Schöneck / Vogtl.

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 24 '  N , 12 ° 20'  E
Basic data
State :	Saxony
County :	Vogtland district
Management Community :	Schöneck / Mühlental
Height :	707 m above sea level NHN
Area :	55.04 km 2
Residents:	3142 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	57 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	08261
Primaries :	037464, 037422 (Gunzen)
License plate :	V, AE, OVL, PL, RC
Community key :	14 5 23 370
City administration address :	Sonnenwirbel 3 08261 Schöneck / Vogtl.
Website :	stadt-schoeneck.de
Mayoress :	Isa Suplie ( CDU )
Location of the town of Schöneck / Vogtl. in the Vogtland district

Schöneck / Vogtland is a town in the Saxon Vogtland district and is located approx. 25 kilometers southeast of Plauen . At 707  m (church) it is the highest town in the Vogtland and belongs to the so-called Musikwinkel . Due to the altitude and the extensive forests, Schöneck has been a state-approved resort and winter sports area since 1962.

geography

location

From a natural perspective, Schöneck is not in the Vogtland , but in the Western Ore Mountains . The western end point of the Ore Mountains ridge is in Schöneck . The watershed running along this ridge between the left Elbe tributaries, the Eger on the one hand and the Mulde and Saale on the other, turns in the urban area to the south to the main ridge of the Elstergebirge . The Zwickauer Mulde and the Zwota have their source in the urban area .

Neighboring communities

The neighboring communities are Grünbach , Klingenthal , Markneukirchen , Mühlental , Tirpersdorf , Werda and Neustadt .

City structure

The city developed through the gradual incorporation of seven former villages in the area. In addition to the main town of Schöneck, the city also has the following districts :

District	incorporated	Inhabitants (approx.)	Area (km 2 )	own territory	Local Advisory Board (members)
Arnold green	1996	380	8.0556	Yes	yes (4)
Eschenbach	1950	110	5.3779	Yes	No
Gunzen	1995	200	6.0071	Yes	yes (5)
Korna	1950	030th	2.0591	Yes	No
Kottenheide	1956	060	0	No	No
Schilbach	1995	230	6.0071	Yes	yes (5)
Fir house	1939		0	No	No
Zwotental	1995	050	0	No	No

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Schöneck from the IFA holiday park

history

Until the 15th century

The settlement of the town and castle Schöneck as a medieval manor presumably began between 1180 and 1200. Albertus de Schoenegge was mentioned in writing in 1225 as the first owner of the castle (castrum Schoennecke) and town of Schöneck . In the 14th century the castle and town of Schöneck were owned by the bailiffs of Plauen . In 1327 Vogt Heinrich the Elder von Plauen gave his rule to King John of Bohemia as a fief . Along with other localities, Schöneck also became part of the crown of Bohemia . In 1370, Emperor Charles IV raised Schöneck to the rank of town and gave it the same rights as the town of Elbogen in Bohemia. Evidence that the Schönecker Thosse ruled the castle dates from the same year . This noble family emerged from the gentlemen von Schöneck. In the following period, the castle and town of Schöneck came to Count Günter von Schwarzburg in 1397 and to the Wettins in 1422 when King Sigismund pledged it . As a result, the castle rule of Schöneck changed from Bohemian to Saxon rule, whereby the freedoms and rights of Schöneck were not affected and were confirmed again and again in the future. As early as 1430, Elector Friedrich of Saxony and Duke Sigismund of Saxony pledged the castle, office and the bailiwick of Schöneck and Schönbach to the von Wolffersdorff brothers . In 1437, the first bourgeois Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, Kaspar Schlick , Burgrave of Eger and Elbogen (today Loket), received the Schöneck Castle with all its accessories by pledging from the Wettins. Later he was given the rule of the castle as a legal heir and fief. In 1466, his successors were granted Schöneck Castle and its accessories as an overall fief by the Saxon electors. The descendant Wenzel (Wenzlaw) Schlick , mentioned again in 1487, sold the Schöneck Palace "with all its affiliations" in 1499 to Hans von Scheuben from Eger. There are purchase disputes because Schlick has sold the castle to two interested parties. In 1534, the guardians of Adams von Scheuben sold the Schöneck estate, consisting of the castle, estate and town, to the Ernestine Elector Johann Friedrich for their ward . After 1542 it was integrated into the Voigtsberg office.

