Koethensdorf

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Koethensdorf
Taura municipality
Coordinates: 50 ° 54 ′ 30 ″  N , 12 ° 52 ′ 7 ″  E
Incorporation : 1909
Incorporated into: Koethensdorf-Reitzenhain
Postal code : 09249
Area code : 03724
Köthensdorf (Saxony)
Koethensdorf

Location of Köthensdorf in Saxony

Köthensdorf is a district of Taura in the district of central Saxony in Saxony .

history

Elementary school Köthensdorf

Köthensdorf was first mentioned in a document in 1490. Until the 19th century the place belonged as an exclave to the office of Chemnitz .

In 1909 Köthensdorf was merged with the neighboring Reitzenhain. The municipality of Köthensdorf-Reitzenhain was incorporated into Taura on March 1, 1994.

Geography and traffic

Auerswalde-Köthensdorf station (2016) with remains of track

Köthensdorf is located 15 km north of Chemnitz and 15 km east of Limbach-Oberfrohna . The B 107 runs east of the municipality and the B 95 to the south . The community can also be reached via the A 4 connections Chemnitz-Glösa or Chemnitz-Mitte. The Chemnitz flows through Köthensdorf in the east . Köthensdorf is located in the Saxon Granulite Mountains, which here reach a height of 356 m.

The Regiobus route 638 connects Köthensdorf with Taura and Burgstädt as well as Garnsdorf . It has a total of five stops along Köthensdorfer Hauptstrasse . Since the Chemnitz Valley Railway was shut down, no trains have stopped at Auerswalde-Köthensdorf station. The next train station has since been in Burgstädt. A cycle path is being built on the former route.

Sons and daughters of the place

Johann Michael Esche (1682–1752), Saxon entrepreneur

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Köthensdorf in the Historical Directory of Saxony