Oberwartha

Oberwartha locality of Dresden
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Coordinates	51 ° 4 '40 "  N , 13 ° 36' 10"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 4 '40 "  N , 13 ° 36' 10"  E.
height	240  m above sea level NN
surface	2.03 km²
Residents	432 (Dec. 31, 2017)
Population density	213 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation	Jan. 1, 1994 ( Cossebaude )
Post Code	01156
prefix	0351
politics
Mayor	Jens Kleinschmidt
Allocation of seats (local council)
Free voters Oberwartha 5

Oberwartha is a town of Dresden and is part of the statistical district Cossebaude / Mobschatz / Oberwartha . Oberwartha has about 400 inhabitants and a total area of ​​203 ha.

history

Oberwartha and its neighboring villages on a map from 1821

Village center with the natural monument " Dorflinde Oberwartha "

Oberwartha (center) and Niederwartha (lower edge) in the aerial photo

Oberwartha was first mentioned in a document as Wartha in 1266, the place name has the same origin as that of the neighboring Niederwartha . At that time it was in the possession of the Bishop of Meissen , who had an allodium here. He was also the founder of viticulture around Cossebaude . In 1354 the place is mentioned as Bischoffswartha , in 1495 as Überwart and finally in 1539 as Oberwart . The settlement initially took place around the monastery property. It was not until 1501 that the parcels around Oberwartha were divided up among the villagers, while the place was administered by the Meissen Abbey . In 1708 a windmill, which no longer exists today, was built in the village.

The monastery property , after the Reformation, a manor , changed hands several times and belonged to various middle-class families from the 19th century. One of these citizens was the Dresden merchant Fritz Arndt, who campaigned for the development of the place. Arndt organized the construction of villas to attract wealthy families to Oberwartha. The first villa colony was built on the slopes of the Elbe around 1900. In 1907 a Kurhaus was built, which King Friedrich August III. visited. To improve the development of the place, the construction of a rack railway between Oberwartha and the Elbe valley was planned around 1912 . However, this was not built due to the First World War .

Upper basin of the pumped storage plant

In 1928 the construction of the upper reservoir for the new Niederwartha pumped storage plant began near the village , flooding the Silbergrund.

In the 20s and 30s, further housing estates were built in Oberwartha. The former monastery property existed until 1945 and was then expropriated as part of the land reform . Like the other cultural monuments of the village, it is included in the list of cultural monuments in Oberwartha . At the beginning of 1994 Oberwartha became a district of Cossebaude and was incorporated into Dresden on July 1, 1997.

Development of the population

year Residents 1568 12 possessed man 1764 10 possessed man 1834 119 1871 126 1890 126 1910 300 1925 327 1939 371 1946 477 1950 465 1964 410 1990 310 1992 316

year Residents 2003 366 2006 355 2007 351 2008 346 2009 345 2010 353 2011 400 2012 404 2013 401 2014 401 2015 407 2016 432 2017 432

literature

• Hans Fischer u. a .: 750 years of Oberwartha 1266–2016. Dresden 2016

Web links

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

• Oberwartha.de
• Oberwartha in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony