Lemnitz

Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Saale-Orla district
Management Community :	Triptis
Height :	387 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.02 km 2
Residents:	388 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	48 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	07819
Area code :	036482
License plate :	SOK, LBS, PN, SCZ
Community key :	16 0 75 057
Association administration address:	Markt 1 ; 07819 Triptis
Website :	www.triptis.de
Mayor :	Martin Lambs
Location of the municipality of Lemnitz in the Saale-Orla district

In the town

Lemnitz is a municipality in the administrative community Triptis in the Saale-Orla district in Thuringia on the edge of the Thuringian Forest .

Community structure

The community consists of the districts Lemnitz (1378) and Leubsdorf (1378) In brackets = first documentary mention.

history

The place name Lemnitz probably goes back to a Slavic personal name. It is called Lubenwicz or Lubinwicz in 1378 and Lemnitz as early as 1537. In 1879 Lemnitz consisted of a manor with 34 houses and 173 inhabitants.

On July 1, 1950, the previously independent municipality of Leubsdorf was incorporated.

Population development

Development of the population (December 31st each) :

1879: 173
1994: 424
1995: 426
1996: 389
1997: 410
1998: 412

1999: 410
2000: 416
2001: 419
2002: 418
2003: 413
2004: 423

2005: 418
2006: 401
2007: 407
2008: 397
2009: 405
2010: 390

2011: 386
2012: 403
2013: 413
2014: 405
2015: 390
2016: 386

2017: 388
2018: 394

Data source from 1994: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

Lemnitz Castle

Attractions

The baroque Lemnitz Castle was built between 1739 and 1747 and was formerly owned by the famous linguist Hans Conon von der Gabelentz . The last owner before the expropriation was Hans von der Gabelentz . From 1962 to 1996 there was a retirement home in the castle.

The former headquarters of the manor is now used as a residential building and the outbuilding as the community seat with club rooms. The barn belonging to the manor has housed an exhibition of old small and large agricultural implements as well as a meeting place with a hall since 1999 as a museum barn .

The Lemnitz village church was built in the 15th or 16th century.

coat of arms

Blazon: In silver, a red overturned, curly tip, covered with a silver, three-pronged pitchfork; in silver on the right a green ear with a leaf, on the left a green acorn with a leaf.

The coat of arms refers to the family coat of arms of the former Schlosswirtschaft von der Gabelentz , the grain of wheat symbolizes the agricultural character of the community and the acorn is a symbol for the Leubsdorf district.

societies

In Lemnitz there is a carnival association founded in 1978 ( Leubsdorf LFC ), a youth association and the language and culture association von der Gabelentz e. V.

Sons and daughters of the church

Hans Conon von der Gabelentz (1807–1874), landowner and well-known language scholar
Georg von der Gabelentz (1840–1893), well-known sinologist and university professor
Georg von der Gabelentz (1868–1940), entertainment writer
Albert Abicht (1893–1973), farmer and politician ( ThLB / DNVP and NSDAP )
Günter Herzog (* 1937), lawyer, head of the GDR State Archives Administration

Individual evidence

^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).
^ 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. 162-163.

Web links

Commons : Lemnitz - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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

[2] 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. 162-163.