Leitlitz

Leitlitz City of Zeulenroda-Triebes Coordinates: 50 ° 36 ′ 56 ″ N , 11 ° 57 ′ 41 ″ E
Height :	408 m above sea level NN
Residents :	175 (2017)
Incorporation :	July 14, 1993
Incorporated into:	Zeulenroda
Postal code :	07937
Area code :	036628
Location of Leitlitz in Thuringia
	Village church

Leitlitz is a district of the town of Zeulenroda-Triebes in the district of Greiz .

location

The village is located in the valley of the Weida at an altitude of 405 m above sea level. NN . The district of the village is located in the Thuringian Slate Mountains . There is usually forest around the hallway. The federal highway 94 runs west of the district to Zeulenroda .

history

The first documentary mention of the place Leutlitz , which presumably emerged from a Sorbian settlement, dates back to 1407 and was documented on March 28th. Later spellings were Lutlitz (1477) and Leuthlitz (1525). Over the centuries, the place was threatened in its existence several times because the village population was decimated by the Thirty Years' War and the plague (1463 and 1566). In 1533 the Reformation reached the place. Until the end of the German Empire in 1918, Leitlitz was part of the Principality of Reuss younger line . Leitlitz was incorporated into Zeulenroda for the first time in 1919, but regained its independence in 1925. During the time of the GDR the place belonged to the Zeulenroda district . On July 14, 1993 Leitlitz was again a district of Zeulenroda. In 2017, 175 people lived in the district.

Attractions

The historic stone arch bridge near the Leitlitzmühle, first mentioned in 1448 and decommissioned in 1954, is a sight, as is the church .

traffic

The next station is the lower station in Zeulenroda on the Werdau – Weida – Mehltheuer railway line ; until 1999 the upper station of the Zeulenroda Stadtbahn was the closest train station.

Individual evidence

↑ http://www.leitlitz.de/Ubersicht/ubersicht.html
^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. Rockstuhl Verlag, Bad Langensalza, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 161

Web links

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

Homepage of Leitlitz

[1] ttp://www.leitlitz.de/Ubersicht/ubersicht.html

[2] Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. Rockstuhl Verlag, Bad Langensalza, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 161