Pölzig

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 57 '  N , 12 ° 12'  E
Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Greiz
Management Community :	At the Brahmetal
Height :	275 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.75 km 2
Residents:	1164 (December 31, 2019)
Population density :	150 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	07554
Area code :	036695
License plate :	GRZ, ZR
Community key :	16 0 76 058
Community structure:	4 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Weg der Jugend 13 07554 Pölzig
Website :	www.gemeinde-poelzig.de
Mayor :	Klaus-Frieder Heuzeroth
Location of the municipality of Pölzig in the district of Greiz

Pölzig is the northernmost municipality in the Thuringian district of Greiz, directly on the state border with Saxony-Anhalt . It belongs to the administrative community Am Brahmetal .

geography

Pölziger Church

Neighboring communities are Bethenhausen , Hirschfeld and Reichstädt in the district of Greiz, the independent city of Gera and the communities of Schnaudertal and Gutenborn, which are part of the Saxony-Anhalt Burgenland district .

The districts of Beiersdorf , Sachsenroda and Wüstenroda as well as the Rittergutsweiler Unterau belong to Pölzig , which is no longer run as a district today.

history

Pölzig was first mentioned in writing in 1184. The place developed into an early urban settlement in the 14th century and was also mentioned in a document to the Wettins dated May 15, 1328 as a little town, with natural ramparts to fortify them. However, in the late Middle Ages, Pölzig did not receive city rights like Schmölln or Lucka , which, like Pölzig, had belonged to the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg since 1603 .

A castle still existed in the village, which was also mentioned in 1328 and from which the Pölzig manor later developed. Heinrich von Creytz († 1207) is named there as the owner. The manor was still owned by Hildebrand von Creytz in 1580. In 1622 a ducal mint was located here. From 1681 the manor was owned by Volkmar Dietrich von Zehmen . Then the Henckel von Donnersmarck family bought it . The tower of the castle was blown up on October 25, 1936 by the owner at the time, who had acquired the manor a year earlier, and the structure was partially demolished. A cigar factory existed in Pölzig until 1950, which today is commemorated by a monument in the form of a cigar.

Pölzig belonged to the Wettin office of Altenburg , which from the 16th century onwards 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, Pölzig belonged to the Eastern District (until 1900) and to the Ronneburg 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 Pölzig came to the district of Gera .

On July 1, 1950, the previously independent municipality of Sachsenroda was incorporated. Beiersdorf followed on July 1, 1961. During the second district reform in the GDR in 1952, the existing states were dissolved and the districts were redesigned. Thus, the municipality of Pölzig came to the district of Gera-Land in the district of Gera , which had belonged to Thuringia as the district of Gera since 1990 and which became part of the district of Greiz during the Thuringian district reform in 1994 .

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  Former castle

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  Fallen memorial at the church

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  Cigar monument

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  Half-timbered house

church

Pölzig village church

Population development

Population development of Pölzig from 1790 to 2018

Development of the population (from 1994 December 31st) :

1790: 0733 1885: 1219 1994: 1283 1995: 1288 1996: 1293 1997: 1276 1998: 1327

1999: 1364 2000: 1389 2001: 1373 2002: 1378 2003: 1387 2004: 1365 2005: 1358

2006: 1293 2007: 1324 2008: 1288 2009: 1273 2010: 1257 2011: 1245 2012: 1217

2013: 1189 2014: 1190 2015: 1165 2016: 1169 2017: 1164 2018: 1154 2019: 1164

Data source from 1994: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

politics

Since the local elections on May 25, 2014, the local council has been composed as follows:

• CDU Pölzig - 2 seats (15.9%)
• TSV - 5 seats (39.5%)
• WG KVP - 5 seats (44.4%)

The turnout was 54.9%.

traffic

Former Pölzig train station, station building on track side with historic wagon (2019)

Generation of renewable energy in Pölzig

Pölzig was connected to the Gera-Meuselwitz-Wuitzer Railway from 1901 to 1969 . The station building, which has been preserved to this day, is located on the edge of an industrial park northwest of Pölzig in the Beiersdorfer Flur. Today it is used as a small museum and as the domicile of the “IG GMWE Bahnhof Pölzig” association.

In addition, state road 1081 runs through Sachsenroda, Pölzig and Beiersdorf from Seelingstädt- Chursdorf to the Saxony-Anhalt state border near Heuckewalde .

The local public transport is mainly provided by RVG Regionalverkehr Gera / Land . Line 208 connects Pölzig directly to Gera during the week and every two hours via Heuckewalde at the weekend . Furthermore, the bus company "Herzum Tours" connects the place with Ronneburg at irregular intervals .

literature

• Gustav Wolf, Klaus Hofmann: We can still see the old castle today ... From the history of the manors in Altenburger Land - Part II. Catalog for the exhibition Museum Burg Posterstein 2011, Pöge Druck Leipzig, Posterstein 2010; Pp. 88–92, 160, extensive description of the Pölzig manor

Individual evidence

1. ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics  ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Dr. phil. Herbert Schönebaum The settlement of the Altenburger Ostkreis R. Voigtländers Verlag, Leipzig 1917
3. ↑ Klaus Hofmann, Gustav Wolf, Sabine Hofmann: We can still see the old castle today ... (From the history of the manors in the Altenburger Land; Vol. 2). Museum Burg Posterstein 2010
4. ^ The Altenburg Office in the book "Geography for all Stands", from p. 201
5. ^ The locations of the Altenburg district from p.83
6. ↑ The eastern district of the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg in the municipal directory 1900
7. ^ The district office of Ronneburg in the municipality register 1900
8. ^ Website of the association "IG GMWE Bahnhof Pölzig"

Web links

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

• Pölzig on the website of the administrative association "Am Brahmetal"