Kipsdorf

Kipsdorf City of Altenberg Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 20 ″  N , 13 ° 40 ′ 40 ″  E
Height :	531 m above sea level NN
Residents :	273  (Dec. 31, 2018)
Incorporation :	April 1, 1996
Postal code :	01773
Primaries :	035054, 035052
Location of Kipsdorf in Saxony
Kipsdorf train station

Panorama 1898

Villas in Kipsdorf around 1900

Kipsdorf is a district of the city of Altenberg in Saxony , in the Eastern Ore Mountains on the B 170 between Dresden and Prague , 15 km from the Czech border.

geography

The place is in the Eastern Ore Mountains , directly on the B 170 . Kipsdorf is the terminus of the Weißeritztalbahn Freital-Hainsberg - Kipsdorf, a narrow-gauge railway . The floods in 2002 destroyed large parts of the railway. The construction was slow. The section from Freital-Hainsberg to Dippoldiswalde has been in operation again since December 13, 2008 . The remainder of the route from Dippoldiswalde to Kipsdorf has been accessible again since 2017.

history

Kurort Kipsdorf, Cafe Stenzel. Built in 1897.

In 1510 the place was founded by settlers in the service of the Lords of Bärenstein and later came to the Altenberg office . Originally the place was called "Kyppsdorf" (copper village). The name referred to the nearby copper mining industry. In 1883 the narrow-gauge railway was extended from Schmiedeberg to Kipsdorf. In 1884 there were two restaurants in the village. The Kipsdorf mountain church was inaugurated in 1908 . Due to the railway connection, tourism developed rapidly, so that in 1910 already 10,000 holidaymakers visited the place.

On April 1, 1996, the place was incorporated into the municipality of Altenberg. A big problem is the emigration of numerous residents, only about 300 live there.

The damage caused by the floods in 2002 has been almost completely repaired after seven years. The Kipsdorf terminus station building was completely renovated and expanded as a community center. It is used as a meeting place and for association work with events and leisure activities.

The operational interruption of the Weißeritztalbahn due to the flooding reduced the tourist attraction of the place.

Memorials

In the spa at the exit towards Zinnwald-Georgenfeld recalled a FIR -Gedenkstein six unknown concentration camp prisoners , which in spring 1945 at a death march , probably from the central warehouse in Dresden-SS pioneer barracks of the concentration camp Flossenburg of SS men were killed. The memorial stone in the spa park was washed away with the August flood in 2002. In the cemetery there is a memorial stone for the victims of fascism .

Web links

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

• Website of Kipsdorf
• Kipsdorf in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Numbers and facts on the website of the city of Altenberg
2. ^ Message or overview board on the IG Weißeritztalbahn homepage
3. ↑ StBA Area: changes from 01.01. until December 31, 1996
4. ↑ home club Kipsdorf, workgroup Dr.Siegfried Gerhard; Kurort Kipsdorf and surroundings Volume 2;