The village was named after the residence of a court owner, perhaps called Wernifrid or similar. From the earliest times, the village was owned by the Counts of Gleichen and the Hohenlohe family, before Werningshausen became part of the Duchy of Saxony-Gotha.

If today it is probably a little off the beaten track, this was by no means the case in earlier times due to its location at the crossing of the Gramme River on one of the most important roads in Thuringia in the Middle Ages. Despite some setbacks, which wars or bad weather may have brought to the industrious citizens, the community played again and again some pioneering role, so already 130 years ago, when in 1834 Werningshausen was the first village around, which had completely tiled houses.

Charmingly nestled on a small mountain range and thus standing out from the plain, the place today holds a gem of our region, the St. Wigberti Monastery at Werningshausen. In it, Protestant and Catholic brothers live, pray and work together in an ecumenical union.

The new residential area "Am Berg" offers new residents a pleasant home with a beautiful view into the wide countryside.

Tips:

St. Wigberti Monastery, church, floodplain landscapes of the Gramme and the narrow Gera, Haßlebener and Alperstedter Ried, Cux Mill; pilgrimage on the Luther Trail