Großwaltersdorf
 
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Location of Großwaltersdorf in Saxony |
Coordinates: 50 ° 47 ' N , 13 ° 16' O Großwaltersdorf is a series village of about 1,000 inhabitants in Saxon mittelsachsen . Since October 1, 1998, Großwaltersdorf has been part of the Eppendorf community with its own local council.
geography
The place Großwaltersdorf lies in the lower Ore Mountains at 450 to 525 m above sea level. NN , about 25 kilometers east of Chemnitz and 15 kilometers south of Freiberg . Großwaltersdorf extends along the upper reaches of the Große Lößnitz , a right tributary of the Flöha . The area of the Großwaltersdorf district is 12.25 km².
history
Großwaltersdorf was first mentioned in a document in 1378. The typical row village with Waldhufen was on the Alte Poststrasse from Freiberg to Annaberg . The place was for a long time the official village of the Office Augustusburg (formerly Schellenberg). In the 18th and 19th centuries, emery was mined in the Grüne Tanne mine near Großwaltersdorf . The court goldsmith Johann Melchior Dinglinger was one of the main trades of the mine . Albert Schiffner mentions here 1828 a. a. two mills, the hereditary court with inn, slaughter and baking food as a special building and praises with the words “you can see many strong and pretty goods ”the local village complex and agriculture.
On September 16, 1837, a large-scale fire destroyed numerous other buildings in the village in addition to the parish and school buildings, the church, the feudal court and the tavern.
From the end of the 19th century, there were individual industrial settlements in Großwaltersdorf, including a spinning mill, a cigarette factory and wood processing companies. This was favored by the connection to the railway network established in 1916, when the narrow-gauge railway Hetzdorf – Eppendorf – Großwaltersdorf could be used continuously.
At the beginning of the 1960s, Großwaltersdorf was an agricultural fully cooperative village. After the political change, the agricultural structure changed with the revival of individual farms and the establishment of the Agrarzuchtgesellschaft mbH , from which two independent businesses emerged in 1995.
Since the 1990s there has been extensive construction work in Großwaltersdorf; among other things, the town's central sewage treatment plant was built. On October 1, 1998, the previously independent community of Großwaltersdorf was incorporated into Eppendorf .
Horse breeding and equestrian sports have a tradition of over a hundred years in Großwaltersdorf.
Development of the population
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Attractions
The Großwaltersdorfer Church was built in 1828/1839 according to plans by the architect Christian Friedrich Uhlig . The organ of the church is the oldest surviving work by the organ builder Christian Friedrich Göthel (built from 1839 to 1841).
literature
- Helmut Kirbach: Großwaltersdorf - from the 13th century to the present. Municipal administration: Großwaltersdorf, 1997.
- Groß Waltersdorf, also called Wüst Walthersdorf . In: August Schumann : Complete State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony. 3rd volume. Schumann, Zwickau 1816, p. 548 f.
- Großwalthersdorf, also simply Walthersdorf . In: August Schumann : Complete State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony. 16th volume. Schumann, Zwickau 1828, pp. 506–508.
Web links
- Private page about Großwaltersdorf
- Großwaltersdorf in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
Individual evidence
- ↑ Area changes from January 1, 1998 to December 31, 1998 (PDF; 21 kB)
- ↑ a b c d e f Großwaltersdorf on gemeinde-eppendorf.de
- ↑ Großwalthersdorf, also simply Walthersdorf . In: August Schumann : Complete State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony. 16th volume. Schumann, Zwickau 1828, pp. 506–508.
- ↑ cf. Großwaltersdorf in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
- ↑ Saxony regional register (as of June 30, 1998)
- ↑ Information about the municipality of Eppendorf (status: January 1, 2010), accessed on August 14, 2011