Orlamünde

Town hall

Coat of arms

Orlamünde

Location of Orlamünde within Saale-Holzland-Kreis district

Coordinates: 50°46′31″N 11°31′53″E / 50.77528°N 11.53139°ECoordinates: 50°46′31″N 11°31′53″E / 50.77528°N 11.53139°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Uwe Nitsche

Area

• Total

7.58 km² (2.93 sq mi)

Population (2014-12-31)^[1]

• Total

1,124

• Density

150/km² (380/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

07768

036423

SHK, EIS, SRO

Website

www.vg-suedliches-saaletal.de

Orlamünde is a small town in the Saale-Holzland district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is part of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") Südliches Saaletal.

Geography

The town centre stretches along the steep banks of the Saale river at the confluence with the Orla, approximately 17 km (11 mi) south of Jena. With a population of about 1,100 it is one of the smallest towns in Thuringia.

Orlamünde station is a stop on the Saal Railway line from Großheringen to Saalfeld. Frome here the Orla Railway runs along the Orla river to Pößneck.

History

Orlamünde Castle

Located at the eastern rim of the early medieval Duchy of Thuringia, Orlamünde was the site of a fortress at the border with lands of the Polabian Slavs and the Sorbian March. The settlement itself was first mentioned in a 1039 deed. The estates were acquired by Count Otto of Weimar about 1062, who also ruled as Margrave of Meissen. He and his descendants went on to rule as Counts of Weimar-Orlamünde until the dynasty became extinct in 1112 and their possessions were inherited by the Saxon House of Ascania.

The St Mary's parish church was erected west of Orlamünde Castle in the 11th century. A Williamite monastery is documented from 1331. When the Ascanian counts of Weimar-Orlamünde became extinct in 1372, their estates fell to the House of Wettin.

Notable people

Andreas Karlstadt (1486–1541), reformer, priest in Orlamünde in 1523/24
Kaspar Glatz (d. 1551), Lutheran reformer, priest in Orlamünde from 1524

References

↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, Gemeinschaftsfreie Gemeinde, erfüllende/beauftragende Gemeinden, Verwaltungsgemeinschaft/Mitgliedsgemeinden in Thüringen". Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik (in German). 8 September 2015.

Towns and municipalities in Saale-Holzland

Albersdorf Altenberga Bad Klosterlausnitz Bibra Bobeck Bollberg Bremsnitz Bucha Bürgel Crossen an der Elster Dornburg-Camburg Eichenberg Eineborn Eisenberg Frauenprießnitz Freienorla Geisenhain Gneus Golmsdorf Gösen Graitschen bei Bürgel Großbockedra Großeutersdorf Großlöbichau Großpürschütz Gumperda Hainichen Hainspitz Hartmannsdorf Heideland Hermsdorf Hummelshain Jenalöbnitz Kahla Karlsdorf Kleinbockedra Kleinebersdorf Kleineutersdorf Laasdorf Lehesten Lindig Lippersdorf-Erdmannsdorf Löberschütz Mertendorf Meusebach Milda Möckern Mörsdorf Nausnitz Neuengönna Oberbodnitz Orlamünde Ottendorf Petersberg Poxdorf Quirla Rattelsdorf Rauda Rauschwitz Rausdorf Reichenbach Reinstädt Renthendorf Rothenstein Ruttersdorf-Lotschen Scheiditz Schkölen Schleifreisen Schlöben Schöngleina Schöps Seitenroda Serba Silbitz Stadtroda St. Gangloff Sulza Tautenburg Tautendorf Tautenhain Thierschneck Tissa Tröbnitz Trockenborn-Wolfersdorf Unterbodnitz Waldeck Walpernhain Waltersdorf Weißbach Weißenborn Wichmar Zimmern Zöllnitz

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