Schirgiswalde

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Schirgiswalde
Coat of arms of Schirgiswalde
Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′ 38 "  N , 14 ° 25 ′ 51"  E
Height : 269 ​​m
Area : 8.48 km²
Residents : 2865  (Dec. 31, 2010)
Population density : 338 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 2011
Postal code : 02681
Primaries : 03592, 035936

Schirgiswalde ( Upper Sorbian Šěrachow ? / I ) is a district of the town of Schirgiswalde-Kirschau in the Bautzen district in the southeast of the Free State of Saxony . It is located in the Lausitzer Bergland on the Spree . Audio file / audio sample

geography

Schirgiswalde is about 12 km south of the large district town of Bautzen and 5 km north of the Czech border in the southeast of the district. Numerous mountains surround the city. The most distinctive mountain are the calf stones .

history

Schirgiswalde, Rathausstrasse with the Church of St. Mary of the Assumption

In 1376 the village of Schirgiswalde was first mentioned as Scherigiswalde . In the Thirty Years War , the place was largely destroyed and depopulated. When the Emperor transferred Upper Lusatia with Lower Lusatia to the Elector of Saxony in 1635 , Schirgiswalde remained as an exclave in Bohemia . Schirgiswalde was then settled with Catholics as part of the Bohemian Counter-Reformation who had been expelled from other areas of Germany. In order to promote the reconstruction and the economic upswing, the then landlord achieved the elevation of Schirgiswalde to a town in 1665. On January 19, 1681, Franz Eusebios Count von Pötting sold the Rumburg (Bohemia) rulership including Schirgiswalde to Anton Florian von Liechtenstein . He sold Schirgiswalde on October 2, 1703 to the Bautzen Cathedral Monastery , which then held the land and judicial rule over Schirgiswalde until the middle of the 19th century.

Arcades on the market

The island location of the Bohemian city in the middle of the Saxon area remained until 1809. In the following 36 years the state affiliation of the city was unclear because lengthy diplomatic negotiations between Austria and Saxony about an exchange of territory did not lead to the goal immediately. As early as the end of the 18th century, Austria and Saxony were striving for border adjustments.

In the wake of Austria's unfortunate war against Napoleon in 1809, Saxony, allied with France, occupied Schirgiswalde militarily at the end of 1810. Since that time Austria practically no longer exercised sovereign rights in the town, but still regarded it as belonging to the Bohemian crown, as the inhabitants were still bound by their oath of subjects. A formal handover to Saxony was prevented by the renewed outbreak of war in 1813 (Saxony on the side of France against Austria and its allies). Only in 1845 was the handover of the Schirgiswald finally contractually regulated and completed. In the meantime there was no real state power in the city, which robbers, smugglers and political refugees took advantage of.

On January 1, 2011, the city of Schirgiswalde was connected with the communities of Kirschau and Crostau to form the city of Schirgiswalde-Kirschau.

Partnerships

Schirgiswalde maintains a partnership with the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Sundern (Sauerland) .

City structure

In addition to the main town, Schirgiswalde is divided into the districts of Neuschirgiswalde (116 inhabitants) and Petersbach .

Culture and sights

Museums

  • City museum " Carl Swoboda " located on the main street in front of the city park. It houses show workshops of old local crafts such as weaving and blacksmithing as well as archaeological finds and historical documents on the city's history. The crib room with several large Christmas cribs is particularly worth seeing.

Buildings

  • Schirgiswalde manor, castle

  • Town hall on Rathausstrasse

  • Community center

    Community center

  • Local museum

  • Half-timbered house on Kirchberg

  • Baroque Church of St. Mary of the Assumption

  • Listed hotel "Thürmchen"

  • Gym on Bahnhofstrasse

  • One of many nose signs in town

Regular events

  • Schirgiswalder Nikolausmarkt
  • Witch fire
  • Äppelfest (apple festival with the coronation of the apple queen)
  • Carnival parade
  • "Open day" of the volunteer fire brigade Schirgiswalde
  • Bridge Festival (with night swimming in the Spree)

education

Schirgiswalde has a primary school. There is also a free Christian high school in town.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

  • 2002 - Wolfgang Rösler, Mayor of Schirgiswalde from 1990 to 2001, played a key role in the renewal of the city after the fall of the Wall.
  • 2003 - Hermann Scheipers , (1913–2016), Catholic clergyman and concentration camp survivor, was pastor of the Schirgiswald parish of St. Mary's Assumption from 1960 to 1983.
  • 2009 - Friedhelm Wolf was mayor of the twin town Sundern (Sauerland) until 2009 . He actively supported the town twinning and the development of Schirgiswalde after 1990.
  • Alexander Paul (* 1938), Catholic clergyman, was pastor of the Schirgiswald parish of St. Mary's Assumption from 1983 to 2011.
  • Hagen Neumann, karate world champion
  • 2015 - Bertram Wenke (born March 8, 1966, nickname: Maier), has been involved in the Schirgiswald carnival parade for many years

traffic

The breakpoint Schirgiswalde-Kirschau is located on the railway line Oberoderwitz-Wilthen and is supported by regional rail line Dresden - Zittau in 2-hour intervals served.

literature

Web links

Commons : Schirgiswalde  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ernst Eichler , Hans Walther (ed.): Historical book of place names of Saxony. Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-05-003728-8 , Volume II, p. 353.
  2. ↑ Web Commerce GmbH www.w-commerce.de: pastor of Schirgiswalde. Accessed February 3, 2018 (German).
  3. ↑ sz-online: Moving Minister becomes honorary citizen . In: SZ-Online . ( sz-online.de [accessed on February 3, 2018]).