Burgk (Schleiz)

Burgk City of Schleiz Coordinates: 50 ° 33 ′ 20 ″ N , 11 ° 43 ′ 5 ″ E
Height :	420 m above sea level NHN
Area :	13.66 km²
Residents :	82 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	6 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 2019
Postal code :	07907
Area code :	03663
Location of Burgk in Thuringia

Burgk is a district of the town of Schleiz in the Thuringian Saale-Orla district in Vogtland .

geography

Burgk is located on a hill above the Saale , about seven kilometers west-southwest of Schleiz , the district town of the Saale-Orla district. In addition to the main town, Burgk itself also includes the districts of Burgkhammer , at the dam of the same name , and Isabellengrün . With a population density of around six inhabitants per square kilometer, Burgk was the most sparsely populated municipality in Thuringia.

Neighboring places

Neighboring localities, starting from the north in a clockwise direction, are the district of Crispendorf of the city of Schleiz, the municipality of Görkwitz , the district town of Schleiz , the small town of Tanna , the district of Saalburg of the city of Saalburg-Ebersdorf , the municipality of Remptendorf , the Karolinenfield settlement and the municipality of Eßbach .

Eßbach (4 km)	Crispendorf (4 km)	Görkwitz (6 km)
Karolinenfield (3 km)		Schleiz (7 km)
Remptendorf (5 km)	Saalburg (6 km)	Tanna (12 km)

The distances given relate to the straight line to the center of the town.

history

Burgk was first mentioned in a document in 1291. The history of the small town of Burgk is inextricably linked with the history of Burgk Castle . From 1596 to 1640 and from 1668 to 1697 Burgk was the residence of the Reuss-Burgk rule . The entry under "Burg, Burgk" in the lexicon of 1814 and "Here is an office and domain property" reads "Herrschaft und Schloß plus Vorwerk in Reussischen Voigtlande" and in 1885 the place with 150 inhabitants as well as Reussischer Amtsgericht and Post Burgk is mentioned.

After the end of the First World War with the overthrow of the monarchy and the proclamation of the republic in the November Revolution, Prince Heinrich XXVII. his renunciation of the throne and the two Russian principalities - namely Reuss older line and Reuss younger line - became free states on November 11, 1918, which on April 4, 1919 again merged to form the People's State of Reuss with the capital Gera . On May 1st, 1920, the people's state of Reuss was finally absorbed in the newly founded state of Thuringia .

In the 20th century, there was a cardboard and paper factory in Burgkhammer at the equalization basin of the Bleilochtalsperre . In 1943, 14 military internees from Italy lost their lives in a fire that broke out in the factory . The victims were buried in the Möschlitz cemetery on the road to Burgk, where a memorial stone commemorates them. In addition, eleven so-called Eastern workers had to do forced labor in this factory during the Nazi era .

In front of the castle gate there was a farm that served to supply the castle residents. On the eastern side there were two stables for the estate's horses.

On August 27, 1943, a children's area deportation camp (KLV camp) in the heavily bombed city of Düsseldorf with around 40 students from Lessing and Prinz-Georg-Gymnasium and their teachers was set up in this building with an upper floor . The outsourcing of the students was carried out by the Hitler Youth in charge. The action received the humanitarian disguise that the Führer wanted to bring his youth to safety, in the most beautiful surroundings, in constant fresh air, in splendid accommodations, with the best food . On the left were the lounge, the classroom and the dining room, and on the right the dormitory with two-story beds and straw sacks. This period ended after 19 months. The 16-year-old schoolchildren had been assigned to serve in the war at the end of 1944. The remaining younger students were relocated to Schleiz in the Hotel Goldene Sonne on March 27, 1945 . On April 8, 1945, 21 students were killed there as a result of an American bomb attack . They were buried in the Bergkirchen cemetery there. The memorial at the mass grave and a plaque at the location of the demolished hotel remind of the 21 boys (see also the story of Schleiz ). The former stables are now used as a Café Zur Schlossterrasse .

Since 1999 Remptendorf was a fulfilling municipality for Burgk, before it belonged to the administrative community Saalburg . On December 31, 2019, the community was incorporated into the town of Schleiz.

Population development

Development of the population (as of December 31st) :

1994: 126
1995: 124
1996: 124
1997: 120
1998: 121
1999: 127

2000: 131
2001: 123
2002: 119
2003: 110
2004: 107
2005: 102

2006: 102
2007: 098
2008: 099
2009: 091
2010: 092
2011: 087

2012: 91
2013: 88
2014: 84
2015: 91
2016: 91
2017: 88

2018: 82

Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

Former mayor

Ralf Rosenkranz was elected as the new mayor in the Thuringian municipal elections on May 26, 2019 .

Culture and sights

The main attraction of Burgk is Burgk Castle , which attracts over 30,000 visitors annually. Of particular interest there are the palace chapel with its Silbermann organ and the medieval fortifications.
The low mountain range of the East Thuringian Slate Mountains in the Thuringian Slate Mountains / Upper Saale Nature Park around Burgk offers numerous hiking opportunities.
The Saale Tower , a 43 m high wooden observation tower, was built in 2010/2011.

Burgk Castle: seen from the Saaleturm
Burgk Castle: gatehouse
View from the Saaleturm to the Burgkhammer dam below Burgk Castle
View from the Burgkhammer dam to Burgk Castle
Burgk Castle: the Sophienlust pavilion
The Saaleturm in Burgk

Children's and youth home

The former Reussian district court building from 1886 was rededicated as a children's home after the Free State of Thuringia was founded in 1922. After an interim use as a maternal convalescent home, the house has been used again as a children's and youth home since 1952, today sponsored by the Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO) Saale-Orla district.

traffic

The buses of the KomBus line 611 connect Burgk with the district town Schleiz several times a day, but only on school days. On all other days there are only two buses a day, namely one in the morning at around 6 a.m. for the outward journey from Burgk to Schleiz, and another one at lunchtime as a round trip from Schleiz to Burgk and Schleiz.

Burgk is on the Schleiz – Saalburg railway line . After the track system was dismantled, a cycle and footpath was created here. After passenger traffic was discontinued in 2006 and the line was closed in 2008, the Schönberg – Schleiz West section was gradually put back into operation. The first special train reached the final stop in Schleiz West on December 3, 2011. In the meantime the Wisentatalbahn runs regularly as a leisure train under the direction of the Förderverein Wisentatalbahn eV

Individual evidence

^ 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 , p. 45.

↑ Burgk municipality. Our church. Retrieved September 5, 2014.

↑ Thuringian Association of the Persecuted of the Nazi Regime - Association of Antifascists and Study Group of German Resistance 1933–1945 (Ed.): Local history guide to sites of resistance and persecution 1933–1945. Volume 8: Thuringia. VAS - Verlag für Akademische Schriften, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-88864-343-0 , p. 220.

↑ Thuringian Law and Ordinance Gazette No. 11/2019 of October 18, 2019, p. 385 ff. , Accessed on January 5, 2020

↑ Election result of May 26, 2019 , accessed on September 28, 2019

↑ Burgk municipality. Home page. ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 5, 2014. @1@ 2

↑ Burgk municipality. Our church. Local history. Retrieved September 9, 2014.

↑ AWO Saale-Orla district. Education help: House Burgk. ( Memento of the original from June 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 9, 2014.

↑ KomBus Timetable Line 611 Schleiz – Burgk – Schleiz ( Memento of the original from September 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 2, 2014.