Gröbitz is a village and a former municipality in the district
Burgenlandkreis
Burgenlandkreis is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Its area is .
History
The district was established as Landkreis Burgenland by the merger of the former Burgenlandkreis and Landkreis Weißenfels as part of the reform of 2007. On 16 ...
, in
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of
and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...
,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town
Teuchern.
History
The village was first mentioned in a document on February 28, 1135. Various secular and spiritual rulers owned the place. According to a description in a document from Margrave
Dietrich von Landsberg
Dietrich () is an ancient German name meaning "Ruler of the People.” Also "keeper of the keys" or a "lockpick" either the tool or the profession.
Given name
* Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg (c. 1398 – 1440)
* Thierry of Alsace (german: Dietric ...
from 1278, part of the place belonged to the Naumburg ward of
Schönburg Castle
Schönburg Castle (German: ''Burg Schönburg''), is in the municipality of Schönburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It has been proposed by Germany as a World Heritage Site.
Location
The Late Romanesque ruins of Schönburg Castle are on top of a mo ...
, from which the office of Schönburg developed in the late Middle Ages.
Germania Sacra, S. 678f.
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References
Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt
Teuchern
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