Bernstadt ad Eigen

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Coat of arms of the city of Bernstadt ad Eigen
Bernstadt ad Eigen
Map of Germany, position of the city of Bernstadt ad Eigen highlighted

Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′  N , 14 ° 50 ′  E

Basic data
State : Saxony
County : Goerlitz
Management Community : Bernstadt / Schönau-Berzdorf
Height : 231 m above sea level NHN
Area : 52 km 2
Residents: 3354 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 65 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 02748
Area code : 035874
License plate : GR, LÖB, NOL, NY, WSW, ZI
Community key : 14 6 26 030
City structure: 8 districts

City administration address : 		Bautzener Strasse 21
02748 Bernstadt ad Eigen
Website : www.bernstadt.info
Mayor : Markus Weise ( independent )
Location of the city of Bernstadt ad Eigen in the district of Görlitz
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Bernstadt auf dem Eigen (officially: Bernstadt ad Eigen , Sorbian Bjernadźicy ) is a Saxon country town in the district of Görlitz . It belongs to Upper Lusatia and lies in the middle of the city triangle Görlitz - Zittau - Löbau . It is part and the administrative seat of the Bernstadt / Schönau-Berzdorf administrative community , which largely corresponds to the cultural and historical landscape of the Eigenschen Kreis .

geography

City structure and incorporation

  • Bernstadt on the property,

1957:

1994:

history

Map of Oberreit with Bernstadt on the property around 1845

Bernstadt auf dem Eigen was first mentioned on September 22nd, 1234 in a document from the Bishop of Meißen as "Bernhardistorf". The country town belonged for centuries to the rule of the abbesses of the St. Marienstern monastery . Against the will of their rule, the Bern city dwellers led in the mid-16th century, the Reformation , which has led to decades of conflict with the abbess.

Place name forms

1234: Bernhardistorf, 1245: Bernardistorf, 1280: Bernhartstorf, 1285: Bernhardus et Otto fratres dicti de Bernhartsdorf, 1290: Bernhardsdorph, 1339: civitas Bernardi, 1352: Bernhartsdorff, 1384: Bernersdorf, 1401: Bernstorph, 1425: Bernsdurff, 1497: Bernstat , 1516: Bernstadt, 1566: Bernstettel.

Filip Rězak gave the Sorbian name in 1920 with Bjenadźicy and Bjarnaćicy , Walter Wenzel gave it again in 2008 as Bjernadźicy but also as Bjenadźicy , but also mentioned Benadźice as a name form from 1719. Since the city lies outside the Sorbian settlement area, there is no officially binding form .

Administrative affiliation

1835–1932: District Headquarters Bautzen , 1932–1943: District Headquarters Dresden-Bautzen , later District Dresden-Bautzen, 1952–1994: District Löbau (District Löbau), 1994–2008: District Löbau-Zittau , since 2008: District Görlitz.

Population development

year Residents
1600 34 possessed man
1777 304 obsessed citizens
1834 1,608
1871 1,731
1890 1,228
1910 1,435
1925 1,548
1939 1,518
1946 1.994
year Residents
1950 2.127
1964 2,565
1990 2,342
2000 4,435
2007 3,959
2012 3,558
2013 3,510
2015 3,439

Source: Historical place directory of Saxony

politics

City council

The city council consists of 14 members. Since the local elections on May 26, 2019 , they have been distributed among the individual lists and parties as follows:

Party / list Share of votes Seats
Free community of voters Bernstadt 77.1% 120
Alternative for Germany (AfD) 12.1% 1
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 10.8% 1

coat of arms

The story of the coat of arms of the Upper Lusatian town of Bernstadt is a bit strange. Bernstadt has a solid wall and a tower on a blue field, which underline the city's status - but Bernstadt never had a closed wall, only three city gates "protected" the city. However, these fell victim to the great city fire of 1828.

In 1900, the coat of arms that is valid today was confirmed, but it is based very closely on a form that has existed since 1538. In the meantime there was a coat of arms with a horizontally crenellated wall. An award date is not known. But it can be assumed with certainty that the coat of arms was bestowed by the then owner of Bernstadt, the Marienstern monastery near Kamenz.

Partnerships

Bernstadt maintains partnerships with two municipalities that also bear the name Bernstadt. These have been Bernstadt in Baden-Württemberg since June 1, 1991 and the city of Bierutów (German: Bernstadt an der Weide) in Poland since May 10, 1997 .

Since October 2005 there have been further relationships with the municipality of Zawidów (German: Seidenberg) in Poland, this concerns the cross-border cooperation of the volunteer fire brigade and the schools.

Culture and sights

Erdachsenbrunnen on the market square

The cultural monuments are recorded in the list of cultural monuments in Bernstadt ad Eigen .

