What is Greiz (district)?
{{Infobox German district | name= Landkreis Greiz| image_coa=Wappen Landkreis Greiz.svg| state=Thuringia| capital=[[Greiz]]| Kreisschlüssel = 16076| area=844| population=121,129| population_as_of=2002| density=144| carsign=GRZ| url=http://www.landkreis-greiz.de| map=thuringia_grz.png |coordinates = {{coord|50.75|12.08|display=title|format=dms}} }} '''Greiz''' is a Landkreis ([[Rural Districts of Germany|rural district]]) in the east of [[Thuringia]], [[Germany]]. == History == Historically the area of the district was part of the ''Vogtland'', named after the title ''Vogt'' given to the local rulers in the [[13th century]]. Only two lines of the ''Reuß'' family survived from that time, with one principality based in Greiz, and the other in Gera and Schleiz. In [[1919]] both were merged into the ''Volksstaat Reuß'' (People's State of Reuss), which then became part of Thuringia in [[1920]]. A subcamp of the [[Buchenwald concentration camp]] was located at [[Berga/Elster]] during [[World War II]]. The [[SS]] made inmates dig tunnels and lay railway tracks for the Schwalbe V project.<ref>Edward Victor. ''Alphabetical List of Camps, Subcamps and Other Camps.'' www.edwardvictor.com/Holocaust/List %20 of %20 camps.htm</ref> The district in its current form was created on [[July 1]], [[1994]], when the districts Gera-Land, Zeulenroda and the previous district Greiz were merged. == Coat of arms == {| |- valign=top ||[[File:Wappen Landkreis Greiz.svg|100px|Coat of arms]] ||Both the lion as well as the crane-bird in the top part of the coat of arms are from the coat of arms of the Reuß families and their principalities. In the bottom is a part of the coat of arms of Saxony, as a small part of the district belonged to the Duchies of Saxony. |} ==Towns and municipalities== {| |----- !''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft''-free towns!!and municipalities |- |valign=top| # [[Bad Köstritz]] # [[Berga, Thuringia|Berga/Elster]] # [[Greiz]] # [[Ronneburg, Thuringia|Ronneburg]] # [[Weida, Thuringia|Weida]] # [[Zeulenroda-Triebes]] |vali