Paitzdorf is a German municipality in the Thuringian Landkreis of Greiz.

Communities near Paitzdorf are the City of Ronneburg and Rückersdorf in the Landkreis of Greiz; as well as Heukewalde and Posterstein in the Landkreis of Altenburger Land.

In 1837, around 140 Paitzdorfers left for America, seeking religious freedom.

Along with immigrants from Saxony, they founded the communities of Altenburg, Frohna, Wittenberg, Dresden, and Paitzdorf on the Mississippi River in Missouri.

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