Volkmannsdorf

Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Saale-Orla district
Management Community :	Lake district
Height :	440 m above sea level NHN
Area :	9.52 km 2
Residents:	258 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	27 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	07924
Area code :	03663
License plate :	SOK, LBS, PN, SCZ
Community key :	16 0 75 119
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Ortsstr. 71a ; 07924 Volkmannsdorf
Website :	www.volkmannsdorf.de
Mayor :	Mathias Voigt
Location of the community Volkmannsdorf in the Saale-Orla district

View of the place

Volkmannsdorf is a municipality in the Lake District administrative community in the Saale-Orla district in Thuringia with around 250 inhabitants.

geography

The community lies between Mühlberg and Schwarzer Berg in a trough-like plateau of the Southeast Thuringian Slate Mountains. To the west, the Knau and Plothen lakes border the district. The place can be reached via local transport routes.

The nearby Finkenmühle belongs to Volkmannsdorf .

geology

The soils in the southeast Thuringian slate mountains have a high proportion of fine earth and a high humus content. They are very productive and safe under the climatic conditions of the Schleiz region.

Neighboring places

Neighboring towns are: Crispendorf , Erkmannsdorf , Schöndorf , Tausa , Knau and Plothen .

history

Volkmannsdorf was first mentioned in a document on February 22, 1366, it may have developed around a monastery of the Benedictine order, which ensured that the surrounding forest was reclaimed and thus the basis for settlement was created. During the development of the village it was renamed about four times, names included Folschensdorf , Volkersdorf and Folckensdorf . The place belonged to the Electoral Saxon Office Ziegenrück until 1815 and after its assignment, decided at the Congress of Vienna , came with the majority of the Neustädter Kreis to the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach .

Volkmannsdorf was largely spared from the plague and during the world wars. The foot and mouth disease caused a quarantine that lasted several days. The once Gothic village church had to be rebuilt from scratch after a devastating fire. The large bell of the church was removed for war purposes during World War II, but came back intact after the end of the war and was used again during a restoration.

Population development

Development of the population (December 31st each) :

1994: 344
1995: 344
1996: 339
1997: 332
1998: 330
1999: 339

2000: 328
2001: 327
2002: 331
2003: 325
2004: 317
2005: 317

2006: 316
2007: 301
2008: 295
2009: 282
2010: 285
2011: 278

2012: 272
2013: 261
2014: 252
2015: 262
2016: 265
2017: 258

2018: 261

Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

Culture and sights

Volkmannsdorf village church

Memorial stone at the church

Memorials

In the local cemetery , a grave with a memorial stone commemorates five concentration camp prisoners who were murdered by SS men on a death march from the Buchenwald concentration camp in April 1945 . The death march stele in a park next to the Kulturhaus was rededicated after 1989 for all World War II dead.

Economy and Infrastructure

In Volkmannsdorf there is a basket-making shop, a car workshop, a restaurant and a cultural center.

Individual evidence

^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).
↑ Manfred Graf: Organization of the cooperative plant production with a high proportion of grassland in the southeast Thuringian slate mountains. Shown at the KOG "Lobenstein". 1970, (Jena, University, dissertation, 1970; typed).
^ 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 , p. 299.

Web links

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

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-TH-1] Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).

[2] Manfred Graf: Organization of the cooperative plant production with a high proportion of grassland in the southeast Thuringian slate mountains. Shown at the KOG "Lobenstein". 1970, (Jena, University, dissertation, 1970; typed).

[3] 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 , p. 299.