Bad Köstritz
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{{Infobox German place
|type = Stadt
|image_photo = Palais Bad Köstritz.JPG
|image_caption = Palace
|image_coa = DEU Bad Köstritz COA.svg
|coordinates = {{coord|50|55|50|N|12|0|35|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Bad Köstritz in GRZ.png
|state = Thüringen
|district = Greiz
|elevation = 203
|area = 20.34
|postal_code = 07586
|area_code = 036605
|licence = GRZ
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 16 0 76 003
|website = [http://www.stadt-bad-koestritz.de/ www.stadt-bad-koestritz.de]
|leader_term = 2021–27
|party = FWG
}}
Bad Köstritz ({{IPA|de|baːt ˈkœstʁɪts|-|De-Bad Köstritz.ogg}}) is a town in the district of Greiz, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the White Elster river, 7 km northwest of Gera. Bad Köstritz is known for the Köstritzer brewery and its Schwarzbier (black beer).
History
The settlement was first mentioned in 1364 as Kostricz, a place of Slavic foundation. There has been a castle since the middle of the 13th century. The city has emerged from two medieval manors.
Within the German Empire (1871–1918), Köstritz was part of the Principality of Reuss-Gera. Köstritz Castle, a four-winged building around a courtyard built between 1687 and 1704, was the seat of a side wing of the ruling House of Reuss, named counts and (from 1806) princes Reuss-Köstritz. The castle was demolished in 1972 under the government of East Germany, with only the gatehouse left. Today, a modern hotel has been built on the site. In January 2023 Bad Köstritz absorbed the former municipality Hartmannsdorf.{{cite web|url=https://parldok.thueringer-landtag.de/ParlDok/dokument/90042/gesetz_und_verordnungsblatt_nr_26_2022.pdf |title=Thüringer Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt Nr. 26/2022 |pages=475–476|date= 20 December 2022}}
Local council
Election in May 2014:[http://www.wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/wahl.asp?wahlart=GW&wJahr=2014&zeigeErg=GEM&wknr=076&gemnr=76003 Stadtratswahl 2014] auf wahlen.thueringen.de, retrieved 6 August 2014
- CDU: 9 seats
- The Left: 3 seats
- Free voters (FWG): 4 seats
Sights
- Heinrich Schütz House
- Municipal park
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Sons and daughters of the town
File:Gustav von Hüfner 1908 Zeitschrift für physiologische Chemie.png
- Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672), German composer of the early Baroque
- Heinrich IX, Count Reuss of Köstritz (1711–1780), founder of the middle branch family Reuss-Köstritz
- Julius Sturm (1816–1896), important German poet of late Romanticism, pastor in Köstritz 1856–1885, honorary citizen of Köstritz 1885
- Gustav von Hüfner (1840–1908), German chemist
- Heinrich Sturm (1860–1917), German jurist, politician and from 1908 to 1917 mayor of Chemnitz
References
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External links
- [http://www.landkreis-greiz.de/ Landkreis Greiz] {{in lang|en|de|fr}}
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