Göllnitz

Göllnitz is a municipality in the district Altenburger Land in Thuringia, about 10 km southwest of Altenburg. She is a member of the administrative community Altenburger Land.

• 2.1 Population development

• 4.1 Persons who were born in Göllnitz

Geography

Neighboring communities

Adjacent communities are Altkirchen, Dobitschen, Göhren, Mehna and Tegkwitz.

Community structure

The municipality comprises the city Göllnitz and the municipal districts Kertschütz, Schwanditz and Zschöpperitz.

History

Population Development

Development of the population (as of December 31):

• 2000: 410
• 2001: 400
• 2002: 391
• 2003: 391
• 2004: 395
• 2005: 381

• 2006: 370
• 2007: 359
• 2008: 347
• 2009: 339
• 2010: 341
• 2011: 331

Parish council

Since the local elections of 7 June 2009, the council is composed as follows:

• F.D.P.u.p - 4 seats ( 54.6 %)
• Fire Department - 2 seats ( 45.4 %)

The turnout was 70.9 %.

Personalities

Persons who were born in Göllnitz

• Julius Herrmann, born 1847 in Zschöpperitz, Reichstag and Landtag