Hohnbach

Hohnbach Colditz parish Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 3 ″  N , 12 ° 47 ′ 12 ″  E
Height :	170 m above sea level NN
Incorporation :	1st December 1973
Postal code :	04680
Area code :	034381
Location of Hohnbach in Saxony

Hohnbach is a district of the city of Colditz in the Leipzig district in Saxony .

Location and accessibility

Hohnbach is about 3 km southwest of the city of Colditz and can be reached via the B 107 and S44.

history

There is evidence that a clay pit was built in Hohnbach as early as 1157 . As a settlement, Hohnbach was first mentioned in documents in 1368 as a street perch village with a manor. In the Schmalkaldic War , Hohnbach was almost completely devastated on April 22, 1547. There was a manor in the village .

At the end of April 1945 the village was badly affected by American tank shelling. Due to the influx of Silesian and East Prussian refugees in the post-war years , the district had about 700 inhabitants and was one of the largest districts of the city of Colditz. Today approx. 260.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Hohnbach Manor at www.sachsens-schlösser.de
2. ↑ District Hohnbach - City of Colditz. (No longer available online.) In: colditz.de. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; accessed on March 23, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.