16th to 19th century

During the Schmalkaldic War in 1546, the town and castle of Schöneck were captured and devastated by imperial troops. Three years later, the Bohemian King Ferdinand sold his chancellor Heinrich von Plauen in gratitude for the services rendered in the Schmalkaldic War and the like. a. Castle and town of Schöneck. Since then Schöneck has belonged to the Plauen office . Due to the defeat of the Ernestines in the Schmalkaldic War , the three Vogtland offices of Pausa , Plauen and Voigtsberg came into possession of the Bohemian crown in 1547 . In 1548 the lords of Plauen bought the offices back as a Bohemian fiefdom; In 1559 they pledged it to the Saxon Elector August of Saxony . Because the pledge was not redeemed, Schöneck remained with the Electorate of Saxony . The castle Schöneck was badly affected by the frequent pledges and changes of rulership. In 1580 parts of the lower castle were demolished and an electoral hunting lodge was built for it.

In the Thirty Years' War the castle and town of Schöneck were hit hard. In 1632 the troops under General Heinrich von Holk plundered the city, destroyed the castle complex and burned the place down. 1655, the City Council Schoeneck acquired the superior courts in the precincts of the city, in the city forest Haselbrunn and some goods in Eschenbach , as well as the Schriftsässigkeit . In 1680 the city was destroyed again and during the Seven Years' War there was also a fire in 1761 when the Austrian military was quartered, which destroyed large parts of the city and also affected the remains of the castle. In 1765 the last remains of the castle, the old keep , were removed and the stones used to rebuild the city. Only the "Alter Söll" castle hill remained. The last great city fire took place in 1856. Violins have been made in Schöneck since the 17th century. This craft was brought with them by exiles from Bohemia, who were persecuted there because of their Protestant beliefs. A violin making guild was founded in Schöneck in 1730. In addition to violins, other musical instruments such as flutes, saxophones and electrical instruments were produced in the city well into the 20th century. The town of Schöneck belonged to the Electoral Saxon or Royal Saxon Office of Voigtsberg from 1791 to 1856 . After 1856 the city was the seat of the court office in Schöneck . From 1875 Schöneck was part of the Oelsnitz administration .

20th century

Alter Söll (2008)

Schöneck's Town Hall (2010)

After several city fires (1632, 1680, 1761 and 1856), Schöneck finally found its way into industrialization in the second half of the 19th century . In 1865, home and factory cigar production was introduced. In 1875 Schöneck was connected to the rail network with the opening of the Chemnitz – Aue – Adorf line. The importance of the station increased with the opening of the Zwotental – Klingenthal line (1875) and the Falkenstein – Muldenberg line (1892). The population grew steadily up to the First World War . In 1912 the city council inaugurated a local court building that was converted into a hospital in the late 1900s. In the last days of the Second World War , the Americans bombarded the city with artillery and occupied it without a fight.

On July 1, 1950, the previously independent municipality of Eschenbach was incorporated. Between 1950 and 1996 seven surrounding villages were gradually incorporated into the city. The town of Schöneck / Vogtl came through the second district reform in the GDR . in 1952 to the district of Klingenthal in the Chemnitz district (renamed the district of Karl-Marx-Stadt in 1953 ), which was continued in 1990 as the Saxon district of Klingenthal and was merged into the Vogtland district in 1996.

In 1962 the town of Schöneck / Vogtl. State-approved resort . The first ski lift on the Hohen Reuth was built in 1967. Nine years later, a holiday home was built there. The FDGB - "Ferien- und Erholungsheim Karl Marx" on the Hohen Reuth, which was inaugurated in 1985, was one of the largest new buildings of its kind in the GDR with 1000 beds. Today it is continued as an IFA hotel . Since 1969 the cigar industry has been re-profiled as the music electronics branch. TechniSat Vogtland GmbH was founded on June 1, 1992 in Schöneck / Vogtl. And has been producing HDTV receivers , decryption modules, multi-switches, single-cable solutions and satellite installation products ever since . The ISO 9001: 2008 certified location was modernized in 2011. Between 1995 and 1996 the IFA holiday park was rebuilt and new sports facilities and an adventure pool were built. On December 9th, 2006 the ski area “Skiwelt Schöneck” and in 2015 the “Bikewelt Schöneck” were inaugurated.

