Benndorf (Frohburg)

Benndorf City of Frohburg
Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′ 5 ″  N , 12 ° 32 ′ 10 ″  E
Height :	156  (153-172)  m
Area :	9.34 km²
Residents :	408  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	44 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 1997
Postal code :	04654
Area code :	034348
Location of Benndorf in Frohburg
View from the sports field to the church

Benndorf is part of the Saxon town of Frohburg in the Leipzig district . The formerly independent municipality became a district of the city of Frohburg on January 1, 1997. Since 1948 the previously independent community of Bubendorf belonged to Benndorf.

Geography and infrastructure

location

The cluster village in the Wyhra valley is about 2 kilometers northwest of Frohburg and 7 kilometers southeast of Borna . Benndorf is located at the transition from the Leipzig lowland bay to the Saxon castle and heathland , approx. 30 km south of Leipzig . The border with Thuringia is in the forest to the west of the village .

Magdeburg (170 km) Halle / S. (75 km)	Leipzig (38 km) Borna (10 km)	Berlin (230 km) Grimma (30 km)
Zeitz (40 km) Jena (95 km)		Dresden (110 km) Görlitz (210 km)
Altenburg (15 km) Gera (60 km)	Zwickau (50 km) Aue (75 km)	Chemnitz (40 km) Prague (240 km)

* Distances are rounded road kilometers to the town center.

Streets

The sign for the Benndorfer bus stop

Benndorf is connected to state road 51 via two side roads one kilometer away, on which the Borna-Süd junction of the federal motorway can be reached after 6 km . A section of the S 51 lies on the northeastern edge of the Benndofer Flur. The current federal traffic route plan includes a new construction of the federal road from Altenburg via Benndorfer Flur directly to a new motorway junction "Frohburg" on the nearby Bubendorf.

Benndorf is on the border of tariff zones 153 and 154 of the Central German Transport Association . The only bus stop in the village on the village square is under the name Benndorf Wendeplatz from both directions of the line 260 Borna - Neukirchen - Frohburg - Kohren-Sahlis by the buses of the THÜSAC .

The entire place is signposted as Zone 30 . Right before left applies at all intersections . Before the incorporation into Frohburg there were only house numbers and no street names.

List of street names in Benndorf:

Street	description
On a slope	The road leads uphill to the outskirts.
At the castle park	Named after the park of the former Benndorf Palace. It is a dead end with no passage to the park.
At the nursery	Named after the Fleischer nursery at number 1.
At the canteen	Named after the building at number 12 in which the canteen of the von Einsiedel lignite works was located.
At the forge	Named after metal construction and blacksmith Wolfgang Jurich in house number 3. Until the incorporation of Eulatal to Frohburg it was still called Frohburger Straße .
On the island	The island is formed by the Mühlgraben on the one hand and the Wyhra on the other.
Bubendorfer Strasse	Leads to the neighboring village of Bubendorf. The last houses with the numbers 23 and 25 are already far out of town, directly on State Road 51.
Eschefelder Strasse	Leads over the farm road past the five linden trees to the neighboring town of Eschefeld. The main road through the village has a separate footpath.
Röthgener Weg	Named after the Röthgen (Frohburg) settlement in this direction .
Schänkengasse	Previously led along the back of the Eschefelder Straße to the Dorfgasthof (tavern).
Sports ground alley	Leads to the Benndorf sports field.
Wyhraer way	Leads past the sewage treatment plant as a dirt road to the neighboring village of Wyhra.
To the archway	Named after the building with the number 9 - the gatehouse of the former manor. The road leads through the middle of the manor and also opens up the castle park, which follows the former stables building on the left.

Bubendorfer and Eschefelder Strasse meet at the village square with Sportplatzgasse and the streets 'Zum Torbogen' and 'Auf der Insel'. The 'singer linden tree' is located on this central square. This is also where the residents are supplied with mobile shops (bakers and butchers) and media can be borrowed from the mobile library . The former village shop of the Kulpe family (previously Jung) on ​​the village square in Sportplatzgasse 1 was one of the last of its kind in the region. The sale ended on March 31, 2014.

train

In a half kilometer distance, the station is Frohnburg at the Neukieritzsch-Chemnitz railway , which current from the line 6 S of the S-track means Germany is operated. S-Bahn trains run every hour to Leipzig - with a connection to long-distance traffic - and beyond to Leipzig Messe and in the opposite direction to Geithain with a connection to Chemnitz. A small section of the railway line is also on the Benndorfer Flur.

Air traffic

The nearest airport is 15 km south in Nobitz and the nearest airports with regular flight operations are Leipzig / Halle airport 70 km north and Dresden airport 110 km east of Benndorf.

Media supply

The Benndorfer low-voltage power supply is largely laid as an underground cable by Envia Mitteldeutsche Energie . There is a transformer station on the island . This is connected to Bubendorf and Frohburg via medium-voltage power lines . The high-voltage line number 208 from Eula to Weida crosses the Benndorfer Flur in the southeast as a 220 kV overhead line coming from the Frohburger settlement Am Sonneneck via Erligt and Wiesenweg in the direction of Fünf Linden to Eschefeld. The solar power generation in the place is only available on a private scale. There are no wind turbines in Benndorf .

The main gas pipeline of MITGAS is located in the south-west of Benndorf and leads from the Benndorfer Wald along the building boundary from Röthgener Weg to Wiesenweg further in the direction of Frohburg. The location itself is accessible via a local network.

The drinking water comes from the Grimma-Geithain supply association (VVGG). The closest fountain in the network is the Frohburg waterworks.

The Wyhratal wastewater association collects the wastewater and part of the rainwater from the town. The sewage pipes are fed to the main pipe (coming from Frohburg). At the end of the village, on Wyhraer Weg, there is a wastewater treatment plant .

In 2020, Deutsche Telekom is converting its network in Benndorf to broadband internet via fiber optic cable . Speeds of up to 250 Mbit / s are planned.

