Berga / Elster

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Berga / Elster
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Coordinates: 50 ° 45 '  N , 12 ° 10'  E

Basic data
State : Thuringia
County : Greiz
Height : 229 m above sea level NHN
Area : 43.52 km 2
Residents: 3258 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 75 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 07980
Area code : 036623
License plate : GRZ, ZR
Community key : 16 0 76 004
City structure: Core city; 13 districts

City administration address :
Am Markt 2
07980 Berga / Elster
Website : www.stadt-berga.de
Mayor : Heinz-Peter Beyer (independent)
Location of the city of Berga / Elster in the district of Greiz
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Berga / Elster is a country town in the district of Greiz in the east of the Free State of Thuringia . It extends in its core on a slope in a widening of the Elstertal.

geography

Geographical location

View over Berga / Elster

Berga is located in the northeast of the East Thuringian-Vogtland plateau , in the valley and between the mostly wooded slopes of the White Elster River . The area is mostly used for agriculture and merges into the Ronneburg arable and mining area in the east of the city center . The next bigger cities are Weida , Greiz and Gera .

geology

The urban area is essentially determined by the Variscan mountain formation in the Thuringian-Franconian-Vogtland slate mountains , the main saddle of which is known as the Bergaer saddle and extends from the Saale near Blankenstein via Schleiz and Zeulenroda to the eponymous city. These are mainly metamorphic alternating layers of platy quartzite and phyllitic silt slate . The White Elster, which crosses the Bergaer Sattel almost at right angles, has exposed these layers from the Ordovician . In the north-eastern area of ​​the urban area near Wolfersdorf , after the rapid erosion of the Variscan Mountains, Zechstein was deposited in its peripheral zone .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities (all in the Thuringian Vogtland of the district of Greiz) are in the east Endschütz , Gauern , Linda b. Weida , Seelingstädt and Mohlsdorf-Teichwolframsdorf and in the west Weida , Greiz , Teichwitz , Langenwetzendorf and Wünschendorf / Elster .

City structure

Structure of the city of Berga / Elster

The southern district of Pöltschen (also spelled Pöltzschen ) has grown together with the core city of Berga. Spatially separated, 13 further districts belong to Berga: Albersdorf , Clodra , Dittersdorf , Eula , Großdraxdorf , Kleinkundorf , Markersdorf , Obergeißendorf , Tschirma , Untergeißendorf , Wernsdorf , Wolfersdorf and Zickra .

The former town and district of Culmitzsch also belongs to the urban area .

history

middle Ages

The Kreuzstein near Albersdorf

Like Greiz, Berga was opened up when the Elstertal was colonized around 1200. In the Middle Ages, a castle on a mountain spur that protrudes from the east into the valley of the White Elster secured and controlled the river crossing of a road running in east-west direction, which connected the Orlatal around Auma with the Mulde valley of Zwickau. Knights of Berga were known to the lords of Lobdeburg as early as 1225. The first news about Berga an der Elster is recorded in the document from 1306. This document reports that a Vogt von Gera ( Herr von Gerawe ) bought Zinse from the Cronschwitz Monastery , including "in the moll (mill) zcu Bergawe also XXXIV bushel korn". This mill was most likely the Angermühle. Four years later, on March 29, 1310, the Cronschwitz monastery acquired a “hoff ynn dem gerichte zcu Bergaw…. and the kyrchlehen zcu Bergaw with all the right ... ”(a courtyard and the church fiefdom in Berga). In the series of witnesses in a document dated March 25, 1313, a "dominus Conradus plebanus in Bergowe" is listed.

