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Bad Köstritz

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Country
  
Germany

District
  
Greiz

Postal codes
  
07586

Area
  
16.85 km²

Local time
  
Tuesday 12:41 AM

Dialling code
  
036605

State
  
Thuringia

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Dialling codes
  
036605

Population
  
3,777 (31 Dec 2008)

Postal code
  
07586

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Weather
  
9°C, Wind S at 23 km/h, 59% Humidity

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Bad Köstritz 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).

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Map of 07586 Bad K%C3%B6stritz, Germany

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History

Within the German Empire (1871-1918), Köstritz was part of the Principality of Reuss-Gera.

Local council

Election in May 2014:

  • CDU: 9 seats
  • The Left: 3 seats
  • Free voters (FWG): 4 seats

    • Sights

  • Heinrich-Schütz-House
  • Municipal park

    • Sons and daughters of the town

  • 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

    Bad Köstritz Wikipedia
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