Kunitz (Jena)

Kunitz City of Jena Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 23 "  N , 11 ° 38 ′ 11"  E
Height :	154 m
Area :	5.93 km²
Residents :	875  (Jun 30, 2014)
Population density :	148 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	July 1, 1994
Postal code :	07751
Area code :	03641
View from SW of the village, in the background the Feldherrenhügel and - on the left - the ruins of Kunitzburg

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Kunitz house bridge over the Saale

Kunitz is a district of the independent city of Jena in Thuringia .

geography

Kunitz lies in a side valley east of the Saale , which is surrounded by the so-called horseshoe , an arched mountain range that also surrounds Laasan , part of the village of Kunitz. The ruins of the Kunitzburg are located on the Gleißberg above the village .

history

Above the village of Kunitz, on the western crest of the Gleißberg, are the remains of the Gleißberg Castle, also known as the Kunitzburg . Finds from the 12th-15th centuries Century prove that the castle was inhabited for a long time. Only a few and clearly visible remains of the former facility remain. The castle was destroyed in the Saxon Fratricidal War of 1446-1451.

Kunitz was first mentioned in 1227 as Condiz ; 1346 as Cundicz , 1455 as Cunicz . Cuonrad becomes Con or Cun and the suffix -itz gives the place name. The place belonged to the Gleißberg rule, which belonged to various lords until the 15th century. When Leipzig was divided in 1485, the “Pflege Gleißberg” with the villages of Kunitz, Golmsdorf, Naura, Beutnitz, Löberschütz, Laasan and Gniebsdorf came to the Albertiner and was affiliated with the Dornburg office. During a revision of this contract on June 25, 1486 in Naumburg, the Gleißberg nursing home was returned to the Elector Ernst of Saxony . Only Kunitz remained with the then Albertine office of Dornburg and thus formed an enclave in the office of Jena , which with the office of Dornburg belonged to various Wettin duchies after 1547 due to several divisions . From 1815 the place was part of the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach , which in 1850 incorporated it into the Weimar II administrative district ( Apolda administrative district ).

In 2002 the district celebrated its 775th anniversary. Kunitz was incorporated into Jena on October 1, 1922, but was removed again on October 1, 1924 by ordinance of the state government. A new incorporation took place on July 1, 1994 together with the communities of Lützeroda / Cospeda / Closewitz , Drackendorf / Ilmnitz , Krippendorf / Vierzehnheiligen , Laasan, Münchenroda / Remderoda , Isserstedt , Maua / Leutra and Jenaprießnitz / Wogau .

church

→ St. Martin (Kunitz)

traffic

In Kunitz there is a bus stop that is served by bus line 43 of the Jena local transport and the overland bus line 431 of JES Verkehrsgesellschaft .

House bridge

In Kunitz there was the Kunitz house bridge from 1832 , but it was blown up in 1945. After the reconstruction, the opening ceremony took place on November 9, 2012.

societies

• 1. Bridge and Monument Association Kunitz
• Freundeskreis Kunitzburg eV
• Boys' association Kunitz / Laasan
• Kunitz cultural and homeland association

Culinary

Kunitz is known nationwide for the Kunitz pancake . At the pancake festival, which takes place every year in August, several hundred specimens are baked according to an old secret recipe. Due to the high demand, waiting times of up to an hour can be expected at times. In order to spend the waiting time not in the queue but at the village festival, waiting numbers are issued and the finished pancake announced on an electronic board.

Web links

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

• private homepage about Jena-Kunitz
• private homepage of the Freundeskreis Kunitzburg eV

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Platen and Richard Schäfer: Castles around Jena. Jena information, 1983, series of publications by the Jena City Museum No. 26, pp. 26–29
2. ^ Local history of Kunitz and Laasan