hills in the bottom symbolize the mountainous landscape with many forests, the big wavy line stands for the river Unstrut, the small one for the Wipper river. 1. Greußen [seat: Greußen] 51°20′N 10°55′E  /  51.33°N 10.92°E  / 51.33; 10.92 Ahrweiler (district) Ahrweiler ( German: [ˈaːɐ̯ˌvaɪlɐ] )

234-470: Is unique for Germany. The annual precipitation is 481.6 mm (18.96 in), and the precipitation in summer is more than twice that in winter. The Artern weather station has recorded the following extreme values: The town has three sister cities : Kyffh%C3%A4userkreis In the 12th century there was a castle, the Kyffhausen Castle , on the Kyffhäuser mountains, which was built during

260-560: The Ahr river rose, killing at least 135 people. In Jewish texts, the town was called Aroil'ra (ארוילרא). From the 13th century and on, there was a considerable Jewish community in Ahrweiler. In the 14th century, the Jews of the town traded in salt and wine. During that period, the Jewish community of the town suffered from the Black Death Jewish persecutions . In 1900, 65 Jews lived in

286-609: The 9th century, among them Sinzig and the eponymous village of Ahrweiler (since 1969 a part of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler ). The name of Ahrweiler was first noted in the Land Register of the Abbey of Prüm , which during the ninth century, owned almost all of the property in the town. In 1180, the Holy Roman Emperor Barbarossa chose Sinzig as a place to meet the envoys of France and Flanders . Another significant place

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312-509: The Artern subcamp (with cover name A-Dorf ) of the concentration camp Mittelbau-Dora , hundreds of prisoners, also from other camps, had to assemble the electrics for V2 rockets . In April 1945 hundreds of concentration camp prisoners were sent on various routes on death marches . The numerous fatalities of the forced labour and the last deportations were buried in the Parkfriedhof cemetery, where

338-568: The Weidlich Manor, on the Demesne, and on the river works. Over 400 foreign forced labourers were working in the machine factory Kyffhäuserhütte in 1941. At least another 1,124 forced labourers, predominantly from the Soviet Union, worked in the sugar factory, the brewery, the saline works, on the railways and on farms (also in the nearby village of Schönfeld) and in the outlying estate Kachstedt. In

364-576: The border with Saxony Anhalt , and 12 km south of Sangerhausen . Artern is on the Sangerhausen–Erfurt railway and so has railway connections to Erfurt and Sangerhausen . The railway connection to Naumburg was cancelled in December 2006. The population was 6,165 in the 2006 census. The first known documented mention of Artern was as Aratora in the early 9th Century, in a register of estates at Hersfeld Abbey . The water castle of Artern

390-515: The four City Gates. In each division there was a commons, which originally belonged to the town's citizens. These were later put in the care of the protective Social Communities, who protected the interests of the inhabitants. These Social Communities (Hutengemeinschaften) continue to exist. They are: Hutengemeinschaft Adenbachhut Ahrweiler; Hutengemeinschaft "St. Barbara" Ahrhut Ahrweiler; Hutengemeinschaft "St. Katharina" Niederhut Ahrweiler; Hutengemeinschaft "St. Ursula" Oberhut Ahrweiler e.V.. During

416-609: The north of the Ahr are called the Ahr Hills ; they are lower than the mountains of the High Eifel in the south of the district. Walporzheim, one kilometre west of Ahrweiler, has some curious rock formations called the "Bunte Kuh" (Colorful Cow) and the "Kaiserstuhl" (Emperor's Chair). The forests of the Eifel are the result of reforestations in the 19th century. The most common tree is the fir, which

442-481: The reign of emperor Frederick I . According to the local legend, the emperor did not die, but instead went to sleep in this castle. From 1579 on the region belonged to Saxony , and after 1815 it was divided between the Prussian Province of Saxony and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen . In 1952 the two districts of Artern (district) and Sondershausen were established. These districts were merged in 1994, with only

468-547: The town (1% of the total population), and 319 in 1933. Although much of the town resisted early National Socialism , and the town leaders had refused Adolf Hitler a chance to address the community in 1932 , they were not able to escape the reach of the Nazis entirely. Ahrweiler had a small Jewish community before the Nazis came to power, but they were all taken away and relocated, some to concentration camps, after 1933. No member of this community ever returned to Ahrweiler, and today,

494-496: The town's old synagogue that was desecrated during 1938 Kristallnacht , is used for art displays. The Rhine forms the eastern border of the district. The Ahr , a tributary of the Rhine, enters the district in the southeast and runs northeastwards to meet the Rhine within the borders of the district. Ahrweiler is located in the northernmost part of the Eifel mountains. The mountains to

520-592: The town, and these constructions remain mostly unimpaired. . In the early years of the Holy Roman Empire there was a county of Ahr, but it was annexed by the Bishop of Cologne in 1246. Afterwards Remagen became the most important town of the region. The parish church, St. Laurentius (St. Laurence) de:St. Laurentius (Ahrweiler) , was originally built in 1269. Since the Middle Ages, the town has been roughly divided by

546-474: Was built in the 10th Century by a local noble Thietmarus Kohlstedt. Machinery, sugar and boots used to be manufactured in Artern. Its brine springs, known as early as the 15th century, are still frequented. In 1944 a subcamp, Rebstock neu , of the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald was established in Artern. During World War II , 47 prisoners of war from Poland and France were used as forced labourers at

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572-566: Was founded, later to become the city of Remagen . The Vinxtbach, a narrow brook and an affluent of the Rhine, was defined as the borderline between the Roman provinces of Germania superior and Germania inferior . There was originally a Roman villa here; the German suffix, "weiler", is from the Latin term "villare", meaning "land attached to a Roman villa, farm". Portions of a Roman aqueduct have also been found nearby. Many towns were first mentioned in

598-562: Was merged with Ahrweiler in 1932. The Ahrweiler City Gate and many other historical buildings were partially destroyed at the end of World War II during the contested advances of the Allies. The battle of the Rhine bridge of Remagen, otherwise known as the Ludendorff Bridge , in 1945, is a well-known event in local history, also due to the U.S. movie The Bridge at Remagen (1969). The 2021 European floods heavily impacted Ahrweiler, where

624-400: Was originally not native to the region. The Ahr river and its smaller affluents serve as a habitat for rare animals, that are adapted to alluvial forests. Examples are the oriole , the nightingale and the endangered black kite . Some fens in the area were drained in the 20th century. The Rodder Maar, a lake in the eastern part of the district, was drained in the 1950s, and a coniferous forest

650-399: Was planted on the former water body; in 1998 the lake was restored, and rare animals begin to arrive there again. The geology of the lake is uncertain. In its circular shape it appears similar to volcanic maars that are found in the nearby Daum region, but there is no evidence of volcanism, and so it is not a "maar". In 2013 evidence that it is meteoritic in origin was presented. Ahrweiler

676-635: Was the Abbey of Maria Laach on the Laacher See, a lake in the southeast of the district. From 1100 to 1246, the district was ruled by the Grafen (Counts) von Are (Ahr), and then by their relatives, the Grafen von Hochstaden. These families were mainly responsible for the development of Ahrweiler, which then was, together with Bonn , Andernach and Nürburg , one of the capitals of the Archbishopric of Cologne . Defensive walls, ramparts and towers were built around

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