Oberlichtenau

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Oberlichtenau
City of Pulsnitz
Coat of arms of Oberlichtenau
Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 15 ″  N , 13 ° 59 ′ 30 ″  E
Height : 243 m
Area : 10.03 km²
Residents : 1425  (Dec. 31, 2008)
Population density : 142 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 2009
Postal code : 01896
Area code : 035955

Oberlichtenau is a former municipality in the Saxon district of Bautzen and has been a district of Pulsnitz since January 1, 2009 .

geography

Town view with a view of the church

Oberlichtenau is located about twelve kilometers southwest of the city of Kamenz and about 30 kilometers northeast of Dresden . Oberlichtenau is located in western Upper Lusatia in the Pulsnitz Valley , between the chain of hills of the Upper Lusatian hill country (highest elevation Keulenberg at 413 m), in the transition between the flat pond landscape in the north and the Lusatian mountains in the south.

The municipality of Oberlichtenau consisted of the two districts Oberlichtenau and Niederlichtenau. The local constitution did not apply to the municipality of Oberlichtenau.

Population development

year Oberlichtenau Niederlichtenau
1551 21 possessed men, 21 residents (only Meißner part) see Oberlichtenau
1764/77 33 possessed men, 3 gardeners, 56 cottagers, 14 hooves (only Meißner part) see Oberlichtenau
1834 732 196
1871 947 246
1890 1085 284
1910 1287 269
1925 1370 291
1939 1469 306
1950 2023 Incorporation to Oberlichtenau on July 1, 1950
1964 1832
1990 1629
2000 1588
2008 1425

All figures up to 2000 according to the entry in the historical directory of Saxony; 2008 according to the information from the State Statistical Office. Since the Pulsnitz was the border river between Saxony and Upper Lusatia until the beginning of the 19th century, Upper and Lower Lichtenau also divided into a Meissnian-Saxon and an Upper Lusatian-Bohemian part. On January 1, 2009, the independent municipality of Oberlichtenau became a district of the city of Pulsnitz.

Culture and sights

Buildings and sights

Oberlichtenau Castle
St. Martin Church
Bee museum
  • Baroque castle with baroque castle park, see Oberlichtenau Castle
  • Church of St. Martin (letter of indulgence from 1500)
  • Bee museum with a show apiary and home parlor
  • Listed, former greenhouse of the palace gardening (ceramic workshop for biblical utility ceramics)
  • Listed natural cellar for the representation of energy-free storage of food
  • German song trail with a unique mill trail
  • Historic barrel cellar with Israeli wine and beer
  • Keulenberg with observation tower, ruins, Bismarck monument and August column
  • Byzantine basilica (finished on September 10, 2006)

Bible garden

The Bible Garden in Oberlichtenau is the first garden of its kind in Germany to display elements from biblical times. This garden was opened on June 8, 2005 and has been attracting school classes and community groups from various Christian churches ever since. Objects ( rock grave , Israelite altar , quarry crane, etc.) and plants from the biblical time are shown in an open space. The foundation stone for a Byzantine basilica was laid on May 20, 2006. The miniature basilica achieved 7th place in the competition for the German Tourism Prize 2007. The Bible Garden was named the best holiday address in the country in 2009 by the Saxon State Minister Frank Kupfer.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Oberlichtenau belongs to the Upper Elbe Transport Association . Bus routes 170 and 312 offer connections to the nearest train station, Pulsnitz on the Kamenz – Pirna railway line , four kilometers south of Oberlichtenau on weekdays . Line 170 also goes to the city of Kamenz , line 312 to Königsbrück station on the Königsbrück – Dresden railway line .

The A 4 can be reached via the Pulsnitz junction, around eight kilometers away .

education

There is a primary school in Oberlichtenau.

Personalities

  • Carsten Guhr (* 1979), former mayor of Oberlichtenau, 22 years old when he took office and thus the youngest mayor in Germany
  • Walter Grundmann (1906–1976), Ev.-luth. Pastor in Oberlichtenau, head of the de-Judaization institute in Eisenach, theologian and Stasi employee
  • Richard Götze (1890–1955), veterinarian, professor for cattle diseases and veterinary obstetrics at the University of Leipzig and the University of Veterinary Medicine in Hanover
  • Paul Graf Vitzthum von Eckstädt (1850–1911), Saxon general of the infantry and chief of the general staff of the Saxon army
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Becker (born January 4, 1773 in Oberlichtenau; † October 21, 1847 in Kiev ) initially as a teacher, later professor, for Roman literature and court councilor in the Baltic States and later in the Ukraine and brother of
  • Christian Gottfried Becker (born September 2, 1771 in Oberlichtenau, † October 23, 1820 in Chemnitz), important textile manufacturer in Chemnitz

literature

  • Cornelius Gurlitt : Oberlichtenau. In:  Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 35. Issue: Amtshauptmannschaft Kamenz (Land) . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1912, p. 241.

Web links

Commons : Oberlichtenau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Manors and castles in the kingdom of Saxony: Ober-Lichtenau  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Federal Statistical Office (Ed.): Municipalities 1994 and their changes since 01.01.1948 in the new federal states . Metzler-Poeschel, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 .
  2. ↑ Entry on Oberlichtenau in the historical directory of Saxony
  3. ↑ State Statistical Office
  4. ↑ StBA: Area changes on 01/01/2009
  5. ↑ Innovation Report 2007 ( Memento from December 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ http://p27707.typo3server.info/websys/1045/show_news.php?action=shownews&id=119