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Bad Köstritz
Town
Palace
Coat of arms
Location of Bad Köstritz within Greiz district
Bad Köstritz Show map of Germany Bad Köstritz Show map of Thuringia
Coordinates: 50°55′50″N 12°0′35″E / 50.93056°N 12.00972°E / 50.93056; 12.00972
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Greiz
Government
• Mayor (2021–27)	Oliver Voigt (FW)
Area
• Total	20.34 km (7.85 sq mi)
Elevation	203 m (666 ft)
Population
• Total	3,704
• Density	180/km (470/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	07586
Dialling codes	036605
Vehicle registration	GRZ
Website	www.stadt-bad-koestritz.de

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).

History※

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 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, a modern hotel has been built on the site. In January 2023 Bad Köstritz absorbed the former municipality Hartmannsdorf.

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※

1. ^ Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen, accessed 14 July 2021.
2. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2022" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. June 2023.
3. ^ "Thüringer Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt Nr. 26/2022" (PDF). 20 December 2022. pp. 475–476.
4. ^ Stadtratswahl 2014 auf wahlen.thueringen.de, retrieved 6 August 2014

External links※

• Landkreis Greiz (in English, German, and French)

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