Kosnitz

Kosnitz City and rural community Bad Sulza Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 48 ″  N , 11 ° 35 ′ 49 ″  E
Height :	296 m above sea level NN
Residents :	114  (2009)
Incorporation :	March 15, 1996
Incorporated into:	Saaleplatte
Postal code :	99518
Area code :	036464
Location of Kösnitz in Thuringia
Church in Kösnitz

Kösnitz is a district of the city and rural community Bad Sulza in the Weimarer Land district in Thuringia .

location

Kösnitz is surrounded by fertile, limestone weathered soils overlaid with loess . With the exception of the wetlands, the area is used for arable farming. State road 2160, which connects Apolda with Dornburg , runs through the village . Furthermore, district roads lead to the neighboring districts of Stobra and Wormstedt .

history

The region was v. d. Z. Celtic , then Germanic settled. The emergence of the two round villages of Ober- and Niederkösnitz can be traced back to Slavic settlements that took place along the so-called Alte Leipziger Strasse during the 9th to 10th centuries . From Oberkösnitz today the well is only obtained because the inhabitants in 14/15. Century to Niederkösnitz (today's Kösnitz).

Kösnitz ( Cosence ) was first mentioned in a sales document from Bishop Ekkehard von Merseburg from around 1217/18 . The place name is probably due to the Slavic personal name koz "goat". As an original imperial estate , Kösnitz belonged to the Dornburg rule in the Middle Ages and was administered from the 14th century to 1879 by the Wettin office of Dornburg . The oldest tradition from court owners comes from the period 1421–1425. Up until the Thirty Years' War, many residents were involved in viticulture in Nerkewitzer Grund.

In 1715 a fire broke out on a wedding night and devastated the entire village. In 1858 another 11 houses burned down. In 1727, the community acquired hospitality from the state government. The Gasthof Kösnitz has been family-owned since 1904.

Kösnitz has been a branch of the Utenbach parish since ancient times and is now supplied by the Schöten parish . The former village school was founded in the first half of the 16th century. The village was and is characterized by agriculture. Now commercial enterprises have also settled.

Worth seeing

The church of Kösnitz is a Baroque building in the 18th century. However, it goes back to an older predecessor.

To the south of the village near the desert of Oberkösnitz and at the former intersection of three long-distance traffic routes, there is a stone cross , the so-called Swedish cross . It originally carried a hewn ax and the Mainz wheel . Nothing is known about its origin.

Personalities

• Albert Ruppe (1829–1895), master carpenter and manufacturer

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wilhelm Rein (ed.): Thuringia Sacra. Volume 2: Ettersburg, Heusdorf and Heyda. Document book, history and structural description with genealogical and heraldic notes and seal illustration. Böhlau, Weimar 1865, p. 127 .
2. ↑ Ernst Eichler : Slavic place names between Saale and Neisse. A compendium. Volume 2: K - M. Domowina, Bautzen 1987, ISBN 3-7420-0097-7 , p. 260.
3. ^ Andrei Zahn: The inhabitants of the offices of Burgau, Camburg and Dornburg. A prayer register from around 1421–1425 (= AMF series of publications. 55, ZDB -ID 2380765-9 ). Printed as a manuscript. Working Group for Central German Family Research, Mannheim 1998.
4. ↑ Kösnitz on the official website of the former municipality of Saaleplatte. Retrieved June 19, 2012.

Web links

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

• Kösnitz: The history of the place on a private website