Obergrochlitz

Obergrochlitz City of Greiz Coordinates: 50 ° 38 '24 "  N , 12 ° 10' 58"  E
Height :	376 m
Residents :	1000
Incorporation :	January 1, 1922
Incorporated into:	Caselwitz-Grochlitz
Postal code :	07973
Area code :	03661
Location of Obergrochlitz in the city of Greiz
In the town

Obergrochlitz is a place in the Thuringian city ​​of Greiz with over 1000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the district Obergrochlitz / Caselwitz .

location

Obergrochlitz is about 2 kilometers southwest of Greiz . Since the place is on the crest of a mountain, there is a panorama of the Vogtland from here .

history

While Greiz itself was first mentioned in a document as early as 1209, the first mention of what was then Grochlitz dates from 1449. Until the middle of the 18th century, Obergrochlitz consisted only of a chamber property in the area of ​​the lock . Below the later state estate, today's place was built in 1752.

A large part of today's Obergrochlitz used to belong to the municipality of Caselwitz as "Neucaselwitz" . This included the area from Auf der Windhöhe with the gymnasium to the forest wood, which was opened up by clearing from 1874. On January 1, 1922, Obergrochlitz was merged with Caselwitz to form the short-lived municipality of Caselwitz-Grochlitz. This went up on October 1, 1922 in the city of Greiz. As a result, Neucaselwitz and the Eichleite , which previously belonged to Caselwitz, came to Obergrochlitz.

Sports

TuS Obergrochlitz is also located in Obergrochlitz. Particularly noteworthy is the club's fistball team, which trains on the local fistball court and regularly celebrates successes in competitions.

Carnival club

Obergrochlitz has its own carnival club, which has its club house in the gym. Particularly noteworthy are the public carnival events , which take place independently of the Greizer carnival club.

Economy and Infrastructure

With the Greiz-Obergrochlitz airfield, Obergrochlitz has an important sports airfield for the region . As early as 1918, the first powered airplane, the “Albatros”, landed here. The airfield is suitable for motor gliders, gliders (winch and aircraft tow launch), microlight aircraft, balloons, hang gliders and paragliders. From here there is also the possibility of sightseeing flights over the entire Vogtland . The Greiz aviation club, founded in 1927, is also located in Obergrochlitz. From here the Thuringia Championship in distance gliding is carried out regularly.

The Obergrochlitz volunteer fire brigade has its headquarters at Carolinenfeld. Immediately behind it begins the area of ​​the Diakonievereines Carolinenfeld, which at this location looks after handicapped young people and adults in a dormitory and supports them intensively in its own school and workplace.

Sons of Obergrochlitz

Obergrochlitz is the hometown of the Nazi writer Alfred Thoss , who was born here on March 13, 1908. He later had his inglorious successes with books such as Deutsches Bauerntum and Heimkehr der Volksdeutsche .

Obergrochlitz is also the hometown of the SPD politician Erwin Erdmann , as well as the anti-fascist Otto Meier, after whom the passage is named.

literature

• Obergrochlitz: Glimpses into the past and present of a Greiz suburb. Anniversary celebration on the occasion of the celebrations for the 550th first mention of Grochlitz. Greiz, n.d. (1999).
• Ulf Meyer: Caselwitz family book with Moschwitz, Obergrochlitz, Untergrochlitz, Dölau and Rothenthal (district of Greiz), Thuringia 1617 to 1800. Leipzig: AMF 2012 (= Central German local family books of the AMF 71)
• Ulf Meyer: Caselwitz II family book with Moschwitz, Obergrochlitz, Untergrochlitz, Dölau and Rothenthal (Greiz district), Thuringia 1800 to 1945. Leipzig: AMF 2016 (= Central German local family books of the AMF 95)

Web links

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

• www.greiz.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography (ed.): The northern Vogtland around Greiz. A geographical inventory in the area of ​​Greiz, Weida, Berga, Triebes, Hohenleuben, Elsterberg, Mylau and Netzschkau. In: Landscapes in Germany. 68.Böhlau Verlag, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 3-412-09003-4 , p. 285.
2. ↑ Volkmar Schneider: Greizer Heimatkalender 2001 . Printing & bookbinding Ernst Tischendorf, Greiz 2000, interesting facts about the history of Caselwitz, p. 21 .