Kospoda

Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Saale-Orla district
Fulfilling municipality :	Neustadt an der Orla
Height :	340 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.13 km 2
Residents:	377 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	62 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	07806
Area code :	036481
License plate :	SOK, LBS, PN, SCZ
Community key :	16 0 75 051
Association administration address:	Markt 1 in 07806 ; Neustadt an der Orla
Website :	kospoda.de
Mayoress :	Elsa Fischer
Location of the municipality of Kospoda in the Saale-Orla district

Church and castle in town

Kospoda is a municipality in the Saale-Orla district in Thuringia . It consists of the districts of Burgwitz (80 inhabitants, as of March 7, 2006), Meilitz (68 inhabitants, as of the end of 2001) and Kospoda. The fulfilling municipality for Kospoda is the city of Neustadt an der Orla .

location

Kospoda is located south of Neustadt an der Orla and Arnshaugk at the foot of the northern roof of the southeast Thuringian slate mountains at the transition to the Orlasenke . The Orla river, the Gera – Saalfeld railway line and the 281 federal road with a connection at Moderwitz to the 9 federal motorway run through the valley .

history

Kospoda is of Sorbian origin. The local history can be traced back to 1120. That year, Count Wichmann gave away various goods in Orlagau for the construction of the Kaltenborn monastery near Sangerhausen. Among them was the village of Kospoda. The income from these and other goods was used to build and maintain the Kaltenborn monastery. A small medieval manor was the predecessor of the later manor house of the manor . The present church was built in 1618 from the chapel of the manor . The earliest owners of the Kospoda estate are the lords of Kospoth , who chose the place as their ancestral home and whose family can later be found via Schleiz to Plauen in Vogtland and Cospeda near Jena. Since the 13th century, the Lords of Kospoda were mentioned in documents from the bailiffs of Weida. The villages of Kospoda and Meilitz belonged to the headquarters. The owners changed several times as a result. In 1417 Heinrich von Hain received an estate in Meilitz from the possession of the Lords of Kospoda. The name Kospoda allows several interpretations; the most convincing is the derivation of hospodar (Lord). Meilitz could come from Mil , a proper name.

The places of the municipality were first mentioned in a document as follows:

Kospoda: April 16, 1120
Burgwitz: May 1, 1294
Meilitz: February 22, 1320

Population development

Development of the population (as of December 31st) :

1994: 477
1995: 476
1996: 478
1997: 475
1998: 480
1999: 470

2000: 470
2001: 474
2002: 462
2003: 456
2004: 451
2005: 451

2006: 407
2007: 405
2008: 401
2009: 406
2010: 418
2011: 405

2012: 412
2013: 413
2014: 416
2015: 407
2016: 394
2017: 387

2018: 382

Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on July 15, 1994 by the Thuringian State Administration Office.

Blazon : “Split in the drawbar cut; above a silver deer head in blue, below in front in green a silver horseshoe, below in back in silver a green linden leaf. “The deer stands for the district of Kospoda. At the express request of the residents of the Kospoda community, the symbol of the von Kospoth family was not used, but the Hirsch family, who took over the manor in 1894. This family has made a name for itself by financing a number of building projects that shape the location, but also by the pressure of the community chronicle. Several prehistoric horseshoes were found in the district of Meilitz; therefore a horseshoe was chosen as the coat of arms symbol for Meilitz. The linden tree is the natural landmark of the Burgwitz district. A linden leaf marks the linden tree and this district.

The coat of arms was designed by Manfred Fischer from Goßwitz.

Individual evidence

^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).
↑ Michael Köhler : Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces. Jenzig-Verlag Köhler, Jena 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , pp. 162-163.
^ 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 , pp. 151, 46, 178.
↑ Hartmut Ulle: New Thuringian Wappenbuch. Volume 2: Ilmkreis, Jena, Kyffhäuserkreis, Saale-Orla-Kreis, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt (district), Schmalkalden-Meiningen (district), Suhl. 2nd, changed, revised edition. Working group Genealogy Thuringia, Erfurt 1997, ISBN 3-9804487-2-X , p. 37.

Web links

Commons : Kospoda - collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website of the municipality of Kospoda

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

[2] Michael Köhler : Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces. Jenzig-Verlag Köhler, Jena 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , pp. 162-163.

[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 , pp. 151, 46, 178.

[4] Hartmut Ulle: New Thuringian Wappenbuch. Volume 2: Ilmkreis, Jena, Kyffhäuserkreis, Saale-Orla-Kreis, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt (district), Schmalkalden-Meiningen (district), Suhl. 2nd, changed, revised edition. Working group Genealogy Thuringia, Erfurt 1997, ISBN 3-9804487-2-X , p. 37.