Vollmershain is a town in the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Oberes Sprottental

Oberes Sprottental

Oberes Sprottental is a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft in the district Altenburger Land, in Thuringia, Germany. The seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft is in Nöbdenitz....

 in 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 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 :...

 in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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The town's site

The village of Vollmershain is located along 4 km of the Sprotte

Sprotte

The Sprotte is a left tributary of the Pleiße in East Thuringia. The headwaters of the river come from three source streams, which begin west of Crimmitschau and are as follows:*The Western Sprotte, whose source is near Rückersdorf...

. The highest part of the community is 306.2 m high on the side of the Mühlberg (308.1 m).

Neighbouring communities

Other municipalities near Vollmershain are Heukewalde

Heukewalde

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

, Jonaswalde

Jonaswalde

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

, Posterstein

Posterstein

Posterstein is a German municipality in the Thuringian Landkreis of Altenburger Land.-Neighboring municipalities:Municipalities near Posterstein are Heukewalde, Löbichau, Nöbdenitz, and Vollmershain in the district of Altenburger Land; as well as Paitzdorf and the city of Ronneburg in the district...

, Nöbdenitz

Nöbdenitz

Nöbdenitz is a German municipality in the Thuringian district of Altenburger Land.-Neighboring municipalities:Municipalities near Nöbdenitz are Drogen, Löbichau, Posterstein, the City of Schmölln, Vollmershain, and Wildenbörten.-Municipal arrangement:...

, Thonhausen

Thonhausen

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

, and the Weißbach district of Schmölln

Schmölln

Schmölln is a town in the Thuringian, Germany, landkreis of Altenburger Land, and which lies on the river Sprotte.-Neighboring municipalities:...

 in the Landkreis of Altenburger Land.

History

• The village was first mentioned in writing in 1181 in a tithe register of the Posau Cloister in Zeitz
  Zeitz
  Zeitz is a town in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the river Weiße Elster, in the middle of the triangle of the federal states Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Saxony.-History:...
  
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• During the Thirty Years' War
  Thirty Years' War
  The Thirty Years' War was fought primarily in what is now Germany, and at various points involved most countries in Europe. It was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history....
  
  , the Swedish General Wrangel
  Carl Gustaf Wrangel
  Carl Gustaf Wrangel was a high-ranking Swedish noble, statesman and military commander in the Thirty Years', Torstenson, Bremen, Second Northern and Scanian Wars....
  
   had his headquarters in the area around Vollmershain in 1646.