Schleusingen

Schleusingen ( ) is a town in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 10 km north of Hildburghausen, and 12 km southeast of Suhl.

Schleusingen ( ) is a town in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 10 km north of Hildburghausen, and 12 km southeast of Suhl. ==History== Schleusingen was first mentioned in documents in 1232 as 'Villa Slusungen'. Count Poppo VII of Henneberg built the Bertholdsburg as a residence and fortification in the period from 1226 to 1232. In 1274 the County of Henneberg was partitioned into three lines; the Bertholdsburg then became the residence of the Schleusinger line of the Counts of Henneberg. Schleusingen experienced a catastrophic fire in 1353; further fires in 1679, 1765, 1773 and 1876 destroyed whole districts of the town. In 1412 Schleusingen received the (the right to be considered a town) but only in 1533 the (the right to, among other things, hold a folk festival or a weekly market). In 1502 Count Wilhelm IV founded a Barfüsserkloster (monastery) in the outskirts. During the riots in the German Peasants' War in the spring of 1525, the inhabitants, documents and valuables of the neighboring monasteries Veßra and were sent to Schleusingen to be brought to safety at the Bertholdsburg. In 1544 the Reformation was introduced. The Aegidienkapelle of the St. Johannis Church became the burial place of the Counts of Henneberg in 1566 and of Elisabeth of Brandenburg. The Barfüsserkloster was transferred into state ownership and from 1560 it was used as a school. On 7 June 1577 this school was inaugurated on as a Gymnasium (high school) and still exists today under the name Hennebergisches Gymnasium "Georg Ernst". Until 1583 Schleusingen was the seat of the Counts of Henneberg. After the death of Count , with whose death the Henneberg line was extinguished, Schleusingen was transferred to the Saxon dukes of the Ernestine and the Albertine lines, at first under joint administration. From 1500 to 1806 Schleusingen belonged to the Franconian Circle of the Holy Roman Empire. ==References==

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