Goeschitz

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 38 '  N , 11 ° 52'  E
Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Saale-Orla district
Management Community :	Lake district
Height :	402 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.83 km 2
Residents:	207 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	26 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	07907
Area code :	036648
License plate :	SOK, LBS, PN, SCZ
Community key :	16 0 75 034
Association administration address:	Schleizer Strasse 17 07907 Oettersdorf
Mayoress :	Ursula Schrenner
Location of the community of Göschitz in the Saale-Orla district

In the town

Göschitz is a municipality in the Saale-Orla district in Thuringia and belongs to the Lake District administrative community .

geography

The community of Göschitz is located in the Thuringian Slate Mountains .

The only district is the north-west Rödersdorf .

Neighboring communities are Dittersdorf , Dragensdorf , Kirschkau , Löhma and Tegau in the Saale-Orla district and the town of Zeulenroda-Triebes in the Greiz district .

history

The place was first mentioned on June 1, 1320.

Village church

The fortified church of the village, surrounded by a wall and four corner towers and provided with slits , is located on a spur-like hill just north of the village. The previous building was probably a fortification, because a trade route once passed here.

Due to its picturesque location, Göschitz was referred to as Russian Italy as early as the 19th century.

Göschitz was a former mill village:

• The village mill in Göschitz was first mentioned with its owners in the 18th century. It was equipped with a flour and meal gang. The Güldewasser drove the overshot waterwheel. In 1943 the cast iron pinion broke. The consequence was the cessation of operations. The water systems gradually disappeared. The current owner rebuilt the building and built a new half-timbered house. Trout swim in the former mill pond.
• The owners of the Tümpfelmühle in the village could be traced back to 1570. In 1961 the miller's trade had to be given up. The water rights for the Tümpfelsmühle had expired due to the sale of the pond and Mühlgraben to the community for the mill property. The Dorfbach is a remnant of the mill moat. The river Gülde is piped.
• The Mösersmühle zu Göschitz was driven by the Gülde and Modelitsch water by means of an overshot water wheel. It was first mentioned in the records in 1672, because in 1972 the Möser family celebrated their 300th anniversary. In 1970 the miller business was given up, the water law expired in 1978.
• The Leuermühle near Göschitz was mentioned in writing in 1616 in the Schleiz office. There is a comprehensive overview of the former mill owners. In 1955, the mill owner was imprisoned for illegally possessing weapons . A roommate had reported the miller. After the arrest of the father, the son fled to the Federal Republic of Germany. A trustee looked after the cattle and the property. Because of good conduct, the detainee was released early from custody. He then joined the LPG Güldetal. After his death, the widow moved to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1970. Today there are new owners in the property. You live here and look after the buildings and the surrounding area.

On July 1, 1950, the previously independent community of Rödersdorf was incorporated.

Population development

Development of the population (December 31st each) :

1994: 282 1995: 288 1996: 292 1997: 294 1998: 288 1999: 287

2000: 291 2001: 284 2002: 291 2003: 289 2004: 290 2005: 284

2006: 274 2007: 269 2008: 273 2009: 271 2010: 266 2011: 258

2012: 246 2013: 244 2014: 237 2015: 224 2016: 226 2017: 217

2018: 211

Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

Economy and Infrastructure

State road 3002 runs through the municipality .

The largest resident company is the small agricultural enterprise Huber. This specializes primarily in dairy farming and the cultivation of feed.

In 2015 the Gasthof “Zur Linde” celebrated its 275th anniversary. The inn has been owned by the Knoch family since 1858.

Culture and sights

The “Zur Linde” inn maintains the traditions that apply to the region and the place. These include, among other things, the annual fair in November, slaughter festivals, schnauzer tournaments and bock beer festivals.

The village community is also shaped by the annual maypole setting followed by a witch's fire and the regularly celebrated bathing festival at the bathing pond.

The baroque church goes back to a medieval choir tower church.

Sons and daughters of the church

• August Sturm (1852–1923), lawyer and writer

Web links

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

• www.goeschitz.de, private homepage about Göschütz

Individual evidence

1. ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics  ( help on this ).
2. ^ 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. 94.
3. ↑ Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces. Jenzig-Verlag, Jena 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , p. 112.
4. ↑ Günter Steiniger: Mills on the Auma, the Triebes, the Leuba and in the Güldetal. With the mills on Kesselbach, Finkenbach, Pöllnitzbach, Struthbach, Floßbach and the Seebach. Verlag Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza, 2011, ISBN 978-3-86777-296-9 , pp. 205–206, 210–211, 211–214, 214–217.