On September 11, 1319, the bailiffs of Gera concluded a contract with the bailiffs of Weida in Berga about the Gera mint . In 1320 a layman, the Vogt von Gera, was the patron of the Berga church. The fields and meadows were destroyed by the constant wars of the sovereign, and the robber abuse favored by the proximity of dense forests did not allow proper cultivation of the fields. From the 13th century the von Wolffersdorff family lived in what is now Berga / Elster. The family lived in the district of Wolfersdorf from 1240 to 1831. Gotfridus de Wolfinsdorf sealed the seal as a witness for Vogt Heinrich von Greiz. Resident in the district of Markersdorf from 1340 to 1684 and in Culmitzsch from 1360 to 1785. The old moated castle in Culmitzsch was rebuilt by Heinrich von Wolffersdorff after a fire in 1675 on old foundations. Berga Castle and the surrounding area were bought by the brothers Nickel and Hans v. Wolffersdorff 1432 and owned it until 1569.

Until about the middle of the 14th century, the Berga area was under the governors of Gera. They carried out their last legal act there in 1363. A little later, Berga belonged to the Wettins . The Registrum dominorum marchionum Missnensium reports on this from 1378, when Berga was first mentioned as a town (opidum, steady). The elevation of the place to the city took place accordingly in the 1370s. The arbitration award on the dispute between King Wenceslaus of Bohemia and the Margrave Friedrich IV of Meißen on August 13, 1386 reports on the destroyed and burned down city of Berga. On August 31, 1411 Berga was annexed to the part of the country of Margrave Wilhelm II .

Fundamental changes occurred in 1427. On January 22nd, Heinrich von Weida sold his third of the Weida dominion to Margrave Friedrich von Meißen and received from him "slosz and Stadt Bergaw" with all accessories. The new city lord of Berga called himself Heinrich von Weida, Herr von Berga . After this feudal change of ownership, the city of Berga was issued an open letter on June 9, 1427, which in 16 articles confirmed to the residents that they had “freedoms and rights” that had been achieved up to that point. This document reflects the social and economic conditions in Berga during the first half of the 15th century. The extensive dependence of the mayor and council mentioned therein on the manorial rule exercised annually by two manors in the area remained until 1823.

Modern times

In 1466, Berga passed to the Wettiner Ernst as part of the Vogtland and thus to the Ernestines with the Leipzig division in 1485 . In 1567, the Grumbachian Handel moved to the Albertines . The von Zehmen family had lived in the Berga / Elster area since the end of the 16th century . In 1597 Moritz Bastian v. Z, supervisor of the electoral rafts and trees, the manor Neumühl (in the village of Pöltschen) from Ernst v. Milkau. In 1686 his grandson Hans Bastian II von Zehmen moved into Markersdorf. He set up the “Fabian Sebastian Foundation” for the needy, from whose interest until 1945 socially disadvantaged people received a donation. He was also captain of the Neustädter Kreis and a deputy to the Dresden state parliament. In addition, he was appointed to the electoral secret council and served Johann Georg III. or Friedrich August I. ( August the Strong ). The farmer Friedrich von Zehmen (1779-1851) earned merit for the deep furrow that he made at home in the local area. His motto was: "Pray and work, God will help you". The last owners of Rittergut Markersdorf and Rittergut Neumühl were Christoph and Moritz Bastian von Zehmen. The latter played an important role in the surrender of the city of Berga to the Americans in 1945.

As a result of the Congress of Vienna in 1816, the Kingdom of Saxony had to surrender Berga / Elster as part of the Neustädtischer Kreis to the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach . The town burned down completely in the last major fire in 1842, as a result of which the Berga volunteer fire brigade was founded. In 1875 it was connected to the railway network via the Gera Süd – Weischlitz line . In 1921, during the period of inflation , Berga also issued its own emergency money . The motifs tell of historical legends around Berga.

