Hilbersdorf is a German municipality in the
Thuringia
Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million.
Erfurt is the capital and larg ...
n district of
Greiz
Greiz () is a town in the state of Thuringia, Germany, and is the capital of the district of Greiz. Greiz is situated in eastern Thuringia, east of state capital Jena, on the river ''White Elster''.
Greiz has a large park in its center (Fürstl ...
. It belongs to the
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft
Municipal associations (german: Verwaltungsgemeinschaften) are statutory corporations or public bodies created by statute in the German federal states of Bavaria, Saxony, Thuringia, and Schleswig-Holstein. In Baden-Württemberg the term ''stipul ...
of
Wünschendorf/Elster
Wünschendorf/Elster is a municipality in the district of Greiz, in Thuringia, Germany. The municipality is seat of a municipal association
Municipal associations (german: Verwaltungsgemeinschaften) are statutory corporations or public bodie ...
and lies in upper
Wipsetal.
Geography
From Hilbersdorf, one can reach Gera,
Linda bei Weida
Linda bei Weida is a German municipality in the Thuringian district of Greiz. It belongs to the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Wünschendorf/Elster. Linda is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dresden-Meissen.
Geography
The municipality consists ...
, and Ronneburg in only a few minutes of driving. None of its neighboring communities are more than 10 km away.
Neighboring municipalities
Communities near Hilbersdorf are
Kauern
Kauern is a German municipality in the Thuringian Landkreis of Greiz. It belongs to the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Wünschendorf/Elster.
Geography
Neighboring municipalities
Communities near Kauern are Hilbersdorf and Ronneburg in the Landk ...
, Linda,
Rückersdorf, and the City of
Ronneburg in the Landkreis of Greiz; as well as the Free City of
Gera
Gera is a city in the German state of Thuringia. With around 93,000 inhabitants, it is the third-largest city in Thuringia after Erfurt and Jena as well as the easternmost city of the ''Thüringer Städtekette'', an almost straight string of cit ...
.
Municipal arrangement
Hilbersdorf has two subdivisions: Hilbersdorf and Rußdorf.
History
It is believed that the founding and settlement of the Mildenfurth Cloister at
Wünschendorf occurred in the twelfth century. During its turbulent history, the villagers have belonged to
Saxony
Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...
, to
Altenburg
Altenburg () is a city in Thuringia, Germany, located south of Leipzig, west of Dresden and east of Erfurt. It is the capital of the Altenburger Land district and part of a polycentric old-industrial textile and metal production region betw ...
, and finally to Thuringia. Within the
German Empire
The German Empire (),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people. The term literally denotes an empire – particularly a hereditary ...
(1871-1918), Hilbersdorf was divided between four states, with parts of it belonging to the
Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg
Saxe-Altenburg (german: Sachsen-Altenburg, links=no) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin in present-day Thuringia. It was one of the smallest of the German states with an area of 1323 square kilomete ...
, the
Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, the
Principality of Reuss-Gera
The Principality of Reuss-Gera (german: Fürstentum Reuß-Gera), called the Principality of the Reuss Junior Line (german: Fürstentum Reuß jüngerer Linie) after 1848, was a sovereign state in modern Germany, ruled by members of the House of Re ...
and the
Kingdom of Saxony
The Kingdom of Saxony (german: Königreich Sachsen), lasting from 1806 to 1918, was an independent member of a number of historical confederacies in Napoleonic through post-Napoleonic Germany. The kingdom was formed from the Electorate of Saxon ...
. From 1952 on, the community belonged to the
Bezirk
The German term ''Bezirk'' (plural ''Bezirke'', derived from la, circulus, "circle") translated as "district" can refer to the following types of administrative divisions:
* '' Stadtbezirk'', a subdivision of a city in the sense of a borough (e ...
of Gera as well as to the Landkreis of the same name. In 1990, the Bezirk Gera was transferred to Thuringia. Subsequently, in 1994, the Kreise in Thuringia were reorganized, with Hilbersdorf going as a result to the Landkreis of Greiz.
Culture and landmarks
Despite the immediate proximity of the Soviet-German Bismuth Co.'s slag heap, it is still possible have a pleasant hike along the
Wispe in the direction of
Liebschwitz and north to the
Reuster Berg. Both the
European Long-distance path E11 and the Thuringian Path pass through Rußdorf.
References
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Greiz (district)