Falkenstein / Vogtl.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 28 ' N , 12 ° 22' E |
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| State : | Saxony | |
| County : | Vogtland district | |
| Management Community : | Falkenstein | |
| Height : | 575 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 31.06 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 7947 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 256 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postcodes : | 08223, 08239 (Oberlauterbach, Trieb, Schönau) |
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| Primaries : | 03745 (037463 Trieb, Schönau) | |
| License plate : | V, AE, OVL, PL, RC | |
| Community key : | 14 5 23 120 | |
| LOCODE : | DE FKS | |
| City structure: | 4 districts (Dorfstadt, Oberlauterbach, Trieb, Schönau) | |
City administration address : |
Willy-Rudert-Platz 1 08223 Falkenstein / Vogtl. |
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| Mayor : | Marco Siegemund ( CDU ) | |
| Location of the city of Falkenstein / Vogtl. in the Vogtland district | ||
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Falkenstein / Vogtl. is a small town in the Saxon Vogtlandkreis . It belongs to the Falkenstein administrative community .
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geography
location
The city of Falkenstein / Vogtl. lies on the Weißen Göltzsch, a tributary of the Göltzsch in the center of the Vogtlandkreis and in the Saxon part of the historical Vogtland . The districts of Falkenstein are located on the Treba and the Trieb or their tributaries.
Geographically, the city is in the east of the Vogtland natural area . The Falkenstein dam , which went into operation in 1977, is southeast of the city . Falkenstein is 22 km from Reichenbach , 22 km from Plauen and 33 km from Zwickau by car . The urban area and the associated districts (Oberlauterbach, Trieb and Schönau) are located at an altitude of 414 m (district Schönau) to 650 m on the border with Grünbach. Mostly, however, the height of the town hall is given (575 m).
Neighboring communities
Neighboring communities (all in the Vogtlandkreis) are Bergen , Ellefeld , Grünbach , Muldenhammer , Neustadt and the cities of Auerbach / Vogtl. and faithful .
history
Falkenstein was built in the shadow of a castle built at the beginning of the 13th century and was first mentioned in 1267 as "Valkinstein". The church in the village was first recorded in 1362. Today's church dates back to 1869. Falkenstein Castle was built by the bailiffs of Weida and Plauen as part of a chain of castles that was supposed to secure the cleared area of the Plauen rule to the east. The lordly Falkenstein Castle was given as a fief by the bailiffs to the Falkenstein family of the same name . At the end of the 14th century the castle became the property of the Wettins , at which time the Falkenstein family died out. During the first half of the 15th century, the Wettins enfeoffed the von Trützschler lords with the castle; they were also able to expand the town of Falkenstein ( Valkinstein ), which was developed in the 13th century to protect the castle . The town charter of Falkenstein can be proven for the year 1448 , in 1469 there was a mayor and council. Under the Trützschler family, instead of the former farm yard at the foot of the castle, a castle was built, which was rebuilt in the first half of the 17th century. The castle, which had already fallen into disrepair around 1528, was largely demolished in 1618 by Georg Abraham Trützschler.
Falkenstein became a free mountain town in 1469 , the only one in the Vogtland. Despite the proximity to the iron, tin and copper deposits developed since the 15th century , mining remained a rather insignificant branch of the economy. Tin was melted for the last time in the Falkensteiner smelter in 1798 . Instead of mining, Falkenstein gradually became an important location for the textile industry after the Thirty Years' War . The Falkensteiner Weavers' Guild was founded in 1721. It was the strongest guild in the entire Vogtland. In 1788 the city was given the honorary name "cradle of the Saxon chamber cloth". Falkenstein's first curtain factory was established in 1844. The Falgard curtain factory was in operation between 1883 and 1995.
Until the 17th century, the manor over the town of Falkenstein lay solely with the Falkenstein manor , then partly with the Falkenstein, Oberlauterbach , Ellefeld , Dorfstadt and Mühlberg manors. In 1831 the rule of the von Trützschler family at Falkenstein Castle came to an end. The town of Falkenstein belonged to the Falkenstein rule until the 16th century and then until 1856 to the Electoral Saxon or later Royal Saxon Office of Plauen . In 1856 Falkenstein became the seat of the Falkenstein court office until it was incorporated into the Auerbach administration in 1875 . A city fire on August 12, 1859 destroyed large parts of Falkenstein. During the reconstruction, a new, checkerboard-like floor plan was created. Since the opening of the Falkenstein (Vogtl) train station in 1856, the city has been connected to the railway network. With the settlement of curtain factories from 1880 onwards, the city grew rapidly and already had its highest population in 1912. The new town hall of Falkenstein was inaugurated in 1903.
Jews who belonged to the Israelite religious community in Plauen were probably already living in the village around 1900 . Since 1927/28 they had a prayer room in the rear building at Gartenstrasse 15. The fate of the Falkenstein Jews who were persecuted and murdered in the Shoah has not yet been researched. In the course of the November Revolution , Max Hoelz and others founded a workers 'and soldiers' council in the city on November 9, 1918 . A little later, Hoelz was elected chairman of the local unemployment council; with a series of spectacular actions he quickly became known nationwide. His rise to the legendary "Robin Hood of the Vogtland" began in Falkenstein.