Hiking and biking trails

Benndorf is located directly on the bike and hiking trail along the Wyhratals from Borna to Frohburg and beyond to Kohrener Land. This hiking trail is also signposted as the Luther Trail . The 3rd stage of Via Porphyria also leads through the village in the same way . At the village square it crosses the connection from Altenburg and from the Pahna Recreational Park to Frohburg and on towards Priesnitz, Bad Lausick and Colditz.

Hiking sign at the Benndorf village square

To the west of the village on the farm road from Wyhra, coming from the north, and at the intersection with the road Zum Torbogen (picnic bench), the pilgrim path no.13 of the Jakobswegen in Germany leads from Stettin to Hof (Saale), turning east as Pöllnitzweg .

The extended path of the street An der Kantine in Wyhratal to Frohburg ("Wiesenweg") as well as the paths to the east in the extension of Eschefelder Straße and the street Zum Torbogen are paved and thus just like the connection to Röthgen (Frohburg) to the west of the village after Wyhra (Borna) also suitable for inline skates . The paths in the extension of the Wyhraer Weg past the sewage treatment plant to Wyhra and through the sand pit to Bubendorf and through the Erligt to Frohburg are more suitable for hiking and are not paved.

There is a hiking sign and a cycling and hiking map at the village square . The castle park with its benches is ideal for a picnic break. You can reach him via the street 'Zum Torbogen' and not via the street named after him 'Am Schloßpark'.

Neighboring places

The neighboring communities of Benndorf

	Wyhra	Bubendorf
Pahna
Eschefeld		Frohburg

The Oberscharbach divides the district of Benndorf from Wyhra in the northwest . In the northeast the Bubendorfer Bach separates Benndorf from Bubendorf in places. The Frohburg district begins at the edge of the Erligt forest in the southeast. The five linden trees form the border in the south to Eschefeld and the Einsiedelweg in the Benndorfer Forest to the west to Pahna.

Waters

Benndorfer Wyhrabrücke

In Benndorf there are several small ponds, especially around the manor but also in the peripheral areas:

• Försterteich
• Wall pond
• Linden pond
• Farmer's pond

The small streams, including the Oberscharbach and the Bubendorfer Bach , flow into the Wyhra in Wyhra and Zedlitz, respectively. This small river crosses Benndorf from southeast to northwest. In the local area, the so-called Mühlgraben branches off to the left. This used to supply the Benndorfer mill with water. It flows back into the Wyhra at the village square. The Wyhra, in turn, flows into the Pleiße at Lobstädt , and then into the White Elster , Saale and Elbe into the North Sea.

Flood in Benndorf in 1964

There have always been problems with flooding in the village when it rains heavily . Most recently during the floods of the century in 2002 and 2013 .

North of the village at the end of the Wyhraer Weg is a sewage treatment plant operated by the Wyhratal waste water association. Here, the sewage from a number of villages upstream is collected and treated so that it can then be returned to the Wyhra. In addition to the Frohburg districts of Eschefeld, Bubendorf, Benndorf, Greifenhain, Roda and Streitwald, the association area also includes the town of Frohburg itself and all districts of Kohren-Sahlis and Narsdorf .

climate

Benndorf is in the temperate climate zone , in the transition area from the oceanic climate of Western Europe to the continental climate of Eastern Europe. The average annual temperature is 8.8 ° C and the average annual rainfall is 541 mm. Most of the precipitation falls in the summer months of June to August with a peak of 64 mm in June and July. In February the lowest precipitation falls with 31 mm, in the other winter months it is around 34 mm.

The rain shadow of the Harz reaches its southeastern border near Benndorf. To the south, the rain accumulation of the Ore Mountains join.

Benndorf
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     33   2 -3     31   3 -3     34   8th 0     42   13 3     51   18th 8th     64   22nd 11     64   23 13     61   23 12     45   19th 9     40   14th 6th     37   7th 2     39   3 -1 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source:

Average monthly temperatures and precipitation for Benndorf Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 1.8 3.3 7.7 12.8 18.3 21.6 23.2 22.9 19.0 13.5 6.8 3.1 O 12.9 Min. Temperature (° C) −3.0 −2.6 -0.1 3.3 7.7 11.1 12.8 12.3 9.3 5.7 1.7 −1.3 O 4.8 Precipitation ( mm ) 33 31 34 42 51 64 64 61 45 40 37 39 Σ 541 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 1.5 2.1 3.2 4.6 6.4 6.2 6.7 6.1 4.3 3.5 1.5 1.2 O 4th Rainy days ( d ) 8.1 6.6 8.0 7.6 8.5 9.4 8.8 8.1 7.6 7.3 7.9 8.9 Σ 96.8 Humidity ( % ) 86 84 79 74 71 73 70 70 77 82 84 86 O 78 Source:

history

Previous place names

year	designation	annotation
1216	Bennendorf	First mention
1350	Bendorf, Bunendorf
1526	Penndorf

13th Century

Benndorf Castle (demolished in 1958)

In the year 1216, in addition to Heinrich the Younger and Heinrich the Elder von Corna ( Kohren ) and Siegfried von Zedtlitz , a Hugo von Bennendorf, a knight whose ancestors were settled under Wiprecht von Groitzsch , is mentioned in a document . They came from Franconia . There was also a village of Benndorf there, now Kaltenbrunn . A Gnanno von Benndorf donated several goods to the Benz monastery, an Adelbert von Benndorf being named as a witness. 1233 Dither List and Siegfried List are named as owners of Benndorf. The family moved to Windischleuba . With the List family begins the series of those owners who owned Frohburg and Benndorf for centuries.

14th Century

In 1350 Gunegunde, the wife of the strict knight de Trenowe (von Thräna ), owned the Rödichen, goods and taxes in Benndorf.

In 1352, Dietrich von List transferred the right of patronage over the Benndorf Church to the Bergkloster Chemnitz. The Benndorfer mill was built in 1362 and first mentioned in a document in 1365.

15th century

On June 28, 1413, Margrave Wilhelm II lends the "strict Apel and Michael von Bresen brothers " the Frohburg castle , the grove behind the castle, half of the town of Frohburg, and half of the neck dish in the villages of Greifenhain, Eschefeld and Benndorf. For the year 1420, Cunrad and Frutzsche (Fritz) von Bresen are named as owners of Benndorf in a letter of purchase, which is in the castle archives in Frohburg. At that time they sold a wood called Borkisbach (Burkhardtsbach) to their cousin Caspar von Bresen on Frohburg. In 1485 Johann von Bresen on Benndorf sold a piece of wood to Heinrich von Einsiedel on Gnandstein .

