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Parish:
1973 - as district incorporated into the city
of Seelingstädt in the county of Greiz in
Thuringia.
Administrative affiliation:
1554 - Department of Zwickau,
1764 - Department of Zwickau,
1816 - Department of Zwickau
with Wildenfels,
1843 - Department of Werdau,
1856 - Court department Werdau,
1875 - Department of Zwickau,
1952 - County of Werdau,
1958 - County of Gera,
1994 - County of Greiz.
Manorial rights:
1554 - departmental village,
1764 - departmental village.
Parochial affiliation:
1578 and 1930 - parished with Culmitzsch.
Type of settlement
:
village, rural community.
Form of settlement:
row village, partly woodland like
meadows, 371 ha (1900).
Development of population
:
1554 - 18 owned men, 11 Dstbei,
1764 - 23 owned men, 4 Häusler,
9 Hufen je 24 Scheffel,
1834 - 190,
1871 - 176,
1890 - 179,
1910 - 189,
1925 - 162,
1939 - 173,
1946 - 236,
1964 - 169.
Place name variations
:
1289 - Swirtsin (HOV),
1445 - Czwirczen (HOV),
1553 - Schwartzschenn (HOV),
1590 - Zwirtzschen (HOV).
E x c u r s u s
Information about Zwirtzschen
About the Family‘s Origin
Source: Institute for Saxonian History and Folklore (ISGV) e.V.