America (Penig)
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America
City of Penig
Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 51 ″ N , 12 ° 44 ′ 3 ″ E
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| Residents : | 57 (December 31, 2018) | |
| Postal code : | 09322 | |
| Area code : | 037381 | |
Location of America in Saxony |
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America is part of the municipality of the city of Penig in the district of Central Saxony in the Free State of Saxony . America belonged to Arnsdorf until it was incorporated into Penig on January 1, 1994 .
history
It got its name due to the fact that there had been a calico printing plant in the village since 1836 , which visitors could only reach via the Mulde - initially via a few large stones, later via a boat. So you were dragged across the pond , this expression was already known at that time for the trip to the United States and so the term America on the Mulde became established for the factory and the surrounding area. But it was not until 1876 that the freight yard on the Glauchau – Wurzen railway was officially registered as the America station .
Regular traffic on the railway line was stopped after the floods in 2002 . Pedestrians can now cross the Mulde near America over a bridge.
America has been part of the city of Penig since January 1st, 1994 .
Buildings
America in the media
At the end of each issue of mdr telecast exactly has long been an amateur comment on a political topic of the program with the opening words "My name is Hermann Richter and I live in America" appears.
America is also the main location of the 1995 film of the same name by Ronald Eichhorn with Sophie von Kessel in the lead role. The shooting took place almost exclusively in the Uckermark .
literature
- Jana Kaulich, Dieter Richter: Across America into the valley of castles - the valley of the Zwickauer Mulde around Penig. Bildverlag Böttger, 1994, ISBN 3-9806125-3-8
- City administration Penig (ed.): 775 years of Penig. 14.-23. June 2002. Festschrift. Miriquidi-Verlag, Niederfrohna 2002
Web links
- America in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
- History of America on the Penig City website
- America in the Penig Wiki
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population by city and district. (PDF) City of Penig, accessed on October 8, 2019 .
