Tanna

Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Saale-Orla district
Height :	542 m above sea level NHN
Area :	87.35 km 2
Residents:	3514 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	40 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	07922
Area code :	036646
License plate :	SOK, LBS, PN, SCZ
Community key :	16 0 75 132
LOCODE :	DE TAA
; City administration address :	Market 1 ; 07922 Tanna
Website :	stadt-tanna.de
Mayor :	Marco Seidel ( independent )
Location of the town of Tanna in the Saale-Orla district

In the background the church, in front of it the now demolished old school and on the right the town hall in Tanna

City Church of Tanna

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

geography

Geographical location

Tanna is located about ten kilometers south of Schleiz in a basin of the Wettera , an eastern tributary of the Saale , with a view of the Franconian Forest . Parts of the Fichtelgebirge and the Thuringian Forest are also visible. The Saale tributary Wisenta flows through some village districts in the south and east of the city . The highest mountain in the city and in the entire Thuringian Vogtland is Rosenbühl (653 m) with its extensive forests in the southern district area .

Cityscape

The village of Tanna is built in long lines. In the middle of the village is the market square with the town hall and the town's landmark, a fir tree. The town hall, together with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Andrew, forms the city center. The listed classicist old school in the historic city center was demolished in 2013 in order to create an open space at this point. An investor had previously offered to renovate the building and create new jobs. The city of Tanna took on new debt for the demolition.

City structure

In addition to the city center, Tanna has eight other districts, which are surrounding, incorporated villages (the year or date of the first documentary mention in brackets):

Kunsdorf (1267)
Mielesdorf (1377)
Rothenacker (1402) with Willersdorf (January 24, 1417) and Ebersberg (1407)
Schilbach (August 14, 1325)
Seubtendorf (August 6, 1354)
Stilts (August 31, 1279) / Spielmes (December 1, 1437)
Lower Koskau (August 14, 1325) / Upper Koskau (August 24, 1325)
Zollgrün (June 15, 1342).

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are the towns of Gefell , Saalburg-Ebersdorf and Schleiz in the Saale-Orla district and Rosenbach / Vogtl. , the city of Mühltroff and Weischlitz in the Saxon Vogtland district .

history

To the north of Zollgrün there was once a castle site on the Wettera in Burgstädtel, also known as the Schanzgraben. It probably served to secure the trade route Nuremberg / Leipzig over the brook. In 1842 iron objects were found during the demolition of the castle hill, which confirmed the location of the fortification. Tanna was mentioned in a document on September 22nd, 1232 and has had town charter since 1495. The Reformation was introduced in 1533. From 1596 to 1918 Tanna belonged to the Reuss younger line , from 1647 to 1666 to the Reuss-Saalburg subline and from 1666 to 1848 to Reuss-Schleiz .

In the second half of the 19th century and in the 20th century, the "marble" of Tanna was mined in a quarry not far from the train station. It is one of the Saalburg marbles and has been sold under the brand name Königsrot . Applications can be found in Thuringia, Berlin ( cathedral , Humboldt University / foyer), Dresden ( Lukaskirche ). It is a dark red Devonian limestone with pronounced stratification.

During the Second World War , workers from Poland were forced to do forced labor on Tanna's farms .

In 1923 there was a manor with 469 hectares in the incorporated village of Schilbach. Reinhold Knoch was the owner.

Incorporations

On April 9, 1994 Schilbach was incorporated. On January 1, 1997, the previous administrative community of Tanna was dissolved and the municipalities Künsdorf, Mielesdorf, Rothenacker (with Willersdorf, which was incorporated on January 1, 1974), Seubtendorf, Unterkoskau (with Oberkoskau, which was incorporated on January 1, 1974) were responsible up to this point in time. and Zollgrün incorporated. At the same time, the municipality of Stelzen , which had previously been part of the Gefell administrative community, was incorporated.

Mielesdorf goes back to 1377. About 240 people live in the village. On January 1, 1997, the three kilometers north of the town was incorporated into Tanna.

Population development

Development of the population of the municipality of Tanna according to the respective territorial status (from 1994 December 31st) :

1833: 1.390
1910: 2.032
1933: 2.192
1939: 2.045
1994: 2,313
1995: 2,309
1996: 2,352

1997: 4,495
1998: 4,450
1999: 4,347
2000: 4,330
2001: 4.264
2002: 4.264
2003: 4.229

2004: 4,106
2005: 4,073
2006: 4,039
2007: 4.023
2008: 3,998
2009: 3,938
2010: 3,868

2011: 3,791
2012: 3,746
2013: 3,689
2014: 3,703
2015: 3,707
2016: 3,640
2017: 3,612

2018: 3,548

Data source from 1994: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

politics

City council

The Tanna City Council has 16 seats. The local election on May 25, 2014 led to the following result with a turnout of 61.3%:

Political party	SPD / FW ^*	CDU ^**	The left	FDP	Fire Brigade Association Tanna	total
Seats	7th	6th	1	1	1	16
Share of votes	42.9%	38.5%	8.3%	6.0%	4.3%	100%

^* forms a parliamentary group with the Tanna Fire Brigade Association. ^** forms a parliamentary group with the FDP.

