Oberwildenthal

Oberwildenthal City of Eibenstock Coordinates: 50 ° 26 ′ 3 "  N , 12 ° 38 ′ 42"  E
Residents :	20  (Feb 6, 2016)
Postal code :	08309
Area code :	037752
Location of Oberwildenthal in Saxony

View of Oberwildenthal

Oberwildenthal is a district of the town of Eibenstock in the Erzgebirgskreis in the Saxon Ore Mountains .

Geographical location

The group of houses belonging to the state-recognized resort of Wildenthal is located in the deeply indented valley of the Großer Bockau at the foot of the high Rehhübels in the Erzgebirge / Vogtland Nature Park at an altitude of around 780  m above sea level. NN . The state road leads through Oberwildenthal from Eibenstock over the Sauschwemme to Johanngeorgenstadt .

history

Rehabilitation of the quarries on the Urbanus Stolln, 2010; in the background on the right the old customs office, on the left the inn, which was demolished in 2010

The place emerged from a Saxon customs office , which was created on the pass road leading over the Erzgebirge ridge to Hirschenstand , which in the late 18th century was used more and more than the official postal route from Wildenthal via the southwestern foothills of the Auersberg to Johanngeorgenstadt and across the border on to Karlsbad.

This connecting road between Saxony and Bohemia was known as Reichsstraße 93 from 1934 and was used extensively. After the border was closed in the first years after World War II, the border crossing was closed and only used in 1968, when Soviet tanks rolled into Czechoslovakia to crush the Prague Spring . Furthermore, in 1964 and 1968 stages of the international peace voyage led across the border. Since 1997, the border crossing, which was reopened that year, has been used by cyclists, hikers and skiers.

To the south of the village, near the border, is the Buchkamm .

The traditional inn located in the village (formerly: Geyer , after 1945 Textima holiday home) was demolished in 2010 when it was vacant.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Small-scale municipality sheet for Eibenstock, city. (PDF; 0.23 MB) State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony , September 2014, accessed on January 28, 2015 .