Goritzhain

Goritzhain City of Lunzenau
	Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 10 ″ N , 12 ° 47 ′ 20 ″ E
Height :	184.5-259 m
Area :	4.87 km²
Residents :	650
Population density :	133 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 1994
Postal code :	09328
Area code :	037383
Location of Göritzhain in Saxony

Göritzhain is a district of the town of Lunzenau in the Saxon district of central Saxony . It was incorporated into Lunzenau on January 1, 1994.

geography

View to the Chemnitz valley

Geographical location

Göritzhain is the easternmost part of the city of Lunzenau. It is located in the valley of the Chemnitz , just before it flows into the Zwickauer Mulde . In the village, the Wiederbach flows into the Chemnitz. Göritzhain consists of several parts of the settlement. The former train station of the village is located directly in the valley on the west bank of the Chemnitz and to the south of it the farmer's side . The Göritzhainer Maschinenfabrik (GÖMA) is located north of the train station . On the slope west of the Chemnitz are the parts of the municipality Am Chemnitzberg , Siedlung and Wilhelminenberg . The latter was probably created in the corridor of the Naundorf desert . On the slope east of the Chemnitz is the Wiederberg settlement , which belonged to Wiederau until the 19th century .

Neighboring places

Cossen	Wechselburg , Hartha	Side grove
Berthelsdorf , Hohenkirchen		Again
Heiersdorf	Mohsdorf	Stein in the Chemnitz Valley

history

Bachmühle Göritzhain

The history of the Waldhufendorf Göritzhain goes back to around 1168. The place was founded by Dedo von Rochlitz and von Groitzsch . It was first mentioned in documents in 1208 as Gerardeshagen . The later desolation of Naundorf, which was also on the left bank of the Chemnitz, was mentioned in 1280 as Nuendorff , in 1550 as Naundorf and in 1592 as Neudorf or Neuberg .

Göritzhain originally belonged to the Zschillen monastery . This came in 1543 with the entire property to Duke Moritz von Sachsen , who immediately secularized it and exchanged it for the Lords of Schönburg for the places Hohnstein , Wehlen and Lohmen in today's Saxon Switzerland . Therefore, the name Wechselburg came up for the place and the monastery complex. Since then, Göritzhain has been run as the official village of the Schönburg rule, Wechselburg , which belonged to the Lords of Schönburg under Wettin suzerainty. In the year 1554 to 1555 the houses on the Wiederberg on the right bank of the Chemnitz were first mentioned as on the Wideraberg . They were still in the Wiederauer Flur in 1834 . The corridor of the Nauendorf desert on the hill on the left bank of the Chemnitz was repopulated in the 18th century. It is unclear whether there was an estate or Vorwerk belonging to the Zschillen monastery at the time Naundorf existed. Since 1770/1773 the “manorial fief” or “manorial leeden” was repopulated. It was named Wilhelminenberg after the wife of Carl Heinrich II, Count von Schönburg (1729–1800), who ruled the rulership of Wechselburg , who was called Christiane Wilhelmine von Schönburg (1716–1798). The industrialization of Göritzhain began in the 18th century. JF Wagner from Burgstädt built the Bachmühle with a turret as a residential building at the intersection of Seitenhain and Wiederau in 1765 . In later times this canvas was used for weaving and bleaching on the meadow of the river Wiederbach. A cotton spinning mill was built at the Niedermühle in 1833, which was later converted into a raw material and cardboard factory and ultimately a tissue paper factory. The first paper mill in Göritzhain was built in 1849 next to the Obermühle. The Pfitzner paper mill emerged from the Bachmühle in 1875.

As part of the administrative reorganization of the Kingdom of Saxony, Göritzhain, Wilhelminenberg and Wiederberg were subordinated to the administration of the royal Saxon office of Rochlitz as parts of the Schönburg feudal lordship of Wechselburg in 1835 . Since the reorganization of the Wiederberg settlement to Göritzhain, the municipality of Göritzhain has consisted of the districts of Göritzhain and Wilhelminenberg on the left bank of the Chemnitz and Wiederberg on the right bank of the Chemnitz since 1839. Due to the former affiliation of the Wiederberg to Wiederau, the church is still part of the church of Wiederau mit Stein and not like the rest of Göritzhain zu Hohenkirchen . Around 1840 the Rabenberg settlement with its seven houses on the right side of the Chemnitz was reclassified from Göritzhain to the geographically closer Stein in the Chemnitz valley. In 1856 the community of Göritzhain came to the Burgstädt court office and in 1875 to the newly established Rochlitz administration . In the second half of the 19th century the Chemnitz valley was opened up for traffic, from which Göritzhain also benefited. After the road through the Chemnitz Valley was opened in 1870, Göritzhain was given a train station on the Wechselburg – Küchwald (Chemnitz Valley Railway) line that opened in 1902 .

As a result of the second district reform in the GDR in 1952, the municipality of Göritzhain was incorporated into the Rochlitz district in the Chemnitz district (renamed the Karl-Marx-Stadt district in 1953 ). At the time of the GDR there were several state- owned companies in Göritzhain , so u. a. the nationalized tissue paper factory or the Göritzhainer machine factory, which still produces today.

Since 1990 Göritzhain has belonged to the Saxon district of Rochlitz , which was added to the district of Mittweida in 1994 and 2008 to the district of central Saxony. On January 1, 1994, Göritzhain was incorporated into Lunzenau. With the cessation of passenger traffic on the Chemnitz Valley Railway in 1998, the former Göritzhain station was decommissioned. The Chemnitz Valley Cycle Path is to be built on the former route, but has not yet been implemented in the Göritzhain area. In addition to the station building, there are remains of track on the station area that have been preserved as a reminder of the railway era. In August 2008 Göritzhain celebrated its 800th anniversary over three days. The highlights were a laser show, lovingly decorated houses with festively dressed dolls in the front gardens and a historical pageant in bright sunshine.

In 2011 the former “Goldener Stern” inn was demolished to enhance the appearance of the town. The inn was first mentioned in 1549 as an inheritance tavern. Over the centuries, parties, concerts, company anniversaries, dance events and much more took place in the building. In 1994 the inn closed its doors forever. In 2012, the former service combination (DLK) Göritzhain followed. Among other things, this had produced and repaired camping accessories and clothing. As a result of the structural change at the turnaround in 1990/91, the factory was closed in 1991. The “Goldene Höhe” green area was created as a result of the demolition. Another demolished industrial wasteland in the area is the former tissue paper factory, which produced parquet after 1990.

traffic

Göritzhain station, station building and track remnants (2016)

State road 247 runs through Göritzhain and Via Porphyria south of the village . Between 1902 and 1998 Göritzhain owned a train station on the Wechselburg – Küchwald railway line (Chemnitz Valley Railway), which was closed in 2001 . Parallel to this railway line, the Neukieritzsch – Chemnitz railway line runs past Göritzhain in the southwest. After the Cossen station on this railway line went out of service in 2005, the nearest station is in Burgstädt .