Bear forest

Bear forest community Crinitzberg Coordinates: 50 ° 33 ′ 55 ″ N , 12 ° 31 ′ 42 ″ E
Height :	488 m
Residents :	1028 (1990)
Incorporation :	January 1, 1994
Postal code :	08147
Area code :	037462
Location of Bärenwalde in Saxony

Bärenwalde has been part of the community of Crinitzberg in the district of Zwickau since 1994 .

Geographical location

Bärenwalde is located in the Rödelbach valley between Rothenkirchen and Hartmannsdorf . The place is limited on the one hand by the Hartmannsdorfer Forest and on the other by the Crinitzberg (573 m above sea level), which gives the entire community its name. The border between the Erzgebirge and Vogtland runs between Bärenwalde and Rothenkirchen .

Neighboring places

Lauterhofen	Giegengrün	Hartmannsdorf
Obercrinitz		Felt pond
	Rothenkirchen	Lichtenau

history

Bärenwalde, town view (2016)

The Waldhufendorf Bärenwalde was founded by a locator named Bero, from which the place name Bärenwalde (Berowalde) is probably derived. Bärenwalde belonged to the Wiesenburg office from 1764 to 1843 and then to the Kirchberg office. In 1856 the place came to the Kirchberg court office and in 1875 to the Zwickau administration , the successor of which is the Zwickau district.

Potatoes were grown for the first time in Bärenwalde in 1712.

Various branches of the textile and brush industry settled in Bärenwalde in the 19th century. Brick production developed through the granite quarries on the Crinitzberg. From 1893 to 1970 Bärenwalde had a station with a connection to the Wilkau-Haßlau-Carlsfeld narrow-gauge railway . In 1994 the communities of Bärenwalde and Obercrinitz merged with its district Lauterhofen to form the community of Crinitzberg.

Seal of the Church

On the seal of Bärenwalde you can see a bear walking upright with its body turned to the left. This bear is framed by fir trees.

Religions

The ev.-luth. Parish Bärenwalde and the neighboring town of Lichtenau in the Erzgebirge district belong to a parish with the parish in Hartmannsdorf near Kirchberg in the parish of Zwickau. The current Bärenwalder church was built in 1732/33 and is considered the second largest village church in Saxony. From 1545 to 1769 the parish in Hundshübel was also parish after Bärenwalde.

Public facilities

The municipality of Crinitzberg is located in the Bärenwalde district. There has also been a branch of the city of Kirchberg there since 2004 , with which Crinitzberg has an administrative community.

education

There is a privately owned primary school in Bärenwalde.

traffic

Bärenwalde is located in the Rödelbach valley on the road from Kirchberg to Rothenkirchen . Since 1893 Bärenwalde had a station with a connection to the narrow-gauge railway Wilkau-Haßlau-Carlsfeld . The line was closed on the section between Saupersdorf bei Kirchberg and Rothenkirchen in 1970.

Bärenwalde station (2016)
Bärenwalde station (2016)

Industry

In the middle of the 19th century, the granite quarries on the Crinitzberg supplied stones for the construction of the Göltzschtal bridge near Mylau in Vogtland and for many houses in the area.

Bärenwalde was also known for its iron and point trade. There were also some weaving and lace makers , embroidery and stocking knitting in the village . The brush industry in the neighboring towns of Rothenkirchen and Stützengrün also settled in Bärenwalde.

Personalities

Constantin Weber (1885–1976), mechanical engineer
Gertrud Drechsler (1896–1984), dialect poet
Gottfried K. Wehner (1910–1996), physicist

literature

The mining landscape of Schneeberg and Eibenstock (= values of the German homeland . Volume 11). 1st edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1967, pp. 21-25.
M. Leistner: Chronicle of the Erzgebirge village Bärenwalde. Zwickau 1952
GT Werner: From the history of the Ore Mountains village Bärenwalde in the 16th century. Kirchberg 1936

Web links

Commons : Bärenwalde - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Bärenwalde in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
Bärenwalde on the website of the municipality of Crinitzberg

Individual evidence

↑ August Schumann : Complete State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony, containing a correct and detailed geographical, topographical and historical representation of all cities, towns, villages, castles, courtyards, mountains, forests, lakes, rivers, etc., the entire Royal. and Prince. Saxon country including the Principality of Schwarzburg, the Erfurt area, as well as the Reussian and Schönburg possessions . Volume 2, Schumann, Zwickau 1815, p. 551 ( digitized version )
↑ Bärenwalde. In: augenoptik-michael.de. Retrieved March 20, 2018 .

[1] August Schumann : Complete State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony, containing a correct and detailed geographical, topographical and historical representation of all cities, towns, villages, castles, courtyards, mountains, forests, lakes, rivers, etc., the entire Royal. and Prince. Saxon country including the Principality of Schwarzburg, the Erfurt area, as well as the Reussian and Schönburg possessions . Volume 2, Schumann, Zwickau 1815, p. 551 ( digitized version )

[2] Bärenwalde. In: augenoptik-michael.de. Retrieved March 20, 2018 .