Weira
Weira is a municipality in the Thuringian Saale- Orla-Kreis. The municipality consists of the villages Weira and Krobitz and is the administrative community Oppurg belonging. In the municipality of an industrial and commercial park is located, which covers about 60 hectares.
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Coat of Arms
Location
Weira is with his district on the Northern Slope of the Thuringian Slate Mountains with the transition of soils in the Orlasenke. The terrain is hilly. Northeast Neustadt an der Orla and west Pössneck. A local link road has a junction with the road 281 in the valley.
History
First mentioned was the place on July 31, 1307. Krobitz The district was already mentioned in 1074. In the 16th century fortified church dedicated to St. Nicholas was erected, which should provide protection for residents wars. In the 17th century could be drained through the establishment of a barrel vault as drains the flood -stricken town center.
1841 Dutch windmill was built. She had next to Getreidemahlgang since 1841 a tan - stamp mill. By 1938, the operation ran with the wind and then to 1964 with diesel and electric drive. 1864 was the so-called " Prince spruce " planted in honor of the jubilee of the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna.
Population Development
Development of the population (as of December 31):
- 2002: 441
- 2003: 434
- 2004: 438
- 2005: 429
- 2006: 421
- 2007: 419
- 2008: 414
- 2009: 417
Policy
Parish council
Since the local elections of 7 June 2009, the council is composed as follows:
- WG FFW Weira: 2 seats ( 34.9 %)
- WG Weira: 2 seats ( 25.1%)
- CDU: 2 seats (40 %)
The turnout was 70.9 %.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved on 1 February 1995 by the Thuringian State Office of Administration.
Blazon: "In green with golden -curved tip; forward a left inverted golden horse's head, behind golden crossed iron and mallet, about a golden high cross floating in the top of a green spruce. "
The coat of arms was designed by the Goßwitzer Manfred Fischer.
Clubs
In the community Weira there are two clubs:
- Rural women Weira
- Sports club Weira SV 61
On the outskirts of Weira there is a built in 1816 Dutch windmill in the 1841 Lohstampfe was installed.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Johann Schellhammer (1540-1620) Lutheran theologian.
- Karl Heinrich Frotscher (1796-1876) educator and philologist.
- Richard Müller (1880-1943), trade unionist, personality of the November Revolution of 1918/19,