Lessen (Gera)

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Lessen
City of Gera
Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 30 ″  N , 12 ° 4 ′ 8 ″  E
Height : 280 m above sea level NN
Residents : 71  (Jan 1, 2009)
Incorporation : July 1, 1950
Incorporated into: Aga
Postal code : 07554
Area code : 036695
View of the place
View of the place

Together with Großaga , Kleinaga , Reichenbach and Seligenstädt, Lessen forms the 16.38 km² district of Aga in the city of Gera in Thuringia with a total of 1734 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011).

geography

Lessen is located in the north of the city of Gera on the state border with Saxony-Anhalt .

history

Lessen was first mentioned in a document on May 23, 1364 in connection with the pledging of the Langenberg house as Leczkow. In other well-known documents the place Losczan , later Leussowe , Leusten (1533) or Lössen (1564) is mentioned. The parish and school location for centuries was Großaga. - A former castle "Der Bühl" with a tower hill used to exist northwest of the village (documented in 1364). Today only the castle hill can be seen.

Lessen did not have a knightly or freehold estate , only a parish fiefdom (sheep management), which is still managed today. Even under the agricultural standards of the GDR , the von Lessen farmers managed to maintain a high degree of independence. In 1827 the place had 22 houses and 114 inhabitants.

On July 1, 1950, Lessen was incorporated into the new municipality of Aga.

Attractions

Lessen town center

The village's original Sorbian round lump has largely been preserved to this day.

politics

The municipality of Aga (Großaga, Kleinaga, Lessen, Reichenbach and Seligenstädt) was incorporated into the city of Gera on April 1, 1994 . Since then, the places together form the Aga district of the city of Gera with its own local constitution and district council (until II / 2009 local council) . The district mayor has been Bernd Müller (CDU) since 1994.

Development of the population

year 1827 1864 1939 2002 2009
Residents 114 134 97 85 71

traffic

The place is located north of the federal highway 4 and can be reached via the nearby federal highway 2 .

In local public transport , Lessen is connected to Gera via the RVG Regionalverkehr Gera / Land bus route 228 approximately every hour. The closest train station is Gera- Langenberg .

education

The closest children's facility is the

  • Daycare center Reichenbacher Straße in Kleinaga.

The responsible primary school is

  • State primary school Aga in Kleinaga.

The closest regular school is the

  • State regular school 12 in Bieblach -Ost.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gera city administration, FD 1200
  2. ↑ Municipalities 1994 and their changes since January 1, 1948 in the new federal states , Metzler-Poeschel publishing house, Stuttgart, 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , publisher: Federal Statistical Office
  3. ↑ Gera City Archives

literature

  • Brodale, Klaus and Heidrun Friedemann: That was Gera in the 20th century. Gudensberg 2002.
  • Cannabich, Johann Günther Friedrich: Latest news from Baden, Nassau, Hohenzollern, Lippe, Waldeck, Anhalt and the Reussian countries. Weimar 1827.
  • Hahn, Ferdinand: History of Gera and its immediate surroundings. Gera 1855.
  • Klotz, Johann Christoph: Description of the rule and city of Gera. Schleiz 1816.
  • Mues, Siegfried: Gera. A historical walk. Horb 1993.
  • Rosenkranz, Heinz: place names of the Gera district. Greiz 1982.
  • Thuringian Pestalozziverein (Hrsg.): Thuringia in words and pictures. Berlin 1900. (Reprint; Augsburg 1997.)
  • oA: Court and State Calendar for the Principality of Reuss j. L. Gera 1864.
  • Announcements of the history and antiquity research association. Altenburg; div.

Web links

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