Ullersdorf (Waldhufen)
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Ullersdorf
Community Waldhufen
Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 38 ″ N , 14 ° 49 ′ 13 ″ E
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| Height : | 171 m above sea level NN |
| Area : | 8.13 km² |
| Residents : | 371 (2011) |
| Population density : | 46 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | April 1, 1938 |
| Incorporated into: | Jänkendorf |
| Postal code : | 02906 |
| Area code : | 03588 |
 Village church Ullersdorf in the historic town center, spring 2015
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Ullersdorf is a formerly independent village in the district of Görlitz and is located in the municipality of Waldhufen . In 1938 the town was with Wilhelminenthal and sheep after Jänkendorf incorporated and therefore to the district . In 1994 the new community of Waldhufen was formed from Jänkendorf and three neighboring towns.
Geography and population
Ullersdorf is about six kilometers south of Niesky north of the Königshain Mountains and borders directly on Jänkendorf. To the south is the Ullersdorf pond area.
Of the 371 inhabitants, 305 lived in families and 66 alone in 2011. There were a total of 197 independent apartments in the 104 residential buildings in the village. The number of registered households was 174, the average age of the residents 43.9 years.
history
The oldest evidence of settlement in the area of today's location is a stone ax , which dates back to 5000 BC. Is dated. It was found in 1997/98 during renovation work in the cellar of the Gotthelfshof (forestry), one of the oldest houses in the town. It is unclear how it got there.
In addition, several finds from the Bronze Age were made, including weights from looms and an urn grave in what is now the neighboring village of Jänkendorf . Some of the pieces were already excavated and described in detail by a pastor named Senf in the 1870s and 1880s. Today a few pieces can still be found in a museum in Bautzen .
The first mention of the place in connection with property relations is dated to the year 1331. At that time, the Ullersdorf estate already belonged to the Nostitz family , who owned it for over 500 years until 1843. It was then sold to the Counts of Fürstenstein . These were owners until around 1930. From this point onwards, Jänkendorf was managed on a trust basis. After the war ended in 1945, the land was divided up as part of the land reform. The Ullersdorf Castle, which survived the war without major damage, was accommodation for emigrants from Upper Silesia in the immediate post-war period. This was followed by the use of the rooms for livestock. In 1984 the castle, on which Friedrich August Stüler had also worked, was blown up in favor of the construