Bernbruch (Grimma)

Bernbruch Large district town of Grimma Coordinates: 51 ° 11 ′ 2 "  N , 12 ° 39 ′ 39"  E
Height :	171 m
Residents :	178  (Sep. 2012)
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Incorporated into:	Großbardau
Postal code :	04668
Area code :	03437
Location of Bernbruch in Saxony

Church in Bernbruch

Bernbruch is a village in the Leipzig district in Saxony . Politically, the place has belonged to Grimma since the beginning of 2006 . Bernbruch is located between Großbardau and Lauterbach and south of the Frauenholz, in which the Schnellbach rises.

Bernbruch was first mentioned in documents as "Bernbruch" in 1253. The place name means "settlement in the quarry that belongs to a man named Bero". Further mentions were:

• 1269: Berenbruch
• 1289: Berrnbruch
• 1335: Bernebruch
• 1378: Bernbruch
• 1875: Bernbruch b. Grimma (Bernbach)

Development of the population

year population 1548/51 21 possessed men , 12 residents , 12 hooves 1764 16 possessed men, 6 gardeners , 4 cottagers , 7 1 ⁄ 2   hooves 1834 217 1871 254

year population 1890 230 1910 235 1925 240 1939 249

year population 1946 356 1950 318 1964 273

Attractions

See also : List of cultural monuments in Bernbruch (Grimma)

• the church of the village dates from around 1200 and is a Romanesque choir tower church

literature

• Ingeburg Manig: Family book of the parish Großbuch with branch church Bernbruch (Grimma district) 1645–1885. 2nd edition, Leipzig: AMF 2005 (= Central German local family books of the AMF 9)

Web links

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

• Bernbruch in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Districts of Großbardau on grimma.de , accessed on January 18, 2014
2. ↑ Reinhard E. Fischer : The place names of the states of Brandenburg and Berlin: age - origin - meaning . be.bra Wissenschaft, 2005, p. 21 .
3. ↑ See Bernbruch in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony