Vollmershain

Vollmershain
Vollmershain
Location of Vollmershain within Altenburger Land district
Coordinates: 50°51′19″N 12°17′18″E / 50.85528°N 12.28833°ECoordinates: 50°51′19″N 12°17′18″E / 50.85528°N 12.28833°E
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Altenburger Land
Municipal assoc.	Oberes Sprottental
Government
• Mayor	Gerd Junghanns (CDU)
Area
• Total	5.00 km^2 (1.93 sq mi)
Population (2014-12-31)[1]
• Total	326
• Density	65/km^2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	04626
Dialling codes	034496
Vehicle registration	ABG
Website	www.vollmershain.de

Vollmershain is a town 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. The highest part of the community is 306.2 m high on the side of the Mühlberg (308.1 m).

Neighbouring communities

Other municipalities near Vollmershain are Heukewalde, Jonaswalde, Posterstein, Nöbdenitz, Thonhausen, and the Weißbach district of Schmölln in the Landkreis of Altenburger Land.

History

• The village was first mentioned in writing in 1181 in a tithe register of the Posau Cloister in Zeitz.
• During the Thirty Years' War, the Swedish General Wrangel had his headquarters in the area around Vollmershain in 1646.
• Within the German Empire (1871–1918), Vollmershein was part of the Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg.

References

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

• The information in this article is based on and/or translated from that in its German equivalent.