Debschwitz

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Debschwitz
City of Gera
Coordinates: 50 ° 51 '32 "  N , 12 ° 4' 22"  E
Height : 195 m above sea level NN
Residents : 10,478  (Dec. 31, 2013)
Incorporation : April 1, 1912
Postal code : 07548
Area code : 0365
View over Debschwitz on New Years Day 2011
View over Debschwitz on New Years Day 2011

Debschwitz is a district of Gera .

location

The town is located southwest of the city center within the closed urban development and is in the east of the White Elster , in the west of Gera Stadtwald limited. Bundesstraße 2 runs along the northern edge of Debschwitz, at the transition to Heinrichsgrün ; Lusan joins to the south .

history

Debschwitz was first mentioned in 1363 as Tuschwicz and in 1532 as Dobschitz . With industrialization , the suburb southwest of the city of Gera grew rapidly. On April 1, 1912 Debschwitz was incorporated into Gera; At that time it was already one of the largest communities in the Principality of Reuss Younger Line with over 7,500 inhabitants .

politics

Debschwitz has no district constitution , therefore no district council and no district mayor .

traffic

Fuchsturm (Kaiser Wilhelm Tower) above Debschwitz

Line 3 of the Gera tram crosses Debschwitz from north to south through Wiesestrasse. On the northern edge of Debschwitz, Bundesstraße 2 ( Straße des Friedens ) runs, on the eastern edge, along the White Elster, Bundesstraße 92 ( Elsterdamm / Vogtlandstraße ).

Attractions

In the north-west of Debschwitz are the Gera zoo and the dahlia garden . On the western edge of the district, on the Fuchsberg above the valley floor, the 30 m high Fuchsturm rises up in 1901, an observation tower that was called Kaiser Wilhelm Tower until 1930 and then again from 1933 to 1945.

Personalities

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 110th anniversary of the Fuchsturm Gera in the Ostthüringer Zeitung Gera on August 25, 2011, accessed on April 15, 2015