Tröbnitz
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Tröbnitz is a municipality in the district Saale-Holzland
, in eastern Thuringia
, Germany
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and Rodaue, two local rivers. The origin of the community Tröbnitz is most probably to find at a sorbian hamlet at the beginning of the 12th century. It is mentioned in a document from 29 September 1223 the first time. At this date Sorb
s cleared the woodlands near the confluence of the Roda (former Rodaue) and the Rothehofbach.
Around 1300 Tröbnitz was the manor of earl Otto de Trebnitz, but later the earls of Meusebach owned it. Hans and Apitz, two earls from Meusebach, became the first medieval judges and landlords of the early settlement.
As the last member of the house of the Meusebacher died in 1753 things changed. The woodsmen decided to work as farmers. The new farmers bought huge areas of the former large scale land-holding and a long lasting economy was established.
Up to the halfway of the 20th century the economical establishment in Tröbnitz was pushed on by the family Prager and later the families Letsch and John. They had had a similar influence on the developmend of this village as the earls from Meusebach in the past.
The rural structure remained till the foundation of the GDR. In 1956 a transformation of the small farms into a big cooperation took place (so called "LPGs", Landwirtschaftliche Produktionsgenossenschaften, were formed). With the separation of livestock production and agriculture in 1975 the traditional farming ended. The cooperations were less productive. That's why a mill that could grind and cut and a brewery were built at the beginning of the industrilization. After Germany was reunited the mill and the brewery were not competitive enough and so they had to be shut down.
Saale-Holzland
Saale-Holzland is a Kreis in the east of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are the district Burgenlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt, the district-free city Gera, the districts Greiz, Saale-Orla, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Weimarer Land and the district-free city Jena.-History:The district was created...
, in eastern 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....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
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History
In the 7th and 8th century the Slavs started to settle the areas along the SaaleSaale
The Saale, also known as the Saxon Saale and Thuringian Saale , is a river in Germany and a left-bank tributary of the Elbe. It is not to be confused with the smaller Franconian Saale, a right-bank tributary of the Main, or the Saale in Lower Saxony, a tributary of the Leine.-Course:The Saale...
and Rodaue, two local rivers. The origin of the community Tröbnitz is most probably to find at a sorbian hamlet at the beginning of the 12th century. It is mentioned in a document from 29 September 1223 the first time. At this date Sorb
Sorb
Sorb may refer to:*Sorbs, a Slavic ethnic group*Sorbus, a genus of trees*Sorbus domestica, a species belonging to the Sorbus genus*Sorbus aucuparia, a species belonging to the Sorbus genus*Sorbus torminalis, a species belonging to the Sorbus genus...
s cleared the woodlands near the confluence of the Roda (former Rodaue) and the Rothehofbach.
Around 1300 Tröbnitz was the manor of earl Otto de Trebnitz, but later the earls of Meusebach owned it. Hans and Apitz, two earls from Meusebach, became the first medieval judges and landlords of the early settlement.
As the last member of the house of the Meusebacher died in 1753 things changed. The woodsmen decided to work as farmers. The new farmers bought huge areas of the former large scale land-holding and a long lasting economy was established.
Up to the halfway of the 20th century the economical establishment in Tröbnitz was pushed on by the family Prager and later the families Letsch and John. They had had a similar influence on the developmend of this village as the earls from Meusebach in the past.
The rural structure remained till the foundation of the GDR. In 1956 a transformation of the small farms into a big cooperation took place (so called "LPGs", Landwirtschaftliche Produktionsgenossenschaften, were formed). With the separation of livestock production and agriculture in 1975 the traditional farming ended. The cooperations were less productive. That's why a mill that could grind and cut and a brewery were built at the beginning of the industrilization. After Germany was reunited the mill and the brewery were not competitive enough and so they had to be shut down.