Vollmershain
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Vollmershain | |
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Location of Vollmershain within Altenburger Land district | |
Coordinates: 50°51′19″N 12°17′18″E / 50.85528°N 12.28833°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Thuringia |
District | Altenburger Land |
Municipal assoc. | Oberes Sprottental |
Government | |
• Mayor (2022–28) | Gerd Junghanns[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 5.00 km2 (1.93 sq mi) |
Elevation | 250 m (820 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 313 |
• Density | 63/km2 (160/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 04626 |
Dialling codes | 034496 |
Vehicle registration | ABG |
Website | www.vollmershain.de |
Vollmershain is a municipality in the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Oberes Sprottental in the Thuringian landkreis of Altenburger Land in Germany.
Geography
[edit]The town's site
[edit]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
[edit]Other municipalities near Vollmershain are Heukewalde, Jonaswalde, Posterstein, Nöbdenitz, Thonhausen, and the Weißbach district of Schmölln in the Landkreis of Altenburger Land.
History
[edit]- The village was first mentioned in writing in 1181 in a tithe register of the Posau Cloister in Zeitz.
- During the Thirty Years' War, the Swedish General Wrangel had his headquarters in the area around Vollmershain in 1646.
- Within the German Empire (1871–1918), Vollmershein was part of the Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg.
References
[edit]- ^ Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen, accessed 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2022" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. June 2023.