Schlegel (Zittau)

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Schlegel
City of Zittau
Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 45 ″  N , 14 ° 52 ′ 35 ″  E
Height : 284 m above sea level NN
Area : 13.23 km²
Residents : 916  (March 31, 2016)
Population density : 69 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 2005
Incorporated into: Hirschfelde
Postal code : 02788
Area code : 035843
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Location of Schlegel in the area of ​​the city of Zittau

The village of Schlegel and the hamlet of Burkersdorf form a district of the city of Zittau in south-eastern Upper Lusatia . The place has around a thousand inhabitants and is located in the district of Görlitz in the Free State of Saxony . Schlegel is known, among other things, for the Schlegler Teiche recreational area, the former Schlegler Mühle restaurant, the Schlegler brass band musicians and the Oberlausitzer Baumkuchen made there .

geography

Position and extent

The place is located in the southeastern part of the district in the valley of the Kemmlitzbach and extends over a length of about 4.5 kilometers. The federal highway 99 runs east of the village between Hirschfelde and Ostritz . Historically, Schlegel is a Waldhufendorf , but has developed into a street village over time . The most striking result in the area of ​​the place is the Schlegelberg . In the east and northeast is the monastery forest , in the southwest the Oberwald .

Neighboring places

A total of seven places border Schlegel. These are Neundorf in the northwest, Dittersbach in the north, Ostritz in the northeast, Rosenthal in the southeast, Dittelsdorf in the south, Wittgendorf in the southwest and Großhennersdorf in the west.

history

Schlegel on the map of Upper Lusatia from 1759

It is not known when Schlegel was founded. It is assumed, however, that the place was created by the immigration of Franconian and Swabian settlers. There are also suspicions that Schlegel was laid out as a Vorwerk by the rulers of Ronow Castle .

The first documentary mention of the village can be found on a sales deed from December 18, 1287, through which Johann von Michelsberg Schlegel ceded to the St. Marienthal monastery . The place remained in monastic ownership until the 19th century. In contrast to the noble ruled Burkersdorf, the Schlegler farmers had to pay very little taxes. However, they were punished for forbidden to teach their children a trade, to emigrate or even to smoke tobacco without the permission of the sovereign. The village was hard hit by the Thirty Years' War , and after 1648 four farms were in desolation.

As an original trade, many Schlegler operated agriculture and house weaving . During industrialization , many factories were built in Hirschfelde , which also attracted workers from Schlegel. On July 1, 1950, Burkersdorf, which had previously been connected to Schlegel by a common church and school community , was incorporated into Schlegel . Through the collectivization of agriculture, three agricultural production cooperatives were created in Schlegel in 1960 .

The independent community Schlegel existed until the end of 2004 and was incorporated into Hirschfelde on January 1, 2005 . On January 1, 2007 Schlegel was incorporated together with Hirschfelde in Zittau.

Population development

year Residents
1558 100
1777 450
1834 800
1855 878
1871 879
1890 822
1910 662
1925 766
1939 761
1946 1105
1950 1744
1964 1433
1990 1088
2000 1136
10/31/2007 1030
10/31/2008 1012
October 31, 2009 996
10/31/2010 979
October 31, 2011 959
October 31, 2012 953
March 31, 2016 916

In 1558, 20 possessed men were farming in Schlegel , in 1777 there were already 13 possessed men, two gardeners and 75 house owners living in the village.

The first population survey in Saxony, in which not the ownership structure, but each individual inhabitant was counted equally, took place in 1834, at that time 800 people lived in the village. The population increased only minimally over the next few decades to 878 inhabitants in 1855, but fell to 662 by 1910. By the end of the Second World War , the population grew to around 760 inhabitants. After the end of the war, many refugees found a new home in Schlegel, so that the population grew to just under 1,150. The number of inhabitants reached its historical high in 1950 after the incorporation of Burkersdorf. Due to the poor economic situation in the region and the aging effect , just under 1000 people live in the town today.

Place name forms

Forms of place names for Schlegel include Slekel (1287), Slegil (1334), Slegel (1416), Schlegel (1558) and Schlegel b. Ostritz (1875). The place name is derived from the Old High German word slegil , a tool for striking. In a derived form, this could indicate a small clearing , as the Upper Lusatia was heavily forested in earlier times. Today the Schlegel shape is used .

Culture and sights

dialect

In Schlegel, a variant of the Upper Lusatian dialect is spoken, which is counted among the Upper German abbreviated dialects . A typical feature of these dialects is a vowel fading , which is very clear in the Schlegler dialect. So the word is about seen to gsahn or lizard to lizard . Another characteristic is a preference for sounds, shapes and words from Silesian . The concise manner of speaking and the peculiar language accent associated with it are further characteristics. As in almost all of Upper Lusatia, this dialect is slowly dying out, and today's young people speak only with relatively few dialects.

Buildings

The Johanniskirche in Schlegel

The topper St. John's Church is one of the oldest historicism - hall churches in the region. It was designed by the Zittau architect Carl August Schramm and was consecrated in 1845. It has three stained glass windows that create an interesting play of colors in the chancel. Today the Schlegel parish belongs to the Siebenkirchen region .

The former Schlegler Mühle watermill was built in 1715. Until 2010 it was a country inn and guesthouse. As a special feature, a holiday with your own horses was offered here. With the closure on October 31, 2010 for economic reasons and the sale of the property, a long tradition of hospitality in Schlegel ends.

Memorials

At the former school in Dorfstrasse 69 , a plaque commemorates the local teacher and resistance fighter Alfred Schmidt-Sas , who was murdered in Berlin-Plötzensee in 1943 .

Personalities

The following people were born in Schlegel or worked here:

See also

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stadtanzeiger No. 281 (April 2016). (PDF; 2.1 MB) (No longer available online.) Zittau city administration, April 10, 2016, archived from the original on April 19, 2016 ; Retrieved April 19, 2016 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / zittau.eu
  2. ↑ Area changes from January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2005 (PDF; 12 kB) State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony , p. 1 , accessed on February 15, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Area changes from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007. (PDF; 13 kB) State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony, p. 1 , accessed on February 15, 2016 .
  4. ↑ CFT Rudowsky: Directory of the entire localities of the Kingdom of Saxony ... after the census on December 3, 1855. Ramming, Dresden 1857, p. 138.
  5. ↑ a b Schlegel in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
  6. ↑ Ev.-Luth. Hirschfelde-Dittelsdorf-Schlegel parish. Ev.-Luth. Löbau-Zittau church district, accessed on February 15, 2016 .