Unterpörlitz

Unterpörlitz City of Ilmenau Coordinates: 50 ° 42 ′ 7 ″  N , 10 ° 55 ′ 54 ″  E
Height :	517  (480-527)  m
Residents :	1334  (Jan. 1, 2019)
Incorporation :	April 1, 1981
Postal code :	98693
Area code :	03677
Location of Unterpörlitz in Ilmenau

Village church

former town hall

school

Village pond

Unterpörlitz is a district of the city of Ilmenau in the Ilm district ( Thuringia ).

geography

The place is on the northern slope of the Pörlitzer Höhe, a 4 km long, 570 meter high ridge that marks the watershed between Ilm and Gera on the northern outskirts of Ilmenau. The south of the place is directly on the heights, the north in a valley that is drained to the Wipfra . To the south of the village lies the urban area of ​​Ilmenau, which flows seamlessly into Unterpörlitz. To the north there are large pine forests, favored by the sandy soil. Other neighboring towns of Unterpörlitz are Oberpörlitz , 1 km away to the west , Heyda , 3 km north and Bücheloh , 4 km east.

history

Unterpörlitz was in 1351 first documented during the construction of the residential area on April 1, 1981 Pörlitzer height of Ilmenau incorporated. The place is likely to be older than Ilmenau, however, as it is much better located and was preferred to Ilmenau Land when it was founded. The origins of Unterpörlitz are probably in the 8th to 10th centuries in a Sorbian - Slavic settlement, which can be recognized by the name ending -litz .

church

• Unterpörlitz village church

Population development

• around 1450: ~ 120 inhabitants
• 1600: 180 inhabitants
• 1787: 375 inhabitants
• 1804: 378 inhabitants
• 1839: 501 inhabitants
• 1879: 718 inhabitants
• 1895: 1128 inhabitants
• 1938: 1852 inhabitants
• 1956: 2002 inhabitants
• 1977: 1600 inhabitants
• 1981: 1487 inhabitants
• 2000: 1619 inhabitants
• December 31, 2002: 1518 inhabitants
• December 31, 2003: 1503 inhabitants
• June 30, 2004: 1501 inhabitants
• June 30, 2005: 1507 inhabitants

politics

The mayor of the Unterpörlitz district has been the former luge rider Ute Oberhoffner since 2004 . She was last confirmed in office in the local elections in Thuringia on May 26, 2019. It is supported by a local council of eight members.

Economy and Transport

Unterpörlitz is an agricultural place. Today most of the residents work in Ilmenau.

Several roads lead from Unterpörlitz into the Ilmenau urban area, there are also roads to Oberpörlitz and Heyda . In 1998 the place got a rail connection. At that time, the Ilmenau-Pörlitzer Höhe stop was set up on the Erfurt – Ilmenau railway line . It is located about 1 km south of Unterpörlitz. The A 71 runs 1 km north of the village and spans the Wipfratal with the Streichgrund and Altwipfergrund bridges.

Personalities

• Volker Frommann (1944–1973), who died on the Berlin Wall , was born here and is buried in the local cemetery
• Hans Hauschulz (1912–1951), politician (SED), born in Unterpörlitz
• Ute Oberhoffner (* 1961 in Ilmenau), former luge athlete, now the local mayor of Unterpörlitz
• Daniel Schultheiß (* 1980 in Sonneberg ), Lord Mayor of Ilmenau , lives in Unterpörlitz

Web links

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

• Unterpörlitz on the homepage of the city of Ilmenau

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Official Gazette of the City of Ilmenau 02/2019. City of Ilmenau, March 8, 2019, p. 10 , accessed April 23, 2019 . 
2. ↑ City administration Ilmenau: Official Gazette of the City of Ilmenau 07/2019. June 7, 2019, pp. 1–10 , accessed July 7, 2019 .