Paitzdorf

coat of arms	Germany map
Help on coat of arms	Coordinates: 50 ° 51 '  N , 12 ° 13'  E
Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Greiz
Management Community :	Wish village / Elster
Height :	275 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.67 km 2
Residents:	422 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	49 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	07580
Area code :	036602
License plate :	GRZ, ZR
Community key :	16 0 76 055
Community structure:	2 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Paitzdorf 60 07580 Paitzdorf
Website :	www.vg-wuenschendorf-elster.de
Mayor :	Jörg Trillitzsch
Location of the municipality of Paitzdorf in the district of Greiz

Paitzdorf is a municipality in the Thuringian district of Greiz . It belongs to the administrative community Wünschendorf / Elster .

geography

Geographical location

The municipality of Paitzdorf is located about 15 km east of Gera in the Ronneburg arable and mining area . To the northeast of the core village was the Paitzdorf mining operation of SDAG Wismut . The western sprat flows through the municipality and flows into the Mannichswalder sprat between Posterstein and Nöbdenitz . The highest peaks in the municipality are 317 meters high. The next town is Ronneburg , 3 km northwest.

Neighboring communities

Adjacent are the town of Ronneburg and the community of Rückersdorf in the district of Greiz and Heukewalde and Posterstein in the district of Altenburger Land .

Community structure

The district of Mennsdorf , which was incorporated on July 1, 1950, belongs to the municipality .

history

Paitzdorf was first mentioned in a document on April 13, 1290. Under patronage law, the church in the village was assigned to the Cronschwitz monastery in 1302 by Heinrich I, Vogt von Plauen . Even loans legally , the village is up to the Reformation the monastery and the monastery Mildenfurth committed. In 1527 the fiefdom was subordinated to the electoral councilor Anarg von Wildenfels . In 1838 around 40 people from Paitzdorf left their homeland as Old Lutherans for religious reasons and emigrated to America . There they founded together with the Saxon emigrants on the Mississippi River the places Altenburg , Frohna , Wittenberg , Dresden and Paitzdorf, today's Uniontown .

Until 1918 the village belonged to Sachsen-Altenburg and from 1900 it belonged to the district office of Ronneburg . In 1922 it went to the district of Gera .

On July 1, 1950, the previously independent community of Mennsdorf was incorporated. In 1952 Paitzdorf briefly belonged to the Schmölln district , but went to the Gera-Land district in the same year . In 1963 the Paitzdorf windmill, built in 1792, was demolished. In 1969 three bells d ', a', c 'were raised and consecrated on the day of repentance and prayer. They were cast by Schilling, Apolda for Culmitzsch in 1959, but this place had to give way to uranium mining.

Population development

In 1910 there were 414 residents in Paitzdorf and 191 in Mennsdorf. In 1933 Paitzdorf had 380 and Mennsdorf 193 inhabitants. In 1939 the population was 370 and 203 respectively.

Development of the population over the past 20 years (as of December 31st):

Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

politics

Municipal council

Since the local elections on May 26, 2019, the local council has been composed as follows:

• Voluntary fire brigade Paitzdorf / Free voter community - 5 seats (91.5%)
• CDU / Community of Christian Citizens - 1 seat (8.5%)

The turnout was 75.2% and thus 5.9% p higher than in 2014 (69.3%).

mayor

In 1994 Eberhard Große received 99.3% of all valid votes. In the 1999 mayoral election, which initially required a runoff, he was confirmed in office with 85.3% of the vote.

Since the mayor election of May 27, 2004 at Jörg Trillitzsch with 71.2% of the votes and was last confirmed in office on June 5, 2016 with 96% of the votes, he has held this office.

Sports

church

The BSV Paitzdorf plays in the 1st district soccer class . The youth soccer team has been actively playing since 2006.

The BSV Paitzdorf also maintains an archery section, which for the first time produced two German champions in 2017: Linda Charlotte Mentzel (hunting bow, female U17, DM Halle in Schwedt) and Michael Hofmann (compound, men, DM Wald in Hornburg). Since then, the archers at the state and federal level have been consistently very successful. Twice a year, the Paitzdorf archers organize their own archery tournament.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

In the north-west of the municipality, the state road L 1081 runs from the federal road 7 and the Ronneburg junction of the A 4 to Seelingstädt-Chursdorf to the B 175 , without touching the built-up town centers. The actual villages are accessed via connecting roads with Rückersdorf , Reust , the industrial area on the L 1081 (formerly Paitzdorfer Straße to Ronneburg), Stolzenberg , Posterstein and Heukewalde . The Piehler bus company takes the 212 Gera – Friedmannsdorf line to both districts on weekdays. The next train station is in Ronneburg, where there are regional express connections to Zwickau , Altenburg and Erfurt - Göttingen .

Established businesses

From 1954 to 1990 a so-called mining company (BB) Paitzdorf was maintained with the Paitzdorf shaft entrance . The spoil heaps resulting from this could be seen from afar until 2005. Beginning in January 2006, the Paitzdorfer piles of uranium mining of Wismut GmbH were relocated in the direction of the old uranium mine in Lichtenberg. This major project was completed for the 2007 Federal Horticultural Show .

One company each for insulation products and waste disposal operate in the area of ​​the former BB Paitzdorf. There are also several small businesses in the village.

Broadband internet coverage

Since January 1, 2019, DSL speeds of up to 250 Mbit / s have been available in the municipality, which is considered to be rural.

education

the day care center

In Paitzdorf, the Arbeiterwohlfahrt operates a day care center ("Paitzdorfer Strolche"). 41 children are currently being cared for there (including day- care center ). The primary school responsible for the administrative community “Ländereck” is located in Rückersdorf . The regular school assigned to Paitzdorf is located in Seelingstädt , the local high school is the Osterlandgymnasium Gera .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics  ( help on this ).
2. ^ Helmut Thurm: The Dominican nunnery Cronschwitz at Weida Verlag by Gustav Fischer in Jena 1942
3. ^ ^{A b Register of} municipalities in Germany 1900 - Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg - Ronneburg district office. Retrieved September 24, 2012 . 
4. ^ Municipality: Paitzdorf . Thuringian State Office for Statistics. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
5. ^ Election results from May 26, 2019
6. ↑ Mayoral election on June 5, 2016
7. ↑ Fussball.de: 1st district class men (season C). Retrieved June 4, 2019 . 
8. ^ Medals from the BSV Paitzdorf
9. ↑ DSL availability in Paitzdorf