Woja (Rehau)

Woja City of Rehau Coordinates: 50 ° 15 ′ 34 "  N , 11 ° 58 ′ 39"  E
Postal code :	95111
Area code :	09283

Woja is a district of the town of Rehau in the Upper Franconian district of Hof .

location

Woja is 4 km northwest of Rehau and 3 km east of Oberkotzau ; About 1 km southeast of Woja is Wurlitz . South of the village extends the Wojaleite , which has an unusual flora for the area , as does the area through which the Schwesnitz flows. In the center of the village is the former tower castle Woja .

history

The first documentary mention is from 1288, when a Konrad von Lüchau handed over the tithe from Woja to the Egerer Klarakloster . Niklas von Kotzau owned the entire village from 1390. In 1789 a chapel dedicated to St. Catherine was mentioned in a document, the location of which is unknown today. Later it was tied to the community of Wurlitz, with which Woja was incorporated into the town of Rehau on May 1, 1978 as part of the regional reform in Bavaria .

literature

• Michael Brix , Karl-Ludwig Lippert : Former district of Rehau and town of Selb . The art monuments of Bavaria , brief inventories, XXXIV. Band . German art publisher . Munich 1974. p. 94.
• Dietmar Herrmann: Fichtel Mountains, Bavarian Vogtland, Steinwald, Bayreuther Land - Lexicon . Ackermann Verlag, Hof 2000, ISBN 3-929364-18-2 , p. 772-773, 789 .
• Reinhard Höllerich : Former district of Rehau and formerly district-free city of Selb . Historical book of place names of Bavaria , Volume 3, Munich 1977. P. 91f.
• Wilhelm Malter : Upper Franconia East . Heroldsberg 1984. p. 423.

Web links

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

• Districts of the city of Rehau

Individual evidence

1. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 688 .