Thümmlitzwalde

Location of Thümmlitzwalde in the district of Leipzig (status: 2010)

Thümmlitzwalde was the name of a municipality in the Free State of Saxony formed in 1994 by the merger of the then independent municipalities Böhlen , Dürrweitzschen , Leipnitz , Ragewitz and Zschoppach . On January 1, 2011, this merged with the large district town of Grimma .

history

Thümmlitzwalde was created on March 1, 1994 through the voluntary amalgamation of the five communities Böhlen, Dürrweitzschen, Leipnitz, Ragewitz and Zschoppach.

The municipality got its name from the approximately 1500 hectare forest area of ​​the " Thümmlitz ". Contemporary witnesses are the numerous stones of the Thümmlitz, marked by the people with mysterious symbols and used as legal symbols.

On December 31, 2010 the community had 3,158 inhabitants. The municipality covered 55.88 km².

Community structure

• Böhlen with the districts Böhlen and Seidewitz
• Dürrweitzschen with the districts Dürrweitzschen , Motterwitz and Muschau
• Leipnitz with the districts Leipnitz , Frauendorf , Keiselwitz , Kuckeland , Papsdorf and Zeunitz
• Ragewitz with the districts Ragewitz , Bröhsen , Haubitz , Pöhsig and Zaschwitz
• Zschoppach with the districts of Zschoppach , Draschwitz , Nauberg , Ostrau and Poischwitz

politics

mayor

The last mayor of the community was Udo Brodhuhn until December 31, 2010.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the former municipality

The coat of arms shows in a green shield a silver slanted bar covered with three red apples and shows a silver horseshoe at the top and a silver oak leaf at the bottom.

economy

The largest employer in the region is Obstland AG , based in Dürrweitzschen. Ragewitzer Agrarproduktions-GmbH also works on numerous areas for agriculture. The numerous wind energy systems of various types in the districts of Bröhsen, Zeunitz and Pöhsig are striking. There is a biogas plant in Ragewitz.

Sons and daughters

• Johann von Staupitz († 1524), born around 1465. in Motterwitz, pre-Reformation clergyman
• Magdalena von Staupitz († 1548), born around 1485. in Motterwitz, religious sister and Reformation pedagogue
• Johannes Döhler (1878–1915), b. in Zschoppach, pastor in Rochlitz

Web links

• Website from Thümmlitzwalde
• Thümmlitzwalde in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Thümmlitzwalder residents vote for the merger with Grimma
2. ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 1st to December 31st, 2011
3. ↑ State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony: Area changes

Coordinates: 51 ° 11 ′  N , 12 ° 52 ′  E