Polenz (Klipphausen)

Polenz Community Klipphausen Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 16 ″ N , 13 ° 27 ′ 21 ″ E
Height :	226 m
Residents :	249
Incorporation :	1st January 1973
Incorporated into:	Bockwen-Polenz
Postal code :	01665
Location of Polenz in Saxony

Polenz is a village in the municipality of Klipphausen in the Meißen district in Saxony and has around 250 inhabitants.

geography

Polenz aerial view

Polenz is located in the immediate vicinity of Meißen and, due to its exposed location, is a popular excursion destination with a view of the Triebischtal and Meißen.

history

In a document issued by Bishop Martin von Meißen on May 24, 1180 in Meißen , Christianus von Polenzke is named as the penultimate witness. In 1198 it is mentioned that a Gottschalk von Polenz appears as a witness on the Landding in Colmnitz. Both belong to the ancestors of the Polentz family, who came from the town . The Polenz Chapel was first mentioned in a document in 1402. Heinrich von Karras owns Polenz in 1405. In the middle of the 16th century, the Bärensteiner bought the place. In 1588 the village was divided up by Magnus von Bärenstein between his sons Thomas and Albrecht. The manors of Upper and Lower Poland have existed since then.

From 1909 to 1966, Polenz had a stop on the narrow-gauge railway Wilsdruff-Gärtitz .

The Bockwen-Polenz community was founded on January 1, 1973 and merged with the Scharfenberg community on April 1, 1993 . On January 1, 1999, the large community of Klipphausen was formed, to which Polenz belongs.

Attractions

Several buildings in the village are protected as cultural monuments (see list of cultural monuments in Polenz ). The Polenz Tower can be seen from afar and is used by Deutsche Telekom AG. In the valley of the Kleine Triebisch there is a cycling and hiking path on the route of the narrow-gauge railway Wilsdruff – Gärtitz . This connects Semmelsberg with Taubenheim and leads past four former mills, including the Preisker mill and the Helmmühle.

Former Polenz train station
Polenz and the Polenz Tower
Listed chapel in Polenz

literature

Cornelius Gurlitt : Polenz. In: Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 41. Issue: Administrative Authority Meißen-Land . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1923, p. 399.

Web links

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

Website of the district
Polenz district on the website of the municipality of Klipphausen
Polenz in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony

Individual evidence

^ Polenz website
↑ P. Kehr (edit.): Document book of the Hochstift Merseburg, 1st part (962-1357) , Halle, 1899 (= historical sources of the province of Saxony and neighboring areas, 36), p. 103.

↑ Municipalities 1994 and their changes since January 1, 1948 in the new federal states , Metzler-Poeschel publishing house, Stuttgart, 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , publisher: Federal Statistical Office

↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 1999

[1] Polenz website

[2] P. Kehr (edit.): Document book of the Hochstift Merseburg, 1st part (962-1357) , Halle, 1899 (= historical sources of the province of Saxony and neighboring areas, 36), p. 103.

[3] Municipalities 1994 and their changes since January 1, 1948 in the new federal states , Metzler-Poeschel publishing house, Stuttgart, 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , publisher: Federal Statistical Office

[4] StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 1999