Zedlitz

Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Greiz
Management Community :	Münchenbernsdorf
Height :	257 m above sea level NHN
Area :	13.08 km 2
Residents:	715 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	55 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	07557
Area code :	036603
License plate :	GRZ, ZR
Community key :	16 0 76 086
Association administration address:	Karl-Marx-Platz 13 ; 07589 Münchenbernsdorf
Website :	www.rathaus-muenchenbernsdorf.de
Mayor :	Lutz Schoßee
Location of the municipality of Zedlitz in the district of Greiz

Zedlitz is a municipality in the Greiz district in Thuringia . It belongs to the administrative community Münchenbernsdorf .

location

Zedlitz is located west of the White Elster and east of federal highway 2 in an arable area south of Gera .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are Bocka , Crimla , Harth-Pöllnitz , Hundhaupten , the city of Weida and Wünschendorf / Elster in the district of Greiz and the independent city of Gera .

Community structure

The municipality has four districts:

history

Seifersdorf

In terms of church politics, it belonged to the Sprengel Frießnitz from 1267 , and today Seifersdorf is a district of Zedlitz. The first documentary mention comes from 1209 as Sifredestorff or Siversdorff in the document book of the bailiffs of Weida . A later spelling is Seyfferstorff (source: Lehnbuch des Klosters Mildenfurth ).

Sirbis

Irbis was first mentioned in a document in 1287 as Syrwis. Other spellings were Syrewisen, Syrbis, Sirwis, Syrwis and Serewiz.

Wolfsgefärth

First documented mention (by the Vogt von Weida) in 1209 in the spelling Wolfesszferthe, Wolfersferthe, Wolfe (r) szferthe, but also Wolferfert or Wolfferfert.

View of Zedlitz

Zedlitz

A Bronze Age barrow proves that people settled here in prehistoric times. Zedlitz is located in the charming Seilersbachtal, popularly known as the "Silbergrund". The first documentary mention comes from the year 1196.

Incorporations

On July 1, 1950, the previously independent communities Seifersdorf and Sirbis were incorporated. On December 1, 1991 Wolfsgefärth was incorporated.

Population development

Development of the population *(December 31)* :
1994-477 1995-497 1996-557 1997-677 1998-703 1999-711	2000-739 2001 - 761 2002 - 757 2003 - 749 2004 - 737 2005 - 724	2006 - 702 2007 - 669 2008 - 663 2009 - 671 2010 - 665 2011 - 680	2012 - 686 2013 - 672 2014 - 677 2015 - 671 2016 - 675 2017 - 671	2018 - 684 2019 - 715

Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

politics

coat of arms

Blazon : “Standing opposite each other in silver and armoring a red fox with gold claws and a talking black wolf with red claws. In addition to an inverted tip, a golden ear of wheat is arranged on the left and right in the red shield base. "

The coat of arms of the municipality of Zedlitz is based on elements that are found on old seals of the four villages of the municipality: The wheat ears come from the seals of the places Seifersdorf and Sirbis. The wolf is taken from the seal of the wolf's companion, the fox from the seal of Zedlitz. The formation of the elements symbolizes the position of the villages in the so-called Silbergrund region. In the form shown here, the Zedlitz coat of arms was approved on January 17, 1994.

flag

The municipality's flag is yellow - red - yellow (1: 2: 1) striped lengthways and centered with the municipality's coat of arms.

Individual evidence

^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).
↑ Ottger Mühlmann: The Church of Wolfsgefärth / Weida . In: The Thuringian Flag . tape 11 . Verlag Gustav Neuenhahn, Jena 1942, p. 111–112 ( zfbb.thulb.uni-jena.de ).

literature

Rudolf Diezel: The Premonstratensian Monastery Mildenfurt. Verlag der Frommannschen Buchhandlung Walter Biedermann, Jena 1937.
Berthold Schmidt: Document book of the bailiffs of Weida, Gera and Plauen. Second volume 1122-1356. Publishing house Gustav Fischer, Jena 1885.

Web links

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

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-TH-1] Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).

[Fähnlein-2] Ottger Mühlmann: The Church of Wolfsgefärth / Weida . In: The Thuringian Flag . tape 11 . Verlag Gustav Neuenhahn, Jena 1942, p. 111–112 ( zfbb.thulb.uni-jena.de ).