The headless rider keeps watch on the Kreuzstein every dark night. He fell as he ran over the castle. His name is no longer mentioned.
Kreuzstein near Albersdorf
If the white woman appears in the castle, the horror is enormous. Because somebody will surely die then, as one tells of ancient times.
Berga Castle
Hammermichel in hell's wages, fools the thieves with his gold! There are heaps of it in the bowl, but no one can pick it up.
Unterhammer on the Elster
The musician goes home late. If he meets a wolf, oh horror. That would surely have killed him. But he was careful of playing.
Wolfsgrube on Baderberg
Memorial plaque for Nazi forced laborers in August-Bebel-Strasse
Cemetery of the victims of the Buchenwald subcamp Schwalbe V

During the Second World War , the Schwalbe V underground armament plant was built from 1944 onwards by 120 foreign forced laborers , 500 prisoners of war and military internees as well as 1200 to 1500 prisoners from the Buchenwald concentration camp . At the Schwalbe V construction site alone, 314 people were killed in inhumane conditions. A memorial stone erected in 1947 commemorates the victims of fascism on the slope of Baderberg . Most of the prisoners were driven on a death march , which many did not survive. Researchers suspected the lost Amber Room in the tunnels at times .

The Berga Castle

The construction time of the palace complex, which was built on three rocks, can be dated back to the 12th century, remnants of the fortified knight's castle from the 13th and 14th centuries are partially preserved in the fortification walls. The foundation of the castle goes back to the Lobdeburger, who wanted to create a counterpoint to the rule of the bailiffs of Weida. In 1358 the Landgraves of Thuringia took over the complex. In 1373 it was pledged by Heinrich the Red, Vogt von Weida. In 1427 he finally got it back. In 1445 the Wettins got them back.

Berga Castle around 1912

In 1592 the ownership of the electoral chamber and mountain ridge in Dresden was handed over to Daniel von Watzdorf. The von Watzdorf family is recorded as the owner until 1870. The last member of the family was Bernhard von Watzdorf, who was Minister of State at the court of Grand Duke Karl Alexander of Saxe-Weimar. Until 1875 the castle belonged to Richard Hermann from Zeitz, who in 1875 sold it to Ernst Semmel, the son of the district administrator and secret councilor Moritz Semmel from Gera. Ernst Semmel was elected as a community representative and sold the castle in 1909 to Captain Toppius, who had already worked as administrator of the castle property. In 1938 Ludwig Scharpenseel, who had previously sold his shares in the Schlegel-Scharpenseel brewery , acquired the property and had the property and the outdoor facilities completely renovated.

On September 10, 1945, the Scharpenseel family was expropriated without compensation and fled to Sichtigvor . She lost the manor and the associated lands with a total size of 239 hectares. The facility was outsourced or used to furnish the emergency accommodation for expelled Germans from Central and Eastern Europe . At the same time an agricultural school was established in the castle. At the end of the 1950s, this was outsourced and the state-owned Gut Meilitz took over legal ownership. The stables were converted to fattening pigs. With the " Wende ", the castle became the property of Weigl Holding. On March 8, 1994, the roof of the tenant house built in 1760 burned. The fire and the extinguishing water caused considerable damage to the walls. Large parts of the castle were demolished at the end of 2011 / beginning of 2012.

View of the ruins of Berga Castle and the Schlossberg settlement (January 6, 2012).

Incorporations

Development of the urban area
October 7, 1949: The GDR was founded
July 1, 1950: incorporation of Dittersdorf to Zickra
March 8, 1956: Incorporation of Markersdorf
July 1, 1958: incorporation of Albersdorf
April 1, 1959: incorporation of Eula
July 1, 1961: Ober- and Untergeißendorf merge to form Geißendorf
July 15, 1968: incorporation of Culmitzsch
January 1, 1974: incorporation of Zickra to Clodra and of Großdraxdorf and Wernsdorf to Wolfersdorf
May 15, 1974: incorporation of Kleinkundorf
June 1, 1991: incorporation of Geißendorf
January 22, 1994: Chirma congregation
March 8, 1994: Incorporation of Clodra and Wolfersdorf

In 1972, a community association with Berga and four surrounding communities was created. From 2008 to the end of 2011, the city of Berga / Elster was a fulfilling municipality for Teichwolframsdorf and Mohlsdorf .

