Canada (Münchenbernsdorf)

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Canada
Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 3 "  N , 11 ° 57 ′ 23"  E
Height : 280 m above sea level NN
Postal code : 07589
Area code : 036604
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Location of Canada in Münchenbernsdorf
Entrance to Canada
Entrance to Canada

Canada is a small district of Münchenbernsdorf in the Greiz district in Thuringia .

location

Canada is a settlement on the edge of the forest between Kleinbernsdorf and Schöna . Canada is located on a northern slope on state road 1078 from Großsaara to Münchenbernsdorf. To the south are Bocka and Hundhaupten . The Schöna water reservoir is located not far northeast of the village.

history

Returnees built small wooden houses in the above-mentioned place in 1930. The people around said: It looks like Canada there . The settlement already had a name. There are currently eight houses on the edge of the forest that are inhabited by 21 people.

"Canada never had a place-name sign - until the summer of 1997. The Canadian embassy in Düsseldorf sponsored Canada's first place- entrance sign ."

Web links

Commons : Canada  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Canada on the website of the city of Münchenbernsdorf . Retrieved October 10, 2013