Görkwitz

Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Saale-Orla district
Management Community :	Lake district
Height :	426 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.85 km 2
Residents:	276 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	47 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	07907
Area code :	03663
License plate :	SOK, LBS, PN, SCZ
Community key :	16 0 75 033
Association administration address:	Schleizer Str. 17 ; 07907 Oettersdorf
Website :	www.vg-seenplatte.de
Mayor :	Karl-Heinz Barth ( CDU )
Location of the municipality of Görkwitz in the Saale-Orla district

View of the place from the east

Görkwitz is a municipality in the Lake District administrative community in the Saale-Orla district in Thuringia .

geography

The community consists of the places Görkwitz and Mönchgrün . Both villages are about 2 km west of Schleiz. The corridors are heavily polluted by traffic on the route of the A9 federal motorway. For the villages, the bridges or underpasses compensate for the load somewhat.

geology

The soils around Schleiz also belong to the southeast Thuringian slate mountains , which have high-yield and reliable soils. In this surrounding area, the areas are not as exposed either.

history

The place was first mentioned in documents in 1250 and Mönchgrün on September 5, 1285. Despite their proximity to the town of Schleiz, Görkwitz and the hamlet of Mönchgrün are basically still real farming villages that have adapted to the development.

Population development

Development of the population (December 31st each) :

1994: 278
1995: 274
1996: 282
1997: 307
1998: 322
1999: 342

2000: 333
2001: 333
2002: 336
2003: 334
2004: 334
2005: 325

2006: 322
2007: 325
2008: 315
2009: 310
2010: 304
2011: 302

2012: 292
2013: 284
2014: 286
2015: 284
2016: 289
2017: 297

2018: 289

Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

economy

As a result of the restructuring of agriculture in East Germany, the farmers found new ways after reunification and built u. a. their farms to holiday farms. Holidays in the countryside were made possible in Mönchgrün in particular.

The farmers founded agricultural cooperatives. Some farmers took back their land and ran it themselves.

Personalities

Freddy Kottulinsky (1932–2010), former racing and rally driver, lived in Görkwitz until 2008 and was involved in the Schleizer Dreieck

Individual evidence

^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).

↑ Manfred Graf: Organization of the cooperative plant production with a high proportion of grassland in the southeast Thuringian slate mountains. Shown at the KOG "Lobenstein". 1970, (Jena, University, dissertation, 1970; typed).

^ 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. 93, 181.

↑ www.pro-schleizer-dreieck.de ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2

Web links

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

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-TH-1] Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).

[2] Manfred Graf: Organization of the cooperative plant production with a high proportion of grassland in the southeast Thuringian slate mountains. Shown at the KOG "Lobenstein". 1970, (Jena, University, dissertation, 1970; typed).

[3] 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. 93, 181.