Kraftsdorf
Kraftsdorf is a Thuringian municipality in the district Greiz at Gera. An important industry is the production of sausages.
- 2.1 religions
- 2.2 Amalgamations
- 2.3 Population development
- 4.1 Economics
- 4.2 traffic
- 4.3 Education
- 4.4 Conservation
Geography
The actual force village and the hamlets Töppeln, Lower Village, Harper and Oberndorf lie in the valley of the Erlbachs. Ruedersdorf, Gruena, Pörsdorf and Mühlsdorf lie on a plateau north of the Erlbachtals. Kaltenborn lies south of it, in a tributary. It has a station on the railway line from Gera to Weimar and the motorway exit " Hermsdorf - East" and " Ruedersdorf " at the Federal Highway 4
Neighboring communities
Adjacent communities are Bad Koestritz, Hartmann Village, Lindenkreuz and Saara district Greiz, Bad Klosterlausnitz, the city Hermsdorf, Reichenbach, St. Gangloff and Tautenhain in the Saale- wood - country group and the independent city of Gera.
Community structure
The unit community Kraftsdorf consists of four villages with a total of ten villages:
- Place Kraftsdorf Harpersdorf
- Kraftsdorf
- Oberndorf
- Kaltenborn
- Lower village
- Gruena
- Ruedersdorf ( with Stübnitz )
- Mühlsdorf
- Pörsdorf
- Töppeln
History
Force village was first mentioned in 1256, when the Margrave Heinrich of Meissen the monastery Lausnitz the two villages Kraftsdorf and Hermsdorf via suitable. 1876, the railway line Weimar -Gera was inaugurated and put the Kraftsdorfer station in operation. Thus, the stonemason industry took a big upswing in the sandstone. Its products found in the construction of Göltzschtalbrücke use. On 1 October 1922, the union of the two separate districts was ( old burg shear component with 142 Ew., Prussian share with 644 Ew. ) Census results 1919)
In the forest near Oberndorf, the Wehrmacht established in 1936, the air ammunition depot 5/IV ( Muna ), which later also prisoners from the Buchenwald concentration camp were used. In Stock up to 500 prisoners were housed, which drove glades in the forest and wood pillars erected for the storage of bombs. On two death marches 1945 400 prisoners were driven. At it since 1985 a memorial stone in the park in the country specialist hospital Stadtroda.
Religions
In the municipality of four religious communities are known. The largest group is the Lutheran. Parish. It includes the churches in Kraftsdorf, Harper Village, Lower Village, Mühlsdorf, Pörsdorf, Ruedersdorf and Reichhardt village. In the pastoral district are also within the districts Kaltenborn and Gruena. Pastor of the parish since May 2006, Mr. Christian Kurzke. Vicarage of the parish is Ruedersdorf. As more religious communities, the Evangelical Free Church, the Roman Catholic Church and the Apostolic Church are mentioned. The church of the New Apostolic Church is to be found in the village of Oberndorf and the Roman Cath. Parish of St. Joseph in neighboring Hermsdorf.
Incorporations
On 1 January 1997, the previously independent municipalities Kraftsdorf been ( since 1 July 1950, Harper and Oberndorf ), Lower Village ( since 1 July 1950, Kaltenborn ) Ruedersdorf ( since 1 July 1950 Gruena ) and Töppeln ( since July 1, 1950 merged with Mühlsdorf and Pörsdorf ) to a unified community.
Population Development
Development of the population ( as of December 31 ):
- 2000 - 4458
- 2001 - 4439
- 2002 - 4441
- 2003 - 4423
- 2004 - 4352
- 2005 - 4305
- 2006 - 4286
- 2007 - 4248
- 2008 - 4180
- 2009 - 4111
- 2010 - 4075
- 2011 - 4007
Culture and sights
The football club Kraftsdorfer SV 03 has a soccer field with athletes home. The football team was achieved with the completion of the 2007/2008 season, the rise in the country's class Ost ( 7 League ). It must also be located in the district Ruedersdorf TSV 1880 Ruedersdorf, which has a sports complex with athletes home, outside cabin, training and sports court. In the community there is in almost every district of a Maypole Setter Club.
Economy and infrastructure
Economy
In the district Ruedersdorf the largest ground-mounted solar park in Thuringia is built from November 16, 2010 on behalf of the Solaris Kraftwerk GmbH, under the auspices of the Thuringian Ministry of Construction and using Chinese PV modules. The cost of the plant are almost € 20 million, the annual output is given as 7 million kilowatt hours.
Traffic
Through the territory of the municipality Kraftsdorf extend the federal highway 4 to the junction Ruedersdorf and the railway line Weimar -Gera with the station Kraftsdorf, Töppeln the train station and the previous block Oberndorf.
The stations / stops ( today only required maintenance ) are each hourly means of the commuter train line RB 21 Weimar - Jena West - Göschwitz (Saale) - Stadtroda - Hermsdorf - Klosterlausnitz - Gera Hbf to the region and the transfer stations for long-distance and regional transport connected. The Gera transport companies entertain at line 20 of Gera - Untermhaus to Harper village. The final stop is the sports hall in Harper Village. Regularly, there is also a regional bus service from Gera Kraftsdorf Hermsdorf.
Education
The community Kraftsdorf has 4 kindergartens nursery, a primary school and a sports hall. In June 2007, the conversion of the former school regular school Harpersdorf was concluded solemnly to elementary school. Previously, the primary school was housed in Töppeln.
Conservation
The state administration of Weimar forbade the end of 2009 the construction of three wind turbines at Ruedersdorf and in January 2010 the construction of seven wind turbines (planned height 150 m) in force village. The reason given was: Incompatibility with nature conservation, particularly bird and bat conservation.
Personalities
The painter Kurt Günther (1893-1955) lived from 1932 in Kaltenborn.