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Crossen Palace Crossen Palace is a Baroque palace in the municipality of Crossen an der Elster in the east of the German federal state of Thuringia, located between Gera in the south and Zeitz in the north. It is situated on the hillside of White Elster valley ...

, a Baroque building with an Italian-style decorated ballroom. 050708-CrossenSchloß

History

The first documented mention of Crossen was 31st March 995. In 1937 the name of the town was changed to Krossen/Elster. From 1st January 1991 it was officially renamed to Crossen an der Elster.

Culture and Sights

The main attraction is the baroque castle; however it is not open to the public. In addition, there is the revamped church Michaelis's Church, which was first documented in 1320.

Monuments

There is a monument in the graveyard by an old linden tree in memory of the revolutionaries of

1848 1848 is historically famous for the wave of revolutions, a series of widespread struggles for more liberal governments, which broke out from Brazil to Hungary; although most failed in their immediate aims, they significantly altered the polit ...

. It was erected in the year 1948. Beside the school there is a memorial for the victims of fascism. It commemorates the resistance fighters of the area, including Communist Party member Willy Graumüller, who was murdered in

Bergen-Belsen Bergen-Belsen , or Belsen, was a Nazi concentration camp in what is today Lower Saxony in northern Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen near Celle. Originally established as a prisoner of war camp, in 1943, parts of it became a concentrati ...

concentration camp. The ''Teisker-Siedlung'' street name is also named for him. In November 2016 a 'stumbling block' memorial was laid for Willy Graumüller.

Historical Population

Source: Central Statistics Office of Thuringia

Mayor

The honorary mayor Uwe Berndt (The Left) was elected in June 2014.

References

Municipalities in Thuringia Saale-Holzland-Kreis {{SaaleHolzland-geo-stub