Schlitz, Hesse
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Location of Schlitz within Vogelsbergkreis district
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| Coordinates: 50°40′N 9°34′E / 50.667°N 9.567°ECoordinates: 50°40′N 9°34′E / 50.667°N 9.567°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Hesse | |
| Admin. region | Gießen | |
| District | Vogelsbergkreis | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Hans-Jürgen Schäfer (CDU) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 142.09 km2 (54.86 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 9,631 | |
| • Density | 68/km2 (180/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 36110 | |
| Dialling codes | 06642 | |
| Vehicle registration | VB | |
| Website | www.schlitz.de | |
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Herrschaft (Reichsfreiherrschaft, Grafschaft) Schlitz genannt von Görtz |
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| Capital | Schlitz | |||||||||
| Government | Principality | |||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||||||||
| • | Established, as Fuldan fief | 1116 | ||||||||
| • | Acquired Ld Pfarrstellen | 1563 | ||||||||
| • | Gained Reichsfreiheit | 1656 | ||||||||
| • | Raised to Imperial barony | 1677 | ||||||||
| • | Raised to county | 1726 | ||||||||
| • | Mediatised to Hesse | 1806 | ||||||||
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Schlitz is a small town in the Vogelsbergkreis in eastern Hesse, Germany.
The town of Schlitz lies at the outlet of the small river Schlitz on the Fulda.
Schlitz borders in the north on the communities of Breitenbach and Niederaula (both in Hersfeld-Rotenburg), in the east on the communities of Haunetal (Hersfeld-Rotenburg) and Burghaun and the town of Hünfeld (both in Fulda district), in the southeast on the city of Fulda (Fulda district), in the south on the communities of Großenlüder and Bad Salzschlirf (both in Fulda district), in the southwest on the community of Wartenberg, and in the west on the town of Lauterbach.
Schlitz is divided into the following communities: Bernshausen, Fraurombach, Hartershausen, Hemmen, Hutzdorf, Nieder-Stoll, Ober-Wegfurth, Pfordt, Queck, Rimbach, Sandlofs, Schlitz, Üllershausen, Ützhausen, Unter-Schwarz, Unter-Wegfurth and Willofs.
The name Schlitz had its first documentary mention in 812. Schlitz is known throughout Hesse for the town's five castles and is also called the Romantische Burgenstadt Schlitz (the Romantic Castle Town of Schlitz).
One peculiarity about the town is its so-called Burgenring, or Castle Ring, with the town built on a hill with its accumulated castles, towers, lords' houses, the town church and many half-timbered houses presenting a well preserved, compact, historic Old Town. For the Castle Ring's splendour and the town's outstanding location, Schlitz was sometimes called in earlier times the "Hessian Rothenburg ob der Tauber"
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