400 years Tellerhäuser - but why 400 in the first place?

With the 400-year town anniversary, it’s a bit of a thing. Strictly speaking, the 400-year celebration for Tellerhäuser should already have taken place two years ago. We all know that Corona spoiled it for us back then. Therefore, next weekend we’re actually celebrating 400 + 2 years of Tellerhäuser. So far so good, I think everyone can live with that.

But what’s even more interesting is looking further back in the village chronicle: at the founding date of Tellerhäuser, many a historian gnaws on it.

Why is that? Let’s look back 400 years from today — or 402 years if you like.

We are in the year 1622, but whether Tellerhäuser existed back then is hard to say. I’ve touched on this topic in a previous post. The first real evidence for the founding of a settlement dates to 1652. From this period there is first evidence that a miner named Andreas Teller built a house. Accordingly our village would be “only” 370 years old. But apparently the place existed earlier, but how much earlier? Are we now 50 years early or 30 years late with our anniversary? The discussions about the founding year never end.

Even our local historians cannot fully clarify this question, but at least narrow the timeframe to +/- 30 years. Maybe with the help of the Breitenbrunn municipality we’ll manage to bring clarity here someday. Be that as it may: we can be proud of our village and our history. Whether it’s now 370, 400, 402 or 432 years of history, it doesn’t really matter. The main thing is that the celebration will be great! :-)

Your Peter Riedel