Vollmershain is a municipality in 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 ...

Oberes Sprottental Oberes Sprottental is a ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' ("collective municipality") in the district Altenburger Land, in Thuringia, Germany. The seat of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' is in Nöbdenitz, which is part of the town Schmölln. The ''Verwa ...

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 ...

landkreis In all German states, except for the three city states, the primary administrative subdivision higher than a '' Gemeinde'' (municipality) is the (official term in all but two states) or (official term in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia ...

Altenburger Land Altenburger Land is a district in Thuringia, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the district of Greiz, the Burgenlandkreis (Saxony-Anhalt), and the districts Leipzig, Mittelsachsen and Zwickau in Saxony. The district is a mem ...

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Geography

The town's site

The village of Vollmershain is located along 4 km of the Sprotte. The highest part of the community is 306.2 m high on the side of the ''Mühlberg'' (308.1 m).

Neighbouring communities

Other municipalities near Vollmershain are

Heukewalde Heukewalde is a German municipality in the Thuringian Landkreis of Altenburger Land. It belongs to the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Oberes Sprottental. Geography Neighboring Municipalities Communities near Heukewalde include: Jonaswalde, Poste ...

Jonaswalde Jonaswalde is a municipality in the Thuringian district of Altenburger Land. It belongs to the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Oberes Sprottental. Geography Neighboring municipalities Nearby municipalities are Heukewalde, Thonhausen, and Vollmers ...

Posterstein Posterstein is a German municipality in the Thuringian Landkreis of Altenburger Land. Geography Neighboring municipalities Municipalities near Posterstein are Heukewalde, Löbichau, Nöbdenitz, and Vollmershain in the district of Altenburger L ...

, Nöbdenitz,

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, Heyersdo ...

, and the Weißbach district of

Schmölln Schmölln is a town in Thuringia, Germany, landkreis of Altenburger Land. It lies on the river Sprotte. Geography Neighboring municipalities Municipalities in the district of Altenburger Land neighboring Schmölln include: Starkenberg, Dobitsch ...

in the Landkreis of Altenburger Land.

History

*The village was first mentioned in writing in 1181 in a tithe register of the Posau Cloister in

Zeitz Zeitz ( hsb, Žič) is a town in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the river White Elster, in the triangle of the federal states Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Saxony. History Zeitz was first recorded und ...

. *During the

Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (80 ...

, the Swedish General Wrangel had his headquarters in the area around Vollmershain in 1646. *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), Vollmershein was part of 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 kilometer ...

References

Altenburger Land Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg {{Altenburger-geo-stub