Lützeroda

Lützeroda City of Jena Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 35 ″  N , 11 ° 33 ′ 13 ″  E
Height :	351 m
Area :	1.44 km²
Residents :	171  (December 31, 2017)
Population density :	119 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st February 1974
Incorporated into:	Cospeda
Postal code :	07751
Area code :	036425

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

geography

Geographical location

Lützeroda is located on the southern Ilm-Saale-Platte in the northern urban area of ​​Jena. Three district roads cross in the village. The city center of Jena is approx. 7.5 km away. After Weimar is 17 km away and the state capital Erfurt km 40th The nearest federal road is the B 7 , 3 km south; the next motorway is the A 4 - (11 km south).

City of Apolda (11 km) District Vierzehnheiligen (2.5 km)	Krippendorf district (3 km)
Isserstedt district (2.5 km)		Closewitz district (1.5 km)
	District of Cospeda (1.5 km)	Jena city center (7.5 km)

Distance information relates to the distance through the shortest road connection to the town center.

landscape

Geologically, the Lützerodaer Flur belongs to the shell limestone . About the northern two thirds are on the heights of the southern Ilm-Saale-Platte. The southern part of the district forms the southern slopes of the Ziskau valley , in which there are meadows and a small stream flows that flows into the Leutra in the west of the Mühltal . There are small forest areas in the east and south-west. The Dornberg , lying northeast of the corridor, is 383 m above sea level. NN the highest point in the area.

history

middle Ages

Lützeroda was first mentioned in 1236 as "Lucenroda". To the southeast of the village lies the Ziskau desert , after which the Ziskau valley is named. In the 15th century, Jena monks had extensive possessions in the village.

Battle of Jena

At noon on October 13, 1806, the decisive battle between Napoleon's troops and the Prussian army under the leadership of the Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen took place right next to the village . Like all other nearby places, Lützeroda was damaged and looted. It is reported that almost all residents have fled. In the days that followed the battle, numerous wounded were housed in the village.

Modern times

From 1816 the village belonged to the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach and was administered by Apolda. In 1824 16 houses were destroyed in a major fire. In 1908 Lützeroda was connected to the first water pipe and the restaurant "Zur Linde" was opened. In the First World War were seven men in World War II 9 people their lives. From 1922 to 1952 the place belonged to the district of Stadtroda . The first LPG was founded in 1958. In 1971 the village was hit by a downpour .

Development of the population

year Residents Houses 1836 64 14th 1900 126 unknown

year Residents 1995 137 1996 143 1997 138 1998 145 1999 147 2000 152

year Residents 2001 155 2002 161 2003 161 2004 162 2005 164 2006 162

Culture and sights

Church in Lützeroda (2013)

St. Nicholas Church

The Lützeroda village church is originally a Romanesque hall church with a slightly retracted choir . Romanesque masonry on the south side and three stones with simple relief representations on the east side are recognizable. The tower rises above the choir, on a square wooden tower top, closed off by a smaller tail dome with a lantern .

The choir square under the tower is closed inside by a barrel vault. The sacrament shrine in the north wall dates from the Gothic period. The choir opens to the nave with a Romanesque triumphal arch. On its south side there is a pulpit from 1689. There is also a baptismal font with the year 1590, galleries and an organ from the early 19th century in the church. The church was rebuilt or repaired several times, most recently in 1985/86.

literature

• Constantin Kronfeld: history of the country . In: Regional studies of the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach . First part. Hermann Böhlau, Weimar 1878 ( digitized version ).

Web links

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

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Lützeroda (private homepage about the community). Retrieved June 29, 2009 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} statistics from jena.de
3. ↑ Website of the church district Jena, accessed on June 7, 2016