Birch hill

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Birch hill
Coat of arms from birch hill
Coordinates: 50 ° 25 ′ 44 ″  N , 11 ° 44 ′ 35 ″  E
Height : 540 m
Incorporation : 1st January 2019
Postal code : 07366
Area code : 036642
map
Location in the community of Rosenthal am Rennsteig, founded in 2019
Cemetery church
Cemetery church

Birkenhügel is a district of the municipality of Rosenthal am Rennsteig in the south of the Saale-Orla district in Thuringia .

Neighboring communities

The neighboring districts are Harra and Pottiga and the towns of Bad Lobenstein , Gefell and Hirschberg in the Saale-Orla district.

traffic

Birch hill is on the road from Blankenstein to Frössen . There is also a bypass.

bus

line operator Line course
720 KomBus Bad Lobenstein - Birch Hill - Blankenstein - Schleiz

history

Birkenhügel was created on February 28, 1923 through the merger of the towns of Lerchenhügel and Pirk . Until 1918 the area of ​​the community belonged to the Principality of Reuss younger line .

First documentary mention of the places after Kahl:

Birch Hill: 1708, Lark Hill: 1708, Pirk: 1441.

Since June 18, 1994, the municipality of Birkenhügel belonged to the Saale-Rennsteig administrative community . As part of the Thuringia regional reform in 2018 and 2019 , the administrative community was dissolved on January 1, 2019, the member communities merged to form the community of Rosenthal am Rennsteig .

Population development

Development of the population (from 1994: as of December 31) :

  • 1933: 498
  • 1939: 504
  • 1994: 515
  • 1995: 530
  • 1996: 549
  • 1997: 558
  • 1998: 545
  • 1999: 561
  • 2000: 576
  • 2001: 563
  • 2002: 544
  • 2003: 546
  • 2004: 545
  • 2005: 457
  • 2006: 450
  • 2007: 446
  • 2008: 444
  • 2009: 436
  • 2010: 426
  • 2011: 407
  • 2012: 392
  • 2013: 390
  • 2014: 375
  • 2015: 368
  • 2016: 367
  • 2017: 364
Data source from 1994: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

Municipal council

In the last municipal council there were 5 members of the BFV voters' association and 1 member of the FWG. The last mayor was Andreas Bortz (BFV).

Local election 2014
Turnout: 60.7%
 %
90
80
70
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
83.0%
17.0%
BFV
Gains / losses
compared to 2009
 % p
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
+ 8.0  % p
-8.0  % p
BFV

Web links

Commons : Birch Hill  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. 5th, improved and considerably enlarged edition. Rockstuhl, Bad-Langensalza 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , pp. 33, 163, 219.
  2. ↑ Thuringian Law and Ordinance Gazette No. 14/2018 p. 795 ff. , Accessed on May 20, 2019
The districts in 1873