Weida, Thuringia
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Weida () is a town in the district of Greiz, 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 ...
, situated 12 km south 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 ...
on the river Weida.


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), Weida was part of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. The Eisenhammer Weida is an historic hammer mill. File:Osterburg und Stadt Weida.JPG, The Osterburg and city of Weida File:Oschütztal-Viadukt in Weida Landkreis Greiz.jpg, The Oschütztal-Viadukt in Weida


Notable people

* Günther Brendel (born 1930), painter


References


External links


Landkreis Greiz
Greiz (district) {{Greiz-geo-stub