Wurzbach () is a town in the

Saale-Orla-Kreis Saale-Orla is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the east of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) the districts Saale-Holzland, Greiz, the Vogtlandkreis in Saxony, the Bavarian districts Hof and Kronach, and the distri ...

district, in southern

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 lar ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...

. It is situated southeast of

Saalfeld Saalfeld (german: Saalfeld/Saale) is a town in Germany, capital of the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district of Thuringia. It is best known internationally as the ancestral seat of the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha branch of the Saxon House of Wettin. Geography ...

, and northwest of Hof.

History

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), Wurzbach was part of 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 ...

Photos of Wurzbach

File:Ansicht Wurzbach an der Sormitz.jpeg, Homes "An der Sormitz" File:Stadtpark Wurzbach.jpeg, Town park File:Stadtpark Wurzbach 2.jpeg,

Sormitz The Sormitz is a tributary or affluent of the Loquitz in Thuringia, Germany and is 29.2 km in length. Its origin is in the town park of Wurzbach where Langwasser and Oßlabach confluence. It enters the Loquitz in Hockeroda, which is in ...

(town park) File:Wurzbachhaus.jpg, WurzBachHaus File:Kirche wurzbach.jpg, Church and houses,

slate Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. It is the finest grained foliated metamorphic rock. ...

-faced. File:Ansicht Wurzbach.jpeg, "Garden shed" File:Turm in Wurzbach.jpg, Tower (painted by

Michael Fischer-Art Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...

) File:Bahnhof Wurzbach.jpg, Station

References

External links

* Towns in Thuringia Saale-Orla-Kreis Principality of Reuss-Gera {{SaaleOrla-geo-stub