Vollmershain
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|state = Thüringen
|district = Altenburger Land
|Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = Oberes Sprottental
|elevation = 250
|area = 5.00
|postal_code = 04626
|area_code = 034496
|licence = ABG
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 16 0 77 049
|website = [https://www.vollmershain.de/ www.vollmershain.de]
|mayor = Gerd Junghanns[https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/wahl.asp?wahlart=BM&wJahr=0000&zeigeErg=LAND&auswertung=2 Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht], Freistaat Thüringen, accessed 10 November 2022.
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Vollmershain is a municipality 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
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