Reichenbach (Gera)

Reichenbach City of Gera Coordinates: 50 ° 56 ′ 49 ″  N , 12 ° 5 ′ 9 ″  E
Height :	279 m
Residents :	109  (Jan 1, 2009)
Incorporation :	July 1, 1950
Incorporated into:	Aga
Postal code :	07554
Area code :	036695
Memorial to the fallen of the First World War

Together with Großaga , Kleinaga , Lessen and Seligenstädt, Reichenbach forms the 16.38 km² district of Aga in the city of Gera in Thuringia with a total of 1734 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011).

geography

Reichenbach is located in the north of the city of Gera.

The Aga in Reichenbach

history

The place is a German settlement, first mentioned on May 23, 1364 in a document about the pledging of the house Langenberg as Richenbach . The name is derived from the numerous watercourses in the district. He used to belong to the Reuss younger line . Großaga was traditionally a parish and school location.

The estate located in the village has a checkered history. a. the Knights of Etzdorff on Großaga. Historically interesting is the former inn "Zum golden Kranich" at the junction to Großaga: At the behest of the then sovereign Heinrich XXX. Built from 1751, it served as a customs post on the (for the time) heavily frequented trade route from Gera to Leipzig . Until then, the Altenburgische Gasthof in Wachholderbaum had benefited from customs law . In the vernacular, the former customs office is called "Zum Goldenen Kranich" ( Defiance) .

On July 1, 1950, Reichenbach was incorporated into the new municipality of Aga.

politics

Aga (Großaga, Kleinaga, Lessen, Reichenbach and Seligenstädt) was incorporated into the city of Gera on April 1, 1994 . Since then, the places together form the Aga district of the city of Gera with its own local constitution and district council (until II / 2009 local council) . The district mayor has been Bernd Müller (CDU) since 1994.

Development of the population

year	1827	1864	1939	2002	2009
Residents	76	116	83	120	109

traffic

The place is located north of the federal highway 4 and can be reached via the nearby federal highway 2 .

In local public transport , Reichenbach is connected to Gera via the ring lines 228 and 229 of RVG Regionalverkehr Gera / Land every half hour. The closest train station is Gera- Langenberg .

Culture

Events on the maintenance of rural customs, demonstrations of old agricultural activities and historical tractor meetings take place on the spite (former inn "Zum Goldenen Kranich").

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gera city administration, FD 1200
2. ↑ Municipalities 1994 and their changes since January 1, 1948 in the new federal states , Metzler-Poeschel publishing house, Stuttgart, 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , publisher: Federal Statistical Office
3. ↑ Gera City Archives

Web links

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