Mildenau

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Mildenau (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 36 '  N , 13 ° 4'  E
Basic data
State :	Saxony
County :	Erzgebirgskreis
Height :	515 m above sea level NHN
Area :	31.67 km 2
Residents:	3399 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	107 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	09456
Primaries :	03733, 037343 (district Arnsfeld)
License plate :	ERZ, ANA, ASZ, AU, MAB, MEK, STL, SZB, ZP
Community key :	14 5 21 400
Community structure:	5 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Dorfstrasse 95 09456 Mildenau
Website :	www.mildenau.de
Mayor :	Andreas Mauersberger (independent)
Location of the community Mildenau in the Erzgebirge district

Mildenau is a municipality in the Erzgebirgskreis in Saxony .

geography

Mildenau is a municipality in the Middle Ore Mountains, formed from the two Waldhufendörfern Mildenau and Arnsfeld . Mildenau lies in a north-south direction in the valley of the Sandbach . To the east of Mildenau, Arnsfeld lies in a side valley of the Rauschenbach . The districts of Mittelschmiedeberg and Oberschaar are located on the eastern boundary in the Preßnitz valley , the district of Plattenthal in the valley of the Pöhlbach .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring community in the north and northeast is Großrückerswalde in the east Marienberg , in the south Jöhstadt , in the south-west Königswalde , in the west Annaberg-Buchholz and in the north-west Thermalbad Wiesenbad .

Community structure

Mildenau includes the districts of Arnsfeld , Mittelschmiedeberg , Oberschaar and Plattenthal (partially).

history

Huthaus St. Petrus on Wiesenbader Strasse in Mildenau

Mildenau in the valley of the Sandbach was settled by Franconian farmers in the 13th century. The forest hoof village Mildenau is first mentioned in 1270. The document mentions the two places Mildinowe and Richinowe . Richenow or Reichenau was incorporated into Mildenau in the 16th century and is today's Obermildenau. Mildenau belonged to the Selva Lordship, which was owned by the Waldenburgers and after their extinction (around 1475) fell to the Wettins . These formed from the rule the office of Wolkenstein , which existed until 1856 , to which Mildenau belonged as an official village .

Extensive mining for silver , copper , tin and cobalt took place in and around Mildenau from 1520 onwards . There were over 230 mines . This first mining period lasted until 1752. The heyday of silver mining in Mildenau was in the 17th century. The large number of tunnels reached from the Mildenauer Oberdorf to Plattenthal . Some well-known were the "Hirschhauerstolln", the "Hoffnungsstolln", the "Himmelsfürsten", the "Dorotheenstolln", the "Georgenstolln", the "Andreasstolln", the "Dreifaltigkeitsstolln", the "Kannellochstolln" and the treasure trove "St. Peter "," St. Georgen "," St. Gregorius "and" St. Benedict ”. In the 17th century, a mining center with ore washing , stamping mill , mountain smithy , prayer house and the mouth of the hope tunnel , which is still visible today, was built in the middle of the village .

Mildenau with the part of Plattenthal lying in its corridor belonged to the Electoral Saxon or Royal Saxon Office of Selva as an official village until 1856 . From 1856 the place belonged to the court office Annaberg and from 1875 to the official authority Annaberg .

In 1848 construction began on the road from Annaberg via Mildenau, Arnsfeld, Oberschaar, Steinbach to the border crossing in Reitzenhain . In 1892 the narrow-gauge Pressnitz Valley Railway was opened, which ran on a section on Mittelschmiedeberger and Arnsfelder Flur, but without stopping. Plattenthal received a siding in 1914 with the first section of the standard gauge Plattenthalbahn . After the extension of the route used for freight traffic, Mildenau received indirect siding in 1923 with the Geyersdorf –Mildenau freight yard in Geyersdorf. The line was discontinued in 1971 on the section serving the Geyersdorf – Mildenau freight yard.

