Oberoppurg

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Oberoppurg
Map of Germany, position of the municipality Oberoppurg highlighted

Coordinates: 50 ° 42 '  N , 11 ° 41'  E

Basic data
State : Thuringia
County : Saale-Orla district
Management Community : Oppurg
Height : 340 m above sea level NHN
Area : 5.07 km 2
Residents: 161 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 32 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 07381
Area code : 03647
License plate : SOK, LBS, PN, SCZ
Community key : 16 0 75 075
Association administration address: Am Türkenhof 5
07381 Oppurg
Website : www.vg-oppurg.de
Mayor : Werner Böhme
Location of the municipality of Oberoppurg in the Saale-Orla district
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Oberoppurg is a municipality in the Saale-Orla district in eastern Thuringia . Since 1992 it has belonged to the administrative community of Oppurg along with twelve other municipalities . The population of the place is, as in the entire district, slightly declining. It is around 160 people.

geography

The community is located about 2 km south of the Orlatal between the towns of Pößneck and Neustadt an der Orla . The landscape in the Orlasenke is agricultural, to the north and south of this wide valley the area is very wooded.

history

Wolfgang Kahl found the first documentary mention of Oberoppurg in 1378.

View of Oberoppurg from the south
Fortified church of Oberoppurg

The landmark of the place mentioned for the first time in 1071 is the fortified church with its characteristic tower, which can also be seen on the coat of arms. In addition to winding streets, renovated half-timbered houses and two inns, there is a culturally and historically valuable half-timbered house . The parish fair takes place on the second Sunday in November.

Population development

Development of the population (as of December 31st) :

  • 1933: 249
  • 1939: 241
  • 1994: 225
  • 1995: 228
  • 1996: 221
  • 1997: 221
  • 1998: 220
  • 1999: 226
  • 2000: 223
  • 2001: 219
  • 2002: 215
  • 2003: 208
  • 2004: 203
  • 2005: 192
  • 2006: 190
  • 2007: 193
  • 2008: 193
  • 2009: 184
  • 2010: 178
  • 2011: 167
  • 2012: 168
  • 2013: 162
  • 2014: 166
  • 2015: 164
  • 2016: 164
  • 2017: 165
  • 2018: 163
Data source from 1994: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

traffic

In Oppurg , two kilometers away, there is a rail connection ( Saalfeld / Saale - Gera route ) and a connection to the federal road network ( B 281 ). The next motorway exit is 17 km away ( Triptis , A 9 Berlin - Munich).

Culture and sights

Natural monuments

Near the village there is the conservation area "Döbritzer Switzerland" with its prehistoric caves and the area of Plothener ponds , part of the Nature Park Thuringian Slate Mountains .
The cycle path network is currently being expanded; in 2005 the 34 km long Orla cycle path from the source to the mouth of the river into the Saale was opened.
The Thuringian Porcelain Route from Pößneck to Triptis runs through the Orlasenke, which has a long tradition in porcelain production .

Historical monuments

A memorial stone by the graves of eleven prisoners murdered by the SS commemorates the death march columns from the Buchenwald concentration camp , which were driven through the town in April 1945.

Individual evidence

  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 , p. 209.
  3. ^ A b Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Saalfeld district. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  4. Thuringian Association of the Persecuted of the Nazi Regime - Association of Antifascists and Study Group of German Resistance 1933–1945 (Ed.): Local history guide to sites of resistance and persecution 1933–1945. Volume 8: Thuringia. VAS - Verlag für Akademische Schriften, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-88864-343-0 , p. 225.

Web links

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