Garnsdorf (Saalfeld)

Garnsdorf City of Saalfeld / Saale Coordinates: 50 ° 38 ′ 17 "  N , 11 ° 20 ′ 43"  E
Incorporation :	1922
Postal code :	07318
Area code :	03671
Entrance building of the fairy grottoes

Garnsdorf is a district of Saalfeld in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district in Thuringia .

geography

The district of Garnsdorf is located southwest of the Saalfeld city center on the federal road 281 to Arnsgereuth and further. The transition of the northern roofing of the Thuringian Forest begins at the current outskirts .

Garnsdorf, district of Saalfeld / Saale, "Untere Dorfstraße"

Fairy grottoes - show mine; Fairytale dome with reflection in the underground lake

Fairy grottoes - bay window on the main building

history

It was first mentioned in a document in December 1074. In 1922, Garnsdorf was incorporated into Saalfeld.

Economy and tourism

The fairy grottoes , a former mine, are located near the village . Nowadays it is used as a show mine and is visited by around 160,000 tourists every year. The Thuringia clinics "Georgius Agricola" Saalfeld GmbH, teaching hospital of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, have a defining effect on the location .

Other important institutions are:

• the DRK nursing home
• the emergency service center
• the aerial photo archive
• the TOP beverage trade
• the choral society in 1891 and the music school and other institutions

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ 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. 83.
2. ↑ Land use plan of the city of Saalfeld, Section 3.2. History (PDF; 6.7 MB) Retrieved December 22, 2011
3. ↑ Feengrotten on thueringen.info. Accessed on October 19, 2011
4. ^ Thuringia Clinics Georgius Agricola Saalfeld Accessed on October 19, 2010