Stilts (tanna)

Stilts City of Tanna Coordinates: 50 ° 29 ′ 3 ″  N , 11 ° 56 ′ 46 ″  E
Height :	578 m
Residents :	370
Incorporation :	January 1, 1997
Postal code :	07922
Area code :	036646
Location of stilts in Thuringia
War memorial

Stelzen is a district of the town of Tanna in the Saale-Orla district in Thuringia .

geography

Location and geology

The village of Stelzen is located on a gently sloping western slope of the Stelzenhöhe on the Thuringian-Saxon border. The incorporated hamlet of Spielmes is 2 km away in the Schwarzbachtal. The districts of both places are part of the southeast Thuringian slate mountains . The road (L 1089) through stilts connects the Saxon part of the Vogtland with the Thuringian. The height of the stilts allows a wide view of the Thuringian and Saxon Vogtland.

Neighboring places

Neighboring towns are Reuth in Saxony to the south, Rothenacker further south and Oberkoskau to the west .

history

Namesake of the place Stelzen

Stilts were first mentioned on August 31, 1279, and Spielmes on December 1, 1437. 370 inhabitants live in stilts, although it is unclear whether the 60 inhabitants of Spielmes are included. Stilts and Spielmes have always been closely connected. This applies particularly to the church and the school. The places were farming villages and have raised concerns about the development of agriculture then and now. Until 1928, Stelzen was divided into a Russian (Thuringian) and a Saxon part. The Saxon part was under the manorial rule of the manor Leubnitz in the electoral or royal Saxon office of Plauen until 1856 . In 1856, Stelzen (Saxon Ant.) Was incorporated into the Plauen Court Office and in 1875 the Plauen District Administration . In 1928 there was an exchange of territory and a border adjustment between the Free State of Saxony and the State of Thuringia. As a result, the parcels of stilts belonging to Reuth of Saxony were completely ceded to Thuringia and combined with the Thuringian share of stilts.

On July 1, 1950, the previously independent municipality of Spielmes was incorporated. As a result of the second district reform in the GDR , the municipality of Stelzen came to the Schleiz district in the Gera district in 1952 , which was continued in 1990 as the Schleiz district in Thuringia and was merged into the Saale-Orla district in 1994.

From 1991 to 1997 Stelzen was part of the Gefell administrative community . On January 1, 1997, the community of Stelzen was incorporated into Tanna.

The annual stilt festival has been a highlight of the year not only for stilts since 1993.

Attractions

• St. Martin Church
• Festival barn on the Festspielberg, built in 2007 for 1200 listeners

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ 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 , pp. 274 and 269.
2. ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 76 f.
3. ^ The Plauen District Administration in the municipality register 1900
4. ↑ Historical table sheet of Saxony with the parcels of stilts (Saxon Ant.)
5. ^ Map with the exchange areas between Saxony and Thuringia in 1928
6. ^ Stilts (Saxon Ant.) In the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
7. ↑ Spielmes and Stelzen on the website of the city of Tanna. Accessed January 21, 2020 . 
8. ^ Website of the Stilt Festival. Accessed January 21, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Construction of the festival barn on the Stelzenfestspiele website. Accessed January 21, 2020 .