Zeulenroda-Triebes () is a German town in the district of

Greiz Greiz ( ; ) is a town in the state of Thuringia, Germany, and is the capital of the Greiz (district), district of Greiz. Greiz is situated in eastern Thuringia, east of the state capital Erfurt, on the White Elster river. Greiz has a large park ...

in the

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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 ...

. Zeulenroda-Triebes is situated in the south of Greiz in the mountains of the Thuringian Slate Mountains (Thüringer Schiefergebirge), on the border with

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. The population of Zeulenroda-Triebes in 2006 was about 18,000. The largest company is Bauerfeind AG. The most famous sight in the town is the neoclassical town hall, built in 1827. Zeulenroda-Triebes is also known for the International Thuringia Women's Cycling Tour. Zeulenroda unt Bf station lies on the Werdau–Mehltheuer railway.

History

Zeulenroda was mentioned in a document for a

Saalburg The Saalburg is a Roman fort located on the main ridge of the Taunus, northwest of Bad Homburg, Hessen, Germany. It is a cohort fort, part of the Limes Germanicus, the Roman linear border fortification of the German provinces. The Saalburg, ...

convent as early as 1325, in

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as ''Zulenrode''. The village became a town in 1438. Zeulenroda belonged to the principality of the House of

Reuss Elder Line The Principality of Reuss-Greiz (), officially called the Principality of the Reuss Elder Line () after 1848, was a state in the German Empire, ruled by members of the House of Reuss. The Counts Reuss of Greiz, Lower-Greiz and Upper-Greiz () we ...

for several centuries. On April 16, 1945 the

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took over Zeulenroda without a battle. On July 1 the

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occupied the town. In 1949 Zeulenroda and Triebes became a part of the

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. After

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in 1990, the Free State of Thuringia was reestablished. Zeulenroda merged with Triebes in 2006. The new name of the town is Zeulenroda-Triebes.

Population development

In 1908 the population of Zeulenroda reached the 10,000 mark. In 1946, the town had grown to more than 14,000 inhabitants through many resettlers. At the beginning of the 1990s more than 15,000 people lived in Zeulenroda. In recent years the number of inhabitants has declined slightly. Einwohnerentwicklung von Zeulenroda-Triebes

Einwohnerentwicklung von Zeulenroda-Triebes

1830–2005 (Zeulenroda only)

* 1830: 8,449 * 1905: 9,776 * 1910: 10,389 * 1925: 11,047 * 1933: 12,247 * 1939: 12,688 * 1946: 14,039 * 1950: 13,694 * 1960: 13,684 * 1981: 14,709 * 1995: 15,021 * 2000: 14,600 * 2005: 13,434

2005–2019 (Zeulenroda-Triebes)

: Data source: Thürigian State Statistics Center 1 before the merger of the two towns

Local council

The elections in May 2014 showed the following results: *CDU 11 seats *The Left 5 seats *SPD 3 seats *BIZ 2 seats *TV 2 seats *FDP 1 seat BIZ means ''Bürgerinitiative für sozialverträgliche Abgaben und Leistungsgerechtigkeit in Zeulenroda und Umgebung e. V.''
TV means: Wählergemeinschaft ''Thüringer Vogtland''

Twin towns – sister cities

Zeulenroda-Triebes is twinned with: *

Giengen Giengen (; full name: Giengen an der Brenz; Swabian: ''Gẽänge'') is a former Free Imperial City in eastern Baden-Württemberg near the border with Bavaria in southern Germany. The town is located in the district of Heidenheim at the eastern ...

, Germany * Kostelec nad Orlicí, Czech Republic * Neunkirchen am Sand, Germany *

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, Czech Republic * Sainte-Florine, France * Wies, Austria

Notable people

Paul Herman Geithner (1902–1972), was born in Zeulenroda and immigrated with his parents to

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in 1908. His grandson,

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, was the 75th

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, serving under

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. * Johann Christian Gottlieb Ackermann (1756–1801), physician * Gustav Schreck (1849–1918),

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in Leipzig * Heinrich Seeling (1852–1932), architect *

Fritz Wächtler Fritz Wächtler (7 January 1891 – 19 April 1945) was a Nazi Party official and politician who served as the ''Gauleiter'' of the eastern Bavarian administrative region of Gau Bayreuth. Trained as a primary school teacher, he also became hea ...

(1891–1945),

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politician * Gerd Schenker (born 1948), percussionist * Jürgen Raab (born 1958), football player and coach * Thomas Barth (born 1960), cyclist * Henning Bürger (born 1969), football player and coach * Doreen Dietel (born 1974), actress * Alexander John (born 1986), hurdler * René Enders (born 1987), track cyclist

References

External links

Official website

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