Population development

Development of the population (from 1998 December 31st) :

year Residents 1834 1,680 1890 3,270 1912 4,896 1971 3,722 1983 3,500 1998 3,951 1999 3,913 2000 3,889 2001 3,802

year Residents 2002 3,775 2003 3,752 2004 3,721 2007 3,603 2008 3,524 2012 3,343 2013 3,318 2016 3,198

Data source from 1998: State Statistical Office Saxony

Memorials

In the cemetery four graves with a plaque commemorate two Soviet , one French and one Polish forced laborers who were deported to Germany during the Second World War and used for forced labor in Schöneck.

politics

City council election 2019

Turnout: 68.4%

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40

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20th

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34.1%

47.7%

4.8%

13.3%

CDU

FW

SPD

AfD

City council election 2019     A total of 15 seats FW : 8 CDU : 6 AfD : 1

City council

Since the municipal council election on May 26, 2019 , the 15 seats of the city council have been distributed among the individual groups as follows:

• Free voters Schöneck / Vogtland (FW): 8 seats
• CDU : 6 seats
• AfD : 1 seat

mayor

Isa Suplie ( CDU ) has been mayor of the city of Schöneck since May 1, 2009 . In the mayoral election on March 29, 2009, she was the only candidate as the previous head of the office (independent). The election had become necessary after the previous mayor, Rolf Keil (CDU), had changed to the district office of the Vogtland district as 1st alderman. After the election, she then joined the CDU. In 2016 she was confirmed in office with 78.0% of the valid votes. The turnout was 56.7%.

coat of arms

Description of the coat of arms : "In black over a golden shield base, a golden lion."

Town twinning

There are partnerships with the cities:

• Chęciny , Poland
• Freudenstadt , Baden-Wuerttemberg
• Schöneck (Hesse)
• Karlsfeld , Bavaria
• Lázně Kynžvart , Czech Republic

Culture and sights

→ Main article : List of cultural monuments in Schöneck / Vogtl.

Vogtlandhütte of the German Alpine Club, Plauen-Vogtland section

Adventure pool at the IFA holiday park Hohe Reuth

From the Alter Söll rock (734 m) you have a panoramic view of the upper Vogtland with the Elster Mountains , the Elstertal and, with good visibility, even as far as the Fichtel Mountains . Schöneck Castle was located on it until 1765 . In the museum of the city are interesting exhibits of dialed castle. At the foot of the Old Söll is the castle adventure playground Burg Schöneck

The town hall, built in 1923 in neo-baroque style, is also worth seeing . It is intended to be a reminder of the former Schöneck Palace. In 2003 it was completely renovated.

The town church of St. Georg was rebuilt in about four years after the last town fire in 1856 and consecrated again in autumn 1859. The organ was built in the same year in the workshop of master Johann Gotthilf Bärmig from Werdau . It has around 2500 pipes in 36 registers, divided into two manuals and a pedal. After interventions in the 1960s that distorted the original sound, the original state was largely restored after 2004.
The bells were originally made by the large bell foundry from Dresden , but were melted down during the First World War . The new bells from the company Schilling & Lattermann from Apolda were consecrated in 1920. The altarpiece is by Adolf Wichmann from Dresden. The apostle figures Peter and Paul (left and right of the altar) and the baptismal font are the only remaining works of art from the previous church.

Schöneck, also known as the “balcony of the Vogtland” because of its panoramic views, has been a state-approved resort since 1962. During the GDR era, there was the FDGB Karl Marx rest home in Schöneck . Today it is continued as an IFA hotel . The city is striving for recognition as a Kneipp health resort. A new ski area with a ski swing including a four- seater chair lift was officially opened on December 9, 2006. There is a 40-kilometer network of cross-country trails in the Skiwelt Schöneck . Schöneck is the starting point of the well-known ridge trail to Johanngeorgenstadt .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Schöneck (Vogtl) station, reception building

The Chemnitz – Adorf railway runs through the city , although the sections Muldenberg to Aue (Sachs) and Zwotental to Adorf (Vogtl) are no longer used by regular passenger traffic. In the course of rationalization, all sidings and sidings at Schöneck (Vogtl.) Train station were removed, and a new stop was opened in 2000 in the area of ​​the Schöneck IFA holiday park. The route is used by regional trains of the Vogtlandbahn , which connect Schöneck with Klingenthal and Plauen . Shortly before the train station Schöneck (Vogtl) is at 772 m above sea level. NN the Erzgebirgshauptkamm crossed.

economy

TechniSat factory

Schöneck is the seat of the only Vogtland stock corporation, GK Software AG , and a production site of TechniSat GmbH. At the train station is the seat of the Raiffeisen-Handelsgenossenschaft Schöneck , which operates 10 of 16 building material markets in Vogtland.

Schöneck is the administrative seat of the southwestern forest district of the state Sachsenforst, the forest district Adorf , which covers the area of ​​the upper Vogtland with almost 27,000 hectares of forest. Revier 11 of this forest district is also located in Schöneck.

Until the takeover by VEB Sinfonia Markneukirchen in 1973, the musical instrument manufacturer Otwin , which produced plucked and string instruments, was located in the district of Schilbach .

health care

There is a basic and standard care hospital in the city, the Paracelsus Clinic Adorf / Schöneck, which is one of the Paracelsus clinics .

Personalities

• Johann Jacob Gottschald (1688–1759), theologian and hymn poet
• Johann Paul Oettel (1699–1771), theologian, author of a chronicle by Schöneck
• Christian Gottlob Steinmüller (1792–1864), master organ builder, born in Arnoldsgrün
• Franz Rudolph Wurlitzer (1831–1914), born here and successful in the USA, musical instrument maker
• Fritz Alfred Zimmer (1880–1954), teacher and poet
• Helmut Windisch (1925–2011), author, director and artistic director for radio, television and theater
• Friedbert Ficker (1927–2007), art historian, born in Arnoldsgrün
• Kurt Demmler (1943–2009), songwriter and lyricist, completed an internship in the hospital in 1962/63
• Birgit Klaubert (* 1954), politician ( Die Linke ), former Vice President of the Thuringian State Parliament , since 2014 Thuringian Minister for Education, Youth and Sport

literature

• Johann Ernst Marbach: Description of the privileged freyen town from 1730 on Schöneck . Volume 1, Schneeberg 1761 ( digitized version )
• Richard Steche : Schöneck. In:  Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 10th booklet: Oelsnitz official administration . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1888, p. 20.
• Schöneck. In: The Upper Vogtland (= values ​​of our homeland . Volume 26). 1st edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1976, pp. 38-44.
• Schilbach (OT from Schöneck). In: The Upper Vogtland (= values ​​of our homeland . Volume 26). 1st edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1976, pp. 34-36.
• Peter FN Hörz, Marcus Richter: "Schöneck - known for good cigars". Studies on the industrial history of a small town in Vogtland (= building blocks from the Institute for Saxon History and Folklore . Volume 33), 1st edition, Verlag Thelem, Dresden 2014 (online: table of contents , PDF file, 250 kB, accessed: October 12, 2015).

Web links

Commons : Schöneck / Vogtl.  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Schöneck  - travel guide

• Schöneck / Vogtl. in the digital historical directory of Saxony
• Official website of the city of Schöneck
• Chronicle on the city's homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population of the Free State of Saxony by municipalities on December 31, 2019  ( help on this ).
2. ↑ cf. also town of Schöneck - districts
3. ↑ The area also includes the Zwotental district
4. ↑ no separate district, the area is part of the main town of Schöneck
5. ↑ no separate district, the area is part of the main town of Schöneck
6. ↑ Is added to the area of ​​Gunzen
7. ↑ Regest 12064 in Regesta Imperia - Regest 12064
8. ^ " Mathes and Wentzel Schlick , cousins, gentlemen of Weißkirchen, had received the Schöneck Castle, including its part of Gesamtlehen, from Ghurfiirst Ernst and Duke Albrecht of Saxony on March 23, 1466"; see. von Raab, Regesten I, No. 744, p. 170. from: Leipziger Schöffensspruchsammlung Vol. 1, Research Institute for Legal History Leipzig, Ed. jur. Guido Kisch, Vlg. S. Hirzel, Leipzig
9. ↑ Erich Wild: History of Markneukirchen: City and Parish, in: Supplement to the 34th annual publication of the Association for Vogtland History and Archeology, Vogtländischer Heimatverlag Franz Neupert GmbH, 1925. Quoted from it: “1487, October 3. Wenzlaw Schlick, Burggraf zu Eger etc. and Friedrich von Reitzenstein, captain of Vogtsberg and Plauen, mediate the disputes that arose between the citizens of Schöneck and those of Wohlbach over the watch at St. Peter on the Kottenheide. D. Newnkirchen on Mitboch to Michaelis. Depressed Marbach, Schöneck II, 37.97a . Ibid p. 450 ". The comment: In contrast to the following known history, the Schlicks are indirectly mentioned as owners until 1542 (border disputes with neighboring towns). Ibid p. 465
10. ^ Zill, Günter: The former castle rule Schöneck, 1999; P. 147; Beier & Beran publishing house , 183 pages
11. ↑ Schöneck Castle at www.sachsens-schloesser.de
12. ^ Website of the town of Schöneck - Chronicle
13. ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 74 f.
14. ↑ The Oelsnitz District Administration in the municipal directory 1900
15. ^ History of the town of Schöneck on the homepage
16. ↑ www.kammloipe.de
17. ^ History of the city of Schöneck
18. ↑ State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony: Results of the 2019 municipal council elections - Schöneck / Vogtl.
19. ↑ www.kammloipe.de
20. ↑ Sachsenforst website , accessed on December 9, 2016
21. ↑ Revierkarte ( Memento of the original from December 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.