Röpsen (Gera)

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Röpsen
City of Gera
Röpsen coat of arms
Coordinates: 50 ° 54 ′ 45 ″  N , 12 ° 6 ′ 40 ″  E
Height : 214 m above sea level NN
Residents : 240  (Jan 1, 2009)
Incorporation : July 1, 1994
Postal code : 07554
Area code : 0365

Together with Dorna and Negis, Röpsen forms the 8.15 km² district of Röpsen in the city of Gera in Thuringia with 631 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011).

geography

Röpsen is located in the Hainbach and Brahmetal in the east of the city of Gera immediately north of the A4 and about seven kilometers from the city center of Gera.

The bank area of ​​the Brahme is designated as a fauna and flora habitat . It is home to the very rare hermit , a flightless beetle that feeds on dead wood and also has its habitat there.

Postcard from 1903

history

The place is a Sorbian foundation. The oldest known documentary mention as Rupizan dates back to 1121, when Bishop Dietrich I von Naumburg enfeoffed the Posa monastery (Bosau) near Zeitz with eight places in the Gau Gera. When Bishop Udo I confirmed the enfeoffment in 1146, the place appears as Ropizane . From the Wahl , a small high medieval mansion on the Gutsteich on the southwestern outskirts, nothing can be seen today. The village of Speutewitz with the castle of the same name used to be on the Röpsen corridor ; it has been a desert since the 16th century .

Until 1918 Röpsen was an exclave of the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg in the midst of the Reuss younger line .

In addition to agriculture, the production of stick cheese flourished in the village in earlier times, which earned it the name "cheese Röpsen" in the surrounding villages. The cheese makers bought the quark needed for the production in the surrounding villages. In 1938 ten cheese dairies were counted, and the compulsory sale of milk to the responsible large dairy after 1945 led to its end. On the occasion of a minor armed conflict with the surrounding Reussian rule, the Röpsener allegedly bombarded their opponents with cheese in the absence of cannon balls. In memory of this time, honored citizens of the place are awarded the Röpsener Cheese Order today.

On July 1, 1950, the previously independent communities Dorna and Negis were incorporated.

Röpsen Church

politics

Röpsen, Dorna and Negis have been incorporated into the city of Gera since July 1, 1994. Since then, the three places have formed the Röpsen district of the city of Gera with its own local constitution and local council (until II / 2009 local council). The mayor of the district has been Wolfgang Hartick (independent) since 2004.

Attractions

Trinitatiskirche Röpsen - The church from 1669 on the foundations of an older St. Catherine's Chapel was consecrated again in 1997 after extensive restorations. A baroque ceiling painting, which was uncovered during the restoration, is of particular interest in terms of art history.

traffic

The place can be reached via the south-east tangent Gera, south of the place runs the Autobahn 4 .

Röpsen is connected to the city center of Gera every two hours by buses of RVG Gera's number 208 . The closest train station is Gera- Langenberg .

Sports field between Röpsen and Dorna

Culture and sport

There is the Röpsen-Dorna-Negis homeland association in the village . Traditionally, a maypole is set here, as in much of Eastern Thuringia, and the Advent blowing continues.

The Röpsen sports community focuses on football. Between Röpsen and Dorna there is a small sports field for soccer, volleyball and basketball.

The Thoroughbred Poultry Breeders Association (RGZV) Dorna-Röpsen has existed since 1948.

education

The primary school, which was closed in 2000 due to a lack of pupils, was completely renovated in 2002 and reopened as a special needs school of Lebenshilfe eV, so that - albeit in a different form - the 300-year-old school history of the town can continue. There is one in neighboring Dorna

The responsible primary school is

The closest regular school is the

  • State school 12 in Bieblach.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gera city administration, FD 1200
  2. ^ Siegfried Mues: Gera. From past and present , Gera 1990, p. 8.

literature

  • Brodale, Klaus and Heidrun Friedemann: That was Gera in the 20th century. Gudensberg 2002.
  • Hahn, Ferdinand: History of Gera and its immediate surroundings. Gera 1855.
  • Rosenkranz, Heinz: place names of the Gera district. Greiz 1982.
  • Schiffner, Albert: Handbook of geography, statistics and topography of the Kgr. Saxony. Leipzig 1839.
  • Schumann, August: Complete state, - post and newspaper lexicon for Saxony. Zwickau 1825.

Web links

Commons : Röpsen  - collection of images, videos and audio files