Giegengrün
Giegengrün is a district of the municipality Hartmannsdorf near Kirchberg in the district of Zwickau , Saxony , Germany . About 100 people live in the village.
location
Giegengrün is located south of the town of Kirchberg in the Kirchberg granite area on the northwestern edge of the Ore Mountains . Connecting roads lead through the village to Bärenwalde and Obercrinitz . Characteristic of the place are 24 ponds on the village corridor. In the vicinity of the village is the 507 m high Giegenstein , which was used as a quarry until 1920. Today the mining area is filled with water and is used for sports.
history
In 1606 Giegengrün belonged to the Zwickau office and from 1764 to the Wiesenburg office , which in 1843 was renamed "Kirchberg office". In 1856 the place came to the Kirchberg judicial office and since 1875 it belonged to the Zwickau administration , the successor of which was the Zwickau district. In 1972 Giegengrün was incorporated into Leutersbach . After its incorporation in Kirchberg in 1996, Giegengrün came to Hartmannsdorf.
Place name
Old spellings of the place are Giedengrün , Jüdengrün or Eichengrün .
Religions
Ecclesiastically, Giegengrün belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran. Parish in Hartmannsdorf near Kirchberg.
Culture and sights
Buildings
In the village there is a former windmill in the form of a tower dutchman , which is rare in the region and which is of technical and architectural importance.
freetime and sports
Several associations are active in Giegengrün:
- The diving club Flipper Westsachsen eV operates a diving center on Giegenstein
- Riding and Driving Association Giegengrün eV
tourism
The Giegengrün inn with the Giegengrüner Heimateck as well as the country inn zum Reiterhof and the Waldpension Giegengrün are very well known.
Web links
- The local history of Hartmannsdorf and Giegengrün ( Memento from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Giegengrün in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
literature
- Giegengrün. In: The mining landscape of Schneeberg and Eibenstock (= values of the German homeland . Volume 11). 1st edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1967, pp. 16-17.
- Hans-Georg Türke: “Saxon hiking guide. Volume 5. Westerzgebirge and Zwickauer Land ”, pp. 23–30, Chemnitzer Verlag, 1st edition 2011
Coordinates: 50 ° 35 ' N , 12 ° 31' E