Groschwitz

Groschwitz City of Rudolstadt Coordinates: 50 ° 44 ′ 9 ″  N , 11 ° 14 ′ 43 ″  E
Height :	456 m
Incorporation :	January 1, 1926
Incorporated into:	Lichstedt
Postal code :	07407
Area code :	03672
View from the southwest

Groschwitz is a former manor with a hamlet-like residential area and, as a district of the city of Rudolstadt in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt in Thuringia, is taken care of by the municipality.

geography

Coming from the Rudolstädter and Saalfeld Saale Valley, one reaches the high plateau Schönefeld on the federal road 90 near Groschwitz . This plateau extends from here into the districts of Thälendorf , Sundremda , Ehrenstein and Nahe winds . It lies on the Saale-Ilm-Platte , which emerged mainly from weathered shell limestone soils . The state road continues in the direction of Stadtilm with connection to the federal motorway 71 at Ilmenau and Marlishausen .

history

Domain Groschwitz

On July 31, 1334, Groschwitz was first documented as a property in a Stadtilm monastery letter. According to the spelling, it is a Slavic foundation, finds from the 13th century confirm this assumption.

In 1512 there were eleven families in the hamlet. It is assumed, however, that they also lived in neighboring villages. Later the estate fell into desolation, but soon after became a sheep farm. In 1612 the estate had a considerable number of farm animals. In 1768 the property was designated as a chamber property . There was one house with eight residents, as well as stables and other buildings. In 1863 the homestead became a princely estate. It was newly built in the style of a train station and farmed over 80 hectares with four horses, two oxen and twelve cows as well as a bull. Until 1918 the place belonged to the sovereignty of the Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt .

In 1918, the state of Thuringia became the owner after the nobility had been paid off. Shortly afterwards, many areas were used as a parade ground for the Rudolstadt garrison . The farm only had 29 hectares. The corridor of the domain was incorporated into the Lichstedt district in 1926 .

After the Second World War the estate became VEG , then LPG . After the parade ground was given up, VEG had 61.82 hectares at its disposal, from 1953 87.89 hectares. In 1960 around 500 animals were looked after at the location, mainly pigs. Substantial alterations and extensions were made to the buildings of the estate.

After the fall of the Wall , the historic, heavily worn building was threatened with demolition. The preservation and renovation of the historical building fabric was achieved through an ideas competition. The domain is now used for tourism under the auspices of the Königsee agricultural cooperative.

Web links

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

• Lichstedt and Groschwitz on the homepage of the city of Rudolstadt
• Website of the Groschwitz domain

Individual evidence

1. ^ 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.