Greiz ( / ɡ r aɪ t s / gryts ) is a Kreis ( district ) in the east of Thuringia, Germany . Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise) Saale-Holzland , Saale-Orla , district-free city Gera , the Burgenlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt , Altenburger Land , and the two Saxon districts Zwickau and Vogtlandkreis .
5-622: 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). 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
10-504: A modern hotel has been built on the site. In January 2023 Bad Köstritz absorbed the former municipality Hartmannsdorf . Election in May 2014: This Greiz district location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Greiz (district) Historically the area of the district was part of the Vogtland , named after the title Vogt given to the local rulers in
15-521: 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,
20-712: The 13th century. Only two lines of the Reuß family survived from that time, with one principality based in Greiz, and the other in Gera and Schleiz. In 1919 both were merged into the Volksstaat Reuß , which then became part of Thuringia in 1920. A subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp was located at Berga/Elster during World War II . It was an SS joint venture, in which inmates dug tunnels and laid railway tracks for
25-668: The Schwalbe V project. The district in its current form was created on 1 July 1994, when the districts Gera-Land, Zeulenroda and the previous district Greiz were merged. In the south of the district are the mountains of the Thuringian Slate Mountains ( Thüringer Schiefergebirge ) and the Ore Mountains , with the river valley of the Weiße Elster going through the district from south to north. Both
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