Geyersdorf

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Geyersdorf
Coordinates: 50 ° 35 ′ 16 ″  N , 13 ° 2 ′ 24 ″  E
Height : 576 m
Area : 4.94 km²
Residents : 1174  (June 30, 2011)
Population density : 238 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1999
Postal code : 09456
Area code : 03733
Geyersdorf (Saxony)
Geyersdorf

Location of Geyersdorf in Saxony

Geyersdorf is a district of the Saxon town of Annaberg-Buchholz in the Erzgebirge district .

Geyersdorf in Johann Traugott Lindner's Walks 1848
The sloping old village street , upper section with church, 1943

geography

location

Geyersdorf is located about 2.5 kilometers east of Annaberg in the Ore Mountains . The location extends on the western slope of the Pöhlbach , to the southwest of the place rises the 832  m above sea level. NN high Pöhlberg . The European long-distance hiking trail E3 runs through Geyersdorf .
The village crosses the state road 218 Annaberg - Reitzenhain and the S 262 Wiesenbad - Bärenstein .

Neighboring places

Why Plattenthal
Annaberg Neighboring communities Mildenau
Königswalde

history

Geyersdorf, pillar of the former railway bridge (2016)

Local history

The first documentary mention dates from 1397, at this point in time the place name was already written as it is today, but subsequently the spelling was subject to several changes.
The name is said to have its origins from miners from Geyer , who settled here following ore discoveries on the Pöhlberg. Formerly it is said to have been called Häuersdorf or Häuerstädt (during the time of city justice ), which can be traced back to the profession of the Hauer .

Friedrich Gottlob Leonhardi describes Geyersdorf in detail in Volume 3 of his description of the earth of the electoral and ducal Saxon lands

August Schumann mentions Geyersdorf in the State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony in 1816, among others:

“Geyersdorf now has 80 houses, a church and school, and 541 residents, 30 of whom are wealthy with 12¾ magazines. Hufen, 5 mill owners and 45 cottagers are. In 1801 they kept 162 cows. [...]
The inhabitants live partly from agriculture, which is very difficult to operate and is not very productive because of the slope of the Pölberg (Bielberg), and partly from mining, which does not take place in the village itself. "

The current building of the Evangelical Parish Church in Geyersdorf on Alte Dorfstrasse was built in 1862 and is said to date from 1508. It was a "branch church of the Hospital Church of St. Trinity", Annaberg / Frohau.

On November 15, 1923, the place with the freight station "Geyersdorf-Mildenau" at the eastern end of the village received a railway connection to the Plattentalbahn , which was designed as an industrial railway - between January 10, 1938 and 1945, passenger trains also ran here. From 1951 the station was henceforth the upper terminus of the railway due to the cessation of operations on the section to Königswalde, on June 15, 1971 the freight traffic on the section Plattenthal-Geyersdorf-Mildenau was finally stopped.

On January 1, 1999, Geyersdorf was incorporated into Annaberg-Buchholz.

Development of the population

year population
1547/51 22 possessed men , 31 gardeners , 9 residents , 12 ¾ hooves
1764 34 possessed men, 20 gardeners, 12 ¾ hooves
1834 621
1871 916
1890 1298
year population
1910 1448
1925 1378
1939 1497
1946 1464
1950 1663
year population
1964 1292
1990 1015
1998 1162
2011 1174

Mining

The temporal origin of mining on Pöhlberg is unknown, but is likely to be based on current knowledge before 1442, because according to chronicle records, the pit was St. Briccius south of Geyersdorf this year at the Mining Office first mentioned Geyer.

It is noteworthy that Geyersdorf requested city justice from the elector due to its abundant mining. The place finally received city justice in 1468. This privilege comprised “a public weekly market, brewing and tavern justice for every house, branch of the craftsmen, customs and escort , land and drink tax exemption with Accisemoderation , the small hunt with nets etc.” Later However, the privileges expired again.

In its heyday between 1575 and 1595, the mining industry supplied 3510 quintals of copper and 5060 marks of silver, some of which were processed in Geyer and others in nearby smelting works.

Geyersdorf Church

See also

List of cultural monuments in Geyersdorf

Sons and daughters

literature

  • Geyersdorf . In: August Schumann : Complete State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony. 3rd volume. Schumann, Zwickau 1816, pp. 125–127.
  • Max Grohmann : The Upper Ore Mountains and its capital Annaberg in legend and history. Local history reader for school and home , 303 pages, Annaberg: Graser, 1892
  • Leo Bönhoff (Hrsg.): War Chronicle of the Teutschen , partly published as Erzgebirgische Kriegschronik , manuscript - Sächsische Landesbibliothek Dresden, partly published in 1911, after Christian Lehmann , with google books
  • Fritz Nickerl, Heinz Röthig: Directory of the mountain buildings from Geyersdorf 1500-1900. Forays through the history of the Upper Ore Mountains. Mining News, 2000. (online)
  • Jochen Köhler: Goods and houses from Geyersdorf around 1840. A house chronicle. Annaberg-Buchholz 2011, DNB 1018513744 .
  • Jochen Köhler: The former grinding mills from Geyersdorf. (= Forays through the history of the Upper Ore Mountains. Issue 61). 2003.
  • Jochen Köhler: The Red Rooster Geyersdorf. (= Forays through the history of the Upper Ore Mountains. Issue 71). 2005.
  • Richard Steche : Geyersdorf. In:  Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 4th booklet: Official Authority Annaberg . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1885, p. 79.

Web links

Commons : Geyersdorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b cf. Geyersdorf in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
  2. ↑ a b c cf. Geyersdorf . In: August Schumann : Complete State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony. 3rd volume. Schumann, Zwickau 1816, p. 126.
  3. ↑ Geyersdorf 1801, page 229
  4. ^ Evangelical Lutheran parish Geyersdorf with 1 interior photo
  5. ↑ Subsidiary church of the Hospital Church of St. Trinity in the Handbuch der Kirchen-Statistik für die Kingdom Sachsen (1875), page 12
  6. ^ Railway stations in Saxony , accessed on February 12, 2011.
  7. ^ Area changes from January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999 on the website of the State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony. P. 1. (PDF; 39 kB), accessed on February 12, 2011.
  8. ^ Historical development of the St. Briccius mine , accessed on February 11, 2011.
  9. ↑ cf. Geyersdorf . In: August Schumann : Complete State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony. 3rd volume. Schumann, Zwickau 1816, p. 126 f.