Obermolbitz

Obermolbitz community Molbitz Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 46 ″  N , 12 ° 24 ′ 18 ″  E
Height :	183 m above sea level NN
Residents :	97  (2012)
Incorporation :	July 1, 1950
Postal code :	04617
Area code :	034498
Location of Obermolbitz in Thuringia
View of the local situation

Obermolbitz is a locality of Molbitz , a district of Rositz in the Altenburger Land district in Thuringia .

location

Obermolbitz is located southeast of Rositz and northwest of Altenburg in the Altenburger-Zeitzer-Lösshügelland and on the edge of the Leipzig lowland bay in a fertile arable area. The federal road 180 runs close to the village. District road 223 runs in the village. Obermolbitz is located within the village of Molbitz, west of Untermolbitz.

history

Location of Molbitz in the municipality of Rositz

Former Molbitz stop, waiting room

In 1336 the village of Molbitz was first mentioned as Maluwicz . Since 1445 a distinction has been made between Obermolbitz ( Mallewicz superior ) and Untermolbitz ( Mallewicz inferior ). Both places were parish to Zschernitzsch . In the 15th century the hamlet-like place Obermolbitz had four farms . It was thus a little smaller than Untermolbitz. Large farmers dominated the village, while small and medium-sized farmers lived in Untermolbitz.

Obermolbitz belonged to the Wettin office of Altenburg , which from the 16th century was under the sovereignty of the following Ernestine duchies due to several divisions during its existence : Duchy of Saxony (1554 to 1572), Duchy of Saxony-Weimar (1572 to 1603), Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg (1603 to 1672), Duchy of Saxony-Gotha-Altenburg (1672 to 1826). When the Ernestine duchies were reorganized in 1826, the place came back to the duchy of Saxony-Altenburg. After the administrative reform in the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg, Obermolbitz belonged to the Eastern District (until 1900) and to the Altenburg District Office (from 1900). From 1918 the village belonged to the Free State of Saxony-Altenburg , which was added to the State of Thuringia in 1920. In 1922 it came to the district of Altenburg .

Obermolbitz is located in the east of the Meuselwitz-Altenburg lignite mining area . At the end of the 19th century there were three lignite mines in Obermolbitzer Flur alone , the most famous being the Annagrube (between Molbitz and Oberlödla), which was operated between 1867 and 1877. Since 1896 there was a briquette factory of the Molbitz coal works in Obermolbitz . From June 19, 1872 to December 14, 2002, Obermolbitz had a stop on the Zeitz – Altenburg railway line . In the opencast mine , the coal was mined near Obermolbitz in the Germania No. 16 opencast mine (1908 to 1919).

During the Second World War, Upper and Lower Molbitz were badly damaged due to their proximity to the DEA mineral oil works in Rositz. Air defense was stationed around the places . The first bomb detonated in Obermolbitz in October 1940. A devastating air raid on the plant took place on August 16, 1944. The heaviest air raid occurred on February 14, 1945 around 9 o'clock in the evening. A total of around 320 bombs fell on Upper and Lower Molbitz alone, killing 14 people. The underground shaft of the Altenburg coal works served as air raid shelter . That night every residential building in the two places was damaged, numerous bomb craters enclosed the places.

On July 1, 1950, Upper and Lower Molbitz were combined to form the municipality of Molbitz. On January 1, 1973, Molbitz was incorporated into Rositz. (History of the united place in the main article: Molbitz (Rositz) )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wolfgang Kahl: First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. Verlag Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 208
2. ^ History of Molbitz on the Rositz website
3. ^ The Altenburg Office in the book "Geography for all Stands", from p. 201
4. ↑ The locations of the Altenburg district from p.83 ,
5. ↑ The eastern district of the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg in the municipal directory 1900
6. ^ The Altenburg district office in the municipality register 1900
7. ↑ Description of the Meuselwitz-Altenburger brown coal area in a PDF document from the LMBV