Gornsdorf
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Coordinates: 50 ° 42 ' N , 12 ° 53' E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Saxony | |
County : | Erzgebirgskreis | |
Management Community : | Burkhardtsdorf | |
Height : | 502 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 4.19 km 2 | |
Residents: | 1911 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 456 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 09390 | |
Area code : | 03721 | |
License plate : | ERZ, ANA, ASZ, AU, MAB, MEK, STL, SZB, ZP | |
Community key : | 14 5 21 230 | |
LOCODE : | DE GDQ | |
Association administration address: | Am Markt 8 09235 Burkhardtsdorf |
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Mayoress : | Andrea Arnold ( CDU ) | |
Location of the municipality of Gornsdorf in the Erzgebirge district | ||
Gornsdorf is the smallest municipality in terms of area in the Ore Mountains District in Saxony . It has been part of the Burkhardtsdorf administrative community since March 21, 2008 .
geography
Gornsdorf is about 15 km south of Chemnitz and 12 km east of the district town of Stollberg / Erzgeb. in a side valley of the Zwönitz . The place extends on the Gornsdorfer Bach . The neighboring communities are Burkhardtsdorf , Gelenau / Erzgeb. , Auerbach , Zwönitz and Thalheim / Erzgeb.
history
According to a largely unknown legend, the village was founded around the year 1200 by the monk Jordan from the Walkenried monastery . The first settlers of the place were Harzer (important for turpentine extraction ) and probably came from the southern Harz. The initial Jordan village became Gornsdorf through sound shifting over time.
The first documentary mention, however, comes from the year 1346. Around 1500 mining began. In 1630 the village was destroyed as a result of the Thirty Years War . Gornsdorf remained a small farming community for several centuries, counting just over 100 inhabitants in the 16th century and around 250 in the 18th century. The first linen weavers came to the village around 1670, and a little later braid weavers. The first hosiery workers are mentioned in the church book in 1745.
There was rapid industrialization, especially in the textile industry. Gornsdorf grew into a hosiery village. In 1912 Gornsdorf was connected to the railway network by the narrow-gauge railway Schönfeld-Wiesa-Meinersdorf (closed again in 1976) .
In the 19th century the population rose rapidly from 550 (1821) to 2262 (1890), then further to 3585 (1931). The village grew up the mountain slopes and the settlements on Andreasberg (with allotment gardens), on Badberg and in the lower part of the village emerged. This community had turned into an industrial community and even supplies circuit boards for the electronics industry as far as Canada and Japan.
Until its dissolution, the community was part of the Auerbach administrative community based in Auerbach (Ore Mountains) .
Population development
1643 to 1985
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1988 to 1999
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2000 to 2012
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from 2013
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- Source from 1985: State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony with territorial status January 2007
politics
Municipal council
Since the municipal council election on May 26, 2019 , the 12 seats of the municipal council have been distributed among the individual groups as follows:
mayor
In September 2013 Andrea Arnold was elected mayor.
Local partnership
- Municipality Bernried in Lower Bavaria
- Municipality of Lubenec Czech Republic
Economy and Infrastructure
Gornsdorf has a large number of small and medium-sized companies from all economic sectors. The largest employer in town is KSG GmbH, founded in 1956 and re-privatized in 1993 .
education
There is a kindergarten and a primary school in the community. Since 1992 there has been no educational institution for secondary education in Gornsdorf. Students in these grades either go to secondary schools in Auerbach or Thalheim or Burkhardtsdorf or to grammar schools in Thum, Stollberg or Zwönitz.
traffic
Autobahn and federal highways
Gornsdorf is south of the B 180 , which leads through the neighboring municipality of Burkhardtsdorf. The A 72 and its connections Stollberg-Nord and Stollberg-West are approx. 8 km away.
Public transport
The municipality of Gornsdorf is connected to the local public transport network of the Verkehrsverbund Mittelachsen by three bus routes .
The Chemnitz – Aue railway line ( Zwönitztalbahn ) runs through the neighboring municipality of Burkhardtsdorf. The closest train station on this route is in the Burkhardtsdorf district of Meinersdorf. Between 1912 and 1976 the place had a train station and a stop on the narrow-gauge railway Schönfeld-Wiesa-Meinersdorf .
Culture and sights
- see also: List of cultural monuments in Gornsdorf
- Stocking museum
- Volkshaus
- Goethehain
- Natural pool
- Ev.-luth. church
- Bad luck
Personalities
Honorary citizen
- 1933: Carl August Uhlmann (1853–1940), stocking manufacturer
- ?: Dr. med. Cupper
- 2006: Walter Hunger (1924–2007), long-time chairman of the local wood carving association
- 2008: Herbert Uhlig (* 1926), teacher and local chronicle
Sons and daughters of the church
- Kurt Drummer (1928–2000), TV chef and head chef in the GDR
- Paul-Heinz Dittrich (* 1930), composer
- Werner Pfüller (* 1931), jazz musician
literature
- Gorndorf, Gornsdorf . In: August Schumann : Complete State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony. 3rd volume. Schumann, Zwickau 1816, p. 272.
Web links
- Gornsdorf in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
- Homepage of the community of Gornsdorf