Geising

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Geising
City of Altenberg
Coat of arms of the former city of Geising
Coordinates: 50 ° 45 ′ 29 ″  N , 13 ° 47 ′ 28 ″  E
Height : 599 m above sea level NHN
Area : 56.07 km²
Residents : 1206  (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 22 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 2011
Postal code : 01778
Area code : 035056
Geising (Saxony)
Geising

Location of Geising in Saxony
View over the place
View over the place

Geising is a district of Altenberg in Saxony in the eastern Ore Mountains not far from the Czech border . Until January 1, 2011, Geising was an independent city.

geography

The districts of Fürstenau (with Gottgetreu and Müglitz ), Fürstenwalde (with Rudolphsdorf ), Liebenau and Löwenhain and the district of Lauenstein (with Kratzhammer ) belonged to the former town of Geising .

history

Coat of arms and name

Coat of arms of the von Bünau noble family above the church door

The coat of arms is a combination of the coat of arms of Altgeising and Neugeising. In front of a golden background it shows a black griffin (former coat of arms of Neugeising) with a red tongue and red claws climbing a black rock face. In the upper right corner, hammer and mallet (former coat of arms of Altgeising) symbolize the town's mining tradition.

The name itself was probably transferred from the neighboring Geisingberg . The root of the word geut (Germ.) Or geußen (early New High German) indicates letting flow and describes the Geisingberg as the mountain that is poured over (by rainwater) . After the establishment of mining, a reference to tin processing (Geising as the place where tin is poured) is conceivable.

The spelling of the name changed several times in the course of history. There are some a. Gewsing (1375 and 1449), Geußingk (1462), Gusingeßgrunt (1477), ym Gewsing (1479), Neue Stadt Geussingsgrundt (1517), Geußingesgrunde (1536) and Geusing (1539).

Foundation and development

Geising on the Oberreitschen map from 1821

The system of Geising made in connection with the priority in the area of iron , silver and tin Actuated mining . Iron ore mines near Gewsing were first mentioned as early as 1375 . In 1449, when the Altenberg tin deposit was found, a Smedewerg in Gewsing (blacksmith's works in Geising) was mentioned. This was probably together with other Erzwäschen, hammer and ironworks on the western side of the Geisingbach, which at the same time formed the border between the lords of Bärenstein and Lauenstein . The settlement that developed around the processing plants received town charter as Altgeising in 1453. Thereupon the Lauenstein castle lords founded Neugeising on the eastern bank of the brook on behalf of Elector Friedrich II. In 1462, which immediately received municipal rights. Both settlements merged in 1857 to form the city of Geising. Alt-Geising belonged to the Altenberg office .

AK Geising Bahnhotel 1907

In the period from 19th to 22nd January 1950 the Saxon winter sports championships took place in Altenberg-Geising. The winner in the combined jump was Herbert Friedel (Aschberg-Mühlleithen) in a 42 m jump from the Friedensschanze.

During the GDR era, children recovered in a holiday camp that was built in the village.

In February 1989, statements critical of the regime during the Geisingen carnival parade were targeted by the GDR State Security , which SED General Secretary Erich Honecker also learned about personally.

Incorporation to Geising

Incorporation of Geising to Altenberg

Geising high school with Reformation stone and Reformation linden tree

On December 21, 2010, the Geisingen city council approved the incorporation into Altenberg on January 1, 2011 by a majority. The incorporation was approved on December 29, 2010 by the municipal supervisory authority of the Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains district . Geising thus lost its independence 557 years after Altgeising was granted city rights.

The incorporation was significantly influenced by Geising's precarious financial situation. The city was unable to present a balanced budget in 2010, the debts amounted to € 4.8 million at the end of 2010 , including € 2.28 million deficits .

As a result of the incorporation, Altenberg grew to an area of ​​over 146 km², making it by far the largest municipality in the Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains district. The population rose from around 5,700 to just under 8,900. At the same time, a new regional tourist stronghold emerged: in 2009, both communities together counted just under 423,000 overnight stays, which corresponds to around 17 percent of the overnight stays registered in the district. Tourism and health resorts secure around 1,800 jobs in both communities.

Development of the population

year Residents
1551 ¹ 658
1815 856
1834 1104
1871 1303
1890 1310
1900 1240
1910 1316
1919 1445
1933 1279
1939 1515
year Residents
1946 2156
1957 2091
1964 1919
1990 2 3432
1994 3629
1997 3 3586 (1215)
2000 3564 (1293)
2003 3371 (1270)
2005 3215 (1281)
2007 3182 (1314)
year Residents
2008 3147
2010 4 1271
2011 1234
2014 1214
2015 1279
2017 1205
2018 1206

Compilation based on Zühlke (1966) and information from the State Statistical Office of Saxony
(1): including 252 in Altgeising and 406 in Neugeising
(2): from 1990: information for the entire municipality at the beginning of the year (State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony)
(3): from 1997: Values ​​in brackets are data for Geising city at the beginning of the year (Sächsische Zeitung edition Dippoldiswalde of January 16, 2007)
(4): from 2010: population only for the place Geising

politics

Geising Town Hall

administration

The last mayor before the incorporation was Frank Gössel ( CDU ). He was in office from 1994 to December 31, 2010 and before that for four years he was mayor of his home community Fürstenwalde , which was incorporated into Geising in 1994. His predecessor in Geising and first mayor after reunification until 1994 was Reiner Fischer (non-party).

