Grochwitz (Schleiz)

Grochwitz City of Schleiz Coordinates: 50 ° 34 ′ 12 ″ N , 11 ° 43 ′ 41 ″ E
Height :	420 (400-425) m above sea level NN
Residents :	72 (Feb. 1, 2015)
Incorporation :	June 30, 1994
Incorporated into:	Möschlitz
Postal code :	07907
Area code :	03663
	Place with church

Grochwitz is a district of Schleiz in the Saale-Orla district in Thuringia .

geography

The hamlet of Grochwitz is located directly at the tributary of the Wisenta into the Wisenta dam .

Neighboring towns are Möschlitz, Burgk and Mönchgrün .

Geologically, the corridor of the hamlet is located in the south-east Thuringian slate mountains . Due to the high proportion of fine soil and the high humus content, these soils are very productive and reliable.

history

The hamlet was first mentioned in a document in 1425. On June 30, 1994 he was incorporated into the Möschlitz community , which came to Schleiz on December 29, 1995 together with Grochwitz.

Culture and sights

The romantic, traditional village in the middle of fields, forests and bodies of water has had around 100 inhabitants since the 1970s. The Evangelical Chapel of St. Maria is a Gothic hall church . Its present form exists since the 16./17. Century. The small, rectangular church building has a polygonal east end, a high hipped roof and a slender roof turret . The interior contains a flat ceiling and a gallery . The furnishings are from the 19th century.

economy

The place is still dominated by agriculture. The first pump storage plant in Europe, 'PSW Wisenta', is located near the town. The district fishing club "Saale-Wisenta" has settled here through the adjacent dams.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

^ The Grochwitz district on the website of the city of Schleiz. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .
↑ Manfred Graf: Organization of the cooperative plant production with a high proportion of grassland in the southeast Thuringian slate mountains. Shown at the KOG "Lobenstein". 1970, (Jena, University, dissertation, 1970; typed).
^ 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. 99.
↑ Federal Statistical Office (Ed.): Municipalities 1994 and their changes since 01.01.1948 in the new federal states . Metzler-Poeschel, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 .

↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities of Germany, see 1995

↑ Stephanie Eißing and others: Thuringia (= Handbook of German Art Monuments . ). Revision. 2nd, revised and supplemented edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-422-03095-6 , p. 523.

[Schleiz-1] The Grochwitz district on the website of the city of Schleiz. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .

[2] Manfred Graf: Organization of the cooperative plant production with a high proportion of grassland in the southeast Thuringian slate mountains. Shown at the KOG "Lobenstein". 1970, (Jena, University, dissertation, 1970; typed).

[Kahl2010-3] 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. 99.

[Gemeinden1994-4] Federal Statistical Office (Ed.): Municipalities 1994 and their changes since 01.01.1948 in the new federal states . Metzler-Poeschel, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 .

[5] StBA: Changes in the municipalities of Germany, see 1995

[6] Stephanie Eißing and others: Thuringia (= Handbook of German Art Monuments . ). Revision. 2nd, revised and supplemented edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-422-03095-6 , p. 523.