Former parish date annotation
Albersdorf July 1, 1958
Clodra March 8, 1994
Culmitzsch 15th July 1968 Site devastated between 1964 and 1970
Dittersdorf July 1, 1950 Incorporation after Zickra
Eula April 1, 1959
Geißendorf June 1, 1991
Grossdraxdorf 1st January 1974 Incorporation to Wolfersdorf
Kleinkundorf May 15, 1974
Markersdorf March 8, 1956
Obergeißendorf July 1, 1961 Merger with Untergeißendorf to Geißendorf
Pöltschen before 1900
Tschirma January 22, 1994
Untergeißendorf July 1, 1961 Merger with Obergeißendorf to Geißendorf
Wernsdorf 1st January 1974 Incorporation to Wolfersdorf
Wolfersdorf March 8, 1994
Zickra 1st January 1974 Incorporation to Clodra

Population development

Despite multiple incorporations of surrounding places from 1991 to 1994, a slight decline in the number of inhabitants can be recorded. Of the 3,526 inhabitants on December 31, 2012, 1,751 were male and 1,775 were female.

Development of the population:

  • 1830: 0559
  • 1885: 0982
  • 1910: 1515
  • 1933: 1917
  • 1939: 2002
  • 1994: 4329
  • 1996: 4257
  • 1998: 4210
  • 1999: 4076
  • 2000: 4068
  • 2001: 4017
  • 2002: 3978
  • 2003: 3924
  • 2004: 3921
  • 2005: 3830
  • 2006: 3766
  • 2007: 3719
  • 2008: 3656
  • 2009: 3628
  • 2010: 3539
  • 2011: 3444
  • 2012: 3526
  • 2013: 3493
  • 2014: 3392
  • 2015: 3383
  • 2016: 3359
  • 2017: 3339
  • 2018: 3297
  • 2019: 3258
Data source: from 1994 Thuringian State Office for Statistics

politics

City council

In the 1990s Berga had an unusually strong SPD local association for the rural district of Greiz , which in 1994 with exactly 49 percent of the votes occupied half of the 16 seats to be allocated in the city council and in 1999 it still held seven seats out of 42.9 percent. won. In 2004 the free voters achieved a landslide victory with 47.8% and were able to provide eight of the 16 members. Since the last local elections on May 25, 2014 which are in Bergaer City Council CDU Community Berga with six seats, the SPD with three seats, the Left with two seats and the CDU represented with five seats.

Parties and constituencies %
2014
Seats
2014
%
2009
Seats
2009
%
2004
Seats
2004
%
1999
Seats
1999
%
1994
Seats
1994
Local election 2014
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
36.5%
32.7%
16.8%
14.0%
Gains and losses
compared to 2009
 % p
 10
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
-6.0  % p
+ 9.4  % p
-1.9  % p
-1.6  % p
FWG Free voter community of the city of Berga / Elster and Ortsteile e. V. 36.5 6th 42.5 7th 47.8 8th 21.6 4th 15.9 2
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 32.7 5 23.3 4th 16.3 2 26.6 4th 24.0 4th
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 16.8 3 18.7 3 17.4 3 42.9 7th 49.0 8th
LINKE
(until 2004: PDS)
Die Linke
(until 2004: Party of Democratic Socialism )
14.0 2 15.6 2 11.8 2 8.9 1 5.0 1
Meyer Meyer Frank - - - - 6.7 1 - - - -
Flat share Wolfersdorf community of voters - - - - - - - - 6.2 1
total 100.0 16 100.0 16 100.0 16 100.0 16 100.0 16
Voter turnout in% 57.8 48.5 52.0 62.4 77.6

mayor

The first mayor since 1990 was Klaus-Werner Jonas from the SPD. The re-election took place in the first ballot in 1994 with 66.7% and in 2000 with 74.4% of the valid votes. In 2003 there was an early election of the mayor, with Stephan Büttner from the Free Voters prevailing against the CDU candidate with 71.1% of the votes in the second ballot. In 2009, Büttner was re-elected in the first ballot with 95.5% of the valid votes. In the second ballot on January 25, 2015, the non-party candidate Steffen Ramsauer was elected as the new mayor with 51.1% of the valid votes.

On June 17, 2018, Steffen Ramsauer was voted out of office as the holder of the office in a voting procedure in accordance with Section 28 ThürKO Paragraph 6, Sentence 2.

On November 4, 2018, the non-party Heinz-Peter Beyer was elected mayor in the second ballot with 69.4% of the vote.

coat of arms

The coat of arms dates from the 19th century. The description of the coat of arms reads “a natural oak tree in silver on green ground.” The crucified is depicted on older seals, some of which date from the 15th century.

Town twinning

Although belonging to opposing global political power blocs, the twinning between Gauchy ( France ) and Berga / Elster ( GDR until 1990) was officially established.

Denominations

The Evangelical Church and the Roman Catholic Church as well as the Evangelical Methodist Church are represented in Berga / Elster with their own churches and assembly buildings .

Culture and sights

Buildings

The town hall, which was rebuilt after the city fire in 1842, is located on the market that has been converted into a small park. The baroque castle shows remains of a fortified knight's castle from the 13th / 14th centuries in the fortification walls. Century on. The three-storey palace building before the partial demolition dates back to the 16th century, while the gatehouse, hall building and palace chapel were added around 1760. The baroque town church and the Spittel local history museum are also worth seeing.

The church

The St. Erhard Church is a rectangular hall church with two-storey nave galleries. It is named after the patron saint and traveling bishop Erhard von Regensburg .

City ponds

The landmark of the city of Berga is a centuries-old pedunculate oak in the center of the village, which was protected as a natural monument until 2013 . The oak has served as the motif of the city's coat of arms and the city seal since 1888. The chest height is 6.52 m (2014).

After an alternative crown pruning for traffic safety on December 17, 2012, the Lower Nature Conservation Authority of the district of Greiz withdrew the oak's protection as a natural monument. In 1989 the common oak deciduous tree was named "Tree of the Year".

Großdraxdorf plateau

Devil's pulpit

The Teufelskanzel rises up on the western edge of the Großdraxdorf plateau . East of Devil's Pulpit once was a Wallenburg . In 1847 the area lost the remains of its shape in favor of agricultural use. The first archaeological investigations began as early as 1854 and continue to the present day. Researchers examine artifacts from the early Stone Age to the late Middle Ages.

The Museum Reichenfels-Hohenleuben shows finds from the first excavations in 1854/55.

Regular events

In the district of Zickra there is the Kulturhof Zickra , which is the site of regular events and concerts. Among other things, it is the venue for the Thuringia Jazz Mile .

Art in public space

In a work by the wood sculptor Thomas Nowacki , an angel figure was created from the trunk of a black poplar .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Berga and its districts are partly on the B 175 , the L 1083 from Zickra to Zeulenroda and the L 2336 to Rückersdorf as well as on the Gera - Greiz - Weischlitz railway ( Elstertalbahn ). The station is served hourly in each direction by trains of the DB Regio and the Vogtlandbahn . The PRG Greiz connects other rural places in the area with regular bus services.

line operator Line course Clocking
RE 3 DB Regio Erfurt - Jena - Gera - Berga - Greiz Every two hours
RB 4 Vogtland Railway Gera - Berga - Greiz - Plauen - Weischlitz Every two hours
21st PRG Greiz Greiz - Waltersdorf - Berga
218 PRG Greiz Weida - Berga - Wolfersdorf - Großkundorf - Berga / Seelingstädt approx. Every two hours

As part of tourist mobility, the designated hiking route “Elsterperlenweg” and the Elster cycle path lead through the town of Berga / Elster.

Established businesses

Until 1990 Berga / Elster was a well-known location for the production of artificial silk ( VEB Greika ) and the wool spinning mill ( VEB Alwo ). Mechanical wool weaving started in 1879 and the rayon industry emerged in 1900. In 1932 the Ernst Engländer AG silk weaving mill employed 860 workers. A branch in Creuzburg has belonged to the weaving business since 1912 ; this business specialized in the manufacture of parachute silk in the 1930s. In the GDR, both factories were part of the VEB Greika Greiz. On August 4, 2011, the area found a new owner through a foreclosure auction.

