Oelknitz

Oelknitz Community Rothstein Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 42 ″ N , 11 ° 36 ′ 27 ″ E
Height :	150 m above sea level NN
Incorporation :	July 21, 1965
Postal code :	07751
Area code :	036424
Location of Oelknitz in Thuringia
	Village church

Oelknitz is part of the Rothenstein community in the Saale-Holzland district in Thuringia .

location

Oelknitz is located directly east of the Saale opposite Rothenstein. The railway line Saalfeld - Naumburg and the federal road 88 are in the Saale valley and some of them lead to the town.

history

Sites of the Magdalenian

In Oelknitz a cult site was found within a tent camp of the wild horse hunters of the Magdalenian with menhir-like cult steles made of red sandstone.

The village was first mentioned on February 20, 1283. The town's church dates from the early Gothic period and was heavily modified in the 17th century.

The history of the village is also closely linked to Jena , Rothenstein and Kahla .

The farmers mainly went the way of agriculture in the GDR and now work in the Schöps agricultural cooperative .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Michael Köhler : Pagan sanctuaries. Pre-Christian places of worship and suspected cult sites in Thuringia. Jenzig-Verlag, Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-910141-85-8 , pp. 24, 46 and 222.
^ 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. 212.

[1] Michael Köhler : Pagan sanctuaries. Pre-Christian places of worship and suspected cult sites in Thuringia. Jenzig-Verlag, Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-910141-85-8 , pp. 24, 46 and 222.

[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. 212.