The Benndorfer Church was built around 1500.

16th Century

Aerial view of the manor

In the visitation protocol of 1533 Caspar von Mergenthal and Rudolf von Bunaw are named as the owners of Benndorf. We met Caspar von Minkwitz in 1535 in Benndorf. In 1540 he sold Frohburg and Benndorf to Nickel von Techwitz "on Kossern sessig". On October 30, 1542, the Ernestine Elector Johann Friedrich , again by the bailiff of Altenburg , admonished him to meet his pecuniary obligations towards the pastor of Benndorf.

As early as 1549, Nickel von Techwitz sold the manors Frohburg and Benndorf to Melchior von Kreutzen because they were overindebted . The purchase contract is signed by the Albertine Elector Moritz . Melchior von Kreutzen died "at Frohburg at his castle after Ursula, which was October 24, 1555 at 9:00 a.m.", this is what the ore grave slab with Kreutzer's almost life-size figure in the western vestibule of the Frohburg church says. His son and successor Bernhard von Kreutzen couldn't get out of the financial difficulties, so that in 1600 he retired "to the Schneeberg " and left his goods to his cousin Melchior von Kreutzen from the Prussian line, who, however, in 1602 passed them on to his son Christoph resigned from Kreutzen. But he died much too early. Under his skillful hand, the two goods could have flourished again financially. He was buried on October 2nd, 1609 with high honors in the presence of Duke Johann Georg . From 1609, his widow managed the estates with Wolf von Kreutzen on Ballstädt and Heinrich von Friesen on Rötha for their only son Melchior, who, however, receives these goods over deeply in debt. Perhaps for the sake of financial worries, he accepted military service and probably also died in the war , because on January 23, 1630 his widow Sabine (from the Prießnitz Einsiedel house) ceded Frohburg to her husband's creditors. Benndorf must have been sold either under this widow Sabine von Kreutzen or during the lifetime of your husband Melchior von Kreutzen. As a result, the goods Benndorf and Frohburg were separated.

17th century

Orangery

In 1625 Georg Berger is mentioned as the owner of the stately heir tavern in Benndorf. Christoph von Kreutzen's widow sells Frohburg to her husband's creditors. This led to a separation of the Benndorf and Frohburg estates. In 1633 134 people died of the plague in Benndorf (almost a third of the population).

At the beginning of the 17th century Benndorf is owned by the Lords von Ende, of whom Wolf von Ende is said to have been a capable farmer (from the album of the manors of Saxony). It should also be mentioned that around 1600 in Frohburg - not in the castle - a noble family Georg von Ende lived. There is a larger file in the manor archive, entitled “Acta Judicialia from the year 1755”. As early as January 20, 1669, Eberhard Schlaf signed it on page 52. He is called on the same page "the right doctor and practiko and heir on Benndorf". As is evident from the above acts, set out in this time many memories and supplements because of forced labor and Fronabgaben necessary. The feudal people apparently wanted to get some relief, which is to be understood, since they were impoverished by the 30-year war not far back. Because of the "Handbaudienste" which led Hintersässer with the landowners a process, but they in front of the Superior Court to Leipzig already lost 1675th Their revision was again rejected on June 14, 1676. You now turned to the court of appeal of the Elector of Saxony in Magdeburg . However, a settlement was finally reached between the two parties, as the Benndorf estate had changed hands.

In 1676 two brothers, namely the "Princely Saxon Court and Justitionsrat zu Altenburg Johann Caspar Hendrich" and the "Princely Saxon Landrentmeister zu Koburg Johann Friedrich Hendrich" are gentlemen on Benndorf. They are listed on the left of the above-mentioned document on page 55. The two brothers in turn had to lead a lawsuit against the widow of the late hooker Georg Vormann, who refused to pay "the main loan amount" (5% of the basic value in the event of death) because she shared this property with her daughter, who was a certain Georg Eidner had married and wanted to continue farming together. The process was also conducted before the Oberhofgericht in Leipzig and ended with an amicable settlement (pp. 56 and 57 of the file). According to the date on the file, both brothers must have been owners of the manor on June 12, 1680.

In 1688 the Chancellor von Pöllnitz bought Benndorf. This family owned Benndorf continuously until 1811.

18th century

In 1721, Friedrich Carl von Pöllnitz began to build the Benndorf Palace, which is now shown with its floor plan.

19th century

Gasthof Benndorf

In 1811 the forest clerk Johann Ernst Dankegott Klinkhardt was the owner of Benndorf. His successor in 1818 was Prof. Heinrich Karl Eichstädt , who is buried in Benndorf. About the foster daughter and heiress Johanna Laura Rötzschke later came Fideikommiss Benndorf- Gösen -Pretzsch 1848 to her daughter Ida Gruner (1815-1892), married from Einsiedel (first marriage) or fire from Lindau (second marriage), then to her son Curt von Einsiedel (1837–1923), followed by his nephew Curt von Einsiedel auf Wolftitz (1871–1941), who bequeathed the Benndorf and Bubendorf estates to his niece and adopted daughter Marie-Luise (* 1913), who with Eberhard von Breitenbuch was married. It was expropriated by the land reform in the Soviet occupation zone in 1945.

In 1848 the distillery was built in the manor. In 1864 the “Himmelreich” lignite works opened in Bubendorf and in 1884 the Einsiedel coal works. At that time Benndorf had 517 inhabitants and 22 farms. Until 1890 the manor had its own brewery and brewing rights. The innkeeper in Benndorf was only allowed to serve beer from the manor brewery.

20th century

Distillery, renovated in 2013

In 1908, on July 16, drilling was carried out for a second drinking water well. In 1911 there were serious abuses in the school system: 115 - 119 pupils in two classes taught by just one teacher. There are no longer enough seats in the second class, so that some students have to stand.