Partnerships

Culture and sights

View of Geising from the Kohlhaukuppe
Geisingberg

Memorials

Burial and memorial plaque in the local cemetery for two unknown concentration camp prisoners , the case of a death march from the central warehouse in Nossen / Roßwein the Flossenburg concentration camp in April 1945 by SS men were killed.

Museums and natural sights

Buildings

View of the town church built in 1689/90

As a historical and well-preserved settlement complex, the Geisingen town center is largely a listed building. Since the former town was spared major fires in the course of its development, Geising's floor plan has remained almost unchanged since the 16th century. Among the partly in half-timbered - and partly in half-timbered construction built homes, the so-called strings makers house stands out. The half-timbered house with stone ground floor, built in 1688, has a seating niche portal. A pewter foundry was located in the building from 1691 to 1902. The town church was built in 1689 and houses a valuable altar with miner's chandeliers. The town hall , built in 1908, is also a listed building. The Saxon post distance column at Geisinghof is a replica of the column from 1734 that stood on the old market in Neugeising. The high school in Geising, built in 1875, is worth mentioning .

freetime and sports

Hüttenteichbaude Geising with a view of Hutberg / Löwenhain (left)
  • Artistic hall "Gründelstadion" (ice season including curling and ice skating from October to March, skater rink in summer)
  • Hüttenteich natural pool (including an adventure playground, open-air bowling, mini golf, mini boats, table tennis)
  • Bowling and billiards in the restaurant "Am Schauhübel"
  • Tennis facility at the Berghotel Schellhas
  • Devalkart (non-motorized kart ) on the ski slope
  • Downhill slope and ski lift
  • Gym
  • Sport shooting at the shooting club
  • Wildlife Park Osterzgebirge Hartmannmühle
  • Kohlhaukuppe
  • Geisingberg

Regular events

  • Ski and ice cream carnival (Sunday before carnival)
  • Christmas market (1st Advent)

  • Moving picture Vogelfrei

  • Carnival parade 2006 II

  • Prince Guard 2006

Economy and Infrastructure

Established businesses

  • Feinwerktechnik GmbH, 50 employees, manufacture of precision mechanical drives and assemblies
  • Spinner Lauenstein GmbH, 250 employees, manufacture of HF cables for mobile radio transmission and reception systems

Former companies

traffic

Geising station is being shoveled free

Since 1890 Geising was the end point of the Müglitztalbahn , which connected the mountain town through the Müglitztal with Heidenau and the upper Elbe valley. The railway line was extended to Altenberg in 1923 . It has made a significant contribution to the tourism development of Geising.

education

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the place

Personalities who have worked on site

Honorary citizen

  • Otto von Bismarck
  • Werner Stöckel (1930–2004), honorary local history researcher, honorary citizen since 1999

literature

  • Around Altenberg, Geising and Lauenstein (= values ​​of the German homeland . Volume 7). 1st edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1964.
  • Wolfgang Barsch, Horst Giegling and Werner Stöckel: Geising and its Silberstollen mining site. Geising 1978
  • Karlheinz Blaschke : The urban system from the 12th to the 19th century. Supplement to map B II 6 of the Atlas of the History and Regional Studies of Saxony (published by the Saxon Academy of Sciences and the State Surveying Office of Saxony), Leipzig and Dresden 2003
  • Erich Fritzsch and Lothar Kempe: Eastern Ore Mountains . Leipzig 1981
  • Otto Eduard Schmidt: On the settlement history of the river areas of the Müglitz and the Gottleuba. In: Messages from the Saxon Homeland Security Association. Issue 9–12 / 1927. Dresden 1927. pp. 367-378.
  • Urban settlements in the eastern Ore Mountains. In: Eastern Ore Mountains (= values ​​of the German homeland . Volume 10). 1st edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1966, pp. 244-257.
  • Richard Steche : Geising. In:  Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 2. Issue: Amtshauptmannschaft Dippoldiswalde . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1883, p. 31.
  • Werner Stöckel: Contributions to the local history of Geising and the surrounding area , 2 volumes, Books on Demand, Geising 2016

Web links

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

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Numbers and facts on the website of the city of Altenberg
  2. ^ Ernst Eichler and Hans Walther : Saxony. All city names and their history , Faber and Faber Verlag, Leipzig 2007, p. 63f.
  3. ↑ Martin Hammermüller ( Um Altenberg, Geising and Lauenstein. Values ​​of the German Homeland, Volume 7, Berlin 1964) suspects a transfer of the place name to the mountain. Ernst Eichler and Hans Walther ( City Name Book of the GDR . Leipzig 1986) assume the opposite. But it seems more credible that such a striking individual mountain as the Geisingberg already had a name before the settlement was built at its feet.
  4. ↑ 20 years ago: The Stasi and the Geisinger carnival. In: Spiegel Online Video. Retrieved June 9, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Maik Brückner: Geising agrees to the incorporation , Sächsische Zeitung of December 23, 2010
  6. ↑ a b Mandy Schaks: The cities of Altenberg and Geising are going together from January , Sächsische Zeitung (Dippoldiswalde) of December 30, 2010
  7. ↑ Maik Brückner: Is Geising doing too much? , Sächsische Zeitung (Dippoldiswalde) of October 23, 2010.
  8. ↑ State Statistical Office Saxony - Municipal Statistics Saxony