Between 1412 and 1434 the "Michaeliskirche" was erected at the place where Saint Bonifatius began his missionary work.
The church lasted until 1945 when it was destroyed by a senseless bomb raid. Only in 1999 the tower of the church was rebuilt according to old plans.
However, the time before WWII was also not always pleasant for Ohrdruf.
The Thirty Years' War brought lots of misery including the plague. Over half of the population was killed.
Several fires over the period of time caused also harm and damage.

In 2006 I came back to Ohrdruf. The reason was to make the first contacts with somebody who is involved in the association who does serious research about the "Jonastal".
Too many speculations and false stories about the activities of the Nazis in this area have been published.
For that reason the myth about hidden treasures, Hitler's nuclear bomb and many secret weapons are spreading.
Treasure hunters break into heavy sealed tunnels which had been built in the last years of WWII by slave workers from concentration camps.
The "Jonastalverein" is doing serious research to find the truth and stop the speculations.

I don't think that the activities of the right wing party are so attractive - I believe that the other established parties do not reach the people and convince them from what has been achieved after the fall of the wall and accuse falsely many people to be neo Nazis only because they also point out war crimes against Germany. We all should commit our wrong doings to create a better and more peaceful world! Naturally, the law shall be enforced against everybody who preaches hatred or is violent. No excuses must be accepted!
I wanted to combine the meeting with the association with another event on "Schloss Ehrenstein". Unfortunately, this event did not take place on Saturday when I came it was planned for Sunday. I only could see the preparations for it.