Ebersbach-Neugersdorf
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Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ' N , 14 ° 37' E |
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| State : | Saxony | |
| County : | Goerlitz | |
| Height : | 430 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 20.45 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 11,853 (Dec 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 580 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postcodes : | 02730 (Ebersbach) 02727 (Neugersdorf) |
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| Area code : | 03586 | |
| License plate : | GR, LÖB, NOL, NY, WSW, ZI | |
| Community key : | 14 6 26 085 | |
| City structure: | 2 districts | |
City administration address : |
Reichsstrasse 1 02730 Ebersbach-Neugersdorf |
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| Mayoress : | Verena Hergenröder (independent) | |
| Location of the city of Ebersbach-Neugersdorf in the district of Görlitz | ||
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Ebersbach-Neugersdorf is a small town in Saxony , which was formed on January 1, 2011 from the merger of the neighboring towns of Ebersbach / Sa. and Neugersdorf came into being. A merger of the two municipalities, which were first mentioned in a document in 1306 and were given city rights in 1925 and 1924, had already been sought in 1925, but was not realized.
The city, located in the Lausitzer Bergland in southern Upper Lusatia on the border with the Czech Republic , has around 12,000 inhabitants and is the fifth largest city in the Görlitz district after Görlitz , Zittau , Weißwasser and Löbau . Two of the three Spree springs that gave the city the nickname Spreequellstadt are located in the 20.42 square kilometer municipal area .
geography
Geographical location
The city lies halfway between Bautzen and Zittau along the German-Czech border in the Lusatian mountains . While the Ebersbach city center at 365 m above sea level. NN , the highest points are on the Hutungsberg (474 m) and the Schlechteberg (485 m).
Neighboring communities
Neighboring communities are the city of Neusalza-Spremberg in the northwest, Kottmar in the north and northeast, Leutersdorf in the southeast and the city of Seifhennersdorf in the south. On the Czech side, the towns of Jiříkov (Georgswalde) in the west and Rumburk (Rumburg) in the south-west border on Ebersbach-Neugersdorf.
City structure
Ebersbach-Neugersdorf consists of the two districts of Ebersbach / Sa. and Neugersdorf and is divided into further districts, u. a. in Oberland, Haine , Spreedorf , Neue Sorge and Hempel.
history
The two eponymous places were first mentioned in a document in May 1306. The location on the border favored the influx of Bohemian exiles from the 17th century , which brought population growth to both places. Linen weaving was an important source of income early on and developed into a flourishing textile industry in the 19th century. The need for workers ensured further growth, so that Neugersdorf on December 15, 1924 and Ebersbach on September 5, 1925 received city rights.
On November 4th 2010 the mayor of Neugersdorf (Verena Hergenröder) and the mayor of Ebersbach / Sa. (Bernd Noack) the agreement on the unification of the cities of Ebersbach / Sa. and Neugersdorf to the new Spree source town Ebersbach-Neugersdorf on January 1, 2011. On March 26, 2012 the city council voted on the adoption of a newly created coat of arms, which contains the heraldic animals of the two current districts, the boar and the crane. The coat of arms was created after a competition to which 70 proposals from 58 citizens were submitted.
Population development
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politics
City council
Since the municipal council election on May 26, 2019 , the 22 seats of the city council have been distributed among the individual groups as follows:
- CDU : 4 seats (-4)
- Free voter community (FWG): 7 seats (± 0)
- LEFT : 2 seats (- 2)
- FDP : 3 seats (+ 1)
- GREEN : 1 seat (± 0)
- AfD : 1 seat (+ 1)
mayor
Mayor of Ebersbach-Neugersdorf is Verena Hergenröder (independent).
In the mayoral election on March 27, 2011, none of the candidates could achieve an absolute majority, so that a new election took place on April 10, in which a simple majority was sufficient.
Of the 11,778 eligible voters, 6,394 exercised their right to vote. Of these, 3,348 voters voted for the former mayor of Neugersdorf, Verena Hergenröder (independent) and 3004 voters for the former mayor of Ebersbach, Bernd Noack (CDU). 42 votes were invalid. The business administration graduate David Andrick (Die Linke) withdrew his candidacy after the election on March 27, 2011.
Town twinning
The city took over the partnerships of its predecessors. Specifically, these are the French municipality of Bourg-lès-Valence , the town of Ebersbach an der Fils in Baden-Württemberg, the municipality of Gründau in Hesse, the neighboring Czech town of Jiříkov (Georgswalde) and the Polish town of Krapkowice (Krappitz) .
