Müglitztal

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 56 '  N , 13 ° 50'  E
Basic data
State :	Saxony
County :	Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains
Management Community :	Dohna-Müglitztal
Height :	278 m above sea level NHN
Area :	21.01 km 2
Residents:	1910 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	91 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	01809
Primaries :	035027, 035206 (Maxen)
License plate :	PIR, DW, FTL, SEB
Community key :	14 6 28 250
Community structure:	7 districts
Association administration address:	Am Markt 11 01809 Dohna
Website :	www.gemeinde-mueglitztal.de
Mayor :	Michael Neumann (independent)
Location of the community of Müglitztal in the district of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains

View of Weesenstein Castle , the most famous sight in the community of Müglitztal

Müglitztal is a municipality in the Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains district , but geographically it is in the Ore Mountains foothills . It belongs to the administrative community Dohna-Müglitztal . The administrative seat is in Weesenstein . The center of the state capital Dresden is 22 kilometers northwest of Müglitztal.

geography

The municipality of Müglitztal, which lies on the Müglitz , is located in the deeply cut valley of the same name in the hilly foreland of the Eastern Ore Mountains, with the exception of the districts Maxen and Burkhardswalde . The districts of Burkhardswalde and Maxen are located on a plateau west of the valley above Mühlbach.

The highest point of the municipality is at 396  m above sea level. NN at the Drei Linden above Mühlbach . The lowest point is in the Müglitztal at an altitude of 153  m above sea level. NN .

Community structure

The community includes the districts Burkhardswalde, Crotta , Falkenhain (with Ploschwitz ), Maxen, Mühlbach (with Häselich ), Schmorsdorf and Weesenstein .

history

During the GDR era, children relaxed in a holiday camp that was set up in the Hartmannmühle .

As part of a municipal reform , the municipalities of Burkhardswalde, Maxen, Mühlbach and Weesenstein merged on March 1, 1994 to form the new municipality of Müglitztal.

The community area, especially Weesenstein, was repeatedly badly affected by the floods of the Müglitz in the past. Serious damage occurred mainly in 1927 and 2002 . The railway line was interrupted for a long time, houses and bridges were destroyed and the park of Weesenstein Castle was devastated.

politics

Parts of this article seem out of date as of 2019 .
Please help to research and insert the missing information .

City council election 2014

Turnout: 60.5%

 %

30th

20th

10

0

28.7%

23.6%

23.0%

7.7%

5.8%

11.2%

CDU

HVM

WVM

VS

WVN ^e

WVH

Remarks:

^e Voters' association

Since the municipal council election on May 25, 2014 , the 12 seats of the municipal council have been distributed among the individual groups as follows:

• CDU : 4 seats
• Heimatverein Maxen eV (HVM): 3 seats
• Association of voters of the Müglitztal Voluntary Fire Brigade (WVM): 3 seats
• Voters' association of the homeland and fire brigade association Weesenstein-Falkenhain eV (WVH): 1 seat
• People's Solidarity (VS): 1 seat

traffic

State road 178 and the Müglitztalbahn ( Heidenau - Altenberg ) run in the valley .

Culture and sights

• see also: List of cultural monuments in Müglitztal

Buildings

• Weesenstein Castle with Weesenstein Park
• Local history museum Maxen on the village square
• Naturbühne Maxen: open-air theater in a former marble quarry
• Lime kiln on the natural stage: Technical monument from 1856 with viewing platform and exhibition of minerals in summer
• Lime kiln on the Winterleite: Technical monument between Maxen and the Burkhardswalde-Maxen train station
• Blaues Häusel, a pavilion in the shape of a mosque, the only building in the Javanese style in Europe, built for the painter Raden Saleh
• Peace monument on the Drei Schmorsdorfer Friedenslinden, vantage point between Maxen and Schmorsdorf
• Lindenmuseum Clara Schumann , the smallest free-standing museum in Germany (6.85 m²) in Schmorsdorf
• Maxener Castle

Natural monument

• Schmorsdorfer Linde , oldest tree in the old part of Saxon Switzerland

societies

• Gymnastics: SV Sachsen Müglitztal
• Local and Fire Brigade Association Mühlbach
• Burkhardswalde Fire Brigade Association

literature

• The legendary Müglitztal. Old and new stories from Zinnwald to Heidenau. Verlag Niggemann & Simon Maxen 2003. ISBN 3-9808477-1-3

Personalities

• Artur Kunz (1916-2018), entrepreneur and long-time owner of the well operation of Margonwasser
• Ellen Wessinghage (* 1948 in Mühlbach), middle and long distance runner
• Christian Lehnert (* 1969), poet, lived in Burkhardswalde as a pastor

see also: Personalities of Weesenstein

Web links

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

• Müglitztal in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population of the Free State of Saxony by municipalities on December 31, 2019  ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Results of the 2014 municipal council elections
3. ↑ Peter Flache: Home. March 2, 2019, accessed July 5, 2020 .