In the years 1914 to 1918, a number of Benndorf men had to fight as soldiers in the First World War. A total of 22 of them fell.

List of the fallen soldiers of the First World War from Benndorf

Rank	Surname	Age	born	place of birth	died	Place of death	unit
soldier	Emil Arthur Uhlig	31	07/17/1884	Benndorf	09/02/1916	near Zamoscie (Russia) in the battle of Njemen	12th Company Inf.-Regt. 354
Sergeant	Albin Otto Uhlig	22nd	December 01, 1893	Frohburg	March 24, 1916	south of the Caurieres forest (France)	2nd Company Inf.-Regt. 107
soldier	Otto Paul Weiske	21st	01/23/1893	Benndorf	October 24, 1914	west of Lille (France)	4th Company Inf.-Regt. 179
soldier	Emil Arthur Vogel	31	06/17/1885	Frohburg	11/12/1916	on Monte-lui-Popovice (Romania)
soldier	Arno Arthur Linke	23	01/30/1894	Benndorf	04/15/1917	south of Aubérive (France)	6th Company Inf.-Regt. 107
soldier	Oskar Max Lungwitz	30th	10/01/1886	Flößberg	07/01/1917	southeast of Brzezany (France)	6th Comp. Res.-Inf.-Regt. 107
soldier	Otto Weiske	22nd	01/14/1895	Benndorf	11/14/1917	east of Monchy in Artois (France)
Private	Albin Richard Taubert	37	11/27/1880	Benndorf	09/15/1918	near Bourlon (France)	Fleet column No. 719
Sergeant	Alfred Otto Leuschel	23	06/28/1895	Benndorf	October 24, 1918	near Bantheville ( Argonne )	7. Comp. Res.-Inf-Regt. 106
Armoring soldier	Ernst Emil Leuschel	46	02/01/1871	Benndorf	05/04/1917	in the reserve hospital II Leipzig	4th Armierungs-Battalion 191
soldier	Ludwig Muller	31	05/02/1895	Bear height	12/29/1916	near Blanzée before Verdun (France)	1. Comp. Replacement Inf.-Regt. 24
soldier	Alfred Willy Richter	19th	December 27, 1898	Benndorf	04/12/1918	in le Papot, northwest of Nieppe , French Flanders	11th Comp. Inf.Regt. 177
soldier	Richard Paul Kröber	23	10/28/1890	Neukirchen	08/20/1914	fallen near Walscheid (Lorraine)
Reserve soldier	Arno Alfred Thurm	22nd	05.10.1891	Benndorf	09/27/1914	near Saint-Souplet (France)	1st Company Inf.-Regt. 107
soldier	Julius Edwin Starke	27	05/13/1887	Klein-Eschefeld	09/26/1914	near Vaudesincourt (France)	12. Comp. Res.-Inf-Regt. 106
soldier	Arthur Alfred Schirmer	22nd	02/23/1892	Benndorf	December 10, 1914	near La Bassé Ville (France)	7th Comp. Inf.-Regt. 113
Sergeant	Albert Friedrich Kirsten	25th	04/09/1891	Benndorf	October 29, 1916	near Miraumont / Somme (France)	11th Company Inf.-Regt. 106
Private	Emil Arthur Short	30th	10/18/1887	Benndorf	December 06, 1917	southwest Anneux (France)	1. Comp. Res.-Inf.-Regt. 107
soldier	Walter Rudolf Uhlig	19th	11/25/1898	Frohburg	10/21/1918	in the Woëvre west of the Moselle (France)	2nd comp. Res.-Inf.-Regt. 106
soldier	Martin Ettelt	25th	12/07/1891	Benndorf	December 8, 1916	Wounded in 1915
soldier	Otto Graichen	20th	04/26/1898	Benndorf	07/08/1919	Wounded in 1918

An electric threshing machine was put into operation in 1917. The mill's large barn burned down completely on September 30, 1921.

At the time of Kurt Heinrich Alexis Hildebrand von Einsiedel, the manor came under bankruptcy administration. Only in the last year of his life could he really call his property his own again. Colonel von Einsiedel was known and loved for his indestructible humor. He died on November 19, 1923 in a private clinic in Altenburg and was buried in Benndorf. Since the deceased did not leave any children, the manor Benndorf came to his nephews, Royal Saxon Major a. D. Kurt von Einsiedel, who has to be said to have made serious efforts to restore the structurally dilapidated manor to its old splendor as an ornament of the village.

In 1925 the mill building burned down to the ground. In 1929 Benndorf had 517 inhabitants as well as the "Sachsen Brikettwerke GmbH Benndorf", a choral society and a cycling club.

At the end of the twenties of the 20th century, the Benndorf manor came into the possession of the Breitenbuch family . They lease the property to the Richter family.

Arthur Hensel celebrated his 25th anniversary as mayor in Benndorf on April 26, 1931. With an ordinance of the National Socialists of May 3, 1933, the local group Benndorf of the workers' cycling association "Solidarity" was banned. The community library housed in the Hitler Youth Home showed a positive development. Founded in October 1938, there were already 60 readers a year later. On April 1, 1939, the NSDAP local group Benndorf-Bubendorf was founded in the presence of the local group leader Pfefferkorn from Frohburg .

In 1944 33 Polish women and men who had been deported and 2 children were employed on the manor in Benndorf. In addition, there were 13 prisoners of war Poles, 17 forcibly displaced Poles, 5 Ukrainians with one child, 3 Russians, 2 Italians, 1 Romanian and 3 Yugoslavs with farmers in Benndorf. At the end of the Second World War , a prisoner-of-war camp was set up in Benndorf Castle since February 22, 1945 for around 800 Allied prisoners of the military, especially for French officers who came from the Oflag IV D Elsterhorst prisoner of war camp . On April 13, 1945, when the American troops marched in, they saw the end of the war here. Richard Scheibe was appointed mayor on April 18 by the Americans.

After the Second World War in July 1945, the manor was expropriated by the Soviet occupying power and divided up on October 14, 1945 as part of the land reform . The chairman of the soil commission was Arno Raubold. The farm and forestry operations of the manor (306 hectares) were divided among the refugees and displaced persons from the German eastern regions, many of them from the Militsch district in Lower Silesia , but also from East Prussia and Galicia in today's Ukraine .

