Bocka

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Bocka
Map of Germany, position of the municipality of Bocka highlighted

Coordinates: 50 ° 49 '  N , 11 ° 58'  E

Basic data
State : Thuringia
County : Greiz
Management Community : Münchenbernsdorf
Height : 330 m above sea level NHN
Area : 6.05 km 2
Residents: 443 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 73 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 07589
Area code : 036604
License plate : GRZ, ZR
Community key : 16 0 76 007
Community structure: 2 districts
Association administration address: Karl-Marx-Platz 13
07589 Münchenbernsdorf
Mayor : Ingo Kaiser
Location of the municipality of Bocka in the district of Greiz
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Bocka is a municipality in the Greiz district in Thuringia . It is located about nine kilometers northwest of Weida and is a member of the Münchenbernsdorf administrative association .

geography

Neighboring communities are Harth-Pöllnitz , Hundhaupten , the city of Münchenbernsdorf and Zedlitz .

The community of Bocka consists of the localities Großbocka and Kleinbocka .

history

Großbocka was first mentioned on September 24, 1267, Kleinbocka in 1351.

On July 1, 1950, the municipality of Bocka was created through the merger of the former municipalities of Großbocka and Kleinbocka.

Development of the population (December 31) :

  • 1994: 366
  • 1995: 418
  • 1996: 470
  • 1997: 513
  • 1998: 551
  • 1999: 573
  • 2000: 562
  • 2001: 563
  • 2002: 570
  • 2003: 566
  • 2004: 556
  • 2005: 545
  • 2006: 536
  • 2007: 520
  • 2008: 514
  • 2009: 510
  • 2010: 504
  • 2011: 462
  • 2012: 451
  • 2013: 456
  • 2014: 459
  • 2015: 454
  • 2016: 450
  • 2017: 448
  • 2018: 443
  • 2019: 443
Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

Worth seeing

A few hundred meters south of Kleinbocka, immediately next to the B 2 , there is an A-tower , a broadcasting building of the former GDR.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics  ( help on this ).
  2. ^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian cities and communities. A manual. Verlag Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , pp. 99 and 143

Web links

Commons : Bocka  - collection of images, videos and audio files