Commercial area in front of the city

The economy of the city of Berga / Elster has been shaped by smaller craft, service and trading companies since 1990. A commercial area developed from 1992 onwards has an area of ​​6 hectares.

An extensive agricultural plant and animal production is traditionally rooted in the districts of the city of Berga / Elster. As the first of its kind in the Greiz district, the LPG "Thomas Müntzer" was established in 1952 in the Markersdorf district .

Public facilities

In the 1950s, the SDAG Wismut created a housing estate with associated infrastructure for trade, culture and medical care. The night sanatorium was a special feature; it was used for medical prophylaxis by the bismuth miners between work shifts. The ensemble of the Wismut settlement is now protected as an area monument.

education

A school has existed since 1555. Today there is a primary school , a regular school and a city library in Berga .

Personalities

literature

  • Ilse Blam, Klaus Blam, Dr. Frank Reinhold: Berga an der Elster - From the market to the city . Zebulon Verlag, Düsseldorf 1993, pp. 1-118.
  • Frank Reinhold: Family book Berga, Elster near Weida with Albersdorf, Eula, Markersdorf, Pöltschen and Untergeißendorf (district of Greiz). 1571 to 1696. Working Group for Central German Family Research , Leipzig 2011.
  • Hanns-Moritz von Zehmen: Genealogical news about the Meißnian nobility of Zehmen, 1206 to 1906 . Wilhelm Baensch, Dresden 1906 (with many reports and information on Markersdorf, Clodra, Neumühl and Berga).
  • Henriette Joseph, Haik Thomas Porada, Gerhard Hempel (eds.): The northern Vogtland around Greiz - a regional study in the area of ​​Greiz, Weida, Berga, Triebes, Hohenleuben, Elsterberg, Mylau and Netzschkau , Böhlau Verlag GmbH & Cie., Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2006, ISBN 978-3-412-09003-6 . Explanations on Berga: pp. 183–188 ( books.google.de limited preview).

Web links

Commons : Berga  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics  ( help on this ).
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  4. ^ A b c d e Manfred Bensing, Karlheinz Blaschke, Karl Czok, Gerhard Kehrer, Heinz Machatscheck: Lexicon cities and coats of arms of the GDR . Ed .: Heinz Göschel. 2. rework. and exp. Edition. Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig July 1984, p. 39 .
  5. Berga an der Elster - From the market to the city, cf. P. 70.
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  8. Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces . Jenzig-Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , p. 87-88 .
  9. Thomas Bienert: Medieval castles in Thuringia . Wartberg Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-86134-631-1 , p. 94-95 .
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  21. kirchenkreis-greiz.de. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 26, 2014 ; accessed on March 31, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kirchenkreis-greiz.de
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  23. ^ Klaus Blam [texts], Lutz Stieler [organization]: Berga & Wünschendorf - Sights worth seeing in the Elstertal . Ed .: Ehrhard Lemm [Gera] with the support of the Berga / Elster city administration. 1st edition. Ehrhard Lemm, Gera October 1993, p. 12 .
  24. ^ Entry in the directory of monumental oaks . Retrieved January 10, 2017
  25. Official Journal Landkreis Greiz, Edition 2 2013, page 20. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 7, 2014 ; Retrieved February 13, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.landkreis-greiz.de
  26. contributions to the history O.Fischer publishing Aderhold, Weida / Th. 1930
  27. Alt-Thüringen (annual publication of the Museum of Prehistory and Early History of Thuringia) Volume 39/2006, pp. 5–68, author Karl Peschel
  28. ^ City of Berga - Großdraxdorf ( Memento from June 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
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  30. Kulturhof Zickra. Retrieved March 31, 2012 .