Vollmershain

coat of arms	Germany map
Help on coat of arms	Coordinates: 50 ° 51 '  N , 12 ° 17'  E
Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Altenburger Land
Management Community :	Upper Sprottental
Height :	250 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.06 km 2
Residents:	311 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	61 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	04626
Area code :	034496
License plate :	ABG, SLN
Community key :	16 0 77 049
Address of the municipal administration:	Dorfstrasse 25a 04626 Vollmershain
Website :	www.vollmershain.de
Mayor :	Gerd Junghanns (independent)
Location of the community Vollmershain in the Altenburger Land district

Vollmershain is a municipality in the administrative community of Oberes Sprottental in the Thuringian district of Altenburger Land .

Vollmershain, view of the village church

geography

Geographical location

The village of Vollmershain extends for about 4 km along the Mannichswalder Sprotte . The highest point in the municipality is a 306.2 m high hill on the Mühlberg (308.1 m). The Thuringian State Institute for Environment and Geology counts the community in the Ronneburg arable and mining area . The nearest towns are Schmölln (7 km northeast), Ronneburg (7 km west) and Crimmitschau (8 km southeast).

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are Heukewalde , Jonaswalde , Posterstein , Thonhausen and the Schmöllner districts of Nöbdenitz and Weißbach in the Altenburger Land district.

history

In 1181 the village was first mentioned as Volmarsdorf in the tithe register of the Posau monastery near Zeitz . Vollmershain had been the seat of a manor since the 12th century, and the von Weißbach family were named as the first feudal owners in 1445 and 1546 . This was followed by various families such as von Haubitz, Pflugk , Hans von Zehmen , von Wolframsdorf and von Bose . In the 17th century the Vollmershain estate came to the Posterstein Castle , with which it remained connected in the subsequent period.

Vollmershain belonged to the Wettin office of Altenburg , which was under the sovereignty of the following Ernestine duchies from the 16th century onwards due to several divisions during its existence : Duchy of Saxony (1554 to 1572), Duchy of Saxony-Weimar (1572 to 1603), Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg (1603 to 1672), Duchy of Saxony-Gotha-Altenburg (1672 to 1826). When the Ernestine duchies were reorganized in 1826, the place came back to the duchy of Saxony-Altenburg. After the administrative reform in the duchy, Vollmershain belonged to the eastern district (until 1900). From 1918 the village belonged to the Free State of Saxony-Altenburg , which was added to the state of Thuringia in 1920. In 1922 it was initially part of the Altenburg district , but was reclassified to the Gera district on October 1, 1927 .

During the second district reform in the GDR in 1952, the existing states were dissolved and the districts were redesigned. Thus, the municipality Vollmershain came from the Gera district to the newly formed Schmölln district in the Leipzig district , which had belonged to Thuringia as the Schmölln district since 1990 and which became part of the Altenburger Land district during the Thuringian district reform in 1994 . During the GDR era, the manor was used by the local LPG .

Vollmershain had belonged to the Thonhausen administrative community since November 6, 1991 , which became part of the Upper Sprottental administrative association on October 12, 1994 .

Population development

In 1910 there were 390 inhabitants in Vollmershain, 358 in 1933 and 340 in 1939.

Development of the population (as of December 31st) :

1994: 326 1995: 336 1996: 335 1997: 351 1998: 360 1999: 373

2000: 366 2001: 364 2002: 353 2003: 342 2004: 329 2005: 340

2006: 340 2007: 343 2008: 342 2009: 332 2010: 334 2011: 323

2012: 314 2013: 318 2014: 326 2015: 324 2016: 315 2017: 318

2018: 317 2019: 311

Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

politics

Municipal council

The Vollmershain municipal council has 6 seats and is composed as follows:

• CDU voter group - 1 seat (23.8%)
• Citizens' initiative Vollmershain - 3 seats (42.7%)
• FFW Vollmershain - 1 seat (21.2%)
• Sports and bathing club - 1 seat (12.3%)

The turnout was 65.1% (−0.2% p)

(As of: local elections on May 25, 2014 )

mayor

Wolfgang Naumann (CDU) was the incumbent until 1999. Gerd Junghanns was elected mayor in the first ballot in 1999 with 96.9%, 2004 with 97.7%, 2010 with 99.3% and 2016 with 99.4% of the valid votes.

Culture and sights

• see also: List of cultural monuments in Vollmershain

Village church

• Vollmershain village church
• Regular events are the Vollmershainer Musikfest in July and the open air at the outdoor pool on the 2nd weekend in September.

Economy and Infrastructure

Vollmershain is located on the K 504 district road from Wettelswalde to Posterstein. The community is part of the Central German Transport Association and is connected to the 355 Schmölln – Untschen – Thonhausen bus of the THÜSAC local passenger transport company , which runs on weekdays except Saturdays . The closest connection to local rail transport is two kilometers north in Nöbdenitz.

literature

• Gustav Wolf, Klaus Hofmann: We can still see the old castle today ... From the history of the manors in Altenburger Land - Part II. Catalog for the exhibition Museum Burg Posterstein 2011, Pöge Druck Leipzig, Posterstein 2010; Pp. 121–122, 172, extensive description of the manor Vollmershain

Web links

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

• Website of the municipality Vollmershain

Individual evidence

1. ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics  ( help on this ).
2. ^ Geomorphology Altenburger Land. TLUG Jena, accessed on November 9, 2019 . 
3. ^ The Altenburg Office in the book "Geography for all Stands", from p. 201. Retrieved on November 9, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Adolf Stieler : The locations of the Altenburg office in "Geographical overview of the Saxon-Ernestine, Schwarzburg, Russian and adjacent lands", Gotha 1826, from p. 83. Retrieved on November 9, 2019 . 
5. ↑ The Eastern District of the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg in the municipality register 1900. Retrieved on November 9, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Vollmershain on gov.genealogy.net. Retrieved November 9, 2019 . 
7. ↑ The manor Vollmershain on the website of Burg Posterstein. Retrieved November 9, 2019 . 
8. ^ Municipal directory Germany 1900 - Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg - District Office Ronneburg. Retrieved October 26, 2012 . 
9. ↑ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. City and district of Gera. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006). 
10. ↑ 2014 municipal council elections , accessed on August 4, 2014.
11. ↑ Results of the mayoral election on the website of the Regional Returning Officer Thuringia , accessed on August 1, 2016