Old Franconia

Old Franconia ; town of Dresden
Coordinates	51 ° 2 '0 " N , 13 ° 38' 45" E Coordinates: 51 ° 2 '0 " N , 13 ° 38' 45" E
height	280 m above sea level NN
surface	1.28 km²
Residents	1118 (December 31, 2017)
Population density	873 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation	Jan. 1, 1997
Post Code	01156
prefix	0351
Website	www.dresden.de
politics
Mayor	Hubertus Doltze
	Allocation of seats (local council)
	Free Voter Association of Old Franconia
	6th

Altfranken is a town in the Saxon state capital Dresden .

location

The village of Altfranken is located in the west of Dresden between Gompitz and the Freitaler village of Pesterwitz . Together with Gompitz, it forms the statistical district Gompitz / Altfranken and within it the statistical district 998 Altfranken.

history

Old Franconia Castle

Remains of the gate system of the old Franconian castle that was demolished in 1939

Old Franconia was first mentioned as Aldin Vrankin in a document from 1311 as the property of the cathedral monastery of Meissen . The place name means "settlement to the old Franks", so it is either related to the tribal name of the Franks , which suggests the presumed foundation by Franconian settlers, or is derived from the personal name "Frank (e)". It is assumed that there is a relationship with the Franconian desert between Possendorf and Golberode, which is assumed based on field names .

From 1655 the village belonged to the Dresden office . On January 1, 1997, the previously independent Old Franconia was finally incorporated as a district as the first place in the area around Dresden.

The Altfranken Castle was built until 1852. The Counts of Luckner lived in it . In 1939/40 the palace was demolished by the Nazis. From 2020 it is to be rebuilt as a luxury hotel with 43 rooms and a lookout tower.

economy

Mainly fruit growing and sheep breeding fed the inhabitants of the village in the Middle Ages and the early modern period. Today there is a furniture store, a car dealership and a hotel in Old Franconia. Otherwise the economic importance of Old Franconia is low today. Most of the residents work in Dresden and Freital .

traffic

Map of Old Franconia 1821

Altfranken is characterized by two important traffic routes: the B 173 and the A 17 . The A 17 leads directly through Altfranken, which is somewhat mitigated by the Altfranken tunnel . The construction of the tunnel created a clearly visible aisle in Luckner Park, which has since been replanted with trees and bushes.

There are regular bus connections with the DVB line 90 to the city center of Dresden. On November 29, 2008, the new line (line 7) of the Dresden tram from the Gorbitz depot via Altfranken / Gompitz to Pennrich was put into operation.

Development of the population

Aerial view of Old Franconia in the foreground (Pesterwitz in the center of the picture)

year	Residents
1552	8 possessed men , 4 residents
1764	8 possessed man
1834	266
1871	375
1890	256
1910	283
1925	262
1939	351
1946	353
1950	321
1964	280

year	Residents
1990	187
1991	272
1992	226
1993	215
1994	278
1995	303
1996	388
-	-
1998	738
-	-

year	Residents
2000	1,023
2001	1,050
2002	1,071
2003	1,093
2004	1,097
2005	1,131
2006	1,099
2007	1.107
2008	1,139
2009	1,137

year	Residents
2010	1,117
2011	1,115
2012	1,129
2013	1,116
2014	1,121
2015	1,118
2016	1,120
2017	1,118

Sons and daughters

Heinrich Klemm (1819–1886), German publisher

literature

Cornelius Gurlitt : Old Franconia. In: Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 24. Issue: Amtshauptmannschaft Dresden-Altstadt (Land) . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1904, p. 1.
Friedrich August Leßke : Contributions to the history and description of the villages Ober- and Niedergorbitz, Wölfnitz, Pennrich, Naußlitz and Neunimptsch. Self-published, Deuben 1896 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Altfranken - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Old Franconia in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
Page to the Dresden districts
History of the manor