The town of Falkenstein / Vogtl came through the second district reform in the GDR . in 1952 to the Auerbach district in the Chemnitz district (renamed the Karl-Marx-Stadt district in 1953 ). The city is known for the zoo that opened in 1953 and the castle (today: local history museum) with the castle rock next to it. The economic upturn in the GDR era in the early 1960s was again due in particular to the textile industry ( Falgard ). In addition, Falkenstein was also supported by the 1968 founded pioneer - FDJ known -Blasorchester. In 1972 the level of awareness was further increased by the DEFA film Falkensteiner Stories , in which the orchestra of the city of Falkenstein played under the direction of Peter Hüttner. On September 17, 1978, the place briefly hit the headlines due to the self-immolation of the Protestant pastor Rolf Günther in the chancel of his church.
The town of Falkenstein became part of the Saxon district of Auerbach in 1990, which became part of the Vogtland district in 1996.
Incorporations
| Former parish | date | annotation |
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| Village City | 07/01/1950 | |
| Oberlauterbach | 01/01/1999 | |
| Unterlauterbach | 07/01/1950 | Incorporation to Oberlauterbach |
| Drive | 01/01/1999 | |
| Schönau (with Siebenhitz ) | 07/01/1950 | Incorporation according to Trieb / Vogtl. (1862 incorporation from Siebenhitz to Schönau) |
Population development
Development of the population (from 1960 December 31) :
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- Data source from 1998: State Statistical Office Saxony
1 October 29th
2 August 31st
Memorials
- Memorial stone on the local cemetery in memory of the four (including two non-party) anti-Nazi Paul Popp, Louis Mueller, Oskar Hölzel and Max Pippig , as well as 65 Jews of the city, the victims of fascism were
- Soviet cemetery of honor in the Dorfstadt district for an unknown number of prisoners of war as well as women and men who were deported to Germany during the Second World War and were victims of forced labor . The cemetery of honor was moved to Auerbach in 1986.
- Cenotaph on the castle rock, erected in the 1930s to commemorate the fallen soldiers of the First World War . The inscriptions were dismantled after the Second World War.
politics
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A total of 18 seats
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City Councilor and Mayor
The city council consists of 18 city councilors and the mayor. The following election result was achieved in the 2014 local elections:
| Political party | Seats |
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| Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) | 9 |
| Citizens for Falkenstein (BfF) | 6th |
| The Left (LEFT) | 2 |
| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 1 |
Marco Siegemund (CDU) has been mayor of the city since 2015. With a turnout of 48.1%, he was elected with 67.7% of the valid votes. The predecessor was Arndt Rauchalles (CDU).
coat of arms
Since 1643 there is evidence of a seal showing a shield with a mallet and iron held by an angel . Around 1900 the angel was replaced by a crouching falcon . Often, however, only the shield with a mallet and iron was used as a coat of arms. In the meantime the city returned to the coat of arms with the angel as a shield holder.
Town twinning
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Harnes , France -
Stein near Nuremberg, Bavaria -
Strawczyn , Poland -
Oberndorf am Neckar , Baden-Wuerttemberg
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Falkenstein / Upper Palatinate , Bavaria
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Falkenstein / Palatinate , Rhineland-Palatinate
Culture and sights
Buildings
- Falkenstein dam on the Weißen Göltzsch
- , The "old hospital", built in 1763 today as gallery used
- City church "Zum heiligen Kreuz", built 1865–1869
- "Alte Pfarre" Markt 3, built in 1774
- Castle from 1860, today used as a savings bank and local history museum, in the park around the Castle of the Castle Rocks, in the 12th / 13th centuries. Century location of the small castle Falkenstein
- Post office from 1900
- Town hall, built 1901–1903
- Manor house of the former manor in the Dorfstadt district, built in 1551, severe structural damage, privately owned
- Jagdschlösschen Hanneloh, built in 1894 on the walls of an older manor house, privately owned
- Old two-story house, Grund 13, built in the first half of the 18th century, privately owned
Regular events
- Falkensteiner Street Festival, every June
- Wine festival on Schloßstraße in August
- Fair every year on the first weekend in October
- Falkensteiner “Bornkinnelmarkt” during Advent
Infrastructure and economy
traffic
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Falkenstein received its first railway connection from Herlasgrün via Oelsnitz to Eger in 1865 ; In 1875 a railway line from Zwickau was added. The route to Muldenberg followed in 1892 . The Falkenstein (Vogtl) station had thus developed into a local rail hub, which at times also had an independent depot. There were direct regional connections from Falkenstein to Plauen, Zwickau, Adorf, Hof as well as Kraslice, Sokolov and Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic. The remaining rail connections are now operated by the Vogtlandbahn .
The city is located on the federal highway 169 and has a direct connection to the A 72 in the direction of Hof (via the A 9 to Munich / Leipzig / Berlin) and Chemnitz via the A 4 to Dresden / Wrocław (Breslau ) / Kraków (Cracow).
Health economy
The professional association clinic for occupational diseases Falkenstein specializes in respiratory, lung and skin diseases. However, this will be closed from July 2020
Resident companies (selection)
- Computer Betonet AG, dental software: Development and distribution of practice management software and diagnostic software for dentists and orthodontists
- Comcard GmbH: Production of plastic and chip cards a. a. for payment transactions and healthcare, 100 employees (2005)
- erfal GmbH & Co. KG: Manufacture of sun protection systems (pleated blinds, roller blinds, blinds, etc.), blackout and shading systems, window decoration articles and insect protection, approx. 400 employees (2018)
- Kunststofftechnik Schedel GmbH: Development, production and sales of technical molded parts and products made of EPS for sanitary, insulation and packaging technology, 48 employees
- Cable production Falkenstein GmbH, production and sales of cables and wires
- Stickperle Produktions- und Handelsgesellschaft mbH: Production and trading of table linen, curtains and accessories from Plauener Spitze, 40 employees
- V-Stahlbau Falkenstein GmbH: Concrete products for construction, light metal constructions, finishing elements made of steel, iron, wholesale
- Murrplastik Kunststofftechnik GmbH: Rubber and plastic production, finished and semi-finished products made of plastic and glass
- Duo Dental Zahntechnik GbR: Specialist laboratory for implantology and aesthetic dentistry, manufacture of dental technology products, retail and wholesale for dental supplies
- In June 2009, Hetzner Online GmbH put the first data center in the Datacenter Park (a common area for several data centers) into operation
Personalities
literature
- Richard Steche : Falkenstein. In: Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 9th booklet: Auerbach District Authority . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1888, p. 4.
- Günter Pfau (text), Dirk Nekwinda (photos): Falkenstein. Wartberg Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 1993, ISBN 3-86134-154-9 .
- Günter Pfau: Falkenstein in old views. 2nd edition, European Library, Zaltbommel (Netherlands) 1993, ISBN 90-288-5435-5 .
- Günter Pfau: homesickness for Falkenstein. Verlag Grimm & Co., Klingenthal 1997.
- Günter Pfau: Falkenstaa. Wu me be derhamm. Verlag Grimm Druck, Klingenthal 2010, ISBN 3-933169-06-2 . (Illustrated book)
- Ralph Ide: On the history of the Jews in Falkenstein. Falkenstein 2003.
- Alfred Dietrich (Red.): Falkenstein i. V. (= Germany's urban development .) Deutscher Architektur- und Industrie-Verlag (DARI), Berlin 1925.
- Julius Wilhelm Fleischer: Messages from Falkenstein's church past. Commission publisher Clemens Tischendorf, Falkenstein 1894, OCLC 312238192 .
- The eastern Vogtland (= values of the German homeland . Volume 59). 1st edition. Verlag Hermann Böhlaus successor, Weimar 1998, ISBN 3-7400-0938-1 .
Web links
- Web presence of the city of Falkenstein
- Falkenstein / Vogtl. in the digital historical directory of Saxony
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population of the Free State of Saxony by municipalities on December 31, 2019 ( help on this ).
- ↑ Chronicle of the Church of Falkenstein / Vogtl.
- ^ Entry on Falkenstein Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen".
- ^ The Falkenstein Castle at www.sachsens-schlösser.de
- ^ The manor Oberlauterbach on www.sachsens-schlösser.de
- ↑ The upper Ellefeld Castle at www.sachsens-schlösser.de
- ^ The Rittergut Dorfstadt on www.sachsens-schlösser.de
- ↑ The Mühlberg manor in the historical directory of Saxony
- ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 76 f.
- ^ The Auerbach administration in the municipality register 1900
- ↑ Internal church conflicts were seen as the cause of the self-immolation. BStU , MfS, BV Karl-Marx-Stadt, No. 1209/79, Vol. I, Bl. 74f., Vol. II, Bl. 10-16
- ↑ Municipalities 1994 and their changes since January 1, 1948 in the new federal states , Metzler-Poeschel publishing house, Stuttgart, 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , publisher: Federal Statistical Office
- ↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 1999
- ↑ Unterlauterbach in the Historical Directory of Saxony
- ↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 1999
- ↑ Schönau in the Historical Directory of Saxony
- ↑ Results of the 2014 local elections at www.statistik.sachsen.de. Retrieved August 1, 2014 .
- ↑ https://www.statistik.sachsen.de/wpr_alt/pkg_s10_bmlr.prc_erg_bm_a?p_bz_bzid=BM151&p_ebene=GE&p_ort=14523120
- ↑ Information on the coat of arms at Heraldry of the World. Retrieved October 18, 2010 .
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated November 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ BG Clinic Falkenstein - klinik-falkenstein.de. Retrieved June 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Homepage of the data center park with reference to the commissioning
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