Oberkoskau

Oberkoskau City of Tanna Coordinates: 50 ° 29 ′ 27 ″  N , 11 ° 55 ′ 10 ″  E
Height :	514 m
Residents :	75
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Incorporated into:	Lower Moscow
Postal code :	07922
Area code :	036646

Oberkoskau is a district of the city of Tanna in the Saale-Orla district in Thuringia .

geography

About 6 km east of Tanna, near the Wisenta River and the Saxon and Bavarian borders, is Oberkoskau. The district of the hamlet belongs to the southeast Thuringian slate mountains . These soils have a high proportion of fine earth and humus content . Coupled with the climatic conditions, these soils are productive. There are good access to the A 9 and A 72 via the B 2 and B 282 and the Landesstraße 1089 .

history

On August 24, 1325, the hamlet , which emerged from a manor , was first mentioned in a document.

In 1494 Oberkoskau received the sovereign brewing privilege. The document says:

"... according to which the village of Koßka is given the right to brew, malt and serve beer as much as it wants at perpetual tide."

On January 1st 1974 Oberkoskau was incorporated into Unterkoskau. During the GDR era , the hamlet was in the border area. 75 people currently live in the village.

Individual evidence

1. ^ 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 , p. 206.
2. ↑ Upper and Lower Koskau of the city of Tanna Query on November 12, 2011

Web links

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