Höfgen (Grimma)

Höfgen Large district town of Grimma Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 33 ″  N , 12 ° 45 ′ 11 ″  E
Height :	134 m
Residents :	81  (Dec 2009)
Incorporation :	January 1, 1994
Postal code :	04668
Location of Höfgen in Saxony

Höfgen is a village in the Leipzig district in Saxony . Politically, the place has belonged to Grimma since 1994 . It lies on the Mulde between Grimma and Kasten .

Fortified church

Bismarck Tower

In a document, Höfgen was first mentioned in 1275 as "villa que Hove vulgariter nuncupatur". Further mentions were:

• 1308: Hovechin
• 1310: villa que Curia censetur
• 1322: Houfchin
• 1372: Hofegin, Hofchin
• 1421: Höffchen
• 1495: Hoffgen

Development of the population

year population 1548/51 7 possessed men , 17 residents , 7 hooves 1764 7 possessed men, 2 cottagers , 7 hooves 1834 76 1871 93

year population 1890 84 1910 71 1925 80 1939 1 324

year population 1946 1 443 1950 1 429 1964 1 325 1990 2 445

¹ with Kaditzsch

² with Kaditzsch and Schkortitz

Attractions

ferry

See also : List of cultural monuments in Höfgen (Grimma)

• Fortified church Höfgen
• Museum watermill
• Ship mill on the hollow below the village
• Juttapark with Bismarck Tower
• Giers cable ferry across the Mulde to Nimbschen
• Path of the stones in the Muldental, hiking path with stone sculptures

Others

In 1983 DEFA shot a documentary about the ferry and the ferrywoman under the title In der Strömung .

Web links

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

• Website of the historic inn and technical exhibition facility "Wassermühle Höfgen"
• Höfgen in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Districts of Höfgen on grimma.de , accessed on November 21, 2014
2. ↑ Cf. Höfgen in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
3. ↑ Mulden ferry at Deutsche Bahn