Chemnitz-Adelsberg

Adelsberg ; district and statistical district No. 25 of Chemnitz
Coordinates	50 ° 48 ′ 53 " N , 12 ° 59 ′ 25" E Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 53 " N , 12 ° 59 ′ 25" E
surface	11.07 km²
Residents	6215 (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density	561 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation	Jul 1, 1950
Post Code	09127
prefix	0371
Transport links
Federal road
tram	5
bus	33, 43, N13, 62

Adelsberg is a district in the southeast of Chemnitz . It is bordered clockwise from the north by Zeisigwald in Hilbersdorf , Euba , Kleinolbersdorf-Altenhain , Einsiedel , Erfenschlag , Reichenhain and Gablenz .

geography

Like most regions around Chemnitz, Adelsberg is located in a landscape that is characterized by hills that reach heights of over 500 meters. At 508 meters, the highest point is the eponymous Adelsberg , which is located in the east of the district and is a popular excursion destination. The Niederhermersdorfer Bach , Oberhermersdorfer Bach, Breitenlehnbach, Adelsberggraben and Gablenzbach flow through the district . There are ponds at the Schösserholz (“Black Pond”), the Breitenlehn (two old mill ponds in the lower part alone) and the “Drei Eichen” natural monument (formerly three fish farming ponds, now two still available). Adelsberg is located on the northern edge of the Erzgebirge, the border between the natural areas of the Lower Middle Ore Mountains and the Ore Mountains Basin .

history

Adelsberg was formed in 1934 through the merger of the two villages of Ober- and Niederhermersdorf. Niederhermersdorf was much smaller with 322 ha than Oberhermersdorf with 801 ha. There was also Breitenlehn, a district of Oberhermersdorf.

The two places emerged around 1300 as Franconian settlements: "Oberhermsdorff" was first mentioned in 1290, "(Nieder-) Hermanstorf" (Hermann's village) in 1331. Another mention for 1518 ("Niderhermersdorff") can be proven. Both places came to the Chemnitz Office with the dissolution of the Chemnitz Benedictine monastery (1548) . The first documentary mention of the Adelsberg is documented in a letter from 1474 in which two miners asked the Elector of Saxony for a prospecting permit.

Even today, some of the tunnel entrances to medieval mining in the town of Adelsberg can be seen, for example not far from Adelsbergstrasse near an inn.

In Anglo-American air raids on Chemnitz in the night of February 14th to 15th, on March 2nd and in the night of March 5th to 6th 1945, a total of 53 people died in Adelsberg: 27 women, 10 men and 15 children. The newly designed communal grave on the cemetery with high cross, memorial stone and name plaques was inaugurated in 2005

On July 1, 1950, Adelsberg was incorporated into Chemnitz.

The reason for the closure of the Adelsbergturm observation tower in 1968 was mainly the construction of launch pads for medium-range missiles on the neighboring forest area, combined with the forbidden view of it. Fortunately, the project never came to fruition. In the 1970s, the area around the Adelsberg was also a vacation home for the Berlin-Marzahn machine tool factory .

The village character of the district has been preserved. Industrialization hardly caught on.

Home decor

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Adelsberg

Characteristic for Adelsberg are the numerous and mostly occurring housing estates. Despite its proximity to Chemnitz city center and the new development areas in Gablenz, Adelsberg has retained its rural character and is characterized by a quiet traffic situation. Smaller streets and alleys are seldom paved with gravel. Fields and arable land are constantly being developed and rebuilt for new residential areas.

freetime and recreation

A well-known excursion destination in the Adelsberg district is the "Katzenbuckl" in winter. It is better known to the local residents as "Hasenhügel" or "Sauberg" and is also a popular tobogganing and skiing mountain for residents of the surrounding districts. There is a modern and well-known bowling alley next to the “Adelsbergerzeile” shopping center, near the B174.

education

In the Adelsberg elementary school on Adelsbergstrasse , pupils from the first to fourth grades are taught. The Johann Gottfried Herder School on Kleinolbersdorfer Strasse was a secondary school for the older grades. It has been closed since 2002.

religion

The parish resident here is the Evangelical Lutheran Parish of Chemnitz-Adelsberg. The parish church is located in the Kirchwinkel , a small side street in the central part of the village.

In 1545 Oberhermersdorf (now Adelsberg) and Reichenhain were combined to form sister churches. The pastor's residence in both places was in Reichenhain for the next 344 years, until the sister church relationship ended with the church independence of Oberhermersdorf on October 1, 1889.

Sports

In the sports community Adelsberg e. V. with almost 1500 members, there is a soccer department that uses the large and small soccer fields on Cervantesstrasse , as well as basketball, volleyball, winter sports and floorball departments. He also offers athletics, table tennis, gymnastics, triathlon and chess. Special features of the SG Adelsberg are the Children's Sports School -Chemnitz (KiSS), which was founded on June 1st, 2005 as the first KiSS in the area joining the Federal Republic of Germany, as well as the annual competitions "Adelsberger Bike Marathon" and the "Adelsberglauf".

traffic

The tram depot of the CVAG on the southern network

The section of the Südring (inner-city expressway) opened in 2006 leads through the west of the district . It crosses the Carl-von-Ossietzky-Straße / Cervantesstraße and Adelsbergstraße junction and then joins Augustusburger Straße . Adelsberg can also be reached via Zschopauer Straße ( B 174 ).

Adelsberg can be reached with the local bus routes 33, 43, 89 and N13 of the night traffic. In the extreme northwest of the district is the tram depot of CVAG and links to the commuter bus lines 43, 62 and 89. These are available from the Carl-von-Ossietzky-Straße to reach out for pedestrians and from the Cervantes and Adelsbergstraße from .

Personalities

Ernst Castan (1871–1948), politician and member of the Saxon state parliament
Horst Fischer (1930–1986), jazz trumpeter, a new residential street in the Adelsberg district was named after him in April 2010
Arthur Geiss (1903–1982), motorcycle racing and world record driver, especially for DKW, lived with other DKW factory drivers in the once so well-known "racing village" from 1935 until he fled to the West after the Soviet occupation.

Web links

Adelsberg in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
Private homepage about Adelsberg

Individual evidence

^ Profile of the Lower Middle Ore Mountains of the Saxon State Office for Environment, Agriculture and Geology ; the border to the Ore Mountains Basin runs just south of the Südring, so the Adelsberg district is largely part of the Lower Middle Ore Mountains natural area (UMEG, No. 42300)
↑ Profile of the SächsLfULG Erzgebirgsbecken
^ Uwe Fiedler: Bombs on Chemnitz . Verlag Heimatland Sachsen GmbH, Chemnitz 2005. P. 69. ISBN 3-910186-51-3
↑ Community grave with 53 bomb victims in 1945
↑ https://www.sg-adelsberg.de/ , accessed in July 2019
^ "Adelsberger" May / June 2009 , p. 6; Homepage of his granddaughter Rita Sinnl on Arthur Geiss

[1] Profile of the Lower Middle Ore Mountains of the Saxon State Office for Environment, Agriculture and Geology ; the border to the Ore Mountains Basin runs just south of the Südring, so the Adelsberg district is largely part of the Lower Middle Ore Mountains natural area (UMEG, No. 42300)

[2] Profile of the SächsLfULG Erzgebirgsbecken

[3] Uwe Fiedler: Bombs on Chemnitz . Verlag Heimatland Sachsen GmbH, Chemnitz 2005. P. 69. ISBN 3-910186-51-3

[4] Community grave with 53 bomb victims in 1945

[5] ttps://www.sg-adelsberg.de/ , accessed in July 2019

[6] "Adelsberger" May / June 2009 , p. 6; Homepage of his granddaughter Rita Sinnl on Arthur Geiss