Pechtelsgrün

Pechtelsgrün City of Lengenfeld Coordinates: 50 ° 35 ′ 20 ″ N , 12 ° 24 ′ 38 ″ E
Height :	497 m
Residents :	345 (May 26, 2011)
Incorporation :	March 1, 1994
Incorporated into:	Lengenfeld
Postal code :	08485
Area code :	037606
Location of Pechtelsgrün in Saxony

Pechtelsgrün is a district of the Saxon town of Lengenfeld in the Vogtland district . The formerly independent rural community was incorporated into Lengenfeld on March 1, 1994.

Geographical location

Pechtelsgrün is located on the foothills of the northwestern Ore Mountains ( Kirchberg granite area ) on the western slope of the 512 m high Höllberg at an altitude of 494 m above sea level. The place is located in the northeast of the historic Saxon Vogtland at the transition from the natural area Vogtland to the Western Ore Mountains .

The road from Lengenfeld to Zwickau and the Zwickau – Falkenstein railway line pass Pechtelsgrün. The next train station is in Irfersgrün.

The place borders on three other districts of the city of Lengenfeld, on a district of the town of Rodewisch (all in the Vogtlandkreis) and on a district of the city of Kirchberg ( district of Zwickau ).

	Irfersgrün
Waldkirchen		Pole green
Plohn	Roethenbach

history

old seal mark of the community of Pechtelsgrün

Although Pechtelsgrün was first mentioned in a document in 1410, the village was founded in the 12th century by the owners of the Mylau aristocracy in the form of a forest hoof village . On the other side of the Höllberges was as enclave for Office Zwickau associated village bar green . Mining and agriculture played a major role in local development at an early stage. The Pechtelsgrün wolframite mine was in operation between 1934 and 1968 .

The basic rule about Pechtelsgrün was from the 16th century on a pro rata among the manors Auerbach , Irfersgrün and Plohn upper part and nether part . Pechtelsgrün came in the 16th century with the rule of Mylau to the Electoral Saxon or later royal Saxon office of Plauen , to which the place was subject until 1856. In 1856 Pechtelsgrün was affiliated to the Lengenfeld court office and in 1875 to the Auerbach administration . As a result of the second district reform in the GDR , the municipality of Pechtelsgrün became part of Reichenbach in the Chemnitz district (renamed the Karl-Marx-Stadt district in 1953 ), which was continued as the Saxon district of Reichenbach from 1990 and became part of the Vogtlandkreis in 1996.

On March 1, 1994, Pechtelsgrün and Irfersgrün were incorporated into the neighboring town of Lengenfeld (Vogtland).

economy

Smoky quartz from Pechtelsgrün

Pechtelsgrün was the seat of the Pechtelsgrün wolframite mine , the later VEB Wolfram -Zinnerz Pechtelsgrün , where u. a. Non-ferrous metal ores have been mined. Mining was carried out in the wolframite mine from 1934 to 1968, and in February 1947 the processing plant was taken over by Wismut . The Klauberei facilities in Pechtelsgrün were also dismantled. A large part of the workforce was taken over by SDAG Wismut.

Pechtelsgrün is also known as the place where smoky quartz was found .

Attractions

War memorial

The sights of Pechtelsgrün include u. a. the candelabra. It is a winter linden tree that is on the list of natural monuments in the Vogtland district and is estimated to be over 400 years old. Its height is approx. 21 m and the circumference of the tree trunk is approx. 5 m.