Gerstenberg

Gerstenberg is a municipality in the district of Altenburger Land, in Thuringia, Germany. Gerstenberg was first mentioned in a document in 1227. The line of knights "von Gerstenberg" died out in 1710. As early as 1181, a fortification was mentioned in the district of Pöschwitz. This later manor passed into civil ownership in 1798. Members of the families served the dukes of Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Altenburg. After the expropriation in 1951, what was once the largest farm was just a residential property with MTS and a small new farmer.

Gerstenberg belonged to the Wettin office of Altenburg, [2] [3] which was under the sovereignty of the following Ernestine duchies from the 16th century due to several divisions in the course of its existence: Duchy of Saxony (1554 to 1572), Duchy of Saxony-Weimar (1572 to 1603 ), Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg (1603 to 1672), Duchy of Saxony-Gotha-Altenburg (1672 to 1826). When the Ernestine duchies were reorganized in 1826, the place again became part of the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg. After the administrative reform in the duchy, it belonged to the Eastern District (until 1900) [4] and to the Altenburg district office (from 1900). [5] From 1918 the village belonged to the Free State of Saxony-Altenburg, which was added to the State of Thuringia in 1920. In 1922 it came to the district of Altenburg.