City of Wehlen

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Coat of arms of the city of Wehlen
City of Wehlen
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Coordinates: 50 ° 57 '  N , 14 ° 2'  E

Basic data
State : Saxony
County : Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains
Management Community : Lohmen / City of Wehlen
Height : 120 m above sea level NHN
Area : 10.85 km 2
Residents: 1571 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 145 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 01829
Primaries : 035024; 035020 OT PötzschaTemplate: Infobox municipality in Germany / maintenance / area code contains text
License plate : PIR, DW, FTL, SEB
Community key : 14 6 28 370
City structure: 4 districts
Association administration address: Lohmen Castle 1
01847 Lohmen
Website : www.wehlen-online.de
Mayor : Klaus Tittel ( CDU )
Location of the city Stadt Wehlen in the district of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains
Altenberg (Erzgebirge) Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel Bad Schandau Bahretal Bannewitz Dippoldiswalde Dohma Dohna Dorfhain Dürrröhrsdorf-Dittersbach Freital Glashütte Gohrisch Hartmannsdorf-Reichenau Heidenau Hermsdorf Klingenberg Hohnstein Sebnitz Königstein (Sächsische Schweiz) Kreischa Liebstadt Lohmen Müglitztal Neustadt in Sachsen Pirna Klingenberg Rabenau Rathen Rathmannsdorf Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna Rosenthal-Bielatal Dippoldiswalde Sebnitz Sebnitz Stadt Wehlen Struppen Stolpen Tharandt Wilsdruff Sachsen Tschechien Landkreis Bautzen Dresden Landkreis Meißen Landkreis Mittelsachsenmap
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City of Wehlen (left) and Pötzscha (right) seen from the Wilke view. In the background the bastion

Stadt Wehlen is a country town in Saxon Switzerland . It is located on the railway line from Dresden to Prague and in the middle of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains , which makes it the starting point for hikes to destinations such as the Bastei , the Rathen rock stage , the Bärensteinen and Rauenstein as well as the Wehlener and Uttewalder Grund.

geography

Geographical location

The city lies directly on the Elbe , both on the right and left bank, and borders the Saxon Switzerland National Park to the north and east .

City of Wehlen belongs to the district of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains and is itself bounded by the municipalities of Lohmen in the north, Rathen in the east, Struppen in the south and the large district town of Pirna in the west. The city is about 12 km from Pirna and about 30 km from the state capital Dresden .

City structure / districts

The town consists of the districts located rechtselbisch Wehlen, village Wehlen and characters as well as the linkselbisch lying district Pötzscha .

history

Historical postcard from approx. 1901–1921

In 1269 Wehlen was first mentioned as Wylin. The settlement was built under the protection of a castle , which Henry the Illustrious received from the Bohemian King Wenceslaus in 1245 . Wehlen was mentioned as a city (civitas) as early as 1346 . The castle has not been inhabited since 1543, so it gradually fell into disrepair.

The inhabitants lived from shipbuilding, handicrafts and quarrying . 1547 Wehlen was called "Amtsstädtlein" so that the basic rule was exercised not by a manor but an office initially Lohmen , later Hohnstein .

On July 31, 1848, the railway reached Wehlen (Pötzscha). Tourism began to develop since the Romantic era . In 1860 there were 48 guides .

Place name variants

The place name Wehlen is first mentioned in 1255 as part of the personal name Theodoricus de Wilin . It goes back to the old Sorbian basic form * Vel-n-, which can be explained in different ways. A first possible variant is the derivation of * Vel (a), the first name of a locator , with which the place name would mean "settlement of a Vel (a)". Variant two is that the place name is based on * vel-, an Old Sorbian equivalent of the Slovenian velna ('clearing') and it can therefore be translated as "clearing place". The third variant adds the place name to * vel ('nass, feucht'), which means that in German it would correspond to a "settlement on moist ground". The addition city , which belongs to the name of the city Stadt Wehlen , is used to distinguish it from the neighboring district of Dorf Wehlen.

year Variants of the name von Wehlen
1255: Theodoricus de Wilin (G) (UBN II 276)
1260: Vylin
1269: Wylin
1288: Henricus de Wylin (Meiche, Castles 145, without source)
1372: Welyn
1445: Welin
1454: Wehlau
1485: Belen
1501: bark
1543: Welehn, Welhenn, Welhnn
1791: Wehlen
1875: Wehlen (Wehlstädtel)

Incorporations

  • April 1, 1939: Pötzscha, sign
  • January 1, 1994: Merger with Dorf Wehlen to form Stadt Wehlen

Development of the population

year City of Wehlen (with corresponding districts)
1547/48/51 17  obsessed men
1764 14 possessed men, 28  gardeners , 34  cottagers
1834 865
1871 1,449
1890 1,518
1910 1,264
1925 1,403
1939 1 1,842
1946 1,149
1950 1,139
1964 2 1,981
1970 1.921
1990 3 1.911
1998 4 1,800
2000 1,801
2002 1,724
City of Wehlen: Population figures from 2003 (without districts)
year Residents
2003
  
 782
2004
  
 793
2005
  
 796
2006
  
 788
2007
  
 798
2008
  
 806
2009
  
 799
2010
  
 782
2011
  
 774
2012
  
 778
2013
  
 773
2014
  
 770
2015
  
 768
2016
  
 774
Data source: As of December 31, data source: Saxony State Statistical Office

1 : 1939 to 1950: City of Wehlen including the districts of Pötzscha and sign
2 : 1964 to 2002: City of Wehlen including the districts of Dorf Wehlen, Pötzscha and sign
3 : Status October 3, 1990
4 : 1998 to 2002: City of Wehlen including the districts of Dorf Wehlen, Pötzscha and characters (as of December 31, data source: State Statistical Office Saxony)

coat of arms

A single-masted blue frame-rigged ship on waves and with a white background. The sail is shown blue and billowing and adorned with a golden lily . The lily comes from the coat of arms of the former lords of Köckritz. The pennant is also blue. Over the centuries the coat of arms was changed several times, but always while maintaining the basic scheme described above. The first city coat of arms was used for the first time between 1543 and 1547, as Wehlen became an official town with a city parliament during this time.

Woe song

The woe song was written by Hede Willecke, although the year of its creation is unknown. The song was set to music between 1962 and 1964. During these years Willy Bernhardt (himself a musician and conductor) was the choirmaster of the choir in the city of Wehlen. This text can still be seen on the south side of the archway on the building of the former Ratskeller .

You sunny Wehlen, you pearl of Switzerland.
You lovely town with its own charm.
You are old to me, but always new again,
you sunny wishes, I am loyal to you.

politics

Local elections 2019
Wbt .: 71.4% (2014: 60.4%; 2009: 52.4%)
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
54.3%
32.4%
8.3%
UL
Gains and losses
compared to 2014
 % p
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
+1.1  % p
-1.5  % p
-4.6  % p
UL

Stadt Wehlen belongs to the administrative community Lohmen / Stadt Wehlen .

City council

In the city council, the total of 10 seats are made up of the proportion of votes in the local election (from May 26, 2019) as follows:

  • UL: 6 seats
  • CDU: 3 seats
  • DIE LINKE: 1 seat

mayor

Klaus Tittel is the current honorary mayor of the city of Wehlen.

History of the mayor

Year (from – to) Surname
1843-1849 Karl Gottfried Reichert
1849-1855 Heinrich Gottlob Richter
1855-1865 Karl August Ebert
1865-1871 Dr. med. Alfred Valerius
1871-1873 Karl Gottlieb Schlenkrich
1873-1892 Friedrich Wilhelm Reimann
1892-1894 Dr. med. v. Sendykowski
1894 - ??? Gustav Schaale
1932 Hans Kliemann
until 1938 Willy Hennig
1938-1945 Mr. Hohlmann
1945-1953 Arthur Walther, Herr Staude, Max Starke, Herr Hantusch, Gerhard Bauer
1954-1965 Gottfried Stohn
1966-1969 Mrs. Jesche
1970-1973 Mr. Schubert
1974-1984 Mr. Klemmer
1985-1986 Mrs. Seidel
1987-1989 Mr. Gude (impeachment in 10/1989)
1989 Mr. Short
1990-2001 Klaus Tittel (full-time)
2001 – now Klaus Tittel (voluntary)

Partner municipalities and town twinning

European regions

On June 19, 2005, the city of Wehlen and Travčice agreed a partnership within the Euroregion Elbe / Labe (DE, CZ). Czech RepublicCzech Republic

Culture and sights

Panorama town of Wehlen in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains

  • View of the left bank of the Elbe in Stadt Wehlen

  • City church on the market square

  • Michaliskirche in the village of Wehlen

  • Herbrig organ in the Michaeliskirche

  • "Drum": north side of the castle ruins in the city of Wehlen

  • “White breaks”, view from the Rauenstein

Buildings

Have bulwark against ice drift

City of Wehlen

  • Castle ruins, Wehlen Castle
  • The completely preserved vault of the medieval stable stands on the "Hofewiese" (court meadow with the same name, where the deserted Linkenau is suspected), which used to belong to the lords of the castle . Today it is an integral part of a private house and not accessible due to the extension, front and superstructure.
  • Remains of the old church built in the late Gothic style below the castle ruins
  • Local history museum in the plant garden
  • renovated church on the market square; Interior in Nazarene style
  • The "Habe" behind the market square is a bank reinforcement system to protect against ice
  • Fountain in the market square
  • High water marks opposite the market fountain
  • The vertical and horizontal network of flood routes in the eastern part of the city. These are private routes that are only opened in an emergency.

Village of Wehlen

Poetzscha

  • Adventure pool
  • The former station building at today's S-Bahn stop “Stadt Wehlen” dates from the time of largely rail-bound tourism in Saxon Switzerland and is typical of the time it was built.

character

  • Ladder to heaven
  • Ferry house

A list of all cultural monuments can be found here: List of cultural monuments in the city of Wehlen

Excursion destinations in the surrounding Saxon Switzerland

  • Wilke view of Wehlen and the Elbe
  • Wehlener reason
  • Uttewalder Grund and Felsentor
  • Bastion
  • Hirschgrund
  • White breaks
  • Viewpoint and Kunsthaus Schützenhaus on the local mountain
  • abandoned quarries with preserved facilities between the Wilke view and the sign (own waymarking)

Sports

  • Mountain test near Wehlen
  • Mountain racing
  • Elbe swimming
  • Elbe Valley Sports Festival at the summer solstice
  • TuS Einheit Wehlen (football club)

Associations and institutions

  • Carnival club
  • Voluntary fire brigade Stadt Wehlen (with the district brigades: Dorf Wehlen, Pötzscha and Stadt Wehlen)
  • Choral society
  • primary school
  • Youth club Dorf Wehlen
  • Youth club Stadt Wehlen
  • Parish ev.-luth.
  • Kindergarten Stadt Wehlen
  • Kindergarten Dorf Wehlen
  • Wehlen Art Mile - initiative by local artists
  • Equestrian Club Dorf Wehlen
  • Riding club Dorf Wehlen
  • Riding and driving community
  • Rifle Guild
  • Skipper Club
  • Tourism and local history association
  • TUS unit (sports club)
  • Association for the promotion of the volunteer fire department Stadt Wehlen e. V.
  • Association "Funny 7 Pötzscha" e. V.

Events

The following events take place regularly during the year:

  • Burning Christmas tree
  • Summer music
  • Well festival
  • Shooting festival
  • Solstice celebration
  • Fair

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The city of Wehlen is connected to the right Elbe to the district road 8710 , which leads to the large district town of Pirna , and to the district road 8711 , which leads to Lohmen. To the left of the Elbe, the district of Pötzscha is connected to Naundorf and Struppen via the 8733 district road . There is a regular ferry service across the Elbe between the city of Wehlen and Pötzscha and thus access to the S1 line of the Dresden S-Bahn . The Stadt Wehlen (Sachs) stop is on the Děčín – Dresden-Neustadt railway line . The landing stage in the city of Wehlen is approached several times a day during the season by Elbe steamers operated by the Saxon Steamship and the Oberelbe passenger ships. There is also a regular bus connection between the Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains regional transport and regional line 238 to the city of Pirna.

kindergarten

City of Wehlen has a total of two kindergartens. The “Elbkinderland” is located in the city of Wehlen and the “Pusteblume” kindergarten is located in the village of Wehlen.

school

City of Wehlen maintains a primary school called "Friedrich Märkel". The name was given after the well-known cantor and entomologist Johann Christian Friedrich Märkel , who worked in the city during his lifetime.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

People connected to the city

literature

  • Richard Steche : Wehlen. In:  Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 1. Booklet: Official Authority Pirna . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1882, p. 96.
  • Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Heinse: The devastation caused by a downpour in the town of Wehlen near Pirna . Dresden 1822. (digitized version)

Web links

Commons : Stadt Wehlen  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files
Commons : Kulturdenkmäler in Stadt Wehlen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population of the Free State of Saxony by municipalities on December 31, 2019  ( help on this ).
  2. ^ Stadt Wehlen in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
  3. ^ Ernst Eichler / Hans Walther : Historical book of place names of Saxony. Volume 2, Berlin 2001, p. 557 f.
  4. ↑ Gesangverein Stadt Wehlen e. V.
  5. ↑ [1]
  6. ↑ Wehlener Rundschau, Volume 23, Number 4 of April 26, 2013, p. 12; W. Thomas