Political opponents also fought against National Socialism in Mildenau, according to the communist Paul Wagner, who had to suffer imprisonment and concentration camps several times as a result . He died like a hundred others on a death march from Sachsenhausen concentration camp to Raben Steinfeld in the spring of 1945. In an air raid , which is supposed to have targeted Chemnitz , 33 houses in Mildenau were destroyed or burned down on the night of February 14th to 15th, 1945. The classicist church (built from 1834 to 1839) burned down with the tower down to the surrounding walls, including valuable furnishings . The reconstruction took place from 1946 to 1956 essentially in the old forms. Five other houses were hit in Arnsfeld. One person was killed by bomb hits.

After the Second World War , the Wismut investigated the old pits and the surface with numerous digs for uranium mineralization in the Mildenau mining area. A number of deep pits were sunk for a more detailed investigation. However, no uranium was found. Today the Mildenau mining path reminds of the many small and large pits, tunnels and other objects related to mining .

As a result of the second district reform in the GDR , the municipality of Mildenau became part of the Annaberg district in the Chemnitz district (renamed the Karl-Marx-Stadt district in 1953 ), which was continued as the Saxon district of Annaberg from 1990 and was added to the Ore Mountains in 2008.

Incorporations

On January 1, 1999, the previously independent places Mildenau (with the district Plattenthal) and Arnsfeld (with the districts Oberschaar and Mittelschmiedeberg) merged. For 2012 or 2013, a merger with the neighboring community of Großrückerswalde to form a new unified community of Preßnitztal was sought, but this has not yet been implemented.

Population development

On October 3, 1990 Mildenau had 3,997 inhabitants. The following population figures refer to December 31 of the previous year:

1993 to 1997 1993 - 3,948 1994-4,047 1995 - 4,032 1996 - 3,998 1997 - 3,977

1998 to 2002 1998 - 3,992 1999 - 3,972 2000 - 3,926 2001 - 3,900 2002 - 3,853

2003 to 2007 2003 - 3,801 2004 - 3,801 2005 - 3,787 2006 - 3,748 2007 - 3,709

from 2009 on 2009 - 3,641 2012 - 3,449 2013 - 3,429

Source: State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony

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Panorama photo of the northern part of Mildenau with the Pöhlberg

politics

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

Municipal council

City council election 2014

Turnout: 60.7%

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30th

20th

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50.1%

21.9%

28.1%

CDU

WVM

FWBF

   

A total of 16 seats

• WVM : 3
• FWBF : 5
• CDU : 8

Since the municipal council election on May 25, 2014 , the 16 seats of the municipal council have been distributed among the individual groups as follows:

• CDU : 8 seats
• Voter Association Mildenau (WVM): 3 seats
• Free voters Bürgerforum e. V. (FWBF): 5 seats

mayor

• Konrad Vogel (* 1949) (CDU), 1990 to 2013
• Andreas Mauersberger (independent), since 2013

Partner communities

• Ročov , Czech Republic
• Pommelsbrunn , Germany

education

The local middle school was closed in 2007. Since then, the community has only had one primary school . From the 5th grade on, the pupils mainly attend secondary schools in Jöhstadt , Großrückerswalde or the grammar school in Annaberg-Buchholz .

Until 2001 there was also a branch of the middle school in the Arnsfeld district. In 2007 the primary school that had remained there was also closed.

Churches and denominations

Evangelical Lutheran Church Mildenau

Evangelical Methodist Kreuzkirche Mildenau

• Evangelical Lutheran Parish
• Methodist Church Congregation
• Regional church community
• Communion in Christ Jesus

economy

• Norafin Industries
• Doll vehicle manufacturing facility

Culture and sights

• see also: List of cultural monuments in Mildenau

Recreational facilities

• Mildenau outdoor pool
• Village community center Arnsfeld
• Arnsfeld ski slope
• EC-Hütt`l Arnsfeld
• Arnsfeld children's playground
• Friends of Nature House "Rauschenbachmühle"

