Schmannewitz

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Schmannewitz
City of Dahlen
Coordinates: 51 ° 23 ′ 53 ″  N , 12 ° 59 ′ 20 ″  E
Height : 162 m
Residents : 595
Incorporation : March 1, 1994
Postal code : 04774

Schmannewitz is a district of the city of Dahlen in the district of North Saxony in Saxony .

history

The village, which was built around the middle of the 12th century as a street green village and now has around 600 inhabitants, was mentioned for the first time in 1198 when it was donated to the Sitzenroda nunnery .

The church Schmannewitz (1731–32) and parsonage were built on a hill in the middle of the village that rises above the village street . Because of its master builder George Bähr , the builder of the Dresden Frauenkirche , it is considered the most important sight in Schmannewitz.

Located on the southern edge of the large contiguous forest area of Dahlener Heide in Saxony , Schmannewitz was already considered a resort before the First World War . The zoologist and world traveler Alfred Brehm (1829–1884) is considered to be the founder of Schmannewitzer Sommerfrische , to whom the Brehms Ruhe memorial in the heather was dedicated on the 50th anniversary of his death .

Economy and leisure

In 1996, two rehabilitation clinics were established in Schmannewitz: the Christiaan Barnard Clinic for cardiovascular diseases, oncological and psychosomatic diseases and the Dahlener Heide rehabilitation clinic for orthopedics, psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy. The original operators were the RHM clinic and nursing home operations as well as the Dengg clinics. Since 2016, both clinics as part Median Center for Rehabilitation Schmannewitz to the group median clinics .

In addition to a wide range of leisure activities such as hiking, bike tours and Nordic walking, the place offers an outdoor pool with a water slide.

The place is the station of the Enduro Grand Prix "Rund um Dahlen", which is a licensed route of the German championship.

The Evangelical Lutheran Regional Church of Saxony has been running a retirement home in Schmannewitz since 1955, i.e. a recreation and training center.

Attractions

Rural Museum Schmannewitz (Photo from 2020)
  • Schmannewitz Church , built in 1731/32 by George Bähr
  • Post mill from 1879 on the outskirts
  • Rural Museum Schmannewitz , in which old farm equipment, tools and machines for field work as well as house and farm work can be seen. Old working techniques such as sheep shearing, thrashing or spinning are presented there.

Personalities

The former consumer sales point in Schmannewitz (photo from February 9, 2020) was previously the Café Jacob , the first place where the Jacob Sisters performed when they were young as Schmannewitz Heidelerchen

literature

  • Cornelius Gurlitt : Schmannewitz. In:  Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 28th booklet: Oschatz Official Authority (Part II) . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1905, p. 270.
  • Katrin Sprenger, Elke Porath: History of tourism in the Dahlener Heide - Schmannewitz resort. in: Sächsische Heimatblätter 54.4 (2008), pp. 332-340.
  • Hartmut Finger: The 'Gemayne Book' by Schmannewitz - A village in Saxony experienced the Seven Years War 1756-1763. Rudolstadt 2013, ISBN 978-3-943509-07-6

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. https://www.heidestadt-dahlen.de/dahlen/content/12/20090616144549.asp , accessed on January 30, 2020
  2. https://www.median-kliniken.de/de/median-zentrum-fuer-rehabilitation-schmannewitz/ueber-uns/ , accessed on January 30, 2020
  3. https://rehanews24.de/20-jahre-median-kliniken-schmannewitz-lachen-schadet-ihrer-krankheit/ , accessed on January 30, 2020
  4. https://www.himmlische-herbergen.de/unterkunft/ruestzeitheim-schmannewitz/ , accessed on January 31, 2020
  5. https://www.ruestzeitheim-schmannewitz.de/sechzig-jahre-ruestzeitheim.html , accessed on January 31, 2020
  6. https://www.kirche-an-der-dahlener-heide.de/gemeindeleben/beispiel-orte/schmannewitzer-r%C3%BCstzeitheim/ , accessed on January 31, 2020
  7. https://www.bauernmuseum-schmannewitz.de/ , accessed on March 2, 2020