Furthermore, under Mayor Verena Hergenröder, Ebersbach-Neugersdorf has been a member of the communal cross-border German-Czech association Fünfgemeinde since November 4, 2011 . This association was set up in Schluckenau on October 19, 2000 in the interests of close cooperation between the municipalities and their citizens in the southern Upper Lusatia / Schluckenauer Zipfel border region.
Infrastructure
Transportation
Unlike in Zittau and Löbau, there is no city traffic in Ebersbach-Neugersdorf. The place is connected to the regional transport operated by the Dreiländereck motor vehicle with the following bus routes:
- Bus 3 (Olbersdorf - Oppach)
- Bus 48 (Neugersdorf - Großschönau - Kurort Jonsdorf)
- Bus 50 (Löbau - Neugersdorf)
- Bus 51 (Zittau - Ebersbach)
- Bus 53 (Löbau - Dürrhennersdorf - Ebersbach)
- Bus 54 (Ebersbach - Herrnhut)
- Bus 55 (Löbau - Kottmarsdorf - Neugersdorf)
- Bus 56 (Löbau - Obercunnersdorf - Neugersdorf)
- several student lines
Rail transport
The railway line Oberoderwitz – Wilthen of the South Lusatian Railway runs through Ebersbach-Neugersdorf on the Dresden - Bischofswerda - Zittau (- Liberec ) route . There is a train station in the Ebersbach district and there is also a stop in the Neugersdorf district . Both the Trilex Express line TLX2 (Dresden - Zittau (- Liberec)) and the regional Trilex TL61 (Dresden - Zittau) stop at both Ebersbach-Neugersdorfer train stations . On the north side of the Ebersbach station, the railway line Ebersbach – Löbau , which is not used according to the schedule, branches off and on the south side, towards the Neugersdorf stop, the Bakov nad Jizerou – Ebersbach line to Rumburk in the Czech Republic.
Road traffic
The federal highway 96 and the state highway 148 run through the city . Ebersbach-Neugersdorf does not have its own motorway connection. The closest motorway connections to the A4 Aachen – Görlitz are in Weißenberg and Bautzen-Ost .
media
watch TV
The local television program Spree-TV is produced in Ebersbach-Neugersdorf .
Radio
In Ebersbach-Neugersdorf all six radio programs of the Central German Radio can be received via VHF and digital radio DAB + , including the localized edition of MDR 1 Radio Sachsen for the Bautzen region . Radio Lausitz also broadcasts regional windows from the Saxony radio package .
Newspapers
The Löbauer local edition of the Sächsische Zeitung appears in Ebersbach-Neugersdorf, which contains a Oberland local page set up for the Ebersbach-Neugersdorf region . The page is produced in a local editorial office in the Ebersbach district. Furthermore, two weekly advertising papers appear with the Oberlausitzer Kurier and the Wochenkurier .
economy
Ebersbach-Neugersdorf is the seat of the following nationally operating companies:
- Klinikum Oberlausitzer Bergland gGmbH location Ebersbach with internal medicine (including cardiac catheter laboratory), surgery, gynecology and obstetrics as well as anesthesia and intensive medicine
- bwin (formerly betandwin ), sports betting provider
- Left fruit juices GmbH
- MBN Sachsen Maschinenbaubetriebe Neugersdorf , u. a. Production for Volkswagen
- OKA office furniture
- EAB Neugersdorf GmbH
Cultural monuments
Both parts of the city have a high density of half-timbered houses , the majority of which are listed buildings.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population of the Free State of Saxony by municipalities on December 31, 2019 ( help on this ).
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Local history on the websites of the two previous cities:
- Ebersbach / Sa. - City of half-timbered houses: historical ( Memento from April 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- Local history of Neugersdorf ( Memento from February 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Eber und Kranich - Ebersbach-Neugersdorf decides on coat of arms ( memento from September 19, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), Radio Lausitz , March 27, 2012.
- ↑ Steffen Linke: What does the new city coat of arms look like? (No longer available online.) In: Alles-Lausitz.de. Upper Lusatian and Lower Silesian Courier, January 22, 2012, archived from the original on January 29, 2016 ; Retrieved April 5, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ebersbach / Sa. (Old) in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
- ^ Neugersdorf in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
- ↑ Statistics Saxony - Results of the 2019 municipal council elections in Ebersbach-Neugersdorf , accessed on July 25, 2019
- ^ Romy Kühr: Ebersbach-Neugersdorf: Spreequellstadt does not yet have a new mayor. In: Saxon newspaper . March 28, 2011, accessed January 24, 2016 .
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