Neuwelt (Schwarzenberg)

New world City of Schwarzenberg / Erzgeb. Coordinates: 50 ° 33 ′ 15 ″ N , 12 ° 45 ′ 35 ″ E
Residents :	1277 (May 9, 2011)
Incorporation :	September 1, 1919
Postal code :	08340
Area code :	03774
Location of Neuwelt in Saxony

Neuwelt is a district of the town of Schwarzenberg in the Saxon Ore Mountains .

history

Neuwelt from the direction of the Schwarzenberg district of Sonnenleithe : the commercial area on the left; on the right the town center, on the right edge of the picture the church

Emmauskirche: tower with main portal

Neuwelt was created in 1790 by building rows of houses in the parcel corridor and is attested in the same year under the name Neue Welt . Workers at the manor in Obersachsenfeld had received permission from their master, Christoph Heinrich Friedrich Graf zu Solms and Tecklenburg , to settle in the corridor, which had been forest and meadow until then. In return for the free building land, they had to do him labor.

The place name is said to come from the same gentleman who jokingly said on the way to the new settlement on the other side of the black water that he was going to the new world. After about 30 years of political affiliation to the Sachsenfeld manor, Neuwelt gained its independence. In 1826 lessons were first given in the village. In 1853 the community of Untersachsenfeld joined the community of Neuwelt with the attached property of the same name. With the establishment of several factories, more than 500 workers found employment in the village. In 1895 Neuwelt received a post office, in 1897 a water pipe and the following year a stop on the Royal Saxon State Railway. On September 1, 1919, Neuwelt lost its independence and became a district of Schwarzenberg .

The population was 296 in 1834 and rose to 1660 by 1910. In 1925 of the 2212 inhabitants, 1984 were Evangelical Lutheran, 106 Catholic and 122 of other or no denomination.

Development of the population

year	population
1834	296
1871	405
1871	560
1890	1660
1925	2012

Attractions

church

In 1895 Neuwelt received permission to no longer hold its services in Beierfeld , but in a specially furnished room in the school building. After an assistant chaplain had taken over the parish work, his position was converted into a separate parish office in 1897.

The Emmaus Church , built in neo-Romanesque style, was consecrated on October 28, 1901 after only 14 months of construction. The Emmaus parish of Schwarzenberg-Neuwelt is today a sister church of the St. Georgen Church in Schwarzenberg.

Wooden bridge

The listed Hammerbrücke , which connects Neuwelt with Sachsenfeld , leads over the Schwarzwasser . The 21.5 meter long bridge was built in 1732, reconstructed in 1908 and restored in 1992.