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Map of Germany, position of the municipality of Gauern highlighted

Coordinates: 50 ° 47 '  N , 12 ° 12'  E

Basic data
State : Thuringia
County : Greiz
Management Community : Wish village / Elster
Height : 298 m above sea level NHN
Area : 3.67 km 2
Residents: 114 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 31 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 07580
Area code : 036608
License plate : GRZ, ZR
Community key : 16 0 76 019
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Gauern 63
07580 Gauern
Mayor : Manfred Burkhardt
Location of the municipality of Gauern in the district of Greiz
Auma-Weidatal Bad Köstritz Berga/Elster Bethenhausen Bocka Brahmenau Braunichswalde Caaschwitz Crimla Endschütz Gauern Greiz Großenstein Langenwetzendorf Harth-Pöllnitz Hartmannsdorf Hilbersdorf Hirschfeld Hohenleuben Weida Hundhaupten Kauern Korbußen Kraftsdorf Kühdorf Langenwetzendorf Langenwolschendorf Lederhose Linda Lindenkreuz Langenwetzendorf Mohlsdorf-Teichwolframsdorf Münchenbernsdorf Langenwetzendorf Paitzdorf Pölzig Reichstädt Ronneburg Rückersdorf Saara Weida Schwaara Schwarzbach Seelingstädt Weida Teichwitz Weida Weißendorf Langenwetzendorf Wünschendorf Zedlitz Zeulenroda-Triebes Thüringenmap
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Gauern is a municipality in the Thuringian district of Greiz . The place is the smallest member community of the administrative community Wünschendorf / Elster .

geography

Geographical location

Gauern belongs to the Ronneburg arable and mining area and is located on the Fuchsbach , a small tributary of the White Elster . The nearest towns are Berga / Elster (5 km southwest), Ronneburg (8 km north), Weida (10 km west) and Gera (13 km north-west).

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are Braunichswalde , Linda b. Weida , Seelingstädt and the city of Berga , all in the district of Greiz. The town of Berga is only indirectly adjacent to the Wolfersdorf district .

history

The village was first mentioned in a document in 1363. It belonged to Sachsen-Altenburg until 1918 and was part of the Ronneburg district office since 1900 . In 1922 it went to the district of Gera . In 1933 Gauern had 340 inhabitants. After the Second World War , almost two thirds of the village had to give way to mining by SDAG Wismut . In 1952 Gauern briefly belonged to the Schmölln district , but went to the Gera-Land district in the same year .

Religions

Gauern does not have a Roman Catholic church , the closest is in Ronneburg , which is part of the Dresden-Meißen diocese . But there is an Evangelical Church .

Population development

In 1910 there were 312 inhabitants in Gauern, 340 in 1933 and 480 in 1948. As a result of the partial devastation, the population was only 124 in 1990.

Development of the population (from 1994: as of December 31) :

  • 1994: 131
  • 1995: 140
  • 1996: 143
  • 1997: 143
  • 1998: 154
  • 1999: 155
  • 2000: 149
  • 2001: 144
  • 2002: 144
  • 2003: 150
  • 2004: 144
  • 2005: 142
  • 2006: 145
  • 2007: 144
  • 2008: 138
  • 2009: 132
  • 2010: 129
  • 2011: 119
  • 2012: 128
  • 2013: 118
  • 2014: 113
  • 2015: 113
  • 2016: 116
  • 2017: 116
  • 2018: 112
  • 2019: 114
Data source from 1994: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

politics

Evangelical Lutheran Church

The parish council of the small parish consists of six members. After the municipal elections in 1994, 1999 and 2004 it consisted exclusively of members of the volunteer fire brigade . In 2009 there were still three councils that belonged to the fire brigade. In the local elections on May 25, 2014 , the local council was determined by a majority vote, whose members are organized in a list of the fire brigade and a local association. The turnout was 59.8%, which is 23.0% p less than in the 2009 election.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The place is accessed via the state road L 2336 from Linda to Berga and via the district road K 503 to Braunichswalde. On working days except Saturdays, the bus route 219 Gera – Wünschendorf – Linda – Wolfersdorf – Seelingstädt operated by RVG Regionalverkehr Gera / Land runs sporadically . Since 1876 the community had a connection to the railway line from Wünschendorf to Werdau . The route ran along a railway embankment north of the village. On May 30, 1999, passenger traffic was stopped, the route has not yet been de-dedicated . Since then, the closest train station has been in Berga / Elster .

Established businesses

A small part of the community area covers the former uranium ore processing plant of the SDAG Wismut. Today the only industrial company is Schrott- und Metall-GmbH , which is located above the former train station.

Sons and daughters of the place

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics  ( help on this ).
  2. ^ A b Register of municipalities in Germany 1900 - Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg - Ronneburg district office. Retrieved September 24, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Local election results 2014