Eichgraben (Zittau)

Eichgraben City of Zittau Coordinates: 50 ° 51 ′ 37 ″ N , 14 ° 47 ′ 29 ″ E
Height :	282 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	716 (March 31, 2016)
Postal code :	02763
Area code :	03583
	Location of Eichgraben in the area of the city of Zittau

Eichgraben is a district of Zittau in the south-east of Saxony . Until it was incorporated into Zittau in 1965, Eichgraben was a district of Olbersdorf .

Eichgraben from the northeast

Location and surroundings

The place is located on the upper reaches of the Pfaffenbach at the foot of the potter about halfway between Zittau and the climatic health resort Lückendorf on the old trade route Gabler Straße , the formerly important connection between Zittau and Deutsch Gabel in Bohemia (today here: Lückendorfer Straße ). The Hartauer Pfaffenbach flows on the southern outskirts of the village .

history

Eichgraben was first mentioned in a document in 1582. Other forms of name were Eichgrund and Eichgrube . After the plague in 1599 had killed more than 8000 people in Zittau and the surrounding area, residents from more densely populated places settled on the connecting path (today: Olbersdorfer Straße ) between Mittelweg and Gabler Straße . The town grew to more than 100 inhabitants in the 18th century, also due to the influx of people from Bohemia. Today Eichgraben has a good 700 inhabitants again after a temporary population decline at the end of the last century.

politics

Sven Ehrig is the current local mayor.

The partner municipality is the market town of Eichgraben / Lower Austria.

Protected areas

To the north-east of the Eichgraben location is the FFH area Eichgraben wetland .

literature

The south-eastern Upper Lusatia with Zittau and the Zittau Mountains (= values of the German homeland . Volume 16). 1st edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1970, pp. 220-221.

Individual evidence

↑ Stadtanzeiger No. 281 (April 2016). (PDF; 2.1 MB) Zittau city administration, April 10, 2016, archived from the original on April 19, 2016 ; Retrieved April 19, 2016 .
↑ 5154-301 Eichgraben wetland. (FFH area) Profiles of the Natura 2000 areas. Published by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation . Retrieved November 28, 2017.

Web links

Commons : Eichgraben - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Eichgraben on the website of the city of Zittau
Eichgraben in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony

[1] Stadtanzeiger No. 281 (April 2016). (PDF; 2.1 MB) Zittau city administration, April 10, 2016, archived from the original on April 19, 2016 ; Retrieved April 19, 2016 .

[2] 5154-301 Eichgraben wetland. (FFH area) Profiles of the Natura 2000 areas. Published by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation . Retrieved November 28, 2017.