Steinberg (Vogtland)

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Steinberg (Vogtland)
Map of Germany, position of the municipality Steinberg highlighted

Coordinates: 50 ° 33 '  N , 12 ° 30'  E

Basic data
State : Saxony
County : Vogtland district
Height : 596 m above sea level NHN
Area : 20.37 km 2
Residents: 2743 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 135 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 08237
Area code : 037462
License plate : V, AE, OVL, PL, RC
Community key : 14 5 23 380
Community structure: 3 districts
Address of the
municipal administration: 		At the train station 3
08237 Steinberg
Website : www.gemeinde-steinberg.de
Mayor : Andreas Gruner
Location of the community Steinberg in the Vogtlandkreis
Tschechien Bayern Thüringen Erzgebirgskreis Landkreis Zwickau Adorf/Vogtl. Auerbach/Vogtl. Bad Brambach Bad Elster Bergen (Vogtland) Bösenbrunn Eichigt Ellefeld Elsterberg Falkenstein/Vogtl. Grünbach (Sachsen) Heinsdorfergrund Klingenthal Lengenfeld (Vogtland) Limbach (Vogtland) Markneukirchen Mühlental Muldenhammer Netzschkau Neuensalz Neumark (Vogtland) Neustadt/Vogtl. Oelsnitz/Vogtl. Pausa-Mühltroff Plauen Pöhl Reichenbach im Vogtland Weischlitz Rodewisch Rosenbach/Vogtl. Schöneck/Vogtl. Steinberg (Vogtland) Triebel/Vogtl. Theuma Tirpersdorf Treuen Werdamap
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Steinberg is a municipality in the east of the Saxon Vogtlandkreis .

geography

Wildenau district

Geographical location

The community is located at the junction of natural areas Westerzgebirge and Vogtland in the Erzgebirge / Vogtland . The eponymous Steinberg ( 659  m above sea level ) is located in the center between the three districts. Most of Rothenkirchen lies in the upper valley of the Rödelbach , a tributary of the Zwickauer Mulde . The Plohnbach , a tributary of the Göltzsch, flows through Wildenau . The Wernesbach , which also flows into the Göltzsch, flows through Wernesgrün .

Neighboring places

Neighboring cities and municipalities are:

Kirchberg Crinitzberg
Rodewisch Neighboring communities
Schönheide Column green

Community structure

The community consists of the districts Rothenkirchen , Wernesgrün and Wildenau and is a member of the regional community "Around the Kuhberg".

history

Religions

The following parishes and religious communities exist in the village:

  • Ev.-Luth. Rothenkirchen Church (parish Rothenkirchen in Ephorie Auerbach)
  • Ev.-Luth. Wernesgrün Church (Rothenkirchen parish in Ephorie Auerbach)
  • Ev.-Luth. Kreuzkirche Wildenau (parish in Ephorie Zwickau)
  • Regional Church Community of Rothenkirchen
  • Regional church community Wildenau
  • New Apostolic Church in Rothenkirchen

Church origination

The community was created on March 1, 1994 through the merger of the previous communities of Rothenkirchen , Wernesgrün and Wildenau .

Population development

Development of the population (December 31) :

  • 1998-3,331
  • 1999-3,286
  • 2000-3,241
  • 2001-3,197
  • 2002-3,172
  • 2003-3,123
  • 2004-3,098
  • 2007-2,994
  • 2008-2,988
  • 2009-2,943
  • 2012–2,858
  • 2013–2,856
Data source: Saxony State Statistical Office

Memorials

A tomb with a memorial plaque on the cemetery of the local part Wernesgrün reminiscent of four unknown concentration camp prisoners , the case of a death march from the central warehouse in Lengenfeld (Vogtland) of the Flossenburg concentration camp in the spring of 1945 by SS men were killed.

There is also a memorial in the Wernesgrün district that commemorates the local engineer Johann Andreas Schubert .

At today's town hall in Rothenkirchen, where the former train station with a historical station clock is also located, a trolley and a buffer stop reminds of the former Wilkau-Haßlau-Carlsfeld (WCd) narrow-gauge railway .

politics

City council and mayor

The local elections from 1994 to 2009 had the following results:

Parties and constituencies 2009 2004 1999 1994
% Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 62.9 11 66.3 11 69.0 11 61.3 11
FWG Free voter group Steinberg 21.1 3 20.8 3 17.9 2 22.3 3
FDP Free Democratic Party 8.8 1 12.9 2 13.0 2 16.5 2
IG Interest group of the sports and fire brigade association 7.2 1 - - - - - -
total 100 16 100 16 100 16 100 16
Voter turnout in% 51.6 47.4 57.8 78.2
City council election 2014
Turnout: 52.7% (2009: 51.6%)
 %
70
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
65.5%
14.1%
7.6%
8.5%
4.4%
Gains and losses
compared to 2009
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
+ 2.6  % p
-7.0  % p
-1.2  % p
+1.3  % p
+ 4.4  % p
    
A total of 14 seats
  • IGS : 1
  • FWG : 2
  • FDP : 1
  • CDU : 10

Since the municipal council election on May 25, 2014 , the 14 seats of the municipal council have been distributed among the individual groups as follows:

  • CDU : 10 seats
  • Free voter group Steinberg (FWG): 2 seats
  • FDP : 1 seat
  • Interest group of the sports and fire brigade association (IGS): 1 seat

The mayor Andreas Gruner was elected in June 2015. He is the successor to Günther Pührer.

Local partnerships

Steinberg maintains partnerships with Hünfeld in Hesse and Simontornya in Hungary. Another partnership is currently being sought.

Culture and sights

The main attraction and the eponymous geographical center of the municipality is the Steinberg with a height of 659 meters. In addition to the 17.5 meter high observation tower, there is also a restaurant there.

The churches in the individual districts are particularly worth seeing.

The Vogtland Panorama Weg runs through the community. In 2005 it was the first east German hiking trail to be awarded the “Quality Trail Wanderable Germany” seal of approval by the German Hiking Association and was able to defend its certification in 2008.

Sports

In the individual districts there is a soccer club with SV Londa Rothenkirchen, SV Grün-Weiss Wernesgrün and SV 08 Wildenau and there is a rifle club in Rothenkirchen.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The federal highway 169 leads through the districts of Wernesgrün and Rothenkirchen . Until the 1970s, Rothenkirchen had a connection to the 750 mm narrow-gauge railway Wilkau-Haßlau-Carlsfeld .

Established businesses

Wernes green bottle cap
  • The district of Wernesgrün is the seat of the Wernesgrüner brewery .
  • Until shortly after the war, Rothenkirchen was the headquarters of the hair care manufacturer Wella . Today there is a factory of the Wella subsidiary Londa in Rothenkirchen. Wella itself is a subsidiary of Procter & Gamble .
  • The Zahořanský AG with the Zahořanský GmbH mold and tool has an office in Rothenkirchen.
  • One of the oldest businesses in the town, which is still family-owned today, is the Ebert blacksmith's shop, which has existed since 1837 and is now a regionally known metal construction company.
  • Furthermore, the production buildings of the company Beeren-, Wild-, Feinfrucht GmbH are located in the district of Rothenkirchen, for short "BWF", which can look back on a long tradition.
  • EHG pipe production, which produces stainless steel pipes, is also located in the Rothenkirchen district.

Personalities

  • Johann Andreas Schubert (1808–1870), designer of the Göltzschtalbrücke, the first German locomotive and the first Elbe steamship
  • Hermann Möckel (1849–1920), senior seminar teacher, head of city council, co-founder of the Erzgebirgsverein
  • Ottomar Singer (1865–1945), entrepreneur in Rothenkirchen and politician (NLP), MdL (Kingdom of Saxony)
  • Karl Ströher (1890–1977), entrepreneur, supporter of the NSDAP and art patron
  • Ullrich Böhme (* 1956), since 1985 Thomas organist in Leipzig, Prof. University for Music and Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig

Web links

Commons : Steinberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Steinberg in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population of the Free State of Saxony by municipalities on December 31, 2019  ( help on this ).
  2. ^ Result of the election to the local council on June 7, 2009. Accessed on January 12, 2011 .
  3. ^ Result of the election to the local council on June 13, 2004. Accessed on January 12, 2011 .
  4. ^ Result of the election to the local council on June 13, 1999. Accessed on January 12, 2011 .
  5. ^ Result of the election to the local council on June 12, 1994. Accessed on January 12, 2011 .
  6. ↑ Results of the 2014 municipal council elections
  7. ↑ https://www.statistik.sachsen.de/wpr_alt/pkg_s10_bmlr.prc_erg_bm_a?p_bz_bzid=BM151&p_ebene=GE&p_ort=14523380
  8. ↑ Information on the partner congregations on the commune's website. Retrieved May 23, 2013 .
  9. ^ Homepage of SV Londa Rothenkirchen
  10. ↑ Homepage of SV Grün-Weiß Wernesgrün
  11. ↑ Homepage of SV 08 Wildenau
  12. ^ Homepage of the Rothenkirchen rifle club