Silbitz
Silbitz is a municipality in the northeast of the Saale- wood country - circle near Eisenberg and part of the joint management Heathland Elstertal - Schkölen. It consists of the districts Silbitz and Seifartsdorf.
Geography
The district Silbitz located on the east bank of the White Elster. This district is intersected by the 12th degree of longitude.
Adjacent communities are Crossen an der Elster, the city Eisenberg, Hartmann village ( in Eisenberg ), Rauda and Tautenhain in the Saale- Holzland, the town of Bad Koestritz and Caaschwitz district Greiz, the district-free city Gera and the community Wetterzeube in Saxony-Anhalt castle district.
History
The first written reference for Silbitz on September 24, 1217 and for Seifartsdorf 1274th
In the hallway of the eingemeindeten Seifartsdorf village located in the area of the old road on the eastern edge of the " grudges " eight grave mounds of the Neolithic period. Excavations have found grave fixtures and stone slabs. The two best-preserved grave mound have been marked with an oak. Four grave mounds were excavated in 1924.
March 16, 2004 Seifartsdorf was incorporated into Silbitz. The new in their area more than doubled since community consists of two unconnected areas, which are separated by Caaschwitz and Hartmann village.
Population Development
Development of the population of the communities Silbitz and Seifartsdorf to 2003 (December 31 ):
Year 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Silbitz 588 564 544 530 529 528 546 551 551 560
Seifartsdorf 157 158 162 169 162 159 160 164 166 162
- 2004 - 713
- 2005 - 714
- 2006 - 721
- 2007 - 710
- 2008 - 714
- 2009 - 696
- 2010 - 699
- 2011 - 692
Economy and infrastructure
The economy of the municipality is determined for several decades by the iron foundry, steel foundry Silbitz produced during the time of the GDR under the name VEB. Meantime (as of 06 /2008) is now the Silbitz Guss hot forming foundry with a turnover of approximately 75 to 80 million euros / year and currently has about 400 employees and 40 trainees again the largest employers in the region.
Sports
The most important sports club in the community is the SV Elstertal Silbitz / Crossen, whose men's soccer team played in the district league Thuringia since 2007. After the class reform of the district league to regional class Elstertaler played in the season 2010/11 and 2011/ 12 in the Regional Class Season 2 In 2012, the promotion to the country class East. In 1958 to 1962, the football team played as BSG Stahl Silbitz in the third class II DDR -Liga 1981/82 in the second-rate DDR -Liga.
Church Silbitz
Church Seifartsdorf
Stele of the cast work Silbitz