Falkenhain (Altenberg)

Falcon Grove City of Altenberg Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 52 ″  N , 13 ° 44 ′ 13 ″  E
Height :	635  (583-660)  m above sea level NHN
Residents :	232  (December 31, 2018)
Incorporation :	January 1, 1999
Postal code :	01773
Area code :	035052
Location of Falkenhain in Saxony
Former Falkenhain School

Falkenhain is a district of the Saxon city Altenberg in the district of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains .

geography

location

Falkenhain is located about six kilometers north of Altenberg in the Eastern Ore Mountains . The place is on the state road 182 from Schmiedeberg to Altenberg in a high position on the upper Fallbach.

Neighboring places

Donschten	Johnsbach	Bear hedge
Kipsdorf
Upper Bear Castle	Forest idyll	Bear stone

history

The Waldhufendorf Falkenhain was first mentioned in a document as Valkenhain in 1462 . In 1696 the place belonged to the Pirna Office . The basic rule was in 1551 at the manor Bärenstein , 1696 the manor Schmiedeberg . From 1856 to 1875 Falkenhain belonged to the Altenberg court office , then to the Dippoldiswalde administration . In 1900 the area of ​​the district was 365 hectares . The population was divided into 316 Evangelical Lutheran and 2 Catholics in 1925 . The place was parish after Johnsbach . In 1952, Falkenhain became part of the Dippoldiswalde district as an independent municipality, which became part of the Weißeritz district in 1994 . On January 1, 1999, it was incorporated into Altenberg. In August 2008 Altenberg became part of the Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains district formed from the Saxon Switzerland and Weißeritz districts .

Development of the population

year population 1551 21 possessed men , 20 residents 1764 18 possessed men, 8 cottagers , 5 wild cottagers 1834 227 1871 230 1890 244 1910 349 1925 318 1939 386 1946 615

year population 1950 648 1964 525 1990 399 2009 235 2010 236 2011 236 2014 226 2015 229 2018 232

Web links

Commons : Falkenhain  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Falkenhain in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
• Falkenhain on altenberg.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Numbers and facts on the website of the city of Altenberg
2. ↑ falkenhain-online.de ( Memento from January 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ ^{a b} Falkenhain in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony