Chemnitz-Glösa-Draisdorf

Glösa-Draisdorf ; district and statistical district No. 12 of Chemnitz
Coordinates	50 ° 52 '33 " N , 12 ° 54' 27" E Coordinates: 50 ° 52 '33 " N , 12 ° 54' 27" E
surface	7.64 km²
Residents	3535 (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density	463 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation	Jul 1, 1950
Post Code	09114
prefix	0371
Transport links
Highway
Federal road
bus	22, 46, 63, 637, 639.

Glösa-Draisdorf is a northern part of Chemnitz. The B 107 (Chemnitztalstraße) leads through the Furth which is adjacent to the south . The Chemnitz flows through the smaller district of Draisdorf . This part of the city is home to the Sechsruthen and Glösaer forests , the “Kohlung” and the Chemnitz-Glösa motorway junction .

Neighboring communities and districts of Chemnitz are (clockwise from the north) Auerswalde , Ebersdorf , Furth , Borna-Heinersdorf and Wittgensdorf .

history

Glösa

Glösa was first mentioned in a document in 1286 (Glese). The name refers to the Glösbach, which roughly means "the shiny one". The place was founded in today's Unterdorf, which the Glösbach flows through on the right side of the Chemnitz River. The Langteich, located directly on Chemnitztalstrasse, was in possession of a free estate with a pond that was buried today . Like Draisdorf, Glösa originally belonged to the Blankenau rulership , which came to the Electoral Saxon Office of Chemnitz in 1548 .

Glösaer Church

In the 19th century, brick making and stocking knitting were the most important branches of industry. From 1910 the appearance of the village changed, because workers' housing estates were built. First in the lower part of the village, from 1919 also on the Glösaer Berg up to Ebersdorf. Thus the population increased enormously. In 1890 Glösa only had 1084 inhabitants, in 1939 it was 4553. Even today, Glösa is a popular place to live because it is densely wooded. In 1933 Draisdorf was incorporated into Glösa with only 430 inhabitants .

The Glösa church was probably built in the 13th century, outside the old village center, on the Eierberg. From here you had a view of the Chemnitz Monastery , the former Blankenau Castle and the Chemnitzfurt.

On July 1, 1950, Glösa was incorporated.

Draisdorf

The Platzdorf Draisdorf belonged to the Blankenau rulership early on , whose castle ( the Blankenburg ) was located in today's Heinersdorf. With the reign of Blankenau, Draisdorf came to the Electoral Saxon Office of Chemnitz in 1548 . The place is mentioned in 1338 (Dragensdorff), again in 1518 (villa Drogistorff). Since 1933 Draisdorf after Glösa incorporated and since 1950 to Chemnitz.

In a basin east of the Chemnitz River, individual farms gathered around a center. Draisdorf's rural character is still preserved today. Only a few of the 10 homesteads were demolished.

Sechsruthen forest

The 1.5 km long and is only 0.5 km wide forest stretches along the motorway A 4 . The name goes back to an old parceling. Six former parcels were each six rods (a Saxon rod = 3.39 m) long.

The Seidelmann Cave is located in the lower part of the forest. The name of this cave came from an old local legend. A Chemnitz official was notorious for his harshness and cruelty. After his death he is said not to have given any rest and haunted around as an evil spirit until he was finally banished to the six-rod forest.

Kohlung and Kinderwaldstätte

Until the 1920s, the coaling (first mentioned in 1522) was an approximately 2 km² forest. Then it was opened up as a settlement area. The name means that coal piles once smoked here. To the south of the railway line to Riesa , the coaling area borders on the Ebersdorf forest .

The "Kinderwaldstätte" was established in 1911 as a "Kinderwald recreation center" for children with lung diseases from Chemnitz. She received a stop on the Riesa – Chemnitz railway line . The facility later became a sanatorium and, in the 1930s, a pulmonary children's clinic. Until the end of the Second World War, the area of the clinic was in the Auerswalde area and was only then incorporated into Chemnitz and Glösa. After a urological clinic moved into the building for a short time in the 1980s, it was used as a nursing home until 1990. Since 1996 the facility has been run by the "Heim gGmbh". She looks after the elderly and the disabled.

traffic

The district has an exit on the federal highway 4 called "Chemnitz-Glösa". There the federal highway 107 crosses , which runs through Glösa and Draisdorf. Between 1902 and 1998 Draisdorf and Glösa had train stations on the Chemnitz Valley Railway . To the east of Glösa is the "Chemnitz-Kinderwaldstätte" stop on the Chemnitz-Riesa railway line . Glösa-Draisdorf is connected to local public transport with bus lines 22, 46, 63, 637 and 639.

Chemnitz-Glösa station, front side (2016)
Chemnitz-Glösa station, back side (2016)
End of track of Chemnitz Valley Railway at Glösa station (2016)
Chemnitz Kinderwaldstätte stop (2016)

Personalities

Dietrich Henschler (1924–2014), doctor and toxicologist, was born in Glösa.
Klaus Neubauer (born December 18, 1944), painter and graphic artist with residence and studio in Draisdorf

literature

Richard Steche : Glösa. In: Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 7th issue: Amtshauptmannschaft Chemnitz . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1886, p. 40.

Web links

Commons : Chemnitz-Glösa-Draisdorf - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Glösa in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
Draisdorf in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony

Individual evidence

[1] History of the Glösa Children's Forest Center

[2] Heim gGmbH website