Vollmershain
Vollmershain is a municipality in the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Oberes Sprottental in the Thuringian landkreis of Altenburger Land in Germany.
Geography
The town's site
The village of Vollmershain is located along 4 km of the Sprotte. The highest part of the community is 306.2 m high on the side of the Mühlberg.Neighbouring communities
Other municipalities near Vollmershain are Heukewalde, Jonaswalde, Posterstein, Nöbdenitz, Thonhausen, and the Weißbach district of Schmölln 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.
- During the Thirty Years' War, the Swedish General Wrangel had his headquarters in the area around Vollmershain in 1646.
- Within the German Empire, Vollmershein was part of the Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg.