Weitisberga

Weitisberga City of Wurzbach Coordinates: 50 ° 30 ′ 14 " N , 11 ° 29 ′ 46" E
Height :	577 m
Residents :	141
Incorporation :	July 1, 1999
Postal code :	07343
Area code :	036652
	In the town

Weitisberga is a district of the city of Wurzbach in the Saale-Orla district in Thuringia .

geography

The town of Weitisberga is located on a mountain range of the Southeast Thuringian Slate Mountains surrounded by the Small and Large Sormitz at 590 m above sea level. The district of this plateau covers 532 hectares. The town is connected to the surrounding towns and cities via state road 1097 and federal road 90 .

history

It was first mentioned in a document on January 18, 1380. The church , built in 1610, is worth seeing. Silver mining was carried out in the village since 1544. Until 1920, two thirds of the village belonged to the Reuss family and a third to the Schwarzburgers . The Schwarzburg part together with Heberndorf formed an exclave that belonged to the Leutenberg area of the sovereignty of the Principality or Free State of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (from 1850 to the District Office of Rudolstadt ). The Russian part belonged to the rule Lobenstein (line Reuss-Lobenstein ). In 1848 he came to the Principality of Reuss Younger Line , from 1852 to the Schleiz District Office and in 1919 to the People's State of Reuss .

During the GDR era, the predominantly agricultural village followed the path of the East German agricultural policy, but found new forms of work in the countryside after reunification. The forest pool is a popular property for vacationers. Today 141 citizens live in the village.

Individual evidence

^ 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. 304.
^ The District Office Rudolstadt in the municipality register 1900
^ Johann Ernst Fabri : Geography for all estates. Part 1, Volume 4: Which contains the continuation and the resolution of the Upper Saxon Circle. Schwickert, Leipzig 1793, p. 881 .
^ The Schleiz district office in the municipality register 1900
^ Website of the city of Wurzbach , accessed on June 20, 2012

Web links

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

[1] 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. 304.

[2] The District Office Rudolstadt in the municipality register 1900

[3] Johann Ernst Fabri : Geography for all estates. Part 1, Volume 4: Which contains the continuation and the resolution of the Upper Saxon Circle. Schwickert, Leipzig 1793, p. 881 .

[4] The Schleiz district office in the municipality register 1900

[5] Website of the city of Wurzbach , accessed on June 20, 2012