Sachsenberg (Lichtenfels)

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Sachsenberg
City of Lichtenfels
Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 36 ″  N , 8 ° 47 ′ 20 ″  E
Height : 368  (328-380)  m
Area : 14.02 km²
Residents : 899  (May 15, 2010)
Population density : 64 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st October 1971
Postal code : 35104
Area code : 06454
View from the east
View from the east

Sachsenberg is an old village with historical town rights in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district in northern Hesse . Located on the southwestern edge of Waldeck Switzerland , it has been part of the Lichtenfels community since 1971 .

history

The forecast of an old was in the 6th century on the site of today's Saxony Mountain Saxon folk castle as a counter foundation to Frankenberg . In 1230 the abbot of Corvey Monastery , Hermann I , decided to build a town near Lichtenfels Castle. "Sassenberg" was first mentioned as a Corveysch property in 1251, and Sachsenberg was first mentioned as a town in 1262. After a feud , Corvey pledged Sachsenberg to Count Adolf I von Waldeck in 1267 . In 1297 Corvey finally renounced in favor of the Counts of Waldeck.

In 1537, Sachsenberg belonged to the Waldeck office of Eisenberg , a castle is mentioned that was probably destroyed again in the Thirty Years' War . The "Burgberg" near Sachsenberg is believed to be a possible location for the castle.

In the following centuries, the small town was repeatedly hit by disasters. The plague also raged in Sachsenberg in the 16th and 17th centuries ; a total of 550 residents fell victim to it. During the Seven Years' War (1756 to 1763) the city was occupied and devastated by French troops. A big city fire in 1844 destroyed the eastern upper town with a total of around 70 buildings. On August 10, 1889 it burned again. This time the city center with the three-storey half-timbered town hall built in 1585 fell victim to the flames. Over 120 residential and auxiliary buildings were destroyed. Along with the town hall, a large part of the old town documents, chronicles and files also burned.

Despite the devastation caused by the repeated fires and the changes made during the reconstruction, the original design, based on the towns of the Hohenstaufen , with a chessboard-like floor plan is still recognizable. The small town character is shaped , among other things, by the remains of the old city ​​wall , the market square with the town hall , which is centrally located in the old town center, and some stately town houses that have survived the turbulent times. A vivid example of the architectural styles of different epochs and different cultures, the Franconian-Hessian and the Old Saxon, is the half-timbered ensemble on "Hofstadtplatz", whose name is also interpreted as a reference to a lost castle.

On October 1, 1971, Sachsenberg and seven other communities formed the new city of Lichtenfels.

Churches

There are three churches: the Evangelical , the Independent Evangelical Lutheran and the Catholic . The pulpit altar with a pulpit clock in the Protestant church, created in 1708 by Josias Wolrat Brützel , is worth mentioning .

Culture

In addition to a large number of associations, Sachsenberg has a committed culture and art scene.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the place

Personalities who worked in Sachsenberg

  • Georg Reinige (1798–1878) pharmacist in Sachsenberg and politician

literature

  • Gottfried Ganßauge, Walter Kramm, Wolfgang Medding: The architectural and art monuments in the administrative district of Kassel. New episode Volume 3: Circle of the Iron Mountain. Bärenreiter, Kassel, 1939 digitized online , pp. 204–210.
  • Jürgen Römer: 750 years of the city of Sachsenberg (1262–2012). A city book. Waldeck Historical Society, Bad Arolsen 2011.
  • Jürgen Römer (edit.): Hessian City Atlas, Delivery III, 4: Sachsenberg. Hessian State Office for Historical Regional Studies, Marburg 2012.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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. 408 .
  2. ↑ In search of Sachsenberg half-timbered treasures , accessed on March 5, 2015.

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