Untergeißendorf

Untergeißendorf City of Berga / Elster Coordinates: 50 ° 44 ′ 11 ″ N , 12 ° 10 ′ 30 ″ E
Height :	250 m above sea level NN
Residents :	45
Incorporation :	July 1, 1961
Incorporated into:	Geißendorf
Postal code :	07980
Area code :	036623
Location of Untergeißendorf in Thuringia
	View from the north

Untergeißendorf is a hamlet of Berga / Elster in the district of Greiz in Thuringia .

geography

Untergeißendorf lies in an intermediate valley of the flat plateau above the valley of the White Elster in a cropped area. Most of the time there is forest on the impassable slopes and hills of the floodplain. The county road 209 leads from Berga via Untergeißendorf to Obergeißendorf .

history

The hamlet was first mentioned in 1475 as Niderngeissendorff , other sources report that it was first mentioned in 1434. A deed of foundation has not survived. Untergeißendorf owned a manor, a church and a school. The Untergeißendorfer mill can be traced back to 1533 and existed until after the Second World War . In the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the hamlet was subordinated to the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach . The localities have belonged to Thuringia since 1920. On July 1, 1961, both hamlets were combined to form the municipality of Geißendorf and 30 years later incorporated into Berga / Elster. As of 2012 Untergeißendorf had 30 residents.

literature

Henriette Joseph, Haik Thomas Poroda: The northern Vogtland around Greiz , Landscapes in Germany, Volume 68, Böhlau Verlag GmbH & Cie., Cologne, Weimar, Vienna 2006, ISBN 978-3-412-09003-6 , explanations on Untergeißendorf, p 192-194

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Untergeißendorf on the website of the city of Berga / Elster. Retrieved March 12, 2020 .
^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. Rockstuhl Verlag, Bad Langensalza, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 293

[Berga-1] Untergeißendorf on the website of the city of Berga / Elster. Retrieved March 12, 2020 .

[2] Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. Rockstuhl Verlag, Bad Langensalza, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 293