Wurlitz

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Wurlitz
City of Rehau
Coordinates: 50 ° 15 ′ 10 ″  N , 11 ° 59 ′ 7 ″  E
Residents : 230
Incorporation : May 1, 1978
Postal code : 95111
Area code : 09283
Wurlitz (Bavaria)
Wurlitz

Location of Wurlitz in Bavaria
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Wurlitz is a district of the town of Rehau in the Upper Franconian district of Hof with 230 inhabitants.

geography

Wurlitz is about 3.5 km west of Rehaus in the Schwesnitz valley . Woja and Heideckerziegelhütte belong to the former political community . The Wojaleite nature reserve is located in the eastern part of the village . Rare plants grow on the gabbro and serpentinite rock .

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1251. In 1390 the Himmelkron monastery , the von Kotzau family and the von Blanckenberg family owned the village. The Rabensteiners join Döhlau later. In 1503 the knight's seat of Wurlitz as well as the tower hill castle Woja fell victim to the supporters of the church robber Stöhr. In 1978 the formerly independent community was incorporated into Rehau.

economy

Wurlitz's most important employer is the large quarry owned by Hessit-Werk Steinbruch und Betriebs GmbH , where gabbro and serpentine are mined as gravel.

traffic

The district has its own stop on the Cheb – Oberkotzau railway line .

Personalities

literature

  • 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. 93f.
  • Friedrich von Schönburg-Waldenburg, Rudolf Timper: History of Schwarzenbach an der Saale . Schwarzenbach an der Saale 1908. P. 128f.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ City history , City of Rehau