Part of town Breitenbach

It is 1227, as an inhabitant of Bodenstein with the cloister Reifenstein to 3.5 hoofs exchange country in Breitenbach for country in Leinefelde. In the besides issued document the place finds Breitenbach with it his first in writing held on mention. The origin of the place goes back certainly still some years, however, no recordings are given about that.
 
A determining time in the history of Breitenbach is also 1373, as Breitenbach by the buying under Adolf von Nassau belonged to the Mainz archbishopric and electorate. In 1612 the first time a mayor was mentioned in Breitenbach.
 
The first registration about the available being of own fire brigade comes from 1780 when one already disposed of own big tube syringe. To a big fire disaster it came in 1903. It was the time of the crop of potatoes when in the middle of the village a big fire spread out which 8 properties grasped. Still today one place farmed not again reminds of this day - the fire place in Dorfstrasse. Also both world wars demanded her tribute of the small place. Thus fell from 1914 - in 1918 46 men and in the time of 1939 - in 1945 102 men of the municipality.
 
After the reunion it makes itself necessary by a regulation in the Thuringian municipal right that Breitenbach of an administrative collectivity had to join and thus originated in 1991 together with the city of Worbis and his districts, the municipalities of Wintzingerode and Ferna the administrative collectivity „in the Ohmgebirge“ Worbis.