Jahnshain

Jahnshain City of Frohburg Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 43 ″  N , 12 ° 38 ′ 42 ″  E
Height :	249 m
Area :	3.6 km²
Residents :	146  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	41 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 1999
Incorporated into:	Kohren-Sahlis
Postal code :	04654
Area code :	034344
Location of Jahnshain in Saxony

Jahnshain is a district of the city of Frohburg in the south of the Leipzig district in Saxony . The neighboring towns are Linda, Meusdorf, Langenleuba-Oberhain, Walditz and Rathendorf.

View of Jahnshain from the south

geography

Jahnshain is located in Kohrener Land , and with all its properties, fields, meadows and pastures, it covers an area of ​​approx. 3.6 km², of which around 90% are undeveloped. The population density is therefore 56 inhabitants per km².

The entire area of ​​the village is strongly characterized by the cultural landscape . Fields take up a large area. There are lots of pastures, especially along the streets, where in summer you can mainly find cows and, less often, sheep. In the meadows of the village there are mostly fruit trees, especially apple and cherry trees. Small forests also border the district of Jahnshain: in the south the Pastholz and in the northwest the Förstchen.

A stream runs through the town from east to west, first along Mittelweg, then later along “An der Hauptstraße”. Jahnshain has eight small ponds, one of which is the fenced-in fire water pond .

Overall, the village has a gradient from east to west. The fields run on a slight slope towards the center of the village. From Sahliser Straße and the parallel street “An der Hauptstraße” there is a sometimes steep gradient towards Mittelweg. The highest point in the Jahnshain district is 263  m above sea level. NN .

Characteristic rocks for the region are black and clay slate as well as quartzite, which were formed in the Silurian and Ordovician . Most of the soil is used for arable farming.

The following data are characteristic of the climate:

• Annual precipitation: 650 to 700 liters
• Average maximum temperature: 17.8 ° C in July
• average minimum temperature: −0.5 ° C in January
• Middle beginning of full spring: May 5th to 10th

history

Jahnshain was founded as a Waldhufendorf . In the 13th century a Romanesque church was built in Jahnshain whose nave is still preserved in the core today. The place was first mentioned in a document but only in 1385. In 1436 the place was first called "Jahnshain".

Jahnshainer Church,
on the left the Gothic,
on the right the Romanesque part

Around 1500 the church was extended in the Gothic style. In 1547 it was broken into and robbed. The community registered under "Jonßhain" belonged to the manor of the Sahlis manor in 1551 . In 1632, imperial troops, especially from the Holck regiment, marched through Jahnshain and the surrounding villages, pillaging and murdering. In the 17th century, the former Kohrener baptismal font, made of white sandstone, was bought; Runes and numerals presumably indicate the year 1224 as the year of his creation. In 1696 Jahnshain belonged to the Electoral Saxon or Royal Saxon Office of Borna .

The old school was demolished in 1839; because 110 children from Jahnshain, Linda and Meusdorf started school, a new schoolhouse was built in their place. From 1856 Jahnshain belonged to the Frohburg court office and from 1875 to the Rochlitz administration . In 1925 there was a military, singing, cycling and young farmers' association in Jahnshain, as well as a hunting association and a savings and credit association.

Because of the refugees from the former German eastern areas, Jahnshain was overpopulated with 411 inhabitants in 1946. On July 1, 1950, Meusdorf and Linda were incorporated and the place was assigned to the Rochlitz district . With the second district reform in the GDR, Jahnshain and its two districts came to the Geithain district in the Leipzig district in 1952 , which was added to the Leipziger Land district in 1994 .

From 1968 to 1969 the Lindenvorwerk was reconstructed and expanded. In 1978 consumption was opened, but it was closed again in 1992. The inn was closed in 1991. In 1994 the central drinking water supply for all parts of the village was built to feed water from the Rathendorf waterworks . In 1996 the kindergarten was closed.

On 1 January 1999 Jahnshain, together with the districts Meusdorf and Linda to Kohren-Sahlis incorporated. In May 2001 Jahnshain had 201 inhabitants.

In 2004 the “Sahliser Straße”, parts of “An der Hauptstraße”, and parts of the “Mittelweg” were renewed.

