Bright mountain (Thuringia)

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Land of the Federal Republic:	Thuringia
district:	Saale Orla circle
geographical situation:	Coordinates: 50° 24 ′ N, 11° 43 ′ O 50° 24 ′ N, 11° 43 ′ O
height:	420-555 m and. NN
surface:	3.74 km ²
inhabitants:	1.142 (30. June2005)
Population density:	305 inhabitants for each km ²
postal zip code:	07366
preselection:	036642
Kfz characteristics:	SOK
municipality key:	16 0 75 003
address of the local administration:	Lime tree road 16 07366 bright mountain
Website:	www municipality blankenberg.de
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mayor:	Hans Wietzel (SPD)

bright mountain is a municipality in Saale Orla circle in Thuringia. It belongs to the central administrative body Saale Rennsteig.

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geography

adjacent municipalities are bright stone, Harra and Pottiga in the Saale Orla circle as well as Issigau in the Bavarian district yard.

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History

the first documentary mention as Veste Planck mountain comes of the year 1232. The municipality and the castle belonged to various owners: to ca.1258 Reichslehen (belongs to the realm area Regnitzland, Lehen of the Vögte of Gera)Meissen belongs to 1258 1371 of böhmisches

Kronlehen 1422 cure-Saxonian

1485 to

Saxonia to the Mark countyernestinischer line

1547 under the rule of the Mr. von Plauen and castle count von Meissen

1563 to course axles albertinischer line

1656 to the duchy Saxonia Zeitz

1718 to the cure principality and/or. Kingdom of Saxonia

1815 Prussian (province Saxonia)

the castle originally belonged to a set from safeguard fortresses the Saale(“At the Saale bright beach castles stand proudly and beautifully…”), Reichslehen was original and had then over the centuries different owners. In the year 1948 was senselessly blown up the castle designated in the vernacular as old lock. The ruins are opened at present by engaged citizens.

The municipality lived 19 since that. Century predominantly of the paper industry. The tradition of the paper trade continued by the ZPR (cellulose and paper factory Rosenthal) in bright stone (1,5km removed), where at the confluence of Selbitz and Saale run-rise begins.

The Blankenberger local's group of the Franconia forest association describeson a board, which is attached at the way to the Bastei, the lock so: Of place of the rubble mountain lying before the viewer the Blankenberger lock level until 1948. (...) Lock bright mountain was blown up at the 14.Juni 1948 senselessly by Soviet crew power and its German accomplices. InRun the last four and one-half decades trees and bushes the rubble remainders to a large extent over-rampantly grew.

Development of the number of inhabitants (31. December):

1994 - 1,271
1995 - 1,271
1996 - 1,251
1997 - 1,233

1998 - 1,228
1999 - 1,209
2000 - 1,196
2001 - 1,216

2002 - 1,211
2003 - 1,178
2004 - 1,157

data source: Thüringer national office for statistics

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culture and objects of interest

to the objects of interest of the municipality belongs the former paper factory bright mountain with a paper-making machine from the year 1903 (start-up took place in the year 1906). The machine appliesas the secondaryoldest paper-making machine in Germany.

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Cities and municipalities in the Saale Orla circle

Bright mountain (Thuringia)

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