Rückersdorf is a municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 in the eastern part of the Thuringia

Thuringia

The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....

n landkreis of Greiz

Greiz (district)

Greiz is a Kreis in the east of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Saale-Holzland, Saale-Orla,district-free city Gera, the Burgenlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt, Altenburger Land, and the two Saxon districts Zwickauer Land and Vogtlandkreis.- History :Historically the area of the district...

 and belongs to the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Ländereck

Ländereck

Ländereck is a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft in the district of Greiz, in Thuringia, Germany. The seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft is in Seelingstädt....

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Neighboring Communities

Nearby municipalities are Braunichswalde

Braunichswalde

Braunichswalde is a municipality in the district of Greiz, in Thuringia, Germany....

, Hilbersdorf

Hilbersdorf

Hilbersdorf is a German municipality in the Thuringian district of Greiz. It belongs to the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Ländereck and lies in upper Wipsetal.-Geography:...

, Kauern

Kauern

Kauern is a German municipality in the Thuringian Landkreis of Greiz. It belongs to the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Ländereck.-Neighboring municipalities:...

, Linda bei Weida

Linda bei Weida

Linda bei Weida is a German municipality in the Thuringian district of Greiz. It belongs to the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Ländereck.-Neighboring municipalities:...

, Paitzdorf

Paitzdorf

Paitzdorf is a German municipality in the Thuringian Landkreis of Greiz. It belongs to the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Ländereck.-Neighboring municipalities:...

, and the City of Ronneburg

Ronneburg, Thuringia

Ronneburg is a town in the district of Greiz, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 7 km east of Gera.-External links:*...

 in the Landkreis of Greiz; Heukewalde

Heukewalde

Heukewalde is a German municipality in the Thuringian Landkreis of Altenburger Land. It belongs to the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Oberes Sprottental.-Neighboring Municipalities:...

 and Jonaswalde

Jonaswalde

Jonaswalde is a municipality in the Thuringian district of Altenburger Land. It belongs to the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Oberes Sprottental.-Neighboring municipalities:...

 in the Landkreis of Altenburger Land

Altenburger Land

Altenburger Land is a district in Thuringia, Germany. It is bounded by the district of Greiz, the Burgenlandkreis , and the districts Leipziger Land, Mittweida, Chemnitzer Land, Zwickauer Land in Saxony.- History :...

; as well as the City of Crimmitschau

Crimmitschau

Crimmitschau is a town in the district of Zwickau in the Free State of Saxony.-Geography:Crimmitschau lies on the River Pleiße in the northern foothills of the Erzgebirge.-Neighboring municipalities:...

 in the Saxon

Saxony

The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....

 Landkreis of Zwickauer Land

Zwickauer Land

Zwickauer Land is a former Kreis in the south-west of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Neighboring districts were Chemnitzer Land, Stollberg, Aue-Schwarzenberg, Vogtlandkreis, and the districts Greiz and Altenburger Land in Thuringia...

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Municipal divisions

The municipality's two districts are Haselbach and the Village of Reust.

Religion

Rückersdorf is part of the Diocese of Dresden-Meissen

Roman Catholic Diocese of Dresden-Meissen

The Diocese of Dresden-Meissen is a Diocese of Catholic Church in Germany. Founded as the Bishopric of Meissen in 968, it was dissolved in 1539 during the Protestant Reformation. The diocese was reestablished in 1921 and renamed Dresden-Meissen in 1980. The seat of the diocese is in Dresden and...

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Culture and landmarks

The municipality's Bismarck Tower

Bismarck tower

Bismarck Towers are a unique genre of German monument, built to honour the ex-chancellor of Prussia, Otto von Bismarck. A total of 240 of these towers were built between German unification and the National Socialist takeover, i.e. between 1869 and 1934...

, called the Reuster Turm, is located in Reust. From the site there is a good view of the town and the surrounding countryside. The Reuster Turm is opened on the weekends from Easter to the end of October

Public Education

Rückersdorf is the location of its Verwaltungsgemeinschaft's elementary school.