Bad Klosterlausnitz

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 55 '  N , 11 ° 52'  E
Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Saale-Holzland district
Fulfilling municipality :	for Albersdorf for Bobeck for Scheiditz for Schlöben for Schöngleina for Serba for Tautenhain for Waldeck for Weißenborn
Height :	320 m above sea level NHN
Area :	16.59 km 2
Residents:	3405 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	205 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	07639
Area code :	036601
License plate :	SHK, EIS, SRO
Community key :	16 0 74 003
Address of the municipal administration:	Markt 3 07639 Bad Klosterlausnitz
Website :	www.bad-klosterlausnitz.de
Mayoress :	Gabriele Klotz
Location of the municipality of Bad Klosterlausnitz in the Saale-Holzland district

The monastery church

Bad Klosterlausnitz is a municipality in the east of the Saale-Holzland district in the German Free State of Thuringia and a fulfilling municipality for another nine municipalities in the area.

geography

Geographical location

The health resort Bad Klosterlausnitz, located next to the city of Hermsdorf , is the center of the Thuringian woodland . As the name suggests, there are large areas of forest with useful trees. Due to the abundance of wood, there was an important wood processing industry here, especially ladders were manufactured in large numbers and widely distributed. Until the end of the 1990s, the production site was able to establish itself despite the ladders made of iron and profile steel that were already available, but subsequently lost its importance with the widespread sale of aluminum ladders.

Bad Klosterlausnitz lies on a plateau between the valleys of the Saale in the west and the White Elster in the east. Due to the plateau, there are widespread bog areas in the surrounding forests , the soil of which has been used for healing purposes since 1929 and is still used in the local clinics today.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are Bobeck , the city of Hermsdorf , Schleifreisen , Tautenhain , Waldeck and Weißenborn in the Saale-Holzland district and Kraftsdorf in the district of Greiz .

climate

Due to the plateau at around 350 meters above sea level, it is 1–2 degrees cooler and rainier than in the neighboring valleys of the Saale and White Elster.

history

The "875 years Bad Klosterlausnitz" anniversary commemorates the first mention of the Lausnitz women's monastery . In 1137 the monastery, which had existed since 1132 and whose members lived according to the rules of the Augustinian order , was first mentioned in a confirmation letter from Pope Innocent II . From 1526 the village of Lausnitz is known next to the monastery. Since 1661 the place bears the name of the monastery - Klosterlausnitz - which was abolished in 1526. The development of the craft was promoted from Lausnitz Monastery; because the glassworks belonging to the monastery in the Tautenhainer Forst in the Weißenborner district was founded in 1137 and employed serfs and servants who produced table glass. The Klosterlausnitzer Glashütte is the oldest of its kind in East Thuringia. The settlement of Gumprechtsdorf was proven around 1200 in the southern district of Lausnitz .

From 1719 to 1722 a hunting lodge for Duke Friedrich II (Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg) was built on the site of the former monastery , because there was a lot of game in the large forest area, as well as several game enclosures and gates. Old buildings were demolished and the material used for the new construction. In 1849 a school was set up in the left wing of the hunting lodge, and in 1860 parts of this wing were demolished for the planned new building of a church. The construction of the church, which is still standing today, lasted around 1866. In 1871 a forestry office was set up in the hunting lodge. In 1888/89 the hunting lodge was demolished.

railway station

Kurmittelhaus

The place belonged to the Wettin district office of Eisenberg , which was under the sovereignty of various Ernestine duchies due to several divisions in the course of its existence . In 1826 the place came with the southern part of the Eisenberg district office and the city of Eisenberg from the Duchy of Saxony-Gotha-Altenburg to the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg . From 1920 he belonged to the Free State of Thuringia .

After the Weimar – Gera railway was inaugurated in 1876 , tourism was able to develop in Klosterlausnitz. The place was a climatic health resort and a popular summer retreat. In connection with the use of the moor earth for medicinal purposes since 1929, the state government awarded the place on September 19, 1932 the title " Bath ".

During the GDR era, VEB BKK Geiseltal built and maintained the children's holiday camp " Peter Göring " for the children of its employees.

population

Development of the population
1994-2985 1995-3077 1996-3278 1997-3556 1998-3633 1999 - 3652	2000-3670 2001 - 3657 2002 - 3598 2003 - 3560 2004 - 3495 2005 - 3512	2006 - 3500 2007 - 3481 2008 - 3443 2009 - 3453 2010 - 3437 2011 - 3558	2012 - 3596 2013 - 3537 2014 - 3501 2015 - 3542 2016 - 3526 2017 - 3472	2018 - 3454 2019 - 3405

Data as of (December 31); Source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

religion

In addition to the Evangelical Lutheran parish, whose church is the former monastery church, there is also a parish of the Evangelical Methodist Church in Bad Klosterlausnitz , which celebrates its services in the church at the monastery forest . The neuhutterische Bruderhof Bewegegung has Klosterlausnitz establishment which kommunitär living HolzLand community .

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council elections on June 7, 2009 , May 25, 2014 and May 26, 2019 led to the following results:

Klosterlausnitz town hall

Party / list	2009		2014		2019
	Share of votes	Seats	Share of votes	Seats	Share of votes	Seats
CDU	53.3%	9	34.1%	6th	29.7%	5
The left *	19.9%	3	13.9%	2	15.3%	2
SPD *	15.5%	2	04.8%	1
BI Bad Klosterlausnitz	-	-	27.1%	4th	21.0%	3
FWG BKL	-	-	-	-	19.7%	3
My Klosterlausnitz!	-	-	12.4%	2	10.3%	2
Trade association Holzland	11.3%	2	07.5%	1	03.9%	1
voter turnout	58.9%		60.6%		65.8%

^* 2019: Left and SPD started together

Fulfilling Church

Bad Klosterlausnitz is a fulfilling community for the communities:

Albersdorf Bobeck Scheiditz

Schlöben Schöngleina Serba

Tautenhain Waldeck Weissenborn

Twin cities

Bad Klosterlausnitz maintains contractual partnerships with Langenselbold (Hesse) and Deidesheim (Rhineland-Palatinate). In addition, partnerships with Tihany (Hungary) and Mondelange (France) are maintained.

Culture and sights

Park impressions

In the spa gardens

Bad Klosterlausnitz

Bad Klosterlausnitz

Bad Klosterlausnitz

View of the swan pond

The town's landmark is the large Romanesque former monastery church , which was consecrated in 1180. After the monastery was closed in the wake of the Reformation , the church fell into disrepair. It was rebuilt in its current form in the years 1863–1866. The eastern part is still originally Romanesque, the western part has been adapted accordingly.

Spa gardens

A larger park with two rehabilitation clinics is located on the northwestern periphery of the village.

Festivals

The setting of the maypole is an important event in Klosterlausnitz. The maypole has been planted for Pentecost for more than 300 years .

Dialect rehearsal

Lausnitz Monastery (Hulzlännsch)

Our gude Grusemuder derzalde mir freeze efder: 's kon wúl drêsg bis fufzg Jóre hár sêe, do schdond umne ufn Rêne reluctantly Schlesgen - not wêd vun dan klén Burne - e schin gewoksner Èbelbóm. Sald lís' ch zuwêlen (vun Zêd ze Zêd) e wèses Fróchen sáe. E Schdiker nên up to twelve children ós' n Nochberdurfe schbilden emól in sèner Náe un flikden bune Blum. Do sóch e Junge mid en Móle unger dan Bóme en grúden gálben Dub vun Dún (en denern D.) schdie, dar bis on` Rand mid lóder silwerguldn gefild wor. Jeze fife schnal di anern hár un séde: what is en dos, ir Lêde? Hurry! Ower ámsubale versonk dar Schoz vur sèn Ougen against un Ardbuden. Hade dar Dumkub nischd jesèd, wér fer sé Labdoch e rêcher Mon gewurn. Johann Müller - from the "Thuringian Language Collection" by L. Hertel.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Bad Klosterlausnitz has a junction on the federal highway 9 (junction 23 Bad Klosterlausnitz) and a junction on the federal highway 4 (junction 56b Hermsdorf Ost). The Hermsdorf-Klosterlausnitz train station is on the Central-Germany connection in Hermsdorf . Klosterlausnitz is located on the Thuringian chain of cities cycle route .

Rehabilitation clinics

The Celenus Algos specialist clinic is a rehabilitation clinic for orthopedics and rheumatology as well as chronic and recurrent pain syndromes. The Moritz Klinik specializes in the rehabilitation of orthopedically and neurologically ill people as well as people with burns. The Fachklinik Klosterwald, a diaconal facility, serves the rehabilitation of addicts.

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  Algos specialist clinic

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  Moritz Clinic

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  Klosterwald Clinic

Personalities

• Friedrich Ludwig Karl Knackfuß (1772–1842), Prussian major general
• Rudolf Meinhold (1911–1999), geophysicist and petroleum geologist
• Hans-Joachim Herbst (1918–1995), state politician ( FDP Schleswig-Holstein )
• Michael Hirte (* 1964), winner of Das Supertalent 2008, has lived in the village since 2011

Web links

Commons : Bad Klosterlausnitz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• bad-klosterlausnitz.de
• klosterlausnitz-regional.de
• To the coat of arms of Klosterlausnitz

Individual evidence

1. ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics  ( help on this ).
2. ↑ From history to the present. (No longer available online.) Bad Klosterlausnitz City Administration, 2012, formerly in the original ; accessed on May 1, 2012 : “The place Klosterlausnitz has its origin in the establishment of an Augustinian nunnery around 1132. On June 12, 1137 the monastery is placed under the protection of Pope Innocent II. The confirmation document of the Pope is the first documentary mention of the monastery and can be seen as the birth certificate of the later town of Klosterlausnitz. " 
3. ↑ Herbert von Hintzenstern : Built as if for eternity. Monastery complexes in Thuringia, cultural evidence from ancient times. VHT - Verlagshaus Thüringen, Erfurt 1996, ISBN 3-89683-104-6 , p. 68.
4. ^ Werner Mägdefrau : Thuringian cities and city federations in the Middle Ages. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2002, ISBN 3-936030-34-0 , p. 43.
5. ↑ Heiko Laß: Hunting and pleasure castles. Art and culture of two sovereign building tasks. Shown on Thuringian buildings from the 17th and 18th centuries. Michael Imhof, Petersberg 2006, ISBN 3-86568-092-5 , p. 339, (At the same time: Aachen, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, dissertation, 2004).
6. ↑ Facebook entry
7. ↑ Internet presence of the Holzland Association ( Memento of the original from April 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; accessed on April 26, 2015. 
8. ^ Thuringian State Office for Statistics
9. ↑ wahlen.thueringen.de
10. ↑ 2019 municipal council elections in Thuringia - final result: Bad Klosterlausnitz , accessed on October 21, 2019
11. ^ Rainer Crummenerl : From Eisenberg to Stadtroda (= Small Thuringia Library. Vol. 36). Publishing house Thuringia, Erfurt 1993, ISBN 3-86087-036-X , p. 12.