Grossenstein

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 54 '  N , 12 ° 12'  E
Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Greiz
Management Community :	At the Brahmetal
Height :	288 m above sea level NHN
Area :	14.51 km 2
Residents:	1201 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	83 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	07580
Area code :	036602
License plate :	GRZ, ZR
Community key :	16 0 76 023
Community structure:	4 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Dorfstrasse 17 07580 Grossenstein
Website :	www.vg-brahmetal.de
Mayoress :	Karin Liebschner
Location of the community of Großenstein in the district of Greiz

Großenstein is a municipality in the north of the Thuringian district of Greiz . It belongs to the administrative community Am Brahmetal and is not far from Ronneburg in the Sprottetal .

geography

Geographical location

The Großensteiner Sprat flows through the municipality . The municipal area is assigned to the edge of the Altenburg loess area according to the natural spatial structure of the state of Thuringia . The municipality is used almost exclusively for agriculture beyond the settlement area. The nearest towns are Ronneburg (3 km south), Gera (5 km west) and Schmölln (7 km east).

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are Bethenhausen , Brahmenau , Korbußen , Reichstädt , Schwaara and the city of Ronneburg in the district of Greiz and Löbichau and the city of Schmölln in the district of Altenburger Land .

Community structure

Community structure

The community is divided into Baldenhain , Großenstein, Mückern and Nauendorf .

history

Grossenstein was first mentioned in 1294 under the name Stegen , later also as Stein and since the end of the 16th century as Großenstein. Until the Reformation , the town's church was incorporated into the Vogtland monastery of Cronschwitz . Grossenstein, Baldenhain and Mückern belonged to Sachsen-Altenburg until 1918 and were part of the Ronneburg district office since 1900 . Nauendorf belonged to the Principality of Reuss younger line . In 1922 the places went to the district of Gera .

Incorporations

On July 1, 1950, the previously independent communities of Baldenhain, Mückern and Nauendorf were incorporated.

Population development

In 1910 the places had a total of 1514 inhabitants. In 1933 there were an accumulated 1528 inhabitants.

Development of the population (December 31) :

1994: 1410 1995: 1414 1996: 1423 1997: 1431 1998: 1436 1999: 1460

2000: 1482 2001: 1474 2002: 1450 2003: 1446 2004: 1436 2005: 1420

2006: 1395 2007: 1381 2008: 1364 2009: 1340 2010: 1307 2011: 1278

2012: 1295 2013: 1283 2014: 1257 2015: 1224 2016: 1248 2017: 1228

2018: 1217 2019: 1201

Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council is always made up of twelve members who were last elected for the local elections on May 25, 2014 in a majority vote; the turnout was 53.3% (−3.5%). In 1994 and 1999, two political parties , the SPD and the FDP, were still represented in the municipal council.

mayor

In 1994, Rolf Steffens from the FDP prevailed against other competitors with 86.2% of the votes in the first ballot. They were re-elected in 1999 with 82.2%. In 2004 Ulrich Tröger (Pro municipality) was elected the new mayor with 65.0% in the first ballot. Since 2010, Karin Liebschner has been elected mayor with 96.2% of the votes. She was re-elected in 2016 with 97.1%.

badges and flags

Blazon : “A green linden tree on a silver background, covered with a golden shield with a black lapwing walking to the left, surrounded by two black diamonds; a silver wave bar in the green base of the shield. "

The municipality's flag is split in green and white and bears the municipality's coat of arms.

Culture and sights

Buildings

Grossenstein parish church

In the Großensteiner parish church, rebuilt after a fire in 1759, with 450 seats, there is the largest two-manual baroque Poppe organ with 33 sounding stops. The tower of the church was not completed until 1785. The three bells were cast by the Ulrich bell foundry family in Apolda . One of the bells has a diameter of 1253 mm and a weight of 1,060 kg. It sounds in concert pitch a '(435 Hz).

In addition, 13 four-sided courtyards and numerous half-timbered houses stand out. There has been a local museum since 1999. The half-timbered house on Schmiedeberg from 1755 can be found in the very center of the town ; it is the cultural monument of the Free State of Thuringia and was awarded the Thuringian Monument Protection Prize in 2000.

The Großenstein post mill was transferred to the German Agricultural Museum in Blankenhain in the 1980s .

Regular events

The annual events include setting the maypole in Nauendorf and the shooting festival in Großenstein.

traffic

Former train station Großenstein (Kr Gera), reception building

Großenstein is located on the L 1081 state road from Chursdorf near Seelingstädt via Ronneburg to Pölzig and the Saxony-Anhalt state border near Heuckewalde . The district road K 113 leads directly to the neighboring village of Korbußen, the K 114 connects Grossenstein via Nauendorf with Brahmenau. The closest motorway junction is on BAB 4 near Gera-Leumnitz . The bus company Günter Herzum serves the community in local public transport via the bus route 211 Gera – Ronneburg – Reichstädt – Großbraunshain – Beiersdorf, which runs on weekdays except Saturdays. A connection to the local rail passenger traffic existed until 1972 on the Meuselwitz – Ronneburg railway line . Since 1978, part of the line has been used by the Wismut factory railway to transport sand from Kayna . The next train station is about three kilometers away in Ronneburg, where there are regional express connections to Zwickau , Altenburg and Erfurt - Göttingen .

Web links

Commons : Großenstein  - collection of pictures, 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 October 23, 2012 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b Register of} municipalities in Germany 1900 - Principality of Reuss younger line - District Office Gera. Retrieved October 23, 2012 . 
4. ↑ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. City and district of Gera. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006). 
5. ↑ Local election results 2014
6. ↑ Mayoral elections in Thuringia. Grossenstein. Thuringian State Office for Statistics (TLS), accessed on January 21, 2019 . 
7. ^ Church of Großenstein. Jürgen Matthes Schwaara, accessed on October 23, 2012 . 
8. ↑ Evangelical Church of Central Germany-Church District Altenburg- Land.Retrieved from the Internet on December 27, 2013
9. ↑ Werner Dietzel: Mills between the Upper Saale and Thuringian Basin, Verlag Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza, 2012, ISBN 978-3-86777-453-6 , p. 163