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Coordinates: 50 ° 45 ' N , 12 ° 35' E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Saxony | |
County : | Zwickau | |
Height : | 299 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 49.7 km 2 | |
Residents: | 11,057 (Dec 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 222 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 08132 | |
Area code : | 037601 | |
License plate : | Z, GC, HOT, WDA | |
Community key : | 14 5 24 200 | |
Community structure: | 8 districts | |
Address of the municipal administration: |
St. Jacober Hauptstrasse 128; 08132 Mülsen |
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Mayor : | Hendric Freund (independent) | |
Location of the municipality of Mülsen in the district of Zwickau | ||
Mülsen is a municipality in Saxony . It extends in the district of Zwickau along the Mülsenbach , which is a right tributary of the Zwickauer Mulde .
geography
Geographical location
The community Mülsen or Mülsengrund is a very densely populated side valley east of the river Mulde and located in the southwest of the Free State of Saxony in Zwickau district. Mülsen also belongs to the western side of the Erzgebirge basin and extends over a length of a good 15 kilometers. The Mülsenbach , which belongs to the community, flows for 17 kilometers in a north-westerly direction through the valley along eight districts of the Mülsengrund and flows into the Zwickauer Mulde. In many parts of Mülsen reason is Westerzgebirgisch spoken.
geology
At the edge of the Ore Mountains basin, the Mülsner layers of the Oberrotlying cover large parts of the Unterrotlying. These layers consist of small-sized conglomerates. When the soil is tilled in spring and autumn, you can see the strong reddish brown of these fine sandy, loamy-clay soils particularly well. These are of medium to moderate quality. Characteristic of Mülsen and the Mülsengrund are the ravine-like side valleys, which specifically shape the left side of the valley. In earlier times the farmers used them as coppice forest.
Flood protection
Due to the valley location of the Mülsengrund and the course of the Mülsengrundbach through a large part of the town, more and more emphasis is being placed on flood protection.
Neighboring communities
Neighboring communities are Reinsdorf , the cities of Hartenstein , Wildenfels , Glauchau , Lichtenstein and the large district town of Zwickau in the district of Zwickau and the town of Oelsnitz in the neighboring Erzgebirge district .
Community structure
On January 1, 1999, the communities Ortmannsdorf , Mülsen St. Niclas , Mülsen St. Jacob , Mülsen St. Micheln , Niedermülsen , Stangendorf , Thurm and Wulm became the new municipality Mülsen, the largest municipality in Saxony without municipal rights, which is also known as the "longest “The municipality of Saxony applies.
Almost all of the Mülsener corridors are located in the drinking water protection zone, which is why there will not be any large industrial settlements in this region, so that the community sees its future in the expansion of gentle tourism , among other things . Hiking trails are developed and signposted.
history
The valley was settled in the 12th century. The Schönburg lordships of Glauchau, Lichtenstein and Hartenstein , which ruled the Mülsengrund for a long time, were directly subordinate to Emperor Barbarossa . Little by little, settlers who had moved in founded Waldhufendörfer along the Mülsengrund. Ortwinestorf (Ortmannsdorf) was mentioned first in 1212, and Niedermülsen last in 1454. Friedrich XI. von Schönburg, Mr. zu Glauchau (first mentioned in 1341, died 1389) and his son Veit I (first mentioned in 1370, died in 1422) bought Lichtenstein and Thurm together on April 5, 1382.
The manor Thurm belonged to the lordship of Glauchau of the Lords of Schönburg. At the end of the 15th century, the Lords of Weißenbach sat on the manor and Thurm Castle. They owned the manor as a Schönburg fief and therefore had to pay taxes to the Glauchau rulership.
place | associated rule | Period of the Schönburg ownership | Remarks |
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Ortmannsdorf (Wildenfelser part), Marienau | Reign of Wildenfels | Marienau was created around 1850 | |
Ortmannsdorf (Hartensteiner part) with the manor and Neudörfel (from 1923: Neuschönburg) | lower county of Hartenstein | 1406-1878 | small amount |
Ortmannsdorf (Lichtensteiner part) with the manor and Neudörfel (from 1923: Neuschönburg) | Lordship of Lichtenstein | 1286-1888 | small amount |
Mülsen St. Niclas, Mülsen St. Jacob | lower county of Hartenstein | 1406-1878 | |
Mülsen St. Micheln, Stangendorf, Thurm | Lordship of Lichtenstein | 1286-1888 | |
Niedermülsen, Berthelsdorf and Wulm | Lordship of Glauchau | 1256-1878 |
The “Mülsener Höhe” is located between Mülsen and Zwickau- Pöhlau on a ridge that runs parallel to the Mülsengrund, directly on the main road in the direction of Zwickau. Here - right at a fork in the road - a memorial stone with an inscription reminds of events of the Napoleonic Wars . On May 29, 1813, fighting broke out here when a French artillery park on the march from Zwickau to Dresden was attacked by a Prussian patrol corps.
During the Second World War, there was a subcamp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp in Mülsen from January 27, 1944 to April 13, 1945 , from which more than 1,100 prisoners had to do forced labor under inhumane conditions in an outsourced air armament supplier. The front company Gross GmbH belonged to the Erla machine works in Leipzig. 198 people were burned alive when SS guards prevented a major fire from being extinguished. A prisoner uprising resulted in further deaths. In April 1945 the remaining prisoners were driven on a death march in the direction of Litoměřice , 83 of them were murdered in Schlema .
Former Vorwerk Neudörfel
As an old Schönburg family tree shows, there was a castle-like outbuilding of the Lords of Schönburg in Neudörfel . In 1923 Neudörfel was renamed Neuschönburg . In 1936 Neuschönburg was incorporated into Ortmannsdorf. The Vorwerk Neudörfel belonged to the princely Schönburg-Waldenburg lordship of Lichtenstein. Around 1830/1840 a new building of the Vorwerk was built. According to tradition, there was previously a monastery in the area of the Vorwerk, from which a chapel had been preserved until around 1830. In fact, a chapel can be seen in the illustration of the Vorwerk on a Schönburg family tree (around 1760?). But it could also be a manor chapel. Nothing of these buildings has survived to this day. From 1781 to 1787 the "Vorwergk ... zu Neudörfel" was leased to Johann Gottfried Müller.
Religions
There is a diverse landscape of religious communities in Mülsengrund. In addition to the Evangelical Lutheran parish, there is the strongly represented work of the regional church community , as well as the Evangelical Methodist , Catholic , New Apostolic Church and supra-congregational institutions.
The current bell tower of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Cross in Ortmannsdorf dates from 1774, the Romanesque church that stands today was built in 1856. The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Urban in Thurm was consecrated in 1731 and extensively renovated in 1886.
Other churches:
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Nicolai Mülsen St. Niclas
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Jacobus d. Older Mülsen St. Jacob
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Michael Mülsen St. Micheln
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Urban Thurm
- Regional church communities in Ortmannsdorf, Mülsen St. Niclas, Mülsen St. Jacob, Mülsen St. Micheln, Stangendorf and Thurm
- Catholic parish of the Annunciation in Mülsen
- Methodist Church in Mülsen
- New Apostolic Church in Thurm
Incorporations
Former parish | date | annotation |
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Neuschönburg (before 1923: Neudörfel) | 04/01/1936 | Incorporation to Ortmannsdorf |
Berthelsdorf | 04/01/1938 | Incorporation to Wulm |
Mülsen St. Niclas | 01/01/1999 | Merger with 7 other municipalities to form Mülsen |
Mülsen St. Jacob | 01/01/1999 | Merger with 7 other municipalities to form Mülsen |
Mülsen St. Micheln | 01/01/1999 | Merger with 7 other municipalities to form Mülsen |
Niedermülsen | 01/01/1999 | Merger with 7 other municipalities to form Mülsen |
Ortmannsdorf with Marienau and Neuschönburg (before 1923: Neudörfel) | 01/01/1999 | Merger with 7 other municipalities to Mülsen, Neudörfel has belonged to Ortmannsdorf since 1936 |
Stangendorf | 01/01/1999 | Merger with 7 other municipalities to form Mülsen |
Tower | 01/01/1999 | Merger with 7 other municipalities to form Mülsen |
Wulm | 01/01/1999 | Merger with 7 other municipalities to form Mülsen |
Population development
Population development (December 31) | |||
1998: 13,313 | 2002: 12,702 | 2006: 12,378 | 2013: 11,626 |
1999: 13.041 | 2003: 12,869 | 2007: 12,460 | 2014: 11,584 |
2000: 12,949 | 2004: 12,607 | 2008: 12.305 | 2015: 11,510 |
2001: 12,798 | 2005: 12,489 | 2012: 11,701 |
politics
Municipal council
Since the municipal council election on May 25, 2014 , the 22 municipal council seats have been distributed among the individual groups as follows:
- Free voters / active, independent citizens Mülsen (FW / AuBM): 8 seats
- CDU : 7 seats
- Impulse Mülsen: 4 seats
- LEFT : 2 seats
- SPD : 1 seat
mayor
- July 23, 1999 to July 25, 2006: Reiner Müller (CDU)
- since July 26, 2006: Hendric Freund (independent)
Local partnerships
Partner municipality of Mülsen (originally von Thurm) is the municipality
Culture and sights
Museums
The Härtelhaus in Mülsen St. Jacob is considered the local museum of the Mülsengrund. The Heimatverein Mülsen St. Jacob e. In years of work, V. has compiled a gem that documents the history of home and hand weaving in Mülsengrund. Another, smaller local history museum is located in Mülsen St. Niclas. It is from the local home association Mülsen e. V. maintained. The two associations mentioned, however, pursue different paths and goals in or for the maintenance of customs and the like in Mülsengrund.
music
In the past, Mülsen owned a few choirs and choirs or play clubs. This is still the case today. Best known in the local region and beyond are the Mülsen trombone choir and the Mülsen musicians. Some bands and groups have also formed in Mülsen and are known beyond the district and district borders: "Instructive" have already appeared as the opening act for the band Silbermond . The band "Epilog", which has existed since the early 1970s, is also popular here. One of the musical highlights in Mülsen is the annual Organ Day, which is held at the same time as Cyclist Sunday. Since 2004, different organ works have been played in the five churches of the individual Mülsner districts. Since July 2004, the Amadeus ensemble from Dennheritz, a neighboring town of Mülsen, has played works by various composers and musicians for lovers of classical chamber music in the church in the Ortmannsdorf district.
Buildings
In Mülsen there are only a few buildings that are known beyond the borders of the local region. There are five church buildings in five districts. There are numerous older, listed buildings, such as the Härtelhaus and various farms along the Mülsengrund.
Mention should be made of the Cupid Hall, a concert hall in Mülsen St. Niclas, which was particularly popular during the GDR era and also offers many concerts today. During the GDR era, the Cupid Hall was a meeting place for the blues scene . One of the oldest inns in Mülsengrund is the Thurm inn. This was built in 1570. Also to be mentioned is the agricultural historical farm in Niedermülsen and the castle next to the church of St. Urban in Thurm.
Memorials
- Memorial complex before the textile factory with multilingual font panels to the victims of forced labor recall
- Commemorative plaque on the outer wall of the factory building in memory of 198 burnt victims among concentration camp prisoners in May 1944
- Memorial stone above the textile factory for 51 concentration camp prisoners who were murdered and buried there
- Memorial complex for the victims of the First World War at the church in Thurm
- Memorial stone for the victims of the First World War in the Neuschönburg district
- Memorial stone for the victims of the First World War in the Niedermülsen district
- Burial in the cemetery of the local part Ortmannsdorf for an unknown Soviet prisoners of war , who during the Second World War, a victim of forced labor was
Natural monuments
One of the most famous natural monuments in Mülsen is the Wilhelmsgrund in Stangendorf. Here, hiking enthusiasts can experience and see largely preserved flora and fauna with rare plant and animal species on a two-kilometer hiking trail in numerous biotopes. It is one of the most beautiful valley valleys and hiking areas in the Mülsengrund itself. Another well-known natural monument, the Wulmer slope, is located directly on the Zwickauer Mulde and extends for a good five hundred meters between Wulm and the neighboring town of Schlunzig near the Moselle.
Sports
Several sports clubs are active in the various districts of Mülsen and maintain various sports sections. The best known is the SG Motor Thurm with its very modern sports stadium in Stangendorf. It includes a 4-lane bowling facility, which has been overhauled and modernized in recent years. Other sports clubs are the Turnverein Mülsen, the Schützengesellschaft zu Thurm, the SV Blau-Gelb Mülsen, the SV Mülsen St. Niclas and the SV 1861 Ortmannsdorf as well as the MSC Motocross. There are also a few other sports clubs, but these are more in the hobby sports area.
Regular events
Mülsen is known for the cyclist Sunday on the second Sunday in May. Every year over 10,000 people set out on their bikes or inline skates to explore the 23 km long stretch of the Mülsengrund. This makes Cyclist Sunday the longest folk festival in Saxony. Prominent personalities like the former Saxon Prime Minister Georg Milbradt have already taken part. The GDR cycling legend Gustav-Adolf Schur has already been there several times. Many other celebrities from politics, society and sport were also regularly spotted on Cycle Sunday.
The Mülsengrundlauf , which has been started and ended in the sports center in the Stangendorf district since May 2001, takes place one day before Cyclist Sunday . All age groups between 3 and 99 years of age can take part over different running distances
View of the community of Mülsen
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
In Mülsen St. Jacob the federal highway 173 from Chemnitz to Zwickau crosses the Mülsengrund. The federal highway 93 (from Zwickau to Altenburg ) runs near Berthelsdorf , not far from the federal highway 4 . The federal motorway 72 borders on Ortmannsdorf . From 1885 to 1951, a 14 km long 750 mm narrow-gauge railway ran through the Mülsengrund from the Moselle to Ortmannsdorf . The relics of the railway, such as two wooden waiting halls and the Ortmannsdorf train station, are preserved by the “Mülsengrundbahn working group”. Furthermore, u. a. At the Niedermülsen stop, a load wagon was set up and new railway elms were planted and signs were set up at some stations.
Established businesses
Mülsen is located in an originally agricultural area. Since the fall of 1989/90, the industrial sector largely collapsed and new companies emerged in the retail, construction and service sectors. VEM Elektromotorenwerke Thurm, which was probably the most well-known state-owned industrial company before the fall of the Wall, was relocated from the town as a company in 1993 and is now located on Zwickau territory, where production was carried out in GDR times. Even if there is no direct reference to Mülsen, the company has retained the former place name. The once well-known textile company VEB Textilwerke Mülsen, with several production areas in Mülsen, was also dissolved or restructured and privatized at the turn of the century. The two parts of the factory in Mülsen St. Micheln and Mülsen St. Jacob produce independently of each other and are owned by various entrepreneurs.
media
Since the merger of the districts to form the unitary municipality of Mülsen, the municipality has published its own official gazette under the name Mülsengrundkurier , which appears monthly. Before the merger there were two different official gazettes in the lower and upper parts of the town.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the church
- Bernhard Hieronymus Ludwig (1834–1897), furniture manufacturer and court cabinet maker
- Richard Schubert (1886–1955), politician (KPD)
- Otto Max Sachse (1893–1935), local researcher and writer
- Willy Schreier (1907–1988), mayor of Neuhaus am Rennweg, later of Idstein
- Wilhelm Rüdiger (1908–?), Art historian and pioneer of "degenerate art"
- Gerhard Sachs (1923–1996), Lord Mayor of Plauen
- Karl-Heinz Kluge (1929-2005), football player and coach (GDR)
- Christian Hauck (1938–2020), politician
- Christoph Franke (* 1944), soccer player and coach
- Axel Heinzmann (1946–2018), political activist of the right-wing extremist scene in southwest Germany after being ransomed from prison in the GDR
Personalities who have worked on site
- Horst de Marées (1936–1994), sports medicine specialist and book author
- Lars Riedel (* 1967), discus thrower, grew up in Thurm
- Ron Holzschuh (1969-2020), actor
literature
- Between Mülsengrund, Stollberg and Zwönitztal (= values of our homeland . Volume 35). 1st edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1981.
- Jörg Tauscher: Ortsfamilienbuch Mülsen St. Niclas & St. Jacob 1604–1795 , Cardamina Verlag 2008, ISBN 978-3-938649-29-9
- Richard Steche : Mülsen St. Jacob. In: Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 13. Issue: Glauchau District Authority . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1890, p. 23.
- Richard Steche : Mülsen St. Michael. In: Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 13. Issue: Glauchau District Authority . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1890, p. 24.
- Richard Steche : Mülsen St. Niclas. In: Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 13. Issue: Glauchau District Authority . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1890, p. 25.
- Wolf-Dieter Röber : Unknown views of castles and outbuildings on a Schönburg family tree (around 1760). In: Series 3, Museum und Kunstsammlung Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau, 1981, p. 15 (Vorwerk Neudörfel: description p. 22 and illustration p. 39)
Web links
- The website of the municipality of Mülsen
- Information about the Mülsengrund
- The district of Stangendorf
- Ev.-luth. Mülsen parish
- Mülsen in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population of the Free State of Saxony by municipalities on December 31, 2019 ( help on this ).
- ↑ New administration for Saxony's longest village. In: sz-online.de. November 22, 2005. Retrieved March 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Mülsen municipality. In: zeitsprungland.de. Retrieved March 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Axel Brüggemann: Landfrust: A look into the German province . Rowohlt Digitalbuch, Reinbek 2011, ISBN 978-3-644-30521-2 , V. Die Kirche - On site: Die stummen Chöre ( Google Books [accessed March 22, 2017]).
- ^ Author collective, u. a. Helmut Bräuer, Robby Joachim Götze, Steffen Winkler and Wolf-Dieter Röber : The Schönburger, economy, politics, culture . Brochure for the special exhibition of the same name 1990–91 in the museum and art collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau 1990, chap. "Guilds and Manufacture" (Steffen Winkler), p. 43
- ^ Walter Schlesinger , edited by Thomas Lang: Contributions to the history of the city of Glauchau, editor: Enno Bünz, Thelem Verlag, Dresden 2010, comments on the Thurm estate, p. 89
- ↑ Steffen Winkler: Grave ditch and French grave . In: Special edition series (legends and legendary stories from Glauchau and the surrounding area), Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau, 1981, notes on fighting on the Mülsener Höhe, here p. 26
- ^ The Lengenfeld, Mülsen and Zwickau subcamps - Mülsen St. Micheln. (No longer available online.) In: kz-aussenlager.de. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved July 7, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial: satellite camp. In: gedenkstaette-flossenbuerg.de. Retrieved July 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Wolf-Dieter Röber: Unknown views of castles and outbuildings on a Schönburg family tree (probably created around 1760). In: Series of publications Heft 3, publisher: Museum and Art Collection Schloß Hinterglauchau: Stadt Glauchau, 1981, Vorwerk Neudörfel bei Ortmannsdorf p. 22, illustration of the Vorwerk p. 39 (description and illustration of the Vorwerk Neudörfel - near Ortmannsdorf - the Lords of Schönburg)
- ↑ Series of publications, Issue 3, publisher: Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau: Stadt Glauchau, 1981, p. 33, No. 53
- ↑ Steffen Junghänel: Ev.- Luth. Parish office St. Urban Thurm. In: www.muelsengrund.de. Retrieved January 9, 2015 .
- ^ Landesverband Landeskirchlicher Communities Sachsen eV, Mülsen district: Regional church communities in Mülsengrund. In: www.lkg-muelsen.de. Retrieved January 27, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Das Sachsenbuch, Kommunal-Verlag Sachsen KG, Dresden, 1943
- ↑ a b c d e f g h State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony: Area changes
- ↑ Wolf-Dieter Röber: Unknown views of castles and outbuildings on a Schönburg family tree (probably created around 1760), In: Series of publications Heft 3, publisher: Museum und Kunstsammlung Schloß Hinterglauchau: Stadt Glauchau, 1981, Vorwerk Neudörfel near Ortmannsdorf p. 22, Illustration of the Vorwerk p. 39 (description and illustration of the Vorwerk Neudörfel - near Ortmannsdorf - the Lords of Schönburg)
- ↑ Data source: State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony Territorial status January 1, 1999
- ↑ Data source: State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony
- ↑ Results of the 2014 municipal council elections
- ↑ "Our regular halls were Schlettwein near Pößneck, the Green Tree near Aue and the Amor Hall in Mülsen - small towns or villages that were then really under siege from hundreds of like-minded people from the East German hippie scene." In: Wir Waldmenschen: Gosse , Built in 1957, recalls , in: Bye Bye Lübben City: Bluesfreaks, Tramps and Hippies in the GDR , expanded new edition, Schwarzkopf and Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2009 (Gosse = Andreas Ibscher, probably refers to the period from around 1975)
- ↑ Website of the Mülsengrundbahn working group