Sömmerda is a city located in the Land of Thuringe, to 20 km in the north of Erfurt. It is a pole privileged in the field of electrotechnical industry (Fujitsu Siemens Computers).

Geography

Geographical location

Sömmerda is located in the Bassin of Thuringe.

Common neighbors

The communes bordering are Griefstedt, Großneuhausen, Großrudestedt, Kleinneuhausen, Kölleda, Schillingstedt, Schloßvippach, Sprötau, Vogelsberg, Weissensee, Werningshausen und Wundersleben.

Urban organization

(1) included in Leubingen

Data: December 31st, 2006

History

Sömmerda was mentioned for the first time in official documents into 876. It is thought that the city was recognized as such about 1350, but there do not exist documents confirming it. The door of Erfurt ( Erfurter Tor ) built in 1395 and the ramparts represent the oldest monuments of the city still present.

During the War Thirty Year old (1618-1648), the number of inhabitants strongly fell because of the military activities, plunderings and the epidemics. During the Middle Ages and modern times, Sömmerda belonged politically to Erfurt and thus to Kurzmainz. After the defeat of the Prussia to the Battle of Iéna and Auerstaedt, the city was under the capacity of Napoleon Bonaparte, before returning to Prussia in 1813-14 to which it belonged since 1802. Following the Congrès of Vienna began creation from districts in Prussia, and Sömmerda was attached to the district of Weissensee until 1952.

The inventor of the Rifle Dreyse, Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse born in Sömmerda, founded in 1817 a metal factory with the Kronbiegel manufacturer who marked the beginning of the Industrialization in the city. In 1840, one builds a factory of rifles for the account of Dreyse; then in 1858 the creation of the one of largest followed and modern brickyards of Germany. In 1874, Sömmerda was connected to the railway network and, in 1876, Carl Böttner founded a brewery in the suburbs of the city. Until in years 1970 was a potato mashed potatoes factory. It is finally into 1900 that the provisioning of electricity was ensured Sömmerda.

The factory of rifles was repurchased in 1901 by metallurgy the Rhenish factory (Rheinmetall) to Düsseldorf. The personnel was thereafter carried to 10.000 men within the framework of the preparation to the First World War. After the economic crisis of 1929, the manufacturer of weapons who had amalgamated meanwhile with the Borsig workshops to become Rheinmetall-Borsig knew one prosperous period in the years 1930 thanks to the renewal of the German armament. During the Second world war, nearly 14.600 men - including 6.000 workers forced and prisoner of war - were off-set in the many camps of Sömmerda. April 11th, 1945, the city was occupied by the American troops; a little later Thuringe belonged to the Soviet zone of occupation. The city had the chance not to know bombardments during the war and remained relatively intact.

October 7th, 1949, Sömmerda became a city of the German Democratic republic lately created. As the number of employees in the workshops which produced from now on machines of office increased considerably in the following decades, the number of inhabitants increased as much to reach 23.500 in 1989. After the Reunification, the production of machines of office and bricks was stopped; the workshop of production of computers Fujitsu Siemens Computers replaces today the company of electrical engineering Robotron.

Administrative fastenings

May 6th, 1993, Schallenburg was attached administratively to Sömmerda; followed Frohndorf, Leubingen, Orlishausen, Tunzenhausen and Stödten on March 8th, 1994.

Evolution of the population

Evolution of the number of inhabitants (starting from December 31st, 1960) :

Source of the data as from 1994: Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik
1 on October 29th
2 on August 31st

Policy

Municipal council

The municipal council has 30 seats to which a voice for the mayor is added.

  • CDU 9 seats
  • SPD 2 seats
  • SWG 2 seats
  • (A) 2 seats
  • Linkspartei 15 seats

The mayor

Since the municipal elections of 2006, the mayor is Hans-Wolfgang Flögel (Linkspartei), elected with 76,1% of the voices.

Escutcheon

The escutcheon of the city is divided horizontally into two parts: in top, a black eagle with a red language, the glance turned towards the line; in bottom, a wheel silver plated with six rays on red bottom.

Significance: the eagle represents the kingdom of Prussia; the wheel, which comes from the escutcheon of the town of Erfurt, represents the animated history of Sömmerda which had the control of Erfurt on several occasions.

Twin towns

Culture and curiosities

Buildings

In the neighborhoods of 1368 was built a place called mitliln Tor . The door of Erfurt (1395) and the ramparts still currently exist. The oldest door - which disappeared today - dated from the year 1389 and was called Wenigensömmersches Tor . The ramparts extended on 1.300 m, for a height 4 m and a 85 cm thickness; they were set up only during the 16th century.

Parks

  • municipal Park
  • Park Martini
  • cultural Park " the classroom verte" ( " Grünes Klassenzimmer" )

Events

  • Festival of spring ( Frühlingsfest )
  • Festival of the park, celebrates city during the week of the festival ( Festwoche ) (in June)
  • Rafting de Sömmerda on the river of Unstrut (in September): this event exists since 1992 and is organized by the local newspaper, the " Thüringer Allgemeinen" , and the club of canoe of Sömmerda attracting a number unceasingly crescent of visitors.
  • days of the culture of Sömmerda ( Sömmerdaer Kulturtage )

Economy and infrastructure

The economic sector most important with Sömmerda is electrotechnical industry . Are there moreover a factory of production of data-processing components, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, and also several companies which sell the agricultural produce of the surroundings.

Transport

Sömmerda is located on the federal road B 176 which connects Straußfurt to the West with Kölleda in the East. Sömmerda is also located at the end of the section of highway A 71 which leads in the South towards Erfurt and the forest of Thuringe until Schweinfurt. When this highway is completed, it will connect the city to Halle in North.

In 1881, Sömmerda is connected to the railway network of Erfurt-Sangerhausen which is electrified today. By the RegionalExpress, one can go to Erfurt and Magdeburg. A second portion of railroad through Sömmerda is the open Pfefferminzbahn in 1874; it led to the West towards Straußfurt and the East towards Kölleda, Großheringen and Naumburg. With the crossing of the two lines the station of Sömmerda is which is the only station on floors of Thuringe.

Public corporations

  • Hospital of Sömmerda
  • Trade union of the craftsmen ( Kreishandwerkerschaft )
  • Sub-prefecture ( Landratsamt )
  • Room of agriculture ( Landwirtschaftsamt )

Education

  • Elementary schools of State ( Grundschule ):
    • "A. Diesterweg"
    • " Lindenschule"
  • lawful Schools of State ( Regelschule ):
    • "A. Einstein"
    • " CH. G. Salzmann"
  • College of State: " A. Schweitzer"
  • special Schools recognized at the national level ( Förderschule ):
    • "Finneck-Schule"
    • " Rothenbachschule"
  • School professionnalisante of State ( Berufsbildende Schule ) of Sömmerda
  • University ( Kreisvolkshochschule ) of Sömmerda
  • Music school: " Wilhelm Buchbinder"
  • Game library

Personalities

  • Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse : * November 20th, 1789 with Sömmerda; † December 9th, 1867 in Sömmerda - Manufacturer, inventor and contractor
  • Thomas Linke: * December 26th, 1969 with Sömmerda - football player
  • Arnold Rudolf Paulssen: * November 25th, 1864 with Sömmerda - liberal politician, first minister of state for the Land of Thuringe
  • Christian Gotthilf Salzmann: * June 1st, 1744 with Sömmerda; † October 31st, 1811 with Schnepfenthal - Pasteur and pedagog
  • Carl Schleusing: * November 21st, 1865 with Sömmerda; painter

Others

Dialect

Sömmerda is located in the sector of diffusion of the dialect of the center of Thuringe which belongs to the various dialects of Thuringe.

See too

Regional private channel of Sömmerda

External bond

Official site of the town of Sömmerda

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