Dorfchemnitz (Zwönitz)
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Dorfchemnitz
City of Zwönitz
Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′ 59 ″ N , 12 ° 50 ′ 12 ″ E
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| Height : | 470 m above sea level NN | |
| Area : | 8.37 km² | |
| Residents : | 1373 (May 9, 2011) | |
| Population density : | 164 inhabitants / km² | |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 1998 | |
| Postal code : | 08297 | |
| Area code : | 037754 | |
Location of Dorfchemnitz in Saxony |
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Dorfchemnitz is a district of the Saxon town of Zwönitz in the Erzgebirge district .
geography
location
The Waldhufendorf Dorfchemnitz is located in the Middle Ore Mountains in the Geyer forest on both sides of the Zwönitzbach . State road 257 runs through the town. Dorfchemnitz has a connection to the Chemnitz – Aue – Adorf railway line .
Neighboring places
| Brunless | Thalheim | Gornsdorf |
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Gunsdorf |
| Affalter | Niederzwönitz |
history
The first mention of the village as Dorffkempnitz dates from 1447. The place name Dorfchemnitz is traced back to the tributary to the Chemnitz, which in the Middle Ages did not have the name Zwönitz, but has been handed down as Kamenica . The village consisted of a field of 13 ¼ hooves. The relatively high number of 67 residents compared to 35 possessed men in the 16th century is probably due to the active mining in the area of the Lehmbach. Well-known colliery are z. B. 1564 the Grube Hülffe Gottes , 1570 St. Andreas and 1580 St. Ludwig . In 1815, the New Hope Morgengang mine was built on arsenic, silver and other ores. There was an iron hammer at the northern end of Dorfchemnitz . A grinding mill was located here until 1897, when it was converted into a wood grinding shop after a fire. However, after the hydropower proved to be too weak, a cutting mill was installed there instead.
In 1628 Esaias and 1632 Samuel von Pufendorf were born as children of the local Evangelical Lutheran pastor in the Dorfchemnitz rectory.
In addition to agriculture, the most important occupations in the 19th century were above all the linen and hosiery trade. The women in town were busy making lace. The first stocking factory was founded in the village in 1885, and this trade expanded rapidly, so that by 1900 several stocking factories were in operation. Many residents also found work in the stocking factories in neighboring Thalheim. In the GDR the local stocking factory belonged to the VEB Esda (previously VEB Feinstrumpfwerke 3 Tannen). Seamless women's stockings were produced on 48 circular knitting machines. The industry came to a complete standstill after reunification .
Dorfchemnitz has been part of the city of Zwönitz since January 1st, 1998.
Development of the population
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Attractions
The Dorfchemnitz bone pounder is the only bone pounder in the Ore Mountains that has survived to this day and has a pounding mechanism driven by a waterwheel that was used to crush animal bones into fertilizer. There is also a stone oven from 1585.
The village church in its current form dates from 1893. However, it also contains older items such as the remains of a late Gothic carved altar, a crucifix from 1697 and the rural baroque altar.
Personalities
- Esaias von Pufendorf (1628–1689), diplomat in the Swedish and Danish services
- Samuel von Pufendorf (1632–1694), natural law philosopher and historian
literature
- Dorfchemnitz near Zwönitz . In: August Schumann : Complete State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony. 15th volume. Schumann, Zwickau 1828, p. 275 f.
- Albert Schiffner : Niederzwönitz, Dorfchemnitz , in: Handbook of geography, statistics and topography of the Kingdom of Saxony , first delivery, containing the Zwickau district directorate, from Friedrich Fleischer Leipzig 1839, p. 99f. ( Digitized version of the book )
- Between Zwickauer Mulde and Geyerschem Wald (= values of our homeland . Volume 31). 1st edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1978, p. 53ff.
- Richard Steche : Dorfchemnitz. In: Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 7th issue: Amtshauptmannschaft Chemnitz . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1886, p. 38.
Web links
- Dorfchemnitz in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
- Museum Bone Pound Dorfchemnitz
Individual evidence
- ↑ Small-scale municipality sheet for Zwönitz, city. (PDF; 0.23 MB) State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony , September 2014, accessed on January 31, 2015 .
- ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities, see 1998
- ↑ cf. Dorfchemnitz in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
Brunless | Dorfchemnitz | Günsdorf | Hormersdorf | Kühnhaide | Lenkersdorf | Niederzwönitz | Zwönitz