Steinheuterode
Encyclopedia
Steinheuterode is a small municipality in the center of Germany
in the district of Eichsfeld
in Thuringia
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mountain, and is surrounded by forest. The houses are arranged around the St. Alban church and a community center.
is a billygoat
, which refers to the nickname of the inhabitants: Steintreeder Zeggenböcke (roughly, Mountain Billygoats). There is a golden oak
leaf on the left, representing the location of the municipality in Eichsfeld
. The stump in the foreground is symbolic of the establishment of the village as Rodesiedlung. The mountain at the bottom represents the location of Steinheuterode, at the foot of the Steinberg.
, the prefix Stein was added. A manor was built in 1575 and in 1732 the fountain Regine was constructed in the courtyard of the manor, which today serves as a community center.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
in the district of Eichsfeld
Eichsfeld (district)
Eichsfeld is a district in Thuringia, Germany, and part of the historical region of Eichsfeld. It is bounded by the districts of Nordhausen, Kyffhäuserkreis and Unstrut-Hainich, and by the states of Hesse and Lower Saxony .-History:In medieval times the Eichsfeld, which is larger than the...
in Thuringia
Thuringia
The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....
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Location
It is located at an altitude of 316 m in the valley of the SteinbergSteinberg
Steinberg GmbH is a German musical software and equipment company based in Hamburg. It mainly produces music recording, arranging and editing software as used in digital audio workstations and VSTi software synthesizers.- History :...
mountain, and is surrounded by forest. The houses are arranged around the St. Alban church and a community center.
Coat of arms
In the center of Steinheuterode's coat of armsCoat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
is a billygoat
Goat
The domestic goat is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the Bovidae family and is closely related to the sheep as both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae. There are over three hundred distinct breeds of...
, which refers to the nickname of the inhabitants: Steintreeder Zeggenböcke (roughly, Mountain Billygoats). There is a golden oak
Oak
An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 600 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...
leaf on the left, representing the location of the municipality in Eichsfeld
Eichsfeld
The Eichsfeld is a historical region in the southeast of Lower Saxony and northwest of Thuringia in the south of the Harz mountains...
. The stump in the foreground is symbolic of the establishment of the village as Rodesiedlung. The mountain at the bottom represents the location of Steinheuterode, at the foot of the Steinberg.
History
The first time the municipality was documented was in 1228, when it was called Hauwerterode. To distinguish it from the Eichsfeldian village WüstheuterodeWüstheuterode
Wüstheuterode is a Thuringian municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Germany....
, the prefix Stein was added. A manor was built in 1575 and in 1732 the fountain Regine was constructed in the courtyard of the manor, which today serves as a community center.