Schmölln () is a town in
Thuringia
Thuringia (; officially the Free State of Thuringia, ) is one of Germany, Germany's 16 States of Germany, states. With 2.1 million people, it is 12th-largest by population, and with 16,171 square kilometers, it is 11th-largest in area.
Er ...
,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
,
landkreis of
Altenburger Land. It lies on the river
Sprotte.
Geography
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities in the district of Altenburger Land neighboring Schmölln include:
Starkenberg,
Dobitschen,
Göllnitz,
Göhren,
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 ...
,
Nobitz, the town of
Gößnitz,
Ponitz,
Heyersdorf,
Thonhausen
Thonhausen is a municipality in the district of Altenburger Land in Thuringia, Germany. It belongs to the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Oberes Sprottental.
Geography
Neighboring municipalities
Communities near Thonhausen are Jonaswalde, Heyersd ...
,
Vollmershain,
Posterstein and
Löbichau.
Subdivisions
Schmölln consists of the town Schmölln and 44 local subdivisions (''Ortsteile''):
*
Altkirchen
*Bohra
*Brandrübel
*Braunshain
*Burkersdorf
*Dobra
*
Drogen
*Gimmel
*Gödissa
*Göldschen
*Graicha
*Großbraunshain
*Großstöbnitz
*Großtauschwitz
*Hartha
*Hartroda
*Illsitz
*Jauern
*Kakau
*Kleinmückern
*Kleintauscha
*Kleintauschwitz
*Kratschütz
*Kummer
*Lohma
*
Lumpzig
*Mohlis
*Nöbden
*Nitzschka
*
Nöbdenitz
*Nödenitzsch
*Papiermühle
*Platschütz
*Prehna
*Röthenitz
*Schloßig
*Selka
*Sommeritz
*Trebula
*Untschen
*Weißbach
*
Wildenbörten
*Zagkwitz
*Zschernitzsch
History
Within the
German Empire
The German Empire (),; ; World Book, Inc. ''The World Book dictionary, Volume 1''. World Book, Inc., 2003. p. 572. States that Deutsches Reich translates as "German Realm" and was a former official name of Germany. also referred to as Imperia ...
(1871–1918), Schmölln was part of the Duchy of
Saxe-Altenburg
Saxe-Altenburg () 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 kilometers and a population of 207,000 (190 ...
. From 1952 to 1990, it was part of the
Bezirk Leipzig of
East Germany
East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...
.
Important Dates:
:1066 — Schmölln is first mentioned in writing as ''ABBATIA ZMULNA''
:1127 — Building of the cloister on the Pfefferberg
:13th–16th centuries — Schmölln is a
pilgrimage
A pilgrimage is a travel, journey to a holy place, which can lead to a personal transformation, after which the pilgrim returns to their daily life. A pilgrim (from the Latin ''peregrinus'') is a traveler (literally one who has come from afar) w ...
destination (''Marienwallfahrtsort'')
:1525 — Destruction of the cloister on the Pfefferberg
:2016 — An underage Somalian
asylum seeker
An asylum seeker is a person who leaves their country of residence, enters another country, and makes in that other country a formal application for the right of asylum according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 14. A per ...
jumps to his death, allegedly encouraged by onlookers
Incorporation
On March 8, 1994, Weißbach was incorporated into Schmölln, and on January 1, 1996, Großstöbnitz followed. The former municipalities
Altkirchen,
Drogen,
Lumpzig,
Nöbdenitz and
Wildenbörten were merged into Schmölln in January 2019.
Business and transport
Schmölln is located at a connection of
Bundesautobahn 4
is an autobahn in two discontinuous segments that crosses Germany in a west–east direction. The western segment has a length of , while the part in the east is long.
Route
The western A 4 starts north-west of Aachen, where the A ...
(Connection 61 Schmölln) and has a train station on the Middle-Germany Link (
Weimar
Weimar is a city in the state (Germany), German state of Thuringia, in Central Germany (cultural area), Central Germany between Erfurt to the west and Jena to the east, southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg and west of Dresden. Together w ...
–
Glauchau).
See also
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Grave Oak
References
External links
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Altenburger Land
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