For comparison: results of the 2009 local elections
Political party	SPD / FW ^*	CDU	The left	FDP	Fire Brigade Association Tanna	total
Seats	6th	6th	2	1	1	16
Share of votes	40.3%	36.3%	10.4%	7.7%	5.3%	100%
Turnout: 60.0%

^* formed a parliamentary group with the Tanna Fire Brigade Association.

mayor

In March 2015 Marco Seidel was re-elected for a third term.

coat of arms

Blazon : "In black on a green lawn in front a golden lion, behind a silver (white) fir tree."

The Tanna coat of arms, which has hardly changed to this day, is first mentioned in the city chronicle in 1514. The lion is the heraldic animal of the Principality of Reuss younger line . The fir is a talking symbol for the city name.

traffic

Highway 3002 runs between Tanna and Schilbach in a north-south direction. The almost parallel federal motorway 9 runs further to the west . Junction points are in Schleiz and Bad Lobenstein . Since 1892 Tanna has been connected to the Schönberg – Hirschberg railway line . The route was used for passenger transport until 1994.

Sons and Daughters of the City of Tanna

Johann Georg Karl (1728–1787), known as the prophet of Tanna
Christian Gottfried Weissker (born September 19, 1757 in Koskau; † September 16, 1845 Schleiz ), royal Dutch colonel
Eduard Knoch (born June 19, 1814 in Schilbach; † May 6, 1891 in Bad Blankenburg ), member of the Reichstag
Karl Neupert (born October 1, 1910 in Tanna; † December 29, 1991 in Schnaittach ) was a German architect and spatial planner .
Nikolaus Schmidt-Küntzel , called Küntzel, (born January 20, 1606 in Rothenacker ; † 1671) was the learned farmer from Rothenacker

Others

On August 27th and 28th, 2000, the train station and the old school of Tanna were the filming locations for the movie " So Far Your Feet ".

Individual evidence

^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).

↑ http://schleiz.otz.de/web/lokal/politik/detail/-/specific/Tanna-Schicksal-alter-Schule-besiegel-101557332/

↑ http://alte-schule-tanna.de/stadt-verschuldet-sich-fur-abriss/

^ 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. 154, 181, 239, 315, 248, 263, 274, 269, 294, 206, 326.

↑ Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces. Jenzig-Verlag Köhler, Jena 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , p. 77.

^ Wolfgang Kahl: First mention of Thuringian cities and villages up to 1300. A manual. 2nd, improved edition. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2001, ISBN 3-934748-58-9 , p. 58.

↑ Thuringian Association of the Persecuted of the Nazi Regime - Association of Antifascists and Study Group of German Resistance 1933–1945 (Ed.): Local history guide to sites of resistance and persecution 1933–1945. Volume 8: Thuringia. VAS - Verlag für Akademische Schriften, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-88864-343-0 , p. 229.

↑ Jürgen Gruhle: Black Book of Land Reform -Thuringia- Query on June 25, 2011.

^ Federal Statistical Office: Municipalities 1994 and their changes since 01.01.1948 in the new federal states. Metzler-Poeschel, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 .

^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities, see 1997

^ Thuringian State Office for Statistics

↑ http://www.thueringer-allgemeine.de/web/zgt/leben/blaulicht/detail/-/specific/Buergermeister-in-Gefell-Tanna-und-Mossbach-bei-Wahl-am-Sonntag-bestaetigt-766107133

↑ Hartmut Ulle: New Thuringian Wappenbuch. Volume 2: Ilmkreis, Jena, Kyffhäuserkreis, Saale-Orla-Kreis, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt (district), Schmalkalden-Meiningen (district), Suhl. 2nd, changed, revised edition. Working group Genealogy Thuringia, Erfurt 1997, ISBN 3-9804487-2-X , p. 44.

^ History of the city of Tanna .

↑ Paetz: The Prophet of Tanna. In: Thuringian Pestalozzivereine (Hrsg.): Thuringia in words and pictures. Volume 2. Klinkhardt, Berlin 1902, pp. 251-254 .