Groitschen

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Groitschen
community Brahmenau
Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 25 ″  N , 12 ° 10 ′ 10 ″  E
Height : 260 m above sea level NN
Incorporation : October 1, 1937
Incorporated into: Culm
Postal code : 07554
Area code : 036695
Groitschen (Thuringia)
Groitschen

Location of Groitschen in Thuringia

View of Groitschen
View of Groitschen

Groitschen is a district of Brahmenau in the Greiz district in Thuringia .

location

Groitschen is located northeast of Gera in the Ronneburg arable and mining area on the edge of the Leipzig lowland bay and is east of the center of Brahmenau, of which it is part. The area is characterized by traffic routes and green erosion channels and streams.

history

Groitschen was first mentioned as a village on November 9, 1121. The village church was built from 1785 to 1788 . On October 1, 1937, Groitschen was incorporated into Culm . Culm was renamed Brahmenau on November 13, 1937 .

Personalities

  • Max Benkwitz (1889–1974), politician (SPD; USPD; KPD; SED)

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. Rockstuhl Verlag, Bad Langensalza, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 99