Niederneuschönberg

Niederneuschönberg City of Olbernhau Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′ 58 ″  N , 13 ° 19 ′ 53 ″  E
Incorporation :	July 1, 1950
Postal code :	09526
Area code :	037360
Location of Niederneuschönberg in Saxony

Niederneuschönberg is a district of the Saxon town of Olbernhau in the Erzgebirge district .

geography

location

Niederneuschönberg is located about 1 kilometer northwest of Olbernhau in the Ore Mountains , the localities now merge smoothly. To the north the Arlitzwald borders the corridor, in the southwest the Flöha forms the natural border. To the west of the village, the Bielabach flows into the Flöha.
The federal road 171 Olbernhau– Sayda runs through the local area , via Gemeindestraße there is still a connection to Olbernhau and Kleinneuschönberg.

Neighboring places

Kleinneuschönberg	Hallbach	Schönfeld
Blumenau
		Olbernhau

history

Niederneuschönberg, entrance to the village

The first written mention of the place dates from 1696 as Neu-Schönberg, Nieder Theil .
From 1652 onwards, areas cleared by Caspar von Schönberg on Pfaffroda were given to Bohemian exiles and locals. In 1655 the place Niederneuschönberg was founded. Ecclesiastically, the place is parish to Olbernhau.

August Schumann describes Nieder-Neuschönberg and Klein-Neuschönberg together as Neuschönberg in the State Lexicon of Saxony in 1820 , he mentions among others:

“It consists mainly of 3 rows of houses and the 3 mills from Klein-Neuschönberg, which are individually located in Bielathale almost up to Hallbach. Under the village in Flöhethale there are also 4 hay barns or hay barns, which belong to the Pfaffroda manor . ...
Both places have about 5 to 600 inhabitants, but only a little field; the better the residents feed themselves from all kinds of handicrafts, almost like those in Olbernhau; also can professionals of all kinds without guild forced to settle here. In Nieder-Neuschönberg there is a hereditary dish of little importance and a dye works whose work is very famous in the whole area. "

In 1800 a school was built, which was replaced by a new building in 1886. The professional fire brigade was founded in 1876. From 1895 electrical energy was drawn from the power plant in Olbernhau.

On July 1, 1950, Niederneuschönberg was incorporated into Olbernhau.

On July 22, 1876 the volunteer fire brigade was founded.

Development of the population

year population 1655 7 cottagers 1787 12 gardeners , 18 cottagers 1834 390

year population 1871 506 1890 798 1910 1296

year population 1925 1239 1939 1267 1946 1335

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the place

• Heiner Sandig (* 1945), pastor, politician (CDU) and Saxon commissioner for foreigners

literature

• Nieder-Neuschönberg . In: August Schumann : Complete State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony. 7th volume. Schumann, Zwickau 1820, p. 291 f.
• District Office Middle Erzgebirgskreis, Ed .: On the history of the cities and municipalities in the Middle Erzgebirgskreis , a time table (parts 1–3)

Web links

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

• Niederneuschönberg in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
• Documents about Niederneuschönberg near Olbernhau

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} cf. Niederneuschönberg in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
2. ↑ cf. Nieder-Neuschönberg . In: August Schumann : Complete State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony. 7th volume. Schumann, Zwickau 1820, p. 292.
3. ↑ Niederneuschönberg fire brigade