Plattenthal

Plattenthal is a settlement in the Saxon Erzgebirgskreis . The upper part of the village belongs to the municipality of Mildenau , the lower part to the municipality of Thermalbad Wiesenbad .

Neighboring communities

	Meadow pool	Streckewalde
Annaberg	Geyersdorf	Mildenau

Geographical location

Plattenthal is located in the valley of the Pöhlbach, northeast of Annaberg-Buchholz in the Ore Mountains .

history

Entrance sign Plattenthal, community Mildenau

Sign for the entrance to Plattenthal, municipality of Wiesenbad thermal baths

The settlement of the area around Plattenthal in the office of Wolkenstein continued in the 15th and 16th centuries. Century when tin was found on the banks of the Pöhlbach. As a result, Zinnseiffnereien emerged, z. B. at the "big crack" between Plattenthal and Wiesenbad or at the "Kannelloch" between Plattenthal and Mildenau . In today's Plattenthal, a "Seiffwerk" with mountain buildings and storage areas was built around 1500, which was in operation until around 1590. After that, tin mining took place underground. The Kannelloch Vorwerk was first mentioned in a document in 1542.

After the Thirty Years War , a few smaller pits were built in the Plattenwald on the left bank of the Pöhlbach in Wiesaer Flur. To the right of the Pöhlbach, nine treasure troves developed in the Mildenau area after 1686. In 1687, an ore wash and a five-stamp stamping mill were built in place of the Seiff works. The mines were subordinate to the Mining Authority in Annaberg until 1837. In 1816 the last mining took place at the channel. In 1902 the stamp mill was torn down.

Plattenthal in the corridors of Mildenau and Wiesa was until 1856 in the electoral or royal Saxon office of Selva Val Gardena . From 1856 the place belonged to the court office Annaberg and from 1875 to the official authority Annaberg .

Plattenthal is more recently known for the Plattenthalbahn that used to run through the town . Since 1896 the places Geyersdorf , Königswalde and Mildenau tried to be connected to the Saxon railway network. From 1914, the paper mill in Plattenthal, founded in 1900, had an industrial track connection to the Zschopautalbahn near Wiesenbad . In 1923 the line was extended to the Geyersdorf-Mildenau station and in 1928 it was extended to Königswalde lower station. From 1938 people were also transported on the route. From 1951 the line was gradually closed. In 1951 the train only ran to Geyersdorf-Mildenau, and in 1971 only to Plattenthal. The line from Wiesenbad to Plattenthal was downgraded to a track siding and completely shut down in 1995.

As a result of the second district reform in the GDR , Plattenthal came as part of the communities Mildenau and Wiesa (from 1956 to Thermalbad Wiesenbad) in 1952 to the Annaberg district in the Chemnitz district (renamed Karl-Marx-Stadt district in 1953 ), which from 1990 as Saxon District Annaberg was continued and in 2008 merged into the Erzgebirgskreis.

Industry

Plattenthal paper mill (2016), lower mill

There were a few industrial companies in and around Plattenthal. The Brandt & Süreth company owned two factories in Pöhlbachtal. The lower factory in Plattenthal was later named “Fa. Albert Brandt unt. Factory ”and“ VEB Spezialpapierfabrik Precipitation ”. The upper factory was between Plattenthal and Geyersdorf and was later called “Fa. Albert Brandt ob. Factory ”. Today it is the domicile of “Platina Dammbaustoffe Brandt GmbH”. From 1950 the sauerkraut platters known in the GDR were produced in this factory . Like the Wiesenbad brickworks, both factories were connected to the Plattenthalbahn .

traffic

Plattenthal, track remains (2016)

State road 262 runs through Plattenthal , which meets the B 101 below the town near Wiesenbad . From 1914 to 1995 Plattenthal had a connection to the Zschopautalbahn via the Plattenthalbahn . Between 1938 and 1945 there was also passenger traffic on the route.

literature

• Melzer, Heiko: Chronicle: "Old mining in Mildenau (1), the tin mining near Plattenthal - or where the channel got its name from". Dorfblatt Arnsfeld & Mildenau, February 2012 edition
• Wirth, Olaf: "Plattenthalbahn 1995 made completely flat". Freie Presse, Auer Zeitung, page 15, May 2, 2011

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 68 f.
2. ^ The official authority Annaberg in the municipal register 1900

Coordinates: 50 ° 36 '  N , 13 ° 3'  E