A smithy on the positioning with the village was initially outlined in 1378. The portion west of Schmalkalde river was recorded in 1465 being a village. It belonged to Amt Brotterode from the lordship of Schmalkalden which was an exclave in the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel. Mining was essential in Thuringia https://www.horasapel.boats/slots/booongo