Gersdorf
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Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ' N , 12 ° 42' E |
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| State : | Saxony | |
| County : | Zwickau | |
| Height : | 315 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 9.69 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 3938 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 406 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 09355 | |
| Area code : | 037203 | |
| License plate : | Z, GC, HOT, WDA | |
| Community key : | 14 5 24 070 | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Hauptstrasse 192 09355 Gersdorf |
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| Mayor : | Erik Seidel ((independent)) | |
| Location of the community of Gersdorf in the district of Zwickau | ||
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Gersdorf is a municipality in the Zwickau district in Saxony .
Geography and traffic
The community lies in a valley along the course of the Hegebach . It is framed by the cities of Oberlungwitz in the north, Oelsnitz and Lugau in the south and east and Hohndorf in the west. The Ore Mountains begin at the southern border of the town , Gersdorf itself is located in the Ore Mountains Basin .
The B 180 , which crosses the B 173 on the border to Oberlungwitz, runs parallel to the locality through the municipality. The municipality is also about junctions Hohenstein-Ernstthal and Wüstenbrand ( A 4 ) and Stollberg East and Stollberg-West ( A 72 reachable). The nearest train stations are on the Dresden – Werdau and Stollberg – St. Egidien .
history
Gersdorf was founded around 1169 as a typical Waldhufendorf . However, this date is fictional and cannot be confirmed in a document; it was chosen to host an 800th anniversary celebration in 1969. The Gersdorfer Church was first mentioned in documents in 1320. It is documented that Franconian settlers came to the country around this time. The place was named after the locator Gerhard or Gerfried.
With the transition from the 14th to the 15th century, the residents who belonged to the Schönburger domain slowly came into subjection to the inheritance .
In the 19th century, coal mining in the Lugau-Oelsnitz coalfield and textile industry brought a significant industrial boom. While mining was stopped in 1944, the textile industry continued into the GDR era . Between 1913 and 1960 the Hohenstein-Ernstthal - Gersdorf - Oelsnitz regional tram ran through the town.
Population development
The population figures since 1998 refer to December 31 of the previous year:
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to 1900
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until 1998
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from 1998
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- Source: State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony
politics
Result of the mayoral election 2013
In the July 2013 election, Wolfgang Streubel (KWG) was re-elected with 60.1% of the vote, followed by Oliver Nießlein (GW) with 39.9%, and the turnout was 62.2%.
Result of the mayoral election 2017
In the early election for the mayor's office on September 24, 2017, the candidate Erik Seidel was elected with 1,510 votes, which corresponds to 58.2% of the votes cast, ahead of the second Steffen Kretschmar, who received 1,083 votes (41.8% of the votes) elected new mayor. The assumption of office is scheduled for December 22, 2017. The turnout of 77.3% was significantly higher than in the previous election.
Result of the municipal council election on June 7, 2009
| Party / organization | be right | Share of votes | Seats |
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| Municipal voter community Gersdorf | 3,066 | 61.8% | 9 |
| Gersdorfer community of voters | 1,231 | 24.8% | 4th |
| The left | 539 | 10.9% | 1 |
| SPD | 127 | 2.6% | 0 |
The turnout was 46.5% of those eligible to vote.
Election result of the municipal council election on May 25, 2014
| Party / organization | be right | Share of votes | Seats |
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| Municipal voter community Gersdorf | 3,145 | 59.2% | 9 |
| Gersdorfer community of voters | 1,381 | 26.0% | 4th |
| The left | 552 | 10.4% | 1 |
| Alliance 90 / The Greens | 232 | 4.4% | 0 |
The turnout was 53.3% of those eligible to vote.
Parish partnership
A partnership has been maintained with the Altlußheim community in Baden-Württemberg since 1990.
Culture and sights
Museums
- Heinz Tetzner Museum (in the Hessenmühle)
Regular events
- Three carnival events with the GFK “athletes' carnival” on the Saturday after Ash Wednesday as a conclusion
- Brewery festival on the first Saturday in June
- Settlers Festival
- International senior swimming championships on the second or third weekend in July
- Church tower festival in late August or early September
- Fun fair on the second weekend in October
- Model railway exhibition on the 3rd weekend in Advent and the 2nd and 3rd weekend in January
- Pyramid festival on the third Advent
Attractions
- Evang. Marienkirche, 1862–1865 by Carl August Schramm ; with a large Jehmlich organ (1868/1913)
- Mining educational trail
- Art and culture center Hessenmühle
- Glückauf Brewery
Memorials
- Graves and memorial stone in the local cemetery for Gersdorfer resistance fighters and victims of fascism : Anton Decker, Georg Martin, Louis Selbmann and Walter Lange.
Sports
In Gersdorf there is the sports club SSV Blau-Weiß Gersdorf with around 1,000 members.
Personalities
Sons of the community
- Werner Kindler (1895–1976), ENT doctor and university professor in Solingen, Berlin and Heidelberg
- Ludwig Ettmüller (1802–1877), Germanist
- Heinz Tetzner (1920–2007), painter and graphic artist, recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit 1st class for his life's work
- Günther Müller (1925–2020), conductor and musicologist
- Christian Friedrich Schultze (* 1944), former member of the Volkskammer and Bundestag (SPD), author
- Franz W. Leberl (* 1945), Austrian photogrammeter and professor for machine vision and representation
- Detlef Hammer (1950–1991), lawyer and officer in the State Security of the GDR
Personalities who have worked on site
- Karl Heinrich Drescher (1867–1938), member of the SPD in the Saxon state parliament
- Johannes Hempel (1929–2020), regional bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony; worked here from 1955 to 1959 as a pastor
literature
- Rolf Vogel: The Lugau-Oelsnitz coal mining area . Hohenstein-Ernstthal 1992.
Web links
- Official website
- Gersdorf 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 ).
- ↑ State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony, Kamenz, August 2013
- ^ Bulletin of the community of Gersdorf, October 2017
- ^ The story of Gersdorf. At www.gemeinde-gersdorf.de , accessed on November 6, 2014
- ↑ Revolutionary aerial camera: Universal talent Franz Leberl receives top-class US award. Retrieved March 23, 2012 .