On November 1, 1946, Comrade Richard Eidam became mayor of Benndorf. Since January 1st, 1951, the inn has been owned by the community and in 1956 it is taken over by the Frohburg consumer cooperative . In 1955 the harvest kindergarten was converted into a permanent kindergarten . With the establishment of the LPG "Freier Bauer" (Type III) on February 11, 1956 in Benndorf, the manor buildings were managed by them until the end of the GDR.

In the 1950s, the three-winged castle was torn down piece by piece, although the demolition order from the state soil commission had long since expired. The manor buildings and the park were not maintained and fell into disrepair.

Consumer sales point Benndorf

In 1957 a transformer house was built. In July 1959 the new consumer outlet opened. The construction of bridges over the Wyhra and Mühlgraben was also completed in 1959. A new wagon scale and a weighing house were built in the same year. The newly established community nurse's station was opened on the occasion of the GDR's 10th birthday .

Construction of the Benndorfer Bridge over the Wyhra

The male choir, which existed until 1942, was re-established in 1961. In 1963 an extinguishing water pond was created to improve the extinguishing water supply. On June 25, a BSG was founded with the departments of youth football and women's handball. To remove the cause of the frequent floods, the Wyhra below the village was straightened over a length of 850 meters in 1964 and a new bridge was built. The local washing station was closed in 1967. On March 16, 1967, the LPG's new pigsty at the sheepfold was accepted.

In 1968 the Orstverbindungsstraße from Benndorf to Bubendorf received a mixed gravel surface. The village street in the local area of ​​Benndorf received a bitumen surface for the first time. Before it was a right muddy road. A 220 kV high-voltage line was built south of the village. On July 9, 1968 the merger of LPG Type I Benndorf “Wyhratal” with LPG Type III Frohburg “Florian Geyer”. In 1969 the members of the VKSK Benndorf created a self-contained garden. In the following year the youth and athletes' home was handed over to the youth by the council of the community.

On June 30th the school service in the elementary school Benndorf was stopped. The 1st to 3rd grade children go to school in Nenkersdorf. From the 4th grade they go to Frohburg. The Benndorfer school building is only used as a school day care center. On May 29, 1972 at 6:23 a.m., the first bus service took place through Benndorf. On December 31, 1973, Ernst Wolf resigned from the mayor's office for health reasons. He was active in his office for 20 years and has done a lot for the community of Benndorf through high personal commitment. Christine Otto is her successor on January 1, 1974. She was removed from office in July 1975 and Mrs. Arnold was appointed mayor. She was also only in office for a short time. Deputy Mayor Kurt Feist took over from 1976 to 1978. From 1978 Rudolph Niegel is mayor of Benndorf.

In 1983 the orchard next to the dairy cattle facility was cut down. Around 130 trees between the ages of 15 and 20 were cleared because there was no maintenance staff for this facility. In the same year, the kindergarten was expanded and a playground was built in the former school garden. Birgit Winkler has been mayor of Benndorf since January 1, 1986. Large-scale renovation work is being carried out in the Benndorfer Flur. Benndorf is connected to the garbage disposal of the VEB service combine Borna.

After 11 years, Manfred Becker is handing over the management of the consumer restaurant. From May 28, 1987 to January 14, 1968 Matthias Koch runs the restaurant. The restaurant has been closed since that day. On May 9th, the LPG bull barn next to the kindergarten was demolished.

The 750th anniversary celebrations took place from June 7th to 9th, 1991.

Until 1856, Benndorf was in the Electoral Saxon or Royal Saxon Office of Borna . From 1856 the place belonged to the Frohburg court office and from 1875 to the Borna district administration . The neighboring town of Bubendorf was incorporated into Benndorf on October 1, 1948. In 1952 it was incorporated into the Geithain district in the Leipzig district , which in 1994 became part of the Leipziger Land district. On January 1, 1997, Benndorf was incorporated into the city of Frohburg, making Benndorf and Bubendorf districts of Frohburg. Both places did not make use of the opportunity to form local councils for their district.

21st century

The fountain in the Benndorf Castle Park

Since the district reform in Saxony, Benndorf has now been part of the newly founded district of Leipzig on August 1, 2008 . With the help of the Förderverein Rittergut Benndorf and the Kultur- und Umweltstiftung Leipziger Land of the Sparkasse Leipzig , a number of beautification and maintenance work has been carried out in the castle park in recent years. Among other things, the fountain was renovated, repaired and provided with an inlet and outlet. In addition, ten benches were set up, several beech trees were planted, the bridge was renovated, the castle ground plan was marked and a display board was set up.

In 2016, the 800th anniversary celebrations took place from August 11th to 14th. The four-day program included a prayer in the church, a lecture on history, guided tours, the special opening of the village museum and an exhibition with local artists. In the castle grounds there was entertainment in the marquee with local DJs, the live bands Leiseschrei, Fonatics and Kurzschluss as well as performances by ventriloquist Roy Reinker and the Limbacher Varieté . In addition, the Einstein after-school care center, the Fröhlich music school, the dance group from Kitzscher , cheerleaders from Meuselwitz , the Guggenmusik from Borna and an amateur theater from Benndorf with a historical play. There was also music around the campfire, fireworks, historical children's games and a bouncy castle, a forest and meadow volleyball tournament and the meeting of the Frohburg tractor friends. There were round trips with tractors and donkey carts, as well as “driving without a license” and shooting with the Frohburg fire brigade. A farmers' market and historical handicrafts could be marveled at in the manor grounds - as well as the old agricultural machinery and the flea market on the village square and on the island. A choir singing with guests from Kitzscher and Mölbis in the church and a festive service in the tent were also part of the program. There was a lantern parade for the children and the third Benndorf duck race on the Wyhra. In the run-up to the festival, the whole village was decorated with pennants, straw dolls and all kinds of creative ideas. The best of them were awarded at the festival.

