Döschnitz

coat of arms	Germany map
Help on coat of arms	Coordinates: 50 ° 37 '  N , 11 ° 14'  E
Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Management Community :	Schwarzatal
Height :	415 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.31 km 2
Residents:	236 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	37 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	07429
Area code :	036730
License plate :	SLF, RU
Community key :	16 0 73 017
Website :	www.doeschnitz.de
Mayor :	Klaus Biehl
Location of the municipality of Döschnitz in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district

Döschnitz is a municipality in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district in Thuringia . The community belongs to the administrative community Schwarzatal , which has its administrative seat in the city of Schwarzatal .

geography

Döschnitz, a state-recognized resort until 2015 , is located in the valley of the White Sorbitz in the Thuringian Forest Nature Park .

eastern district

Community structure

The Bockschmiede district belongs to the municipality of Döschnitz .

history

The origin of the settlement of Döschnitz is unknown, but there are indications that the place arose at the time of the early Slavic clearing settlement in the Thuringian Forest from the 9th century. The place was first mentioned as Tschitz in 1422. Due to the lack of fertile agricultural land, the place was initially characterized by forestry and slate , iron ore and limestone mining. A hammer smithy existed until 1862 as early as the 15th century. After the Thirty Years' War , which also affected Döschnitz, the oil trade gained in importance, iron ore mining was intensified and in 1849 a grinding mill was set up for the locally mined limestone (called Döschnitzer marble ). The mining of ores and rocks suffered a decline in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Until 1918 the place belonged to the sovereignty of the Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt .

During the GDR era, agriculture and especially livestock farming were increasingly practiced in Döschnitz, and tourism and recreation also gained in importance at that time.

politics

Municipal council

The council of the municipality of Döschnitz consists of six councilors and councilors.

• FW 4 seats
• FSKVerein 2 seats

(Status: local elections on June 27, 2004)

mayor

The honorary mayor Klaus Biehl was elected on June 5, 2016.

church

The Protestant parish Döschnitz belongs to the parish Döschnitz with the parishes Döschnitz, Meura, Sitzendorf and Unterweißbach. The village church of Döschnitz has a baroque altar made of Döschnitz marble.

Personalities

• Georg Schoeler (1793–1865), Schulmann
• Ferdinand Höfer (1811–1878), doctor, lexicographer and writer.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics  ( help on this ).
2. ^ Carl Gäbert, Alexander Steuer, Karl Weiss: The usable rock deposits in Germany. Weathering and conservation of the rocks (= Handbook of the Stone Industry. Vol. 1). Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Berlin 1915, p. 180.
3. ^ Richard Hoche :  Schoeler, Georg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 32, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, p. 215 f.

Web links

Commons : Döschnitz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the administrative association