Altkirchen is a village and a former municipality in the district
Altenburger Land, in
Thuringia
Thuringia (; officially the Free State of Thuringia, ) is one of Germany, Germany's 16 States of Germany, states. With 2.1 million people, it is 12th-largest by population, and with 16,171 square kilometers, it is 11th-largest in area.
Er ...
,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the town of
Schmölln.
Geography
Neighboring municipalities
Communities near Altkirchen are the city of
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 ...
,
Dobitschen,
Drogen,
Göhren,
Göllnitz,
Saara, and the city of
Schmölln.
Municipal organization
The municipality of Altkirchen was divided into 13 districts:
*Altkirchen
*Gimmel
*Gödissa
*Göldschen
*Großtauschwitz
*Illsitz
*Jauern
*Kleintauschwitz
*Kratschütz
*Nöbden
*Platschütz
*Röthenitz
*Trebula
History
Within the
German Empire
The German Empire (),; ; World Book, Inc. ''The World Book dictionary, Volume 1''. World Book, Inc., 2003. p. 572. States that Deutsches Reich translates as "German Realm" and was a former official name of Germany. also referred to as Imperia ...
(1871–1918), Altkirchen was part of the Duchy of
Saxe-Altenburg
Saxe-Altenburg () was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin in present-day Thuringia. It was one of the smallest of the German states with an area of 1323 square kilometers and a population of 207,000 (190 ...
. From 1952 to 1990, it was part of the
Bezirk Leipzig of
East Germany
East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...
.
References
Altenburger Land
Former municipalities in Thuringia
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