Development of the population

As of January 4, 2018, 425 people live in Benndorf. 204 of these are female and 221 are male. 422 are German citizens and 3 are foreigners from non-EU countries.

year	1834	1871	1890	1910	1925	1939	1946	1971	1998	2000	2005	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
population	413	427	437	577	594	544	709	492	456	485	482	459	461	453	435	431	436	426	430	425
source

year population 1551 35 possessed men , 16 residents 1764 33 possessed men, 33 cottagers , 26 hooves

year Population with incorporation 1950 1 1067 1964 1 877 1990 1 638

¹ with Bubendorf

Attractions

Lutherweg near Benndorf

• Benndorf village church, first mentioned in 1352
• Manor building
• Archway House
• Castle park with the layout of the former castle and a newly designed fountain
• Orangery

The small village museum in Benndorf

• The small village museum on the island
• Mill
• Gatehouse of the former Kaube four-sided courtyard, today a care station
• Cottage on the village square

Half-timbered cottage on Benndorfer village square

• the "alley" in its entirety
• Half-timbered house A. Kobsch
• Community center (former village school from 1899)
• Maize maze (from July to September on the road to Bubendorf)
• The Luther Trail between Borna and Gnandstein leads through Benndorf

The church

In Benndorf there is an Evangelical Lutheran church , which has belonged to the parish of Frohburg since 2000 .

The oldest news about the church dates from 1352. Until 1524, the Bergkloster zu Chemnitz and its abbot exercised the right of patronage over the church in Benndorf. It was not until Hilary, the last abbot, that this right was wrested from the monastery. Since Benndorf belonged to the Electorate of Saxony , Luther's teaching was able to find its way early on. Since then, the Benndorfer Church has been Protestant.

The current church building was built around 1500. In 1863 the interior of the church was extensively renovated. Another renewal took place 1980–1983.

The altar, from 1506, consists of a central shrine and two wings. The central shrine contains the carved and brightly painted figures of St. George , Mary with the child and St. Barbara . On the wings are the 12 apostles in groups of 3 each . The altar, like the one at Eschefeld, to which it is very similar, is the work of an Altenburg art carving school.

The peal (three bronze bells) was cast around 1500. One of the treasures of the church is the organ of Urban Kreutzbach from Borna, which was built in the course of the redesign in 1863.

On the north side there is a memorial plaque for the soldiers who died in the First World War .

Village church

Memorial for the fallen of the First World War from Benndorf near Frohburg

List of pastors in Benndorf

year	Pastor	annotation
1526	Nikolaus Thümerer	First evangelical and also married pastor
1533	Peter Kreutzer
1553	Christoph Spurwert	Ordained in Weimar in 1553
1563	Bartholomäus Spurberg	He signed the formula of the Agreement
1583	Georgius Schrey
1632	David Höckner	Died of the plague on January 5, 1633
1633	Christian Engelmann
1638	Johannes Sartorius (tailor)
1654	Joachim Michaelis
1683	M. Phillip Bernhard Eck	Was to Lucka appointed
1686	Georg Friedrich Tschirpe	Came to Osterfeld in 1695
1695	Andreas Teucher
1729	Johann Christian Prell
1739	Christoph Graube
1744	M. Heinrich Salomon Hermann	Went to Borna in 1764 as archdeacon
1764	Johann Christian Pietsch
1781	Carl August Heinrich Flemming	Went to Lausick as Protodiacon
1791	M. Carl Christoph Schirlitz	Received the parish of Barnstädt with Göhritz near Querfurt
1801	Johann Christian Tenne	Became pastor of Großbardau
1819	M. Heinrich August Schreyer
1831	Konrad Julius Thieme	Longest term of office here, lived as emeritus in Frohburg
1870	Friedrich Moritz Fritzsche	As a pastor after Bocka appointed
1875	Johannes Weichert	Lived as emeritus in Dresden
1895	Paul Hugo Reinhold	Came from Gersdorf near Leisnig
1906	Martin Reismuth
1947	Hermann Albrecht
1955	Manfred Schönfelder
1957	Gottfried Busch
1965	Johann Christian von Kölichen	Is buried at the Benndorfer Church

The parish of Benndorf has been co-administered from Frohburg since 1974. The church is at the beginning of Bubendorfer Straße. The parish office used to be in the house opposite, number 2.

The mill

Mill building in 2016

The Benndorfer Mühle was once built by monks from the Merseburg Abbey . It is first mentioned in a document in 1365. At that time, Margrave Friedrich decided that the mill had to deliver a small sum of money, a lamb belly, bread and two cape cocks to Frohburg at a certain early morning mass.

The year it was built was reminiscent of a year above the gate of the mill building: 1365. The coat of arms above is that of the Wrangel family . It is surrounded by the letters IMDHT, which are interpreted as follows: H (oc), I (n), M (anu), D (omini), T (utiseemum), which means “this mill is in the hand of God safest "should mean.

Until 1500, darkness ruled the fate of the mill. It is said to have been destroyed with the village of Benndorf in the Hussite Wars and then rebuilt. This was indicated by a ledge made of fired bricks that is said to have drawn around the building.

The former owners were the gentlemen von Kreutzen and Nickel von Techwitz from Frohburg, later Herr von Einsiedel in Benndorf, who leased the mill.

In 1921 the shed and stables burned down and in 1925 the main building burned down, after which the mill was rebuilt. In 1935 it was leased by Georg Bufe. In the years 1940/41 a modernization took place in which a modern Francis turbine was installed for the own electricity generation. The work was carried out by French prisoners of war.

In 1945 the VdgB - BHG of the State of Saxony became the owner of the mill. In 1957 it became municipal property. From 1958 the mill belonged to the LPG "Free Farmers Benndorf", Artur Abendroth was the miller. In 1968 the mill was stopped.

The Scheffler family is currently the owner of the mill building, which also serves as the headquarters of their construction company and has been extensively restored and modernized.

The mill is located on the Wiesenweg to Frohburg at the address An der Kantine 6 .

the forge

The smithy is referred to in the manor files as "Schmiede und Häuslergut".

The owners of the forge

Benndorfer forge

year	Blacksmith	annotation
1600	Peter Graefe
1623	Michael Graefe
1678	Christoph Kurz
1711	Hans Georg Kurz	Bought the forge on May 9, 1711 from his father.
1748	Hans Christoph Meissner	Sold the forge on November 27, 1769 to his son-in-law for 300 thalers. At that time, 17 thalers were paid to the Benndorfer court.
1769	Gottfried Mäder
1799	Andreas Heinicke	He is called a master and a farrier. On December 11, 1799, he bought three acres of field in the Benndorfer Flur.
1843	Johann Gottlob Mäder	In 1843 he was listed as the owner of the smithy in the deed about the replacement of the Frone and was named "Master" for the first time. In the ledger of the school in Benndorf, created in 1842, he is referred to as "blacksmith and armorer". He sent 7 children to the Benndorfer school. In 1845 he built the still standing forge, which was more like the neighboring house (at that time Zschammer) and was burned away.
1857	Tailor's head
1882	Gustav Adolf Brauer	He added the blacksmith's shop.
1895	Hermann Alwin Jurich	He bought the forge on March 1, 1895 for 18,000 marks.
1922	Alwin Alfred Jurich	Took over the forge from his father on December 1, 1922. He expanded the workshop and in 1926 re-roofed the building.
1956	Rolf Jurich	Took over the forge from his father on October 26, 1956.
1988	Wolfgang Jurich	Took over the smithy from his father on December 1st, 1988.

The forge is still in operation as such today. After Eulatal was incorporated into Frohburg, the former “Frohburger Straße” was renamed Benndorf and is now called “An der Schmiede”. The building is at number 3.

The archway

Gatehouse of the former manor in Benndorf

The Torhaus Benndorf (the archway) is a two-story gatehouse with a slightly protruding central projection and a mansard hipped roof , built in the typical Baroque style of the 18th century. The street from the village square to the manor is named after this building: "To the archway". For centuries, the gatehouse formed the link between the manor and the village, and from 1856 onwards it separated the separate legal districts “Rittergut Benndorf” and “Dorfgemeinde Benndorf”.

Until the voluntary fire brigade was dissolved, the Benndorfer fire engine was parked here in the gatehouse and the equipment of the comrades was housed. In 2012 the building changed from communal to private ownership.

The school

Former school in Benndorf

The school building in Benndorf was built in 1899 and was used as such until 1970. Then the students had to go to Nenkersdorf or Frohburg. In the building there was only the after school care center . The building is now used as a community center. There is a large event room with a small kitchen and toilet on the ground floor. It is used both by local associations and privately. A rental apartment has been created on the upper floor. Next door is the public playground and barbecue facilities. A fire brigade siren is installed on the roof of the building .

The Benndorf children go to the “Storchennest” and “Spatzennest” day-care centers in Frohburg as well as to the “Rainbow Land” in Greifenhain and the “Villa Kunterbunt” in Eschefeld .

The primary school students are taught in the Frohburger primary school. There is a direct connection with the school bus. You can also visit the after-school care centers “Schlaufüchse” and “Die Einsteins”. From the fifth grade are the high school "Maxim Gorky" in Frohburg and the school "Am Breiten Teich" in Borna, the International Business School in Geithain , John's Mathesius High School in Rochlitz , the Free Gymnasium in Penig and the Christian Spalatin High School in Altenburg to choose from.

The nearest colleges and universities are in Leipzig , Mittweida , Chemnitz and Zwickau .

economy

Currently (2020) there are the following companies in town.

• Wastewater Association Wyhratal, Wyhraer Weg 11
• Bautenschutz Brauße GmbH, Zum Torbogen 7a
• Construction company Rudolph Bau & Service, Röthgener Weg 7
• Benndorfer Bau- und Transport GmbH, An der Schmiede 13
• BT-Bau und Tiefbau GmbH, at the canteen 6
• Dieter Engert Elektro-Service, Eschefelder Straße 7
• Electrical planning Steffen Kaiser, An der Kantine 11
• Franz Göhring tree felling work, Sportplatzgasse 4
• Horticulture Butcher, An der Gärtnerei 1
• Heiko Scholz facade design, at the canteen 3
• Income tax aid for employees e. V., Bubendorfer Str. 2
• Maister labyrinth farm Tobias Karte, An der Gärtnerei 2
• Metal construction & forge Wolfgang Jurich, An der Schmiede 3
• Zeller horse farm, Wyhraer Weg 7
• Sister Annegret Outpatient Nursing Service, Wyhraer Weg 1
• Stephan Rudolph construction business, An der Kantine 9

societies

Currently (2020) there are the following clubs in town .

• Church choir Benndorf
• Male choir "Germania" Benndorf e. V.
• Trombone Choir Benndorf / Bubendorf e. V.
• Förderverein Rittergut Benndorf e. V.
• Dartclub Benndorf e. V.

Every year on the first weekend in September the common Benndorfer summer festival and on December 6th the traditional Nikolausfest take place.

