Wish village / Elster
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Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ' N , 12 ° 6' E |
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| State : | Thuringia | |
| County : | Greiz | |
| Management Community : | Wish village / Elster | |
| Height : | 216 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 19.5 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 2747 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 141 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 07570 | |
| Area code : | 036603 | |
| License plate : | GRZ, ZR | |
| Community key : | 16 0 76 084 | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Poststrasse 8 07570 Wünschendorf / Elster |
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| Mayor : | Marco Geelhaar (independent) | |
| Location of the municipality of Wünschendorf / Elster in the district of Greiz | ||
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Wünschendorf / Elster is a municipality in the Thuringian district of Greiz . She has been a member of the Wünschendorf / Elster administrative community since January 1, 2012 , which was called the Ländereck administrative association until February 7, 2013.
geography
Wünschendorf is located south of Gera in the district of Greiz , on the White Elster and marks the southernmost extension point of the Elster Ice Age and is considered the gate to the upper Elstertal between Wünschendorf and Greiz.
Community structure
The municipality includes the districts of Veitsberg , Mildenfurth , Cronschwitz , Zschorta , Zossen , Meilitz , Untitz , Pösneck , Mosen and Wünschendorf.
Neighboring communities
Adjacent communities are the city of Berga / Elster , Crimla , Endschütz , Teichwitz , the city of Weida and Zedlitz in the district of Greiz and the independent city of Gera .
history
Due to its special location on the southern edge of the Leipzig lowland bay, the elongated ridge of the Veitsberg was inhabited by Wünschendorf in prehistoric times. The village, located at the confluence of the Weißer Elster and Weida, was in the early Middle Ages on the edge of a Slavic settlement chamber around Gera . This is also indicated by the place name, which is derived from Wendendorf - Windischendorf. The ridge known today as Vitusberg is said to have initially supported a castle, from which the six fords over the Elster could be controlled and protected. In writings from the 16th century, 974 is mentioned as the year the St. Vitus Church was founded. Today's church building goes back more to the 11th or 12th century. The church is one of the oldest churches in the Vogtland .
In 1193, not far from the village, the Mildenfurth monastery was donated by the bailiffs von Weida as a house monastery. Then the original place name Mildenfurth for Wünschendorf (1209: in slavica villa Mildenvorde ) gradually passed to the monastery. In 1238, Jutta, the wife of Heinrich IV., Vogt von Weida, founded the Cronschwitz Monastery, another house monastery for female family members and the Vogtland nobility. Only the ruins of the church have been preserved to this day.
During the Second World War , 15 women and men from the Soviet Union had to do forced labor in an aero engine repair factory that was essential to the war effort.
Incorporations
The places Veitsberg and Cronschwitz had already been incorporated on August 1, 1945. Meilitz , Pösneck , Untitz , Zossen and Zschorta followed on July 1, 1950 . Mosen lost his independence on September 2, 1995 and has been part of Wünschendorf since then.
Population development
Development of the population (from 1994 December 31st) :
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- Data source from 1994: Thuringian State Office for Statistics
politics
mayor
The current honorary mayor is Marco Geelhaar (non-party). He was the only candidate to emerge victorious in the election on August 30, 2015 with a majority of 62.7% and a participation of 42.8% (-27.7% p). Previous mayors were Christl Leopold until 2003 and Jens Auer until 2015, they held the office full-time, as the community still had more than 3,000 residents at that time.
Municipal council
Since the local elections on May 25, 2014, the municipal council has been composed as follows:
- Bürgergemeinschaft Wünschendorf und Ortsteile eV (BGW): 4 seats (- 1)
- Free Voting Community Wünschendorf eV (FWG): 4 seats (- 1)
- Home u. Beautification Association Wünschendorf and the surrounding area (HVVWU): 3 seats (+ 1)
- Open voter community for citizens' interests and fire brigade (OWBF): 2 seats (± 0)
- Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU): 1 seat (- 1)
The turnout was 58.3% and thus 0.6% p above that of 2009. As the number of Wünschendorf's inhabitants fell below 3000 during this time, the number of municipal council members decreased from 16 to 14.
coat of arms
The municipal coat of arms, to be seen at the town hall, shows a group of pelicans in the colors white and red on a yellow background.
Town twinning
The twin town of Wünschendorf is the town of Taunusstein in the Rheingau-Taunus district in Hesse.
Culture and sights
Sights include the shingle-roofed historical wooden bridge Wünschendorf over the White Elster (Veitsberg), the over 900-year-old Church of St. Veit , the Mildenfurth monastery founded in 1193 by Vogt Heinrich II von Weida and the ruins of the Cronschwitz monastery founded in 1238 . Another attraction are the fairy tale games powered by water power, known far beyond the local borders as the fairy tale forest . The fairytale forest celebrated its 80th anniversary in 2007. In June 2019 it was destroyed by a storm.
Memorials
- A grave site with a memorial stone in the local cemetery commemorates two concentration camp prisoners from a death march at Buchenwald concentration camp , who were murdered by SS men in spring 1945 .
- The community commemorates an unknown prisoner from the same death march at the grave with tombstone in the cemetery in the Zossen district .
traffic
On May 29, 1999, the railway line from Wünschendorf via Teichwolframsdorf to Werdau was shut down. It was part of the Werdau – Mehltheuer railway line . Today Wünschendorf still has a railway connection via the Wünschendorf-Nord stop and the local train station, both on the Elstertalbahn .
Personalities
- Ludwig Ernst von Pöllnitz (1641–1695), Elector of Saxony politician
- Heiner Rothfuchs (1913–2000), university lecturer and illustrator
- Rolf Rödel (1940–2013), Rear Admiral of the People's Navy and Deputy Head of the People's Navy
- Waltraud Strotzer (* 1952), track and field athlete
- Jörg Köhler (1960–2005), cyclist
- Volkmar Kühn (* 1942), sculptor
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).
- ↑ Michael Köhler: Pagan sanctuaries. Jenzig-Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-910141-85-8 , p. 247.
- ↑ Hans Müller: Thuringia. Landscape, culture and history in the “green heart” of Germany. DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2005, ISBN 978-3-7701-3848-7 , p. 262
- ↑ Thuringian Association of the Persecuted of the Nazi Regime - Association of Antifascists and Study Group of German Resistance 1933–1945 (ed.): Heimatgeschichtlicher Wegweiser to places of resistance and persecution 1933–1945, series: Heimatgeschichtliche Wegweiser Volume 8 Thüringen, Erfurt 2003, p. 119 , ISBN 3-88864-343-0
- ↑ Municipalities 1994 and their changes since January 1, 1948 in the new federal states , Metzler-Poeschel publishing house, Stuttgart, 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , publisher: Federal Statistical Office
- ↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities of Germany, see 1995
- ↑ Results of the mayoral elections
- ↑ 2014 local elections
- ↑ Local election 2009
- ↑ Storm destroys fairytale forest in Wünschendorf
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