societies

Mildenau district

• Antennengemeinschaft Mildenau e. V.
• Erzgebirgszweigverein Mildenau e. V.
• Friends of the Hermergut- und Bauernmuseum e. V.
• Poultry and Rabbit Breeders Association Colonia 1874 e. V.
• Mixed choir Mildenau e. V.
• Trade association Mildenau e. V.
• Mildenau hunting association
• Landscape conservation association "Middle Ore Mountains" e. V.
• Mildenauer Schützenverein 1656 e. V.
• Musikverein Mildenau e. V.
• Carving and crib association “Glück auf” e. V. Mildenau
• School Association Mildenau e. V.
• TSV Grün-Weiß Mildenau e. V.
• Association Humanitarian Eastern European Aid Annaberg e. V.

District of Arnsfeld

• Antennengemeinschaft Arnsfeld e. V.
• EC youth association Arnsfeld
• Arnsfeld volunteer fire department
• Arnsfeld hunting association
• Youth club Arnsfeld e. V.
• Guide e. V.
• Purebred poultry and rabbit breeders association Arnsfeld e. V.
• Carving Association Arnsfeld e. V. (with lace group)
• TSV "Rot-Weiß" Arnsfeld e. V.
• Association for the development of the Annaberger Land region V.

tourism

The Annaberger Landring runs through the municipality of Mildenau.

Regular events

• Mildenau Potato Festival
• Arnsfeld Family Day (Organizer: Association for the Development of the Annaberger Land Region)
• Cycling event "Grenzlandtour" (Organizer: TSV Rot-Weiß Arnsfeld e.V.)

traffic

The country road runs through Mildenau from Annaberg-Buchholz to Marienberg ( state road 221 ) or to the Saxon-Bohemian border crossing in Reitzenhain ( state road 218 ). From 1923 to 1971 Mildenau owned a freight yard on the Plattentalbahn, which runs in the Pöhlbachtal , on the border with Geyersdorf .

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the place

• Johann Theodor Roscher (1755–1829), Saxon, later Prussian steelworks inspector
• Julius Weisbach (1806–1871), mathematician and engineer, who is considered to be the founder of the new art of mine cutting, born in Mittelschmiedeberg
• Karl August Freyer (1801–1883), organist and composer of church music in the 19th century, born in Oberschaar
• Bernhard Brückner (1872–1955), elementary school teacher and dialect poet from the western Ore Mountains
• Dietrich Wagler (* 1940), organist, cantor and church music director
• Matthias Herrmann (* 1955), musicologist and university professor
• Gunter Weißgerber (* 1955), engineer and politician, 1990–2009 Member of the Bundestag (SPD)

People related to Mildenau

• Christian Friedrich Uhlig (1774–1848), church builder, built the church in Mildenau (1834–1839)
• Annett Illig (* 1968), German soprano

literature

• Heiko Melzer: Mildenau Chronicle , Mildenau 2019. DNB 120294969X
• Mildenau, Annaberg district. In: Between Wolkenstein, Marienberg and Jöhstadt (= values ​​of our homeland . Volume 41). 1st edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1985, pp. 138-141.
• Richard Steche : Mildenau. In:  Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 4th booklet: Official Authority Annaberg . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1885, p. 82.

Web links

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

• Official website of the community of Mildenau
• Mildenau in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
• Reichenau 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. ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 68 f.
3. ^ The official authority Annaberg in the municipal register 1900
4. ^ Heinrich Magirius in "Fates of German Architectural Monuments in the Second World War". Ed. Götz Eckardt, Henschel-Verlag, Berlin 1978. Volume 2, pp. 460–461
5. ↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 1999
6. ↑ Freie Presse Online : Even before the marriage, there was a crisis in the Preßnitz valley
7. ↑ Other municipalities head for the port of marriage
8. ↑ Results of the 2014 municipal council elections
9. ↑ http://www.mildenau.de/uploads/media/Dorfblatt_06_2009.pdf
10. ^ Website of the Arnsfeld Voluntary Fire Brigade
11. ^ Website of the Annaberger Land Association
12. ^ Map of the Annaberger Landring