Personalities

• Nickel von Techwitz, bailiff von Plauen (1525–1527), bailiff zu Sachsenburg (1547, 1548), bought the manor Benndorf in 1537 from the property of Caspar von Minkwitz.
• Matthias Berlichius (born October 9, 1586 in Schkölen near Weißenfels; † August 8, 1638 Leipzig), lawyer, studied in Jena and Marburg, owner of the Benndorf manor, from 1611 as a lawyer and private scholar in Leipzig. Matthias Berlichius belonged to an important family of civil servants and scholars from Electoral Saxony and owned an impressive fortune.
• Johannes Michaelis (born January 10, 1606 in Soest in Westphalia; died November 29, 1667 in Leipzig), doctor and chemist, Dr. phil., 1631 Dr. med., professor of physiology since 1633, pathology since 1643, therapeutics and dean of the medical faculty since 1647, rector of the University of Leipzig several times, was a widely respected doctor of his time. Numerous publications, medical inquiries from all over Europe and his appointments in 1641 as personal physician to Duke Friedrich Wilhelm II of Saxony-Altenburg and in 1662 as personal physician to Elector Johann Georg II of Saxony . "A master of chymi and all art scene" was up to his death in 1667 heir, feudal lord and court lord of Benndorf.
• Ludwig Ernst von Pöllnitz (born August 29, 1641 in Mosen; † April 14, 1695 in Dresden) electoral Saxon politician (Chancellor and Privy Councilor at the court in Dresden), heir to Röpsen and Benndorf, provost in Naumburg and Altenburg regional director.
• Moritz Wilhelm von Pöllnitz (born April 24, 1676 in Zeitz; † December 20, 1725, son of Ludwig Ernst von Pöllnitz and Clara Sophia von Bose), Lord of Röpsen and Benndorf, was a privy councilor and high court marshal at the court of Duke Moritz Wilhelm von Sachsen-Merseburg and the Duchess Henriette Charlotte von Sachsen-Merseburg; Chief steward; Canon of Naumburg.
• Friedrich Carl von Pöllnitz (born May 4, 1682 in Zeitz; † February 14, 1760 at Gut Benndorf), Electoral Saxon-Polish high court marshal and lover of Duchess Henriette Charlotte of Saxony-Merseburg, as well as cathedral dean of Meissen.
• Ludwig Carl von Pöllnitz (born February 15, 1737; † February 3, 1807 in Benndorf) studied at the University of Leipzig, Lord of Benndorf and Weißbach, Electoral Saxon Chamberlain, 1775 to 1798 head of the Leipzig district. Benndorf became the administrative center of the Leipziger Kreis under him . 1763–1799 member of the state parliament of Electoral Saxony (second corpus: knighthood).
• Christian Gustav Friedrich Dinter (born February 29, 1760 in Borna, † May 29, 1831 in Königsberg) Protestant theologian and educator. After studying theology in Leipzig from 1782 to 1787 tutor at Benndorf Palace with family v. Pöllnitz, then pastor in Kitzscher, 1797–1807 director of the Dresden-Friedrichstadt teacher training college, 1818 consistorial and school council and 1822 also professor of theology in Königsberg i. Pr.
• Heinrich Karl Abraham Eichstädt (* August 8, 1771 in Oschatz; † March 4, 1848 in Jena), one of the most important classical philologists of his time. Grand Ducal Saxon Weimar Privy Councilor, professor of poetry and eloquence as well as senior librarian of the University of Jena, director of the Latin Society of Jena, editor of the Allgemeine Literaturzeitung, member of many learned societies at home and abroad; Knight in the House Order of the White Falcon , Knight of the Saxon Civil Merit Order and the Swedish North Star Order ; Heir, feudal lord and court lord on Benndorf and Bubendorf, buried on March 9, 1848 in a crypt near the Benndorf church.
• Eberhard von Breitenbuch (born July 20, 1910 in Dietzhausen; † September 22, 1980 in Göttingen), son of the Prussian court chamber councilor and forest counselor Arthur von Breitenbuch (1873–1914) and Clementine Freiin von Münchhausen (1876–1966), married on 18 October 1938 Marie-Luise von Einsiedel, landlady of Benndorf and Bubendorf. He belonged to the group of resistance fighters against Adolf Hitler. He was a qualified forest engineer, head forester, until the expropriation in 1945 landlord on Benndorf, then on manor Remeringhausen near Hanover.
• Hermann Hensel (born August 1, 1921 in Benndorf; † September 17, 1983 in Leipzig), son of the farmer Willy Hensel and his wife Minna Hensel, b. Priemer; 1928–1935 Benndorf elementary school, 1935–1936 Barth'sche Realschule Leipzig, 1936–1939 Higher Agricultural School in Döbeln, 1940 Abitur, conscription to the Wehrmacht and military service, after serious injury 1942–1945 studied agriculture and medicine, April 16, 1945 diploma examination for farmers ( graduate farmer ), 1945–1956 research assistant / senior assistant at the Institute for Farm Management at the University of Leipzig, from 1957 university lecturer, 1959–1970 professor for agricultural management at the University of Leipzig; Member of the DBD .
• Rainer Müller , (born September 26, 1966 in Borna), historian and civil rights activist. In the 1980s he was part of the civil rights movement and organized resistance in the GDR.

literature

• Richard Steche : Benndorf. In:  Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 15. Issue: Amtshauptmannschaft Borna . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1891, p. 5.
• Stefan Hänsel: Local family book Benndorf (near Frohburg) 1524–1799. Berlin, Verlag epubli, 2015, ISBN 978-3-7375-8029-8 , name register .
• Stefan Hänsel: Ortsfamilienbuch Benndorf (b. Frohburg) 1800–1900. Berlin, Verlag epubli, 2015, ISBN 978-3-7375-8030-4 , name register .

Web links

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

• City website

• Benndorf with manor in the address book of the cities of Frohburg and Kohren 1925 ( digitized ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chronicle of Frohburg and the surrounding area 2019
2. ↑ http://www.vvgg.de/ Website of the VVGG
3. ^ Website on the Luther Trail in Saxony
4. ^ Website on Via Porphyria
5. ↑ Website on the Way of St. James Via Imperii ( Memento from September 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ CLIMATE-DATA.ORG
7. ^ Matthias Günther: Archives in Saxony - inventory overview. Retrieved August 15, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Reich Archives Branch Office Dresden
9. ↑ From the history of the Benndorf manor - based on notes by Herbert Thomas and Roland Müller
10. ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 62 f.
11. ^ The Borna District Administration in the municipal directory 1900
12. ^ The local councils of the city of Frohburg
13. ↑ See Benndorf in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony and current information on the Frohburg website under "Inhabitants of Frohburg and districts"
14. ↑ From the history of the Benndorf Church at www.kirchspiel-frohburg.de
15. ↑ See Matthias Donath: Castles in Leipzig and the surrounding area . Meißen, edition Sächsische Zeitung, 2013, pp. 142–143.
16. ↑ See in: Registration of the historical gardens and parks in the Federal Republic of Germany . Presented by the German Heimatbund e. V., 3rd, revised and expanded edition, status: February 1992. Editing: Prof. Dr. Walter Mrass (= series of publications of the German Homeland Federation, Volume 3).
17. ↑ Cod. Diplom. reg. Sax. II 6 p. 293
18. ↑ New Saxon Church Gallery
19. ^ Chronicle of senior teacher Müller and local chronicle Herbert Thomas