In 2006 the sale of the "Gut Heinicke" failed. For a long time the city was looking for a buyer for the four-sided courtyard . Inside were city equipment and the village youth club. After a potential buyer jumped out of Frohburg , a young couple was found in the summer of 2006, who had already rebuilt large parts of the property within a short time in September; they tore down a garage and had rooms decorated in a luxurious way (e.g. expensive underfloor heating). Shortly after the woman gave birth to a child in December of the same year, the young family disappeared, including their mobile home, horses and dog . The city Kohren-Sahlis was ultimately not promised for the good 60,000 euros, which they already firmly in the household had planned of 2007. Instead, it was stuck on the high craftsman bills, the amount of which is unknown to the public. This scandal caused severe criticism of the Kohrens city council.

Since January 1st, 2018 the place belongs to the city of Frohburg.

Development of the population

year population 1551 20 possessed men , 28 residents 1764 20 possessed men, 18 cottagers , 11 hooves 1834 276 1871 311

year population 1890 298 1910 254 1925 248 1939 234

year population 1946 411 1950 1 708 1964 1 530 1990 1 458

¹ with Linda and Meusdorf

Politics and future

The future village community center (former kindergarten and former municipal administration) next to the church

The village has a local council .

The building of the former kindergarten is to become a village community center under the leadership of the Jahnshain local council. The youth club, the volunteer fire brigade , clubs and festive events should find space here.

Religions

The Protestant faith is most widespread in Jahnshain. Few and mostly new residents are also atheists.

Economy and Infrastructure

There is a lot of arable farming in Jahnshain. Grains such as wheat, rye, barley and corn are grown in the fields. Other crops are peas, rape, sugar beet and fodder beet.

There is a hairdresser in Jahnshain in Oberdorf. Furthermore, in this part of the village, there is also a small blacksmith's shop, a basket maker, a workshop called "Zitto-KfZ" and a tax consultancy office. In the lower part of the village there is a video store and the so-called drinks bazaar, which are run by the same woman at the same time.

traffic

Jahshain's road network is divided into four streets: On Hauptstraße (through-town), Sahliser Straße (on the northern side of the village), Mittelweg (through the middle of the village, parallel to Sahliser Straße and An der Hauptstraße) and Schulweg (leads to the neighboring village of Meusdorf ). In addition, the village has various dirt roads on its sides and exits. The B95 runs near the village.

The village has two bus stops that are operated several times a day on school days, during the holidays only on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Culture and sights

Stone cross on the triangle

The village church, which has both Romanesque and Gothic style features, is located directly at the through-town . Immediately next to the church is the future village community center, which housed the kindergarten until 1996 and the municipal administration in the 1990s. Also in this part of the village is what the villagers call the "triangle", which is basically just a piece of lawn in the same shape. There is a stone cross on it, a memorial to the legend that, according to a legend, a woman killed another because of a goat cheese in this place during a famine. The former inn, which was in operation until the early 1990s, is also located at the triangle.

Every year on Holy Saturday the Easter bonfire takes place at the former calf barn in Oberdorf . A couple of times a year, small animal exhibitions, but especially poultry exhibitions, are held in the exhibition hall of the "Rassegewflügelzucherverein Kohren-Sahlis und Umgebung". Services are usually held in the Jahnshain Church every two weeks.

From September 17th to 19th, 2010 the 625th anniversary was celebrated around the church and parish hall on the occasion of the first mention of Jahnshain. The organizer was the Ev.-Luth. Jahnshain parish. The festival builds on the long common festival tradition of the three villages Jahnshain, Linda and Meusdorf. The last festival of this kind took place in 1985. There should be something for young and old, with almost all activities organized by the residents themselves. In addition to the harvest dance on Saturday in the parish barn, the highlight was the big harvest thanksgiving service followed by a brass music morning pint on Sunday in the marquee in the churchyard. Other interesting event points were the show forging, including horseshoeing, and the large village raffle.

Trivia and curiosities

• Haiko Herlofson, also known as Sachsen-Paule , attended kindergarten in Jahnshain in the 1970s.

literature

• Gert Schreiber: From the story of Kohren-Sahlis. Südraum-Verlag, Borna 2003, ISBN 3-937287-00-0
• Gert Schreiber: Family book Jahnshain (district of Leipziger Land) 1593-1700. Leipzig: AMF 2006 (= Central German local family books of the AMF 28)
• Richard Steche : Jahnshain. In:  Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 14th booklet: Amtshauptmannschaft Rochlitz . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1890, p. 15.

Web links

Commons : Jahnshain  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jahnshain in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony

Footnotes

1. ↑ Chronicle of Frohburg and the surrounding area 2019
2. ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 62 f.
3. ^ The Rochlitz district administration in the municipal register 1900
4. ↑ StBA Area: changes from 01.01. until December 31, 1999
5. ↑ See Jahnshain in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony