Mockethal

Mockethal Large district town of Pirna Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 26 "  N , 13 ° 57 ′ 38"  E
Height :	153 m
Area :	2.87 km²
Residents :	360  (December 31, 2011)
Population density :	125 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	July 1, 1950
Postal code :	01796
Area code :	03501

Mockethal is a district of Pirna in the Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains district , Saxony . Mockethal is on the Elbe . The former Pirna – Herrenleite railway line runs close to the village .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1417 as Mütal . The spelling of the place name changed several times. 1417: Mütal, 1420: Mogtal, 1445/47: Mocktal, 1451: Mocketal, 1457: Mockental, 1517: Mackenthal, 1547: Muckethal, since 1791 to today's Mockethal.

The place was parish after Dorf Wehlen in 1539 and has belonged to the parish of Dorf Wehlen since 1930.

Mockethal had his own Erbrichter with fully licensed . The Gasthof Zum grau Storch has stood here since 1900 .

The town center is a Slavic round with predominantly three-sided courtyards . In the upper floors you can still find half-timbered buildings , while the basement floors were built in massive sandstone . In 1900 the area was 287 ha.

On July 1, 1950 Mockethal was incorporated into Pirna.

Development of the population

year population 1547/51 16 possessed men, 1 house owner , 15 residents 1764 16 possessed men, 6 cottagers, 1834 194 1871 229

year population 1890 379 1910 444 1925 449 1939 582

year population 1946 618

Economy and Infrastructure

In addition to agriculture, the Mockethalers mainly operated sandstone crushing.

Local public transport is provided by the Pirna city traffic through line M, as well as line 238 in the Upper Elbe public transport network .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Cf. Mockethal in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony

literature

• Pirna and its surroundings (= values ​​of the German homeland . Volume 9). 1st edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1966.
• Heimatverein Mockethaler Rundling eV (ed.): Chronicle of Mockethal 1417-2017. Mockethal 2017
• Alfred Meiche : Historical-topographical description of the Pirna administration. Dresden 1927.

Web links

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

• Mockethal in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony