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Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Saale-Orla district
Management Community :	Lake district
Height :	478 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6 km 2
Residents:	208 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	35 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	07919
Area code :	03663
License plate :	SOK, LBS, PN, SCZ
Community key :	16 0 75 048
Association administration address:	Schleizer Str. 17 ; 07907 Oettersdorf
Website :	www.kirschkau.de
Mayor :	André guy
Location of the municipality of Kirschkau in the Saale-Orla district

Kirschkau is a municipality in the Saale-Orla district in Thuringia . It is located in the Thuringian Slate Mountains and belongs to the Lake District administrative community .

neighborhood

Adjacent communities are Göschitz , Löhma and the town of Schleiz in the Saale-Orla district and the town of Zeulenroda-Triebes in the district of Greiz .

geography

Baroque church in Kirschkau

The federal highway 94 runs through the municipality . It connects Schleiz and Zeulenroda and the neighboring towns.

geology

Geologically, the landscape in the southeast Thuringian slate mountains lies on a plateau. Its soils have a high proportion of fine soil and a high humus content.

history

Kirschkau was first mentioned in a document on November 25, 1335. In 1407 the church Petrus und Paulus was mentioned for Kirschkau. This church was demolished in 1751 and today's Jesus Church was built on the same site. It has been described as one of the best church buildings in Thuringia in the 18th century.

Population development

Development of the population (December 31st each) :

1994: 254
1995: 261
1996: 258
1997: 264
1998: 258
1999: 254

2000: 249
2001: 248
2002: 247
2003: 244
2004: 245
2005: 243

2006: 238
2007: 236
2008: 238
2009: 242
2010: 241
2011: 242

2012: 244
2013: 239
2014: 235
2015: 233
2016: 226
2017: 218

2018: 212

Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

Individual evidence

^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).
↑ 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. 142.
↑ Lieselotte Swietek, Wolfgang Swietek: village churches in Thuringia (= Small Thuringia library. 27). Verlagshaus Thüringen, Erfurt 1993, ISBN 3-86087-014-9 , pp. 54-55.

Web links

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

Website of the Lake District Administrative Community

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-TH-1] Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).

[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).

[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. 142.

[4] Lieselotte Swietek, Wolfgang Swietek: village churches in Thuringia (= Small Thuringia library. 27). Verlagshaus Thüringen, Erfurt 1993, ISBN 3-86087-014-9 , pp. 54-55.