Geroda (Thuringia)

Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Saale-Orla district
Management Community :	Triptis
Height :	343 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.15 km 2
Residents:	229 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	37 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	07819
Area code :	036482
License plate :	SOK, LBS, PN, SCZ
Community key :	16 0 75 029
Community structure:	3 districts
Association administration address:	Markt 1 ; 07819 Triptis
Website :	www.triptis.de
Mayoress :	Dagmar Kühn (FWG)
Location of the municipality of Geroda in the Saale-Orla district

The Thuringian municipality of Geroda ( spoken Grutsch by the locals ) is located in the northeast of the Saale-Orla district . She is a member of the Triptis administrative community .

geography

There is a small river and several ponds in Geroda. The crow's wood in particular consists of three or more closely spaced ponds with a unique flora and fauna. It starts right on a major country road. Also worth seeing is the former sand pit, which is now a nature reserve with endangered animal and plant species. It is hidden and extends almost as far as Geheege .

View of the village from Geroda

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are Mittelpöllnitz and the city of Triptis in the Saale-Orla district and Harth-Pöllnitz and Schwarzbach in the district of Greiz .

Community structure

The community itself is made up of the three districts Geheege , Geroda and Wittchenstein .

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1124.

In the agricultural village, the Geroda mills were recorded during a mill inspection in 1682. A grinding mill that was located downstream outside the village on the meadow pond. An oil mill was later built on the edge of the village at the end of a chain of ponds. It was an oil mill made of wooden rammers with a solid foundation. Oil was extracted by the power of water and a lot of noise. By 1870 the pounding was over. The water wheel had done its job. New improved oil presses prevailed. In 1998 the Schlaghaus was canceled. The other mill disappeared about a hundred years ago.

On July 1, 1950, the previously independent communities Geheege and Wittchenstein were incorporated.

Population development

Development of the population (December 31st each) :

1994: 278
1995: 271
1996: 279
1997: 287
1998: 292
1999: 294

2000: 281
2001: 286
2002: 282
2003: 278
2004: 281
2005: 278

2006: 276
2007: 275
2008: 275
2009: 268
2010: 262
2011: 252

2012: 255
2013: 260
2014: 251
2015: 250
2016: 248
2017: 240

2018: 233

Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

View of Geroda from Porstendorf

politics

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on January 16, 1995 by the Thuringian State Administration Office.

Blazon : “In silver with a curved red tip, which is covered with a silver tree stump with a sprouting branch, in front a blue fence field with three stakes and two bars; behind a blue bell swinging diagonally to the right. "

Each field of the coat of arms symbolizes a district: for Geroda, based on the name of the place, a tree stump with a sprouting branch stands as a characteristic of the clearing site. For enclosures, the fence, which symbolically stands for an enclosure, was chosen as a talking motif in the folk etymological interpretation of the place name. The village's church is located in the Wittchenstein district; therefore a bell was chosen as a symbol for the church for this part of the village.

The coat of arms was designed by Manfred Fischer from Goßwitz .

Local partnerships

Geroda in Bavaria

Individual evidence

^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).
^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian cities and villages up to 1300. A manual. 2nd, improved edition. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2001, ISBN 3-934748-58-9 , p. 25.
↑ 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. 66-67.
↑ Hartmut Ulle: New Thuringian Wappenbuch. Volume 2: Ilmkreis, Jena, Kyffhäuserkreis, Saale-Orla-Kreis, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt (district), Schmalkalden-Meiningen (district), Suhl. 2nd, changed, revised edition. Arbeitsgemeinschaft Genealogy Thüringen eV, Erfurt 1997, ISBN 3-9804487-2-X , p. 36.

Web links

Commons : Geroda - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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

[2] Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian cities and villages up to 1300. A manual. 2nd, improved edition. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2001, ISBN 3-934748-58-9 , p. 25.

[3] 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. 66-67.

[4] Hartmut Ulle: New Thuringian Wappenbuch. Volume 2: Ilmkreis, Jena, Kyffhäuserkreis, Saale-Orla-Kreis, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt (district), Schmalkalden-Meiningen (district), Suhl. 2nd, changed, revised edition. Arbeitsgemeinschaft Genealogy Thüringen eV, Erfurt 1997, ISBN 3-9804487-2-X , p. 36.