Schmölln is a town in

Thuringia Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and lar ...

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landkreis In all German states, except for the three city states, the primary administrative subdivision higher than a '' Gemeinde'' (municipality) is the (official term in all but two states) or (official term in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia ...

Altenburger Land Altenburger Land is a district in Thuringia, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the district of Greiz, the Burgenlandkreis (Saxony-Anhalt), and the districts Leipzig, Mittelsachsen and Zwickau in Saxony. The district is a me ...

. It lies on the river

Sprotte The Sprotte is a left tributary of the Pleiße in East Thuringia, Germany. The headwaters of the river come from three source streams, which begin west of Crimmitschau and are as follows: *The Western Sprotte, whose source is near Rückersdorf ...

Geography

Neighboring municipalities

Municipalities in the district of Altenburger Land neighboring Schmölln include:

Starkenberg Starkenberg is a municipality in the district Altenburger Land, in Thuringia, Germany. On 1 December 2008, it incorporated the former municipalities Naundorf and Tegkwitz. History Within the German Empire (1871–1918), Starkenberg was part ...

, Dobitschen, Göllnitz, Göhren,

Altenburg Altenburg () is a city in Thuringia, Germany, located south of Leipzig, west of Dresden and east of Erfurt. It is the capital of the Altenburger Land district and part of a polycentric old-industrial textile and metal production region betw ...

, Nobitz, the town of Gößnitz,

Ponitz Ponitz is a municipality in the district Altenburger Land, in Thuringia, Germany. It is particularly famous for its Baroque organ by Gottfried Silbermann and for its spectacularly-eccentric Renaissance manor house. Districts of Ponitz are Zschöp ...

Heyersdorf Heyersdorf is a municipality in the Thuringian district of Altenburger Land. Geography Heyersdorf is located near the municipalities of Ponitz, the city of Schmölln, and Thonhausen in the district of Altenburger Land; as well as near the city of ...

Thonhausen Thonhausen is a municipality in the district of Altenburger Land in Thuringia, Germany. It belongs to the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Oberes Sprottental. Geography Neighboring municipalities Communities near Thonhausen are Jonaswalde, Heyersdorf ...

Vollmershain Vollmershain is a municipality in the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Oberes Sprottental in the Thuringian landkreis of Altenburger Land in Germany. Geography The town's site The village of Vollmershain is located along 4 km of the Sprotte. ...

Posterstein Posterstein is a German municipality in the Thuringian Landkreis of Altenburger Land. Geography Neighboring municipalities Municipalities near Posterstein are Heukewalde, Löbichau, Nöbdenitz, and Vollmershain in the district of Altenburger L ...

and

Löbichau Löbichau is a municipality in the district Altenburger Land, in Thuringia, Germany. The ''Ostthüringer Zeitung'' (OTZ) has its head office in the municipality.

Subdivisions

Schmölln consists of the town Schmölln and 44 local subdivisions (''Ortsteile''): * Altkirchen *Bohra *Brandrübel *Braunshain *Burkersdorf *Dobra *

Drogen Drogen is a village and a former municipality in the district Altenburger Land, in Thuringia, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in E ...

*Gimmel *Gödissa *Göldschen *Graicha *Großbraunshain *Großstöbnitz *Großtauschwitz *Hartha *Hartroda *Illsitz *Jauern *Kakau *Kleinmückern *Kleintauscha *Kleintauschwitz *Kratschütz *Kummer *Lohma *

Lumpzig Lumpzig is a village and a former municipality in the district Altenburger Land, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the town Schmölln Schmölln is a town in Thuringia, Germany, landkreis of Altenburger Land. It lies ...

*Mohlis *Nöbden *Nitzschka * Nöbdenitz *Nödenitzsch *Papiermühle *Platschütz *Prehna *Röthenitz *Schloßig *Selka *Sommeritz *Trebula *Untschen *Weißbach * Wildenbörten *Zagkwitz *Zschernitzsch

History

Important Dates: :1066--Schmölln is first mentioned in writing as ''ABBATIA ZMULNA'' :1127--Building of the cloister on the Pfefferberg :13th - 16th centuries--Schmölln is a

pilgrimage A pilgrimage is a journey, often into an unknown or foreign place, where a person goes in search of new or expanded meaning about their self, others, nature, or a higher good, through the experience. It can lead to a personal transformation, aft ...

destination (''Marienwallfahrtsort'') :1525--Destruction of the cloister on the Pfefferberg :2016 - An underage Somalian

asylum seeker An asylum seeker is a person who leaves their country of residence, enters another country and applies for asylum (i.e., international protection) in that other country. An asylum seeker is an immigrant who has been forcibly displaced and m ...

jumps to his death, allegedly encouraged by onlookers

Incorporation

On March 8, 1994, Weißbach was incorporated into Schmölln, and on January 1, 1996, Großstöbnitz followed. The former municipalities Altkirchen,

, Nöbdenitz and Wildenbörten were merged into Schmölln in January 2019.

Business and transport

Schmölln is located at a connection of Bundesautobahn 4 (Connection 61 Schmölln) and has a train station on the Middle-Germany Link (

Weimar Weimar is a city in the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is located in Central Germany between Erfurt in the west and Jena in the east, approximately southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg and west of Dresden. Together with the neighbouri ...

–

Glauchau Glauchau (; hsb, Hłuchow) is a town in the German federal state of Saxony, on the right bank of the Mulde, 7 miles north of Zwickau and 17 miles west of Chemnitz by rail ( its train station is on the Dresden–Werdau line). It is part of the ...

References

External links

* Altenburger Land Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg {{Altenburger-geo-stub