Attractions

  • Marketplace with the Erdachsenbrunnen and the Protestant church (800 years)
  • the historical closed city complex from the Middle Ages
  • and the unique "roof landscape"
  • the Pließnitz valley in Kunnersdorf (some half-timbered houses)
  • the culture park in Kemnitz
  • Dittersbach with some half-timbered and half-timbered houses
  • Altbernsdorf with the typical 3- and 4-sided courtyards

Museums

Museum in Kirchgasse
  • Bernstadt local history museum on the Eigen and the surrounding area
  • Dittersbach home parlor
  • Kemnitz Tractor Museum

Buildings

Restored houses on the market with the tower of St. Mary's Church

Regular events

  • Erdachsenschmieren (Organizer: Bernstadt City Administration / Bernstadt Volunteer Fire Brigade)
  • Oberlausitzer Oktoberfest in Kemnitz O / L
  • Hexenfeuer with witch contest on April 30th in Bernstadt, Kunnersdorf, Dittersbach and Altbernsdorf
  • Tractor meeting in Kemnitz (end of August)
  • Riding and driving events in Kemnitz and Dittersbach
  • numerous sporting events: handball, soccer, volleyball, badminton, Erdachsenturnen, gymnastics, and much more
  • Fire brigade competition under floodlights in Altbernsdorf (in September)
  • Purebred poultry exhibitions (January and October)
  • Dittersbacher Kirmes (October)
  • Photo exhibition (January)

Leisure and sports facilities

  • Forest pool
  • Local museum
  • Town house with hall
  • Pliessnitztal sports hall in Kunnersdorf
  • Dittersbach village center with home parlor
  • Kemnitz village center with kindergarten
  • Sports and multi-purpose hall in Dittersbach
  • Sports fields in Bernstadt, Dittersbach and Kemnitz
  • Kindergarten in Bernstadt, Kemnitz and Kunnersdorf
  • Youth club in Kunnersdorf, Altbernsdorf, Dittersbach
  • "Berzdorfer See" bathing beach "Blue Lagoon"

education

safety

The volunteer fire brigade in Altbernsdorf, Bernstadt (Kunnersdorf), Dittersbach and Kemnitz provides fire protection and general help.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

The following people have been granted honorary citizenship:

  • 1849: Carl Friedrich Braeske, services to the development of the cloth trade and for his work as a senator (city councilor)
  • 1864: Karl Theophil Borott, director of the Bernstadt School from 1823 to 1867
  • 1874 (January 2): Adolf Hanspach, member of the city council
  • 1895: Otto von Bismarck
  • 1999: Dr. Karl-Werner Günzel (born October 4, 1914 in Bernstadt; † March 29, 2013 in Höxter), painter, doctor and writer, founder of the Karl-Werner Günzel Foundation
  • 2002: Peter Schöne (Kunnersdorf ad Eigen) local chronicler since 1960, co-founder of the Bernstadt Heimatmuseum in 1986

sons and daughters of the town

Other people connected to the city

  • Johann Mentzer (1658–1734), pastor in Kemnitz (1696–1734), hymn poet (1704 "O that I had a thousand tongues")
  • Adolf Ernst Hensel (1811–1862), German politician, President of the Second Chamber of the Saxon State Parliament
  • Klaus Riedel (1907–1944), rocket pioneer

Sources and further reading

literature

The following publications have appeared about Bernstadt:

  • Christian Richter: History of Bernstadt and the "Eigenes Kreis"
  • Booklet Bernstadt in Upper Lusatia
  • Booklet from the history of the city of Bernstadt on the property
  • Booklet from the history of the city of Bernstadt auf dem Eigen , part 2
  • Booklet from the history of the city of Bernstadt auf dem Eigen , part 3
  • Booklet From the history of Kunnersdorf
  • Photo book All about the Bernstadt earth axis
  • Cornelius Gurlitt : Bernstadt. In:  Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 34. Issue: Official Authority Löbau . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1910, p. 9.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Population of the Free State of Saxony by municipalities on December 31, 2019  ( help on this ).
  2. ^ A b Walter Wenzel: Oberlausitzer Ortnamesbuch (2008), ISBN 978-3-7420-2067-3
  3. ^ On the history of the city ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Online at bernstadt.info.
  4. ↑ Filip Rězak : German-Wendish encyclopaedic dictionary of the Upper Lusatian language . Bautzen 1920, p.  157 .
  5. ↑ Bernstadt ad Eigen in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
  6. ↑ Results of the 2019 municipal council elections in Bernstadt ad Eigen at www.statistik.sachsen.de. State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony , accessed on February 17, 2020 .
  7. ↑ History of the city arms and Erdachsenbrunnen ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ Evang. Bernstadt Church ( Memento from January 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). Online at bernstadt.info.
  9. ↑ Alexandra Sillgitt, Jochen Leffers: Rocket Builder of the Nazis is the namesake of a school . Online on Der Spiegel from February 5, 2008.
  10. ↑ About us. In: ms.bernstadt.com. Retrieved November 30, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Honorary Citizen ( Memento from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). Online at bernstadt.info.
  12. ^ Karl Werner Günzel in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors , accessed on May 31, 2013.
  13. ↑ Publications about Bernstadt ad Eigen and the places of the Eigenschen Kreis ( Memento from October 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). Online at bernstadt.info.

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