Hermannsdorf (Elterlein)

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Hermannsdorf
City of Elterlein
Hermannsdorf coat of arms
Coordinates: 50 ° 35 ′ 19 ″  N , 12 ° 55 ′ 41 ″  E
Height : 574 m
Area : 12.38 km²
Residents : 764  (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density : 62 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1999
Postal code : 09481
Area code : 03733
Hermannsdorf (Saxony)
Hermannsdorf

Location of Hermannsdorf in Saxony

Center, in the background the Singerstein
St. Michaeliskirche Hermannsdorf

Hermannsdorf , also called "Harmorschdorf" in the Ore Mountains dialect, is a district of the Saxon town of Elterlein in the Ore Mountains District .

geography

Hermannsdorf is about 7 kilometers west of Annaberg-Buchholz in the Ore Mountains . The location extends from the valley of the Zschopau in the east about 3.0 kilometers to the west through the valley of a stream flowing to the Zschopau up. To the north of the village is the Singerstein, an area with many rocky elevations. In the south the peaks of the doctor's bones and the Teichertfelsen stand out.

The highest point of the village can be found at 713 meters above sea level. in the west bordering Hundsrückwald.

Neighboring places

Geyer Tannenberg
Parents Neighboring communities Dörfel
Scheibenberg Schlettau

history

The Burgraves of Meissen from the Meinheringer family commissioned land distributors to reclaim the Ore Mountain Forest, which had been completely untouched by then. So around 1240 a castle-like weir system was built on today's Singersteinen. The so-called Hermannsburg served as a safeguard for the old salt trade route "Steig Altenburg - Glauchau - statutes / Preßnitz (Bohemia)". Remains of a dry stone wall can still be seen on the Singerstein today. The locator Hermann, probably a brother of Burgrave Meinher II. Von Meißen, at the same time created a small settlement in the valley below the weir system, which was named Hermannsdorf. 20 married couples came with Hermann, who were given a hoof (each approx. 256 m wide) by lot. So Hermannsdorf was laid out as a double-row forest hoof village. The first documentary mention can only be proven for 1495.

In 1308 Hermannsdorf came to the Grünhain Monastery , which ecclesiastically and territorially represented a unit for many villages in the Upper Ore Mountains. The Cistercian monks built a small chapel in the same year, which was dedicated to the Archangel Michael . This was destroyed in 1429 during the Hussite War.

During the second half of the Thirty Years' War , Swedish troops marched through the town several times. Cattle and food were looted, windows smashed, village and pasture fences stolen as fuel for the watch fires of the soldiers who settled with their artillery on the parish field.

Hermannsdorf is a parish village. The Michaeliskirche, originally from the 17th century, still includes the residents of the neighboring village of Dörfel . During a “profound reconstruction in classicist forms” in 1842 under the direction of August Heinrich Viehweger, a new two-manual slider chest organ was installed in 1843 by the Schönheid organ builder Karl Heinrich Poller . From 2002 to 2006 there was a sister church relationship with Tannenberg, since 2007 there has been a sister church relationship with Elterlein and Schwarzbach .

As in the surrounding settlements, mining also contributed to the development of the place in Hermannsdorf. The most important colliery in the 16th century was the butter flatbread, in which up to 50 miners were employed. In addition to cobalt silver ore formations, tin ores were also mined around the doctor's bones, then probably called "ore bones". In the Seifengrund below the ore bone, the still recognizable Raithalden testify to the work of the Seifner .

The school system of Hermannsdorf can be traced back to the year 1530. The boys 'school was inaugurated in 1611 and a girls' school in 1838. From September 1, 1948, Hermannsdorf and Dörfel were trained together, which resulted in the renovation of the boys' school with an extension in 1965. In 1972, after tough struggles with the municipal administration and the district education office, the new building for the “ Thomas Müntzerpolytechnic was inaugurated. A 10-stage lesson was now possible until the school closed in 1997.

Since July 1, 1880, in addition to the compulsory fire brigade that was still in existence at the time, a voluntary fire brigade has existed in Hermannsdorf, which today can fall back on the most modern technology and enriches the cultural life in the village with many events each year.

On January 1, 1999, Hermannsdorf was incorporated into Elterlein.

Development of the population

year population
1548/51 42 possessed men , 10 residents , 41 hooves
1764 51 possessed men, 21 cottagers , 20½ hooves
1802 752
1855 1093
year population
1871 1095
1890 1231
1910 1197
1925 1228
year population
1939 1162
1946 1139
1950 1499
1964 1109
year population
1990 926
1998 868
2011 784

traffic

Hermannsdorf stop (2016)

Hermannsdorf is connected to Elterlein to the west by a municipal road, and state road 267 Tannenberg - Crottendorf runs to the east .

With the Zwönitz – Scheibenberg railway line , Hermannsdorf also had a rail connection from 1900. However, the Hermannsdorf stop was a few kilometers west of the village in the direction of Elterlein. After the partial dismantling of the line in 1947 as a reparation payment to the Soviet Union, rail traffic was finally stopped in 1966 and the remaining line between Elterlein and Scheibenberg was also dismantled.

Attractions

Town pyramid Hermannsdorf with rectory (2017)

The townscape is still very much shaped by the rural character, so that Hermannsdorf has many half-timbered houses in which still smaller craft and agricultural businesses are incorporated.

Michaelis Church, which was rebuilt in the classicist style in 1842, is another gem. The bells of this church are rung by hand by a ring fraternity. The rectory, dated 1737, "a beautiful two-storey building", is half-timbered on the upper storey and borders the church. The boys' school from 1610 is in front of it.

The nature reserves Hermannsdorfer Wiesen , Lohenbachtal and moor at the Rote Pfütze , which can be reached very easily on the many hiking trails around Hermannsdorf, are located in the large municipal area .

Since 2006 there has been an outdoor pyramid depicting scenes from the Ore Mountains during Advent and Christmas .

literature

  • Hermannsdorf . In: August Schumann : Complete State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony. 4th volume. Schumann, Zwickau 1817, p. 3 f.

Web links

Commons : Hermannsdorf (Elterlein)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Barbara Bechter: Hermannsdorf , in: Georg Dehio: Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Sachsen II, administrative districts Leipzig and Chemnitz , edited by Barbara Becker, Wiebke Fastenrath, Heinrich Magirius et al., Munich 1998, page 390.
  2. ^ Website of the parish , accessed on March 19, 2015
  3. Mineral Atlas - Fossil Atlas. Retrieved on August 21, 2018 (German).
  4. ^ Voluntary fire brigade Hermannsdorf: History - Voluntary fire brigade Hermannsdorf. Retrieved on August 21, 2018 (German).
  5. ↑ Area changes from January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999 (PDF; 21 kB) State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony , p. 1 , accessed on January 2, 2013 .
  6. cf. Hermannsdorf in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
  7. CFT Rudowsky: directory of whole villages of the Kingdom of Saxony ... after counting on 3 December 1855. Ramming, Dresden 1857 S. 26th
  8. Description at Kirche-Hermannsdorf.de , accessed on June 22, 2020
  9. Report on Kirche-Hermannsdorf.de , accessed on June 22, 2020