Rossau (Saxony)

Basic data
State :	Saxony
County :	Central Saxony
Height :	318 m above sea level NHN
Area :	53.59 km 2
Residents:	3502 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	65 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	09661
Primaries :	03727, 037207 (Greifendorf and Moosheim)
License plate :	FG, BED, DL, FLÖ, HC, MW, RL
Community key :	14 5 22 500
Community structure:	9 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 99 ; 09661 Rossau, OT Niederrossau
Website :	www.gemeinde-rossau.de
Mayor :	Dietmar Gottwald
Location of the community of Rossau in the district of central Saxony

Rossau is a municipality in the district of central Saxony in Saxony .

geography

Rossau is about 3 km east of Mittweida and 15 km south of Döbeln . The Zschopau valley is located on the western border of the municipality .

Community structure

The following districts belong to the municipality:

Neighboring communities

Adjacent local authorities are the cities of Hainichen , Frankenberg / Sa. and Mittweida as well as the communities Kriebstein , Lichtenau and Striegistal in the district of central Saxony.

history

Kockisch-Liebenhain suspension bridge with Liebenhainer mill

Seifersbach primary school

The place called "Rozzow" Rossau was first mentioned in 1378. At that time, no distinction was made between Ober- and Niederrossau. There is evidence for the mention of both places. a. for Niederrossau from 1551 as "Rossaw Nieder Gemeynn" and from 1791 as "Ober Roßau" and "Nieder Roßau". The listed Rossau Church in today's Niederrossau was built in 12/13. Century as a fortified church . It is therefore one of the oldest churches in Saxony.

The current community of Rossau was created on July 1, 1950 through the merger of the communities of Oberossau, Niederrossau and Weinsdorf (with the district of Liebenhain ). The municipal office is located in the Niederrossau district. The current districts of the community of Rossau belonged to different administrative units in earlier centuries. The following table shows these dominant relationships.

Affiliation of the Rossau districts
place	Affiliation before 1590	Affiliation between 1590 and 1832	Affiliation from 1832 to 1856
Greifendorf	Office of Nossen	Office of Nossen	Office of Nossen
Oberrossau, Niederrossau	District Office Freiberg	Office of Nossen	Office of Nossen
Moosheim	Office Chub	Office Rochlitz	Office Rochlitz
Weinsdorf, Liebenhain	District Office Freiberg	Office Rochlitz	Office Frankenberg-Sachsenburg
Hermsdorf	Lordship of Ringethal (part of the Freiberg district office , exclave)	Lordship of Ringethal (to Freiberg district office, exclave)	Office Frankenberg-Sachsenburg
Seifersbach	District Office Freiberg	Office Frankenberg-Sachsenburg (provable from 1551)	Office Frankenberg-Sachsenburg
Schönborn, growing three	Manor Neusorge (part of the Rochlitz office )	Manor Neusorge (from 1610 to the office of Augustusburg )	Office Frankenberg-Sachsenburg

After the offices were dissolved, the places came under the administration of the Mittweida Court Office , Greifendorf and Moosheim to the Roßwein Court Office . In October 1874 the places belonging to the Mittweida court office in the area of Rossau came to the Rochlitz office and the places Greifendorf and Moosheim to the Döbeln office . From 1952, all of today's Rossau districts belonged to the Hainichen district , which in 1994 became part of the new Mittweida district . The municipality of Rossau and its districts have been part of the Central Saxony district since 2008 .

