Lawalde

Basic data
State :	Saxony
County :	Goerlitz
Management Community :	Löbau
Height :	314 m above sea level NHN
Area :	14.55 km 2
Residents:	1835 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	126 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	02708
Area code :	03585
License plate :	GR, LÖB, NOL, NY, WSW, ZI
Community key :	14 6 26 270
Community structure:	3 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Rudolf-Breitscheid- ; Siedlung 6 ; 02708 Lawalde
Website :	www.lawalde.de
Mayoress :	Nadja Kneschke ( EB )
Location of the municipality of Lawalde in the district of Görlitz

Lawalde ( Upper Sorbian Lěwałd ) is a Saxon municipality in the district of Görlitz .

Geography and traffic

The municipality of Lawalde is located in the central part of the district. It is located around 5 km southwest of Löbau in the middle of the " Oberlausitzer Bergland " nature reserve . The highest elevations in the municipality are the Hochstein (542 m) and the Kötzschauer Berg (466 m). The B 178 runs east of the community. The Laubaer Wasser , a tributary of the Litte, flows through the village .

history

Lawalde was created by the settlers as a Waldhufendorf (with manor blocks). It was first mentioned in a document by Friedrich (Frisco) von Lewenwalde , locator and namesake of the village, from 1290 . Kleindehsa was first mentioned in a document in 1242 in a sales document. The Sleiffe brothers from Görlitz are named as the new owners of Lawalde in 1423. Towards the end of the 15th century, Lawalder farmers had to pay 9.5 marks in interest and 25 bushels each of wheat and grain to the then Oppach landlord. In 1495 the city of Löbau bought the place for 600 shock groschen. After the Upper Lusatian Pönfall in 1547, noble landlords took over Lawalde. In 1609 two manors Nieder- and Oberlawalde were formed at the expense of bought farmers, which were reunited in 1723 by Carl Gottlob von Ponickau. In a chronicle he is reported: "He was a sharp and angry gentleman who arbitrarily increased the court services very much." In 1752 the whole place was bought by an Obercunnersdorfer canvas factor, whose two sons (Löbauer canvas merchants with busy overseas contacts) were bought by the father Lawalder goods received in 1772. In 1853 Lawalde became a rural community through the union of Nieder- u. Oberlawalde. From 1939 to 1945 Lauba was incorporated (excluding the Neulauba district, which was incorporated into Beiersdorf).

On March 1, 1994, as part of the Saxon municipal reform, the municipalities of Kleindehsa and Lauba were incorporated into Lawalde.

Place name forms

1290: Frisco de Lewenwalde, 1402: Lawenwalt, 1428: Lauwenwald, 1481: Lauwalde, 1491: Lewenwalde, 1495: Lawinwalde, 1574: Lawalde

Administrative affiliation

1777: Bautzen district, 1843: Löbau district court, 1856: Löbau court office , 1875: Löbau district administration , 1952: Löbau district , 1994: Löbau-Zittau district , 2008: Görlitz district

Population development

year	Residents
1547	34 possessed man
1777	Lower-L. 12 possessed men, 13 gardeners, 23 cottagers Ober-L. 5 possessed men, 6 gardeners, 11 cottagers
1834	635
1871	885
1890	887
1910	791
1925	851
1939	1,709
1946	985
1950	1,081
1964	999
1990	880
2000	2,199 (after incorporation)
2009	2,025
2012	1,946
2013	1.921

politics

City council election 2019

Turnout: 73.3% (2014: 61.2%)

%

40

30th

20th

10

0

38.3%

37.4%

10.3%

5.5%

8.4%

Gains and losses

compared to 2014

% p

40

35

30th

25th

20th

15th

10

5

0

-5

-10

-15

-20

-25

-30

-28.5 % p

+ 37.4 % p

+ 10.3 % p

-0.8 % p

-7.4 % p

Since the municipal council election on May 25, 2019, the 12 seats of the municipal council have been distributed among the individual groups as follows:

CDU : 5 seats
AfD : 5 seats
DIE LINKE : 1 seat
Free voters : 1 seat

Memorials

Memorial stone in the local cemetery for two unknown concentration camp prisoners who were murdered by SS men on a death march in February 1945

Attractions

Bell tower and church

Sin stone

Cactus collection of the Matthes family (oldest private collection in Germany)
Niedermühle, watermill of the Ritter family from Lawalde (technical monument, first mentioned around 1550, used to grind grain as a watermill every day until 1989)
Local history and agriculture museum of the Knöschke family
Lawalde village church (in 1698 the village church received the free-standing, 17 meter high bell tower, which is unique in Upper Lusatia)
“ Sünderstein ”, a 1.5 m high granodiorite block with the inscription “1735” (at the exit of the village in the direction of Großschweidnitz on the left on Dürrhennersdorfer Straße): According to tradition, the condemned were allowed to rest here for the last time before going to the Galgenberg. A legend mentions two rascals from Spremberg (Heetel and Bargel) who were caught in an attempted murder and then sentenced to death.
Former moated castle with park in Kleindehsa , a branch of the " von Carlowitz " family once lived here , today used as the community's primary school

The list of cultural monuments in Lawalde includes the cultural monuments of the municipality.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

Gustav Bayn (born November 2, 1895 - November 21, 1974), Upper Lusatian folk poet, mayor from 1948 to 1958
Richard Heidrich (July 28, 1896 - December 22, 1947), general of the parachute troops in World War II

Footnotes

↑ Population of the Free State of Saxony by municipalities on December 31, 2019 ( help on this ).
↑ http://www.lawalde.de/geschichte3.html
^ Lawalde in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
↑ [1]

literature

Between Strohmberg, Czorneboh and Kottmar (= values of our homeland . Volume 24). 1st edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1974, pp. 118–123.
Cornelius Gurlitt : Lawalde. In: Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 34. Issue: Official Authority Löbau . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1910, p. 294.

Web links

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

Images by Lawalde
Lawalde in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-SN-1] Population of the Free State of Saxony by municipalities on December 31, 2019 ( help on this ).

[2] ttp://www.lawalde.de/geschichte3.html

[3] Lawalde in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony

[4] [1]