Schwand (Weischlitz)

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community Weischlitz
Coordinates: 50 ° 26 ′ 3 ″  N , 12 ° 0 ′ 30 ″  E
Height : 520 m
Area : 6.61 km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1994
Incorporated into: Burgstein
Postal code : 08538
Area code : 037436
Schwand (Saxony)
Disappearance

Location of Schwand in Saxony

Schwand is a district of the community Weischlitz in the Saxon Vogtlandkreis . The municipality of Schwand with its district of Steins was merged with six other municipalities to form the municipality of Burgstein on January 1, 1994 . This in turn was incorporated into the large community of Weischlitz on January 1, 2011. Since then, Schwand and Steins have been part of the Weischlitz community.

geography

Location and traffic

Schwand is located in the center of the community Weischlitz on the southern slope of the 566 m high Schutzberg. The Schwander Bach flows through the western town hall and drains into the White Elster via the Kemnitzbach . The Kemnitzbach in turn forms the southern boundary of the field. There is the Kienmühle belonging to Schwand, past which the ridge path Erzgebirge – Vogtland runs from the Burgstein area and further through the valley of the Kemnitzbach to the west.

Schwand is located in the west of the Vogtlandkreis and in the Saxon part of the historic Vogtland . Geographically, the place is in the center of the natural area Vogtland ( Central Vogtland Kuppenland ).

Neighboring places

Dehles Steins Kröstau , Unterweischlitz
Kemnitz Neighboring communities Geilsdorf
Krebes Ruderitz

history

The forest hoof village Schwand was first mentioned in 1418 as Swant . Since this document was about the division of several goods, the place probably existed a long time before it was first mentioned. The horseshoe shape of the place suggests a Slavic origin. The place name is derived from the word "schwanden" (fire-clearing). Schwand was one of the largest towns in the Vogtland until the 19th century, after which the population steadily decreased.

Regarding the manorial rule , Schwand belonged partly to the manors Schwand, Geilsdorf and Kürbitz , and as an official village to the Plauen office . In 1764 Schwand belonged proportionally to the manors Schwand, Geilsdorf, Kröstau and as an official village to the Plauen office. The Schwand manor was owned by Conrad von Geilsdorf in 1373 , but it already existed before that. In the first half of the 16th century, the Schwand manor came into the possession of the von Feilitzsch family , who owned it until the beginning of the 18th century. The von Tattenbach and von Beulwitz families followed the von Feilitzsch family as owners. Since 1868 Ferdinand von Nauendorf owned the Schwand manor, of which it was Dr. Walther Naumann zu Königsbrück bought. The city of Plauen had owned the estate since 1928 . The Romanesque church of Schwand dates from the 12th century. Until the fire in 1869 it had a hipped roof and a wooden battlement.

Until 1856 Schwand belonged to the Electoral Saxon or Royal Saxon Office of Plauen . In 1856 the place was affiliated with the Plauen court office and in 1875 with the Plauen administration . In the second half of the 19th century there was mining activity in the corridors of Schwand, of which no traces are visible today.

On July 1, 1950, the neighboring town of Steins was incorporated. As a result of the second district reform in the GDR , the community of Schwand and Steins became part of the Plauen-Land district in the Chemnitz district (renamed Karl-Marx-Stadt district in 1953 ), which was continued as the Saxon district of Plauen from 1990 onwards.

On January 1, 1994, the municipality of Schwand merged with six other municipalities to form the municipality of Burgstein , which got its name from the Burgstein mountain with its two church ruins. This belonged to the Vogtlandkreis since 1996. Since the incorporation of the municipality of Burgstein into the larger municipality of Weischlitz, Schwand and Steins have been part of Weischlitz since January 1, 2011.

Attractions

  • Schwand manor
  • Schwand Church
  • Kienmühle in the Kemnitztal with hiking trail into the Burgstein area

Web links

Commons : Schwand  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Manors and castles in the kingdom of Saxony: Schwand  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stage 16 of the Erzgebirge – Vogtland ridge trail
  2. ↑ The Schwand manor at www.sachsens-schlösser.de
  3. ↑ Geilsdorf Castle at www.sachsens-schlösser.de
  4. ↑ The Kürbitz Manor at www.sachsens-schlösser.de
  5. ↑ The manor Kröstau on www.sachsens-schlösser.de
  6. ↑ The Schwand manor at www.alleburgen.de
  7. ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 76 f.
  8. ^ The Plauen District Administration in the municipality register 1900
  9. ^ Mining in Schwand on a private website
  10. ↑ Steins on gov.genealogy.net
  11. ^ Schwand on gov.genealogy.net
  12. ^ Burgstein on gov.genealogy.net