Heukewalde is a German municipality in the Thuringia

Thuringia

The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....

n Landkreis of Altenburger Land

Altenburger Land

Altenburger Land is a district in Thuringia, Germany. It is bounded by the district of Greiz, the Burgenlandkreis , and the districts Leipziger Land, Mittweida, Chemnitzer Land, Zwickauer Land in Saxony.- History :...

. It belongs to the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Oberes Sprottental

Oberes Sprottental

Oberes Sprottental is a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft in the district Altenburger Land, in Thuringia, Germany. The seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft is in Nöbdenitz....

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Neighboring Municipalities

Communities near Heukewalde include: Jonaswalde

Jonaswalde

Jonaswalde is a municipality in the Thuringian district of Altenburger Land. It belongs to the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Oberes Sprottental.-Neighboring municipalities:...

, Posterstein

Posterstein

Posterstein is a German municipality in the Thuringian Landkreis of Altenburger Land.-Neighboring municipalities:Municipalities near Posterstein are Heukewalde, Löbichau, Nöbdenitz, and Vollmershain in the district of Altenburger Land; as well as Paitzdorf and the city of Ronneburg in the district...

, and Vollmershain

Vollmershain

Vollmershain is a town in the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Oberes Sprottental in the Thuringian landkreis of Altenburger Land in Germany.-The town's site:The village of Vollmershain is located along 4 km of the Sprotte...

 in the Landkreis of Altenburger Land; as well as Rückersdorf

Rückersdorf, Thuringia

Rückersdorf is a municipality in the eastern part of the Thuringian landkreis of Greiz and belongs to the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Ländereck.-Neighboring Communities:...

 und Paitzdorf

Paitzdorf

Paitzdorf is a German municipality in the Thuringian Landkreis of Greiz. It belongs to the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Ländereck.-Neighboring municipalities:...

 in the Landkreis of Greiz

Greiz (district)

Greiz is a Kreis in the east of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Saale-Holzland, Saale-Orla,district-free city Gera, the Burgenlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt, Altenburger Land, and the two Saxon districts Zwickauer Land and Vogtlandkreis.- History :Historically the area of the district...

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History

Heukewalde was first mentioned in writing on December 9, 1152. From 1826 to 1920, it belonged to Saxe-Altenburg

Saxe-Altenburg

Saxe-Altenburg was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty in present-day Thuringia.-History:The duchy originated from the medieval Burgraviate of Altenburg in the Imperial Pleissnerland , a possession of the Wettin Margraves of Meissen since 1243...

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External links

A Heukewalde Chronicle (coat of arms)