Schmilka

Schmilka is a district of Bad Schandau in the Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains district in Saxony . Schmilka has 75 inhabitants (1999: 169 inhabitants). The entrepreneur Sven-Erik Hitzer owns 23 of the 69 houses . Small half-timbered houses on the banks of the Elbe and up the Mühlenberg towards Großer Winterberg characterize the picture. In 2017 Schmilka was awarded by the Interest Group of Saxony's Most Beautiful Villages.

The annual number of visitors is around 500,000.

Schmilka on the Elbe

geography

Schmilka is located to the right of the Elbe directly at the Saxon Switzerland National Park in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, right on the border with the Czech Republic . To the east of the village is the Große Winterberg , to the west the Schrammsteine and the Rauschenstein . The place is at a height of 117 m.

Near the border Ilmenquelle the springs, with a bulk of 6 l / s is the strongest in Saxon Switzerland and once the main power supply of the place ensured with drinking water. From Schmilka, the Schrammsteine and the Große Winterberg can be reached on various paths and stairs such as the Heilige Stiege or the Rübezahlstiege .

history

Schmilk Mill

Schmilka was first mentioned in a document in 1582. From the 17th century onwards, Elbe boatmen, rafters, stonemasons, charcoal burners, pitchers and forest workers settled here, who found appropriate resources and good earning opportunities between the Elbe and Elbe sandstone.

When tourism developed in Saxon Switzerland in the 19th century , Schmilka was a popular starting point. Numerous artists and painters, including Casper David Friedrich and Carl Gustav Carus, stopped here on their explorations of nature and drew inspiration from the surrounding rugged rocky landscape. Later the painter's path developed from the paths followed by the painters .

When the road in the Elbe valley was expanded in the 1930s and extended to the nearby Bohemian towns, Schmilka became a border town. On the Czech side is the place Hrensko . Schmilka has been part of Bad Schandau since January 1, 1973 . After the fall of the Wall, many buildings were used by customs and border controls until the early 1990s.

Attractions

The Ilmenbach drives the Schmilksche Mühle located just a few meters below the source . Built in 1665, it is one of Schmilka's first buildings. The operation was stopped in the 19th century. In 2007, however, the mill was able to be made functional again. Historical views, including an engraving by Adrian Ludwig Richter, served as a model . Richter was one of the artists who emigrated to Saxon Switzerland about 200 years ago on the so-called painter's path . The Malerweg leads directly past the mill. The Schmilksche mill is traditionally to mill hard taken, which takes place every year at Pentecost in operation. There is also a holiday home in the mill, the "Mühlchen", which can be used as a holiday home.

traffic

The Schmilka-Hirschmühle stop is on the Děčín – Dresden-Neustadt railway line . Trains of the Dresden S-Bahn stop here . Formerly in Dresden , after being partially downgraded to the S172 , the federal highway 172 , which begins in Pirna , ends at the Schmilka / Hřensko border crossing . Ferries run between the center of Schandau and Krippen and between the Schmilka district and the Schmilka-Hirschmühle stop belonging to Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna . The Elbe Cycle Path runs along the left bank of the Elbe .

literature

• Arthur Glootz: The Schandauer Chronicle. Bad Schandau 1917

Web links

Commons : Schmilka  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Johannes Rußner (Ed.): Sächsische Schweiz . Saxon hiking books series , v. Kommerstädt & Schobloch, Dresden-Wachwitz 1925, p. 127
2. ↑ ^{a b} IG Saxony's most beautiful villages in the Landesverein Sächsischer Heimatschutz e. V .: Schmilka . on www.sachsens-schoenste-doerfer.de
3. ↑ Schmilksche Mühle ( Memento of the original from July 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on wandern-saechsische-schweiz.de, accessed on March 17, 2011 

Coordinates: 50 ° 54 '  N , 14 ° 14'  E