SCHLEIZ

'Schleiz' is a town in the district of Saale-Orla-Kreis in Thuringia, Germany.

Contents

Location

Boroughs

History

Population

Other

References

External links

Location

Schleiz is in the Thuringia part of the Vogtland area, an area of wooded hills on the borders of Thuringia, Saxony, Bavaria and the Czech Republic. The city is located in a valley with the river Wisenta near the motorway A 9 (Berlin – München).

Boroughs

Schleiz includes the following boroughs:

★ Möschlitz

★ Grochwitz

★ Oberböhmsdorf

★ Lössau

★ Langenbuch

★ Wüstendittersdorf

★ Dröswein

★ Gräfenwarth

★ Oschitz

★ Heinrichsruh

History

Schleiz can be traced back to a settlement established about 1200 ("Altstadt") and a separate "Neustadt" that was established next to it. The "Neustadt" had a castle and a city wall. Until December 2,1482 they were totally separate communities after which they combined to one city. There was a settlement of the Teutonic Order here, and for some years previous to 1848 the town was the capital of the small principality of Reuss-Schleiz. In the vicinity a battle was fought, between the French and the Prussians on 1806-10-09.
The Palace was destroyed April 1945.

Population

Trend of population figures:

'1834 — 1994' ★ 1834 - 4619 ★ 1890 - 4928 ★ 1933 - 6505 ★ 1939 - 6828 ★ 1960 - 7933[1] ★ 1994 - 8567[2]

'1995 — 2000' ★ 1995 - 9163 ★ 1996 - 9528 ★ 1997 - 9375 ★ 1998 - 9389 ★ 1999 - 9336 ★ 2000 - 9309

'2001 — 2004' ★ 2001 - 9268 ★ 2002 - 9223 ★ 2003 - 9100 ★ 2004 - 9069 ★ 2005 - 9012

Other

It is also the site of the Schleizer Dreieck race track.

References

External links

★ http://www.schleiz.de