Schmölln-Putzkau

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	Coordinates: 51 ° 7 '  N , 14 ° 14'  E
Basic data
State :	Saxony
County :	Bautzen
Height :	274 m above sea level NHN
Area :	32.93 km 2
Residents:	3006 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	91 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	01877
Area code :	03594
License plate :	BZ, BIW, HY, KM
Community key :	14 6 25 530
Community structure:	4 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Schulweg 1 01877 Schmölln-Putzkau
Website :	schmoelln-putzkau.de
Mayor :	Achim Wünsche (independent)
Location of the community Schmölln-Putzkau in the district of Bautzen

Putzkau seen from the south. The mountains are called from right to left: Hoher Hahn (445.7 m), Spitzberg (385.1 m), Tröbigauer Berg (397.7 m) and Klosterberg (390.3 m). The Neuschmölln district can be seen on the slope between Tröbigauer Berg and Klosterberg.

Schmölln-Putzkau ( Upper Sorbian Smělna-Póckowy ) is a municipality in the south of the East Saxon district of Bautzen , which was created on March 1, 1994 through the merger of the formerly independent municipalities of Schmölln / OL , Putzkau and Tröbigau . The community is located in Upper Lusatia .

geography

Schmölln-Putzkau is located about 14 km southwest of the large district town of Bautzen and 4 km east of the large district town of Bischofswerda . The municipality is traversed by the Wesenitz in a wide basin near Putzkau . The northern part with the districts Neuschmölln, Schmölln and Tröbigau, on the other hand, drains over several streams to the Hoyerswerdaer Schwarzwasser .

In terms of natural space, the municipality is largely part of the Oberlausitzer Bergland , which borders the West Lusatian hills and mountains in the northwest of the municipality . Significant elevations within and in the immediate vicinity of the community are the Hohe Hahn (446 m), Klosterberg (394 m), Tröbigauer Berg (401 m) and the Butterberg (388 m). To the southeast of the municipality rises the highly visible 587 meter high Valtenberg .

Neighboring communities

	Demitz-Thumitz	Doberschau-Gaussig
Bischofswerda		Neukirch / Lausitz
	Neustadt (Saxony) ( District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains )

Community structure

The municipality consists of the localities

• Neuschmölln (Sorbian Nowa Smělna ) - approx. 100 inhabitants
• Putzkau ( Póckowy ), districts Oberputzkau and Niederputzkau - approx. 1,700 inhabitants
• Schmölln ( Smělna ) - approx. 1,100 inhabitants
• Tröbigau ( Trjechow ) - approx. 280 inhabitants

history

Church planting

As part of the municipal reform in Saxony in 1994, the aim was to form municipalities with a minimum size of 3000 inhabitants. Thus, smaller rural communities were asked to first look around voluntarily for possible partners. In Schmölln, people preferred to go together on an equal footing with a partner in rural areas instead of incorporating them into the neighboring town of Bischofswerda. Demitz-Thumitz and Putzkau came into consideration for this. Finally, an agreement was reached with Putzkau which, as the larger town, was to become the seat of the joint municipal administration, both place names should be continued in the future municipality name. In Tröbigau, the first attempt was to merge with its eastern neighbor Gaussig, but the accession negotiations failed, so that it was also decided to merge with the neighboring villages of Schmölln and Putzkau, especially since a close relationship with Schmölln in particular had existed for a long time.

The merger was completed on March 1, 1994, a few days later Wolfhard Venus, who had previously been in office in the community of Schmölln, was elected as the new mayor of the entire community. As a result, voices were raised in Putzkau and Tröbigau to name the new community only after the largest district of Putzkau . However, this met with rejection in Schmölln, on the grounds that this district has a longer history and that it is economically and culturally equal in the community. So a signature campaign was started and a petition was drawn up to the Saxon state parliament, which finally ruled that the previously decided community name Schmölln-Putzkau should be retained.

perspective

Mailbox Quo vadis, Schmölln-Putzkau

Despite numerous efforts, it continues to be very slow to establish a common Schmölln-Putzkauer identity. The residents of the two large districts of Schmölln and Putzkau often see themselves at a disadvantage compared to the other, the small districts of Tröbigau and Neuschmölln see themselves as irrelevant.

By 2013, the Free State of Saxony was aiming for a further municipal reform, whereby the minimum number of inhabitants per municipality should be 5000. So-called wedding premiums were promised for voluntary associations up to the end of 2012. In Schmölln-Putzkau, for the reasons mentioned above, there was only limited interest in the continued existence of the community, so that during this time there was an increased search for possible merger partners. Breaking up the community and amalgamating the individual districts to form various neighboring communities also seemed conceivable. Therefore, in March 2011, an initiative called Quo vadis, Schmölln-Putzkau was launched, in which the citizens, separated by district, could communicate their preferences for the future of the community. 35% of all households in the municipality took part in the survey. A large majority of 75% were in favor of a merger with a neighboring municipality before the end of 2012. In the preference of the preferred partner, the trend is clearly towards the city of Bischofswerda (56%), followed by Neukirch / Lausitz (20%) and Demitz-Thumitz (16%). The tendency was similar in all districts, with the municipality closest to the district performing relatively better.

Local history

For the history of the individual localities: see the relevant local article

politics

City council election 2019

Turnout: 69.3% (2014: 58.4%)

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50

40

30th

20th

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46.1%

35.2%

12.5%

6.2%

BBW

WVH

FW

CDU

Gains and losses

compared to 2014

 % p

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   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

+ 5.4  % p

+ 6.0  % p

-5.8  % p

-5.6  % p

BBW

WVH

FW

CDU

Municipal council

Since the municipal council election on May 26, 2019 , the 14 seats of the municipal council have been distributed among the individual groups as follows:

• Citizens' movement (BBW): 7 seats (+ 1)
• Voters' association Heimatfreunde (WVH): 5 seats (+ 1)
• Free voters Tröbigau, Putzkau, Schmölln (FW): 1 seats (- 2)
• Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU): 1 seat (± 0)

mayor

In 2001, the independent Steffen Schmidt was elected as mayor to succeed Wolfhard Venus. He held this office for over 14 years, but after two terms in office he decided not to run for mayoral elections in 2015. In these elections on June 28, 2015, Achim Wünsche (* 1988), who was also non-party, prevailed in the second ballot. At the age of 26 when he took office, Wünsche was the youngest incumbent mayor of Saxony.

Before the merger Municipality of Putzkau: Margitta Nass (until 1994) Community of Schmölln / OL: Dieter Ludwig Wolfhard Venus (until 1994) Municipality of Tröbigau: Max Gnauck Manfred Pietsch Siegried Wobst (until 1994)

Whole community Wolfhard Venus (1994-2001) Steffen Schmidt (2001-2015) Achim Wünsche (since 2015)

Parish partnership

The community has entered into a partnership with St. Peter in the Black Forest .

economy

Small and medium-sized companies in the manufacturing and service industries shape the community economy. The biggest of these are:

• Bistra Bau GmbH & Co. KG,
• Fiedler Maschinenbau und Technikvertrieb GmbH,
• Holzwaren Simundt GmbH.

traffic

The community is connected to the Dresden – Zittau rail link through the Schmölln and Putzkau stations . Other important traffic arteries form the federal highway 98 in Putzkau as well as the state highways S 120 in Putzkau and Tröbigau and S 155 in Schmölln.

Viaduct over the Wesenitztal; in the background the Hohwald with the Valtenberg

The most striking structure in Putzkau is the 401 m long railway viaduct over the wide Wesenitztal.

Culture and sights

• see also: List of cultural monuments in Schmölln-Putzkau

education

The community of Schmölln-Putzkau has the "Dr.-Alwin-Schade-Schule", a primary school with all-day care. The day-care center , which opened in 1985, was partially renovated in 2009 with the help of funds from the economic stimulus package II .

Churches

The Evangelical Lutheran parishes of Putzkau and Schmölln exist in the municipality . The Electoral Saxon cabinet minister Jacob Heinrich von Flemming is buried in a crypt in the Marienkirche in Putzkau . There is also an Evangelical Free Church Community.

Museums

The Schmölln local history museum shows a collection of weapons, valuable farm furniture as well as tools and workpieces from the granite industry.

history

In the late 17th century the Putzkau pastor founded a branch of the Stöckhardt family of scholars .

language

According to Hans Klecker , the dialect spoken in the villages of the municipality belongs to the north-western variant of the Upper Lusatian dialect .

Personalities

Honorary citizen

2010: Gerhard Rodig (1921–2017), Schmöllner teacher, local chronicle and local history researcher

Sons and daughters

• Friedrich Alwin Schade (1881–1976), German botanist
• Harald K. Schulze (* 1952), German painter and draftsman

Web links

Commons : Schmölln-Putzkau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Putzkau on the Internet
• Schmölln-Putzkau in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
• Schmölln in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
• Putzkau in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony

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1. ↑ Population of the Free State of Saxony by municipalities on December 31, 2019  ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Results of the 2019 municipal council elections
3. ↑ www.oberlausitzer-woerterbuch.de , dialect areas Oberlausitz