Ebersroda is a village and a former municipality in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the municipality Gleina.
This component part encompasses the village of Ebersroda located north of the Unstrut River on the adjoining plateau of Querfurt-Gleina. As the neighboring village Schleberoda, Ebersroda was founded as a result of intensive land development by clearance in the High Middle Ages such as other villages with “root” (Roda) in the name [3] (e.g. Albersroda, Baumersorda, Schnellroda, Ebersroda and Schleberoda).[1]
Ebersroda is a characteristic village built around a village green only accessible from one side. The oval-shaped green at the centre of the village community features a continuity of use, which has survived over the centuries, with a village pond, two well houses, a bake house and a brewery.[4]
Today
The farmsteads with forward-facing gables and with partly elaborate gates or portals have repeatedly been renovated on a persistent ground plan dating from the High Middle Ages; their building fabric today dates from the 17th to 20th century. The belt of barns terminating the farmsteads has been completely preserved. Around the gardens and meadows adjoining each barn, a path that can be accessed from each farmstead still marks the original village boundary today.[5] The churchyard is located on the north-eastern edge of the village and is surrounded by a lane. From the church that existed in the High Middle Ages, a high choir tower with a wall bond of opus spicatum and coupled abat-sons remains. A Baroque hall church was adjoined to this tower on the eastern side in the 18th century.[6][7]
^Eichler, Ernst (1994). Slawische Ortsnamen zwischen Saale und Neiße [Slav names of villages between Saale and Neiße.] (in German). Bautzen. pp. 1–4.
^Walter, Hans (1971). Namenkundliche Beiträge zur Siedlungsgeschichte des Saale- und Mittelelbegebietes bis zum Ende des 9. Jahrhunderts (Deutsch-Slawische Forschungen zur Namenkunde und Siedlungsgeschichte 26) [The history of names in the settlement in the area of the Saale and the Elbeuntil the end of the 9th century (German-Slav research on the history of names and settlements 26).] (in German). Berlin.
^Gringmuth-Dallmer, Eike (2006). Die hochmittelalterliche Ostsiedlung in vergleichender Sicht In: Siedlungsforschung 24 [The high-medieval Eastern settlement processes from a comparative point of view. In: Settlement history 24.] (in German). pp. 99–122.
^Naumann, Louis (1993). Zur Geschichte der sogenannten "Kreisdörfer" im Naumburger Kreise. Eine agrarhistorische Studie In: Thüringisch-sächsische Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Kunst. Band 3 [On the history of the so-called cicle-villages around Naumburg. In: Thuringia and Saxon journal on history and arts.] (in German). Saxony-Anhalt. pp. 169–208.
^Hardt, Matthias (2000). Linien und Säume, Zonen und Räume an der Ostgrenze des Reiches im frühen und hohen Mittelalter In: Grenze und Differenz im frühen Mittelalter (Österreichische Akademischer Wissenschaften, philosophisch-historische Klasse, Denkschriften 287, Forschungen zur Geschichte des Mittelalters 1) [Lines, barriers, zones and areas at the frontier of the empire of the Early and High Middle Ages. In: Austrian Academic Sciences, research on the history of the Middle Ages .] (in German). Wien. pp. 39–56.
Notes
^The Förderverein Welterbe an Saale und Unstrut e.V. is the coordinating body for this World Heritage nomination: http://www.naumburg-cathedral.de.