Greiz

Greiz is a metropolis in the southeast of Thuringia, located immediately on the border with Saxony. It is the county seat of the district of Greiz and middle for the southern part of the district. The city lies in the valley of the white Elster in the Thuringian Vogtland. Because of its appealing location in a basin and its severa historical homes, it bears the nickname Pearl of the Vogtland.

Greiz changed into the capital of the Principality of Reuss older line, which existed until 1918 as an independent nation within the German Empire and became ruled by using the House of Reuss. Since the younger Stone Age, the basin of the White Elster became inhabited. Celts and Teutons had been observed by way of Slavic population inside the 7th century. Today's Greiz, formerly Grewcz, might be of Slavic foundation and turned into first stated in 1209 in a record. When thinking about the origin of the call is based totally on the sooner spelling Grouts. Over the centuries, modified the name designation.