Riefensbeek-Kamschlacken

Riefensbeek-Kamschlacken City of Osterode am Harz
Coordinates: 51 ° 45 ′ 11 "  N , 10 ° 22 ′ 44"  E
Height :	360 m
Residents :	270  (Jul 1, 2012)
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Postal code :	37520
Area code :	05522
Location of Riefensbeek-Kamschlacken in Lower Saxony
View of Riefensbeek with the Sösetalsperre from the Eleonorenblick viewpoint

Riefensbeek-Kamschlacken is the smallest state-approved resort in the Harz Mountains and part of the town of Osterode am Harz in the Göttingen district in southern Lower Saxony , Germany . It is located on the Söse above the Sösetalsperre and on the federal road 498 . The main source of income for the residents is tourism , benefiting from the quiet location in a beautiful landscape. From here the shortest route leads to the Hanskühnenburg (2.5 km). The Harzer Försterstieg ends in the village.

The local national park information point is operated by the Harz Club .

history

View of slag

The earliest written document from Riefensbeek is from 1455 and is "Richemesbeke". The late tradition makes an interpretation difficult. Bach with the rushes ( old Saxon riskenbek ) would be possible.

Kamschlacken was first referred to as "casam Herrekescampe" in 1298, referring to a silver smelter located there . This name can be translated as a piece of land enclosed by a Herrik . The current form is only attested in 1460 as "Kampes Slaggen". This means slag from the Kamphütte , because there was probably a smelting site there.

In the 13th and 14th centuries, ironworks were operated here because of the good supply of wood for charcoal and sufficient water power . Mining attempts , however, failed and were therefore discontinued. Forestry , pasture and dairy farming also developed later .

On June 2, 1849, the Royal Field Hunter August Schmidt, stationed in Kamschlacken, caught miner Carl Wagener poaching . Wagener seriously wounded the military police officer with two ax blows on the head, so that he fell silently to the ground. He could still recognize the poacher because of his peculiar skin color. Awakened from his unconsciousness, he dragged himself to his rented apartment in Kamschlacken, the later forest and inn, where he succumbed to his injuries a week later. The alleged perpetrator was arrested soon afterwards, sentenced to death by the sword in Göttingen on May 23, 1850 , and publicly executed outside of Zellerfeld on August 9, 1850 .

In 1850 the villages of Riefensbeek ( Lage ) and Kamschlacken ( Lage ) merged.

At the end of the 19th century, tourism - like everywhere in the Harz Mountains - developed into an important source of income. On August 5, 1898, the Harz Club branch association was founded. After the association had been inactive since 1933, it was re-established in 1957. Until 1952 the place was officially called Cammschlacken , a council decision changed the name to the current spelling. From 1958 to 1974 there was its own home and music group. After 1963, he built and looked after many hikers' huts , pavilions and hiking trails .

On July 1, 1972, the municipality of Riefensbeek-Kamschlacken, which until then belonged to the district of Zellerfeld , was incorporated into the district town of Osterode am Harz.

The basic word of the place name Riefensbeek means Bach , see also Riefenbach .

politics

Due to its small population, Riefensbeek-Kamschlacken does not have its own local council. The village has a head of the village .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Riefensbeek-Kamschlacken
2. ↑ Uwe Ohainski, Jürgen Udolph : The place names of the district of Osterode (=  publications of the Institute for Historical Research at the University of Göttingen . Volume 40 ). Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2000, ISBN 3-89534-370-6 , p. 135-137 ( adw-goe.de [PDF; 2.6 MB ]).
3. ↑ ^{a b} Uwe Ohainski, Jürgen Udolph : The place names of the district of Osterode (=  publications of the Institute for Historical Research at the University of Göttingen . Volume 40 ). Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2000, ISBN 3-89534-370-6 , p. 89–90 ( adw-goe.de [PDF; 2.6 MB ]).
4. ^ Matthias Blazek : Murder and Atonement in the Upper Harz Anno 1850. In: UNSER HARZ August 2014, pp. 149–153; see also: Matthias Blazek: In 1607 the Zellerfeld population rioted in the course of an execution. In: myheimat.de. January 27, 2014, accessed February 16, 2017 . 
5. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 215 .
6. ↑ Main statutes of the city of Osterode am Harz - page 2. Accessed on February 16, 2017 .