Population development

Development of the population (as of December 31) :

year	Residents
1998	3943
1999	4016
2000	4061
2001	3981
2002	3913

year	Residents
2003	3920
2004	3881
2005	3917
2006	3852
2007	3814

year	Residents
2012	3566
2013	3566
2015	3598

Incorporations

Former parish or manor district	date	annotation
Greifendorf	March 1, 1994
Hermsdorf	January 1, 1994
Moosheim	January 1, 1994
Niederrossau	July 1, 1950	Merger with Oberrossau and Weinsdorf zu Rossau
Oberrossau	July 1, 1950	Merger with Niederrossau and Weinsdorf zu Rossau
Oberrossau, district forester	July 1, 1936	Outsourcing from the municipality of Oberrossau and incorporation into the independent manor district of the Frankenberg state forest district
Schönborn	March 3, 1933	Change of name to Schönborn-Drei Werden
Schönborn becoming three	January 1, 1992	Merger with Seifersbach to form Schönborn-Dreihaben-Seifersbach
Schönborn-Drei Werden-Seifersbach	January 1, 1999
Seifersbach	January 1, 1992	Merger with Schönborn-Drei Werden to Schönborn-Drei Werden-Seifersbach
Frankenberg state forest district, manor district	September 12, 1949	Partial integration to Greifendorf
Frankenberg state forest district, manor district	September 12, 1949	Partial integration to Mossheim
Frankenberg state forest district, manor district	December 9, 1948	Partial integration to Oberrossau in the course of the land reform
Frankenberg state forest district, manor district	December 11, 1948	Partial integration after Schönborn-Drei Werden
State forest district Rossau, manor district	December 11, 1948	Partial integration to Oberrossau
Weinsdorf	July 1, 1950	Merger with Niederrossau and Oberrossau zu Rossau

politics

Municipal office Rossau in Niederrossau

The municipal office of the municipality of Rossau is located in Niederrossau.

Municipal council

City council election 2014

Turnout: 61.6% (2009: 59.1%)

%

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

41.0%

35.2%

13.8%

7.9%

1.3%

0.9%

FWGR

WfR

Gains and losses

compared to 2009

% p

14th

12

10

8th

6th

4th

2

0

-2

-4

-6

-8th

-10

-8.8 % p

-2.5 % p

+ 13.8 % p

-4.6 % p

+1.3 % p

+ 0.9 % p

FWGR

WfR

Since the municipal council election on May 25, 2014 , the 14 seats of the municipal council have been distributed among the individual groups as follows:

Free voter community Rossau e. V. (FWGR): 6 seats
CDU : 5 seats
We for Rossau (WfR): 2 seats
LEFT : 1 seat

mayor

In September 2016 Dietmar Gottwald was re-elected with 84.7 percent of the vote.

Culture and sights

Late Gothic altar figure of St. Apollonia from Rossau

The Rossau village church dates from the 12th / 13th centuries. Century and has been a listed building since 1983 . Its organ from 1670 is one of the oldest organs in Saxony. The altar shows Apollonia , the patron saint of dentists.

The visitor mine "Alte Hope Erbstolln" in Schönborn is a former silver mine from the 2nd half of the 13th century.

There is a historic mining railway in Schönborn-Drei Werden .

The alpaca farm in Moosheim, located in the municipality, is worth seeing . Alpacas have been bred here for a long time.

The church in Greifendorf from 1859, which was considered to be in danger of demolition in 1982, was renovated with donations.

Church in Rossau
Church in Seifersbach
Church in Greifendorf
Old Hope Erbstolln in Schönborn

traffic

The A 4 south of the municipality can be reached via connection no. 73 Hainichen (approx. 5 km).

Healthcare

The social psychiatry of the Chemnitz Clinic runs the “Kastanienhof Rossau” therapy center in a four-sided courtyard in Schönborn-Drei Werden .

Sons and daughters of the church

Martin Menzel (1932–2017), historian; born in Seifersbach

Individual evidence

↑ Population of the Free State of Saxony by municipalities on December 31, 2019 ( help on this ).
^ Website of the Seifersbach parish with Rossau
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony: Area changes
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Ministry of the Interior of the State of Saxony (ed.): Lists of the municipalities incorporated since May 1945 and evidence of the subdivision of the independent manor districts and state forest districts. 1952.
↑ ^a ^b The Book of Saxony. Municipal publishing house Saxony, Dresden 1943.
↑ Results of the 2014 municipal council elections
^ Website of the municipality