Sohland am Rotstein

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Sohland am Rotstein
Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  N , 14 ° 47 ′ 0 ″  E
Height : 268 m above sea level NN
Area : 19.8 km²
Residents : 1280  (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density : 65 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st of January 2014
Postal code : 02894
Area code : 035828
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Location of Sohland am Rotstein in the district of Görlitz

Sohland am Rotstein (officially: Sohland a. Rotstein ) is a district of the Saxon town of Reichenbach / OL in the district of Görlitz . The local mountain Rotstein is used to distinguish it from the Sohland on the Spree, about 30 km away, also in Upper Lusatia .

Geography and traffic

Sohland am Rotstein

Sohland is a classic elongated Waldhufendorf (consisting of Obersohland, Mittelohland and Niedersohland) at the foot of the striking Rotstein ( 455  m above sea level ), which stretches for almost 8 km along the Schwarzen Schöps . The place is about 5 km east of Löbau and about 10 km west of Görlitz .

The federal highway 6 and the Görlitz – Dresden railway line run through the town, the nearest regional train stations are in Reichenbach / OL and Zoblitz . The federal motorway 4 runs north of Sohland and can be reached via the Weißenberg junction, about 12 km away . The Dorfstrasse was built in 1846.

history

Gutsschloss Mittel-Sohland and church, around 1850

Local history

Between the 9th and 12th centuries there was a Slavic defense system on the Rotstein summit. The first documentary mention was on May 7, 1241 in the Upper Lusatian border document as "Załom". As early as 1546 there was a school with a teacher in town. Around 1600 five manors (three in Obersohland and two in Niedersohland) are proven. Between 1638 and 1839 it was owned by the noble families von Gersdorf and von Uechtritz . Around 1700 the estate was added in Mittelohland.

Due to the devastation caused by the unrest in the 15th century ( Hussite Wars ) and in the 17th century ( Thirty Years' War ), many residents lost their lives or fled. In 1802, 18 buildings (including the Mittersohland manor, rectory and school) fell victim to a large village fire. In 1847 it was connected to the Dresden – Görlitz railway of the Saxon-Silesian Railway Company , but without its own train station. From 1905 there was the first telephone connection in the village and from 1911 Sohland was electrified. The postal name was until 1900: Sohland (Rothstein) .

On April 1, 1939, the previously independent municipalities Obersohland, Mittelohland and Niedersohland were merged to form the municipality of Sohland am Rotstein. This was incorporated into Reichenbach on January 1, 2014 by resolution of the local council and the city council of Reichenbach.

Population development

year Residents
1825 1624
1871 1658
1905 1590
1925 1554
1939 1507
1946 2024
1950 2092
1964 1733
1971 1628
1988 1313
1990 1269
2000 1486
2007 1395
2009 1370
2012 1312
2013 1280

In 1777 in Obersohland 10 lived owned man , 34 gardeners and 11 Häusler , obsessive in Mittelsohland 6 men, 35 gardeners and 29 Häusler and owned in Niedersohland 2 men, 22 gardeners, 3 Häusler.

Place name

The place name of Sohland was first referred to in 1241 as "Załom" (Old Sorbian, = behind the break / wind break). In Middle High German he became de Salando , de Salant = Herrengut (around 1280), von dem Salande (1337), Soland, Solant (1376), Salant (1382), Soland (1429), Zoland (1454), Solandt (1479), Soland prope Reichenbach (1569), Sohlandt (1670), Sohland, near Reichbach am Rothstein, also called Langen-Sohland (1791).

religion

39% of the population are Protestant, 5% Catholic. The Evangelical Lutheran parish of Sohland am Rotstein belongs to the Löbau-Zittau church district of the Evangelical Lutheran Regional Church of Saxony . The local Catholics belong to the parish of the Assumption of Mary with seat in Ostritz , whose next branch church St. Nikolaus in Bernstadt is on the property .

Attractions

  • The Rotstein (455 m) with the oldest nature reserve in Saxony (since 1912)
  • Railway viaduct
  • Village church, built 1841–1844, restored in 1992/93
  • preserved post mill "Bachmannmühle" from approx. 1800 (formerly 4 in the village) and the Dutch windmill "Hofemühle"
  • Former manor house

Sons and daughters

Sources and further references

literature

  • Cornelius Gurlitt : Sohland. In:  Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 34. Issue: Official Authority Löbau . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1910, p. 537.

Individual evidence

  1. Manors and castles in the kingdom of Saxony: Otto Moser: Mittel-Sohland . In: Markgrafenthum Oberlausitz , Expedition of the album Sächsischer Rittergüter und Schlösser, Leipzig, p. 41–44 (Expedition of the Knightly Album Association: Album of the knightly estates and castles in the Kingdom of Saxony. Volume 3. Digital copy of the SLUB Dresden )
  2. StBA: Area changes from January 1st to December 31st, 2014
  3. From Muskauer Heide to Rotstein, Lusatia Verlag Bautzen, 2008, ISBN 3-929091-96-8
  4. ^ Sohland am Rotstein in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
  5. Saxony regional register. Retrieved November 23, 2008 .
  6. Obersohland in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
  7. a b Mittelohland in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
  8. Niedersohland in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
  9. ^ Wenzel, Walter: Oberlausitzer Place Name Book: with an excursus on settlement history and multi-colored maps / Walter Wenzel. - Bautzen: Domowina-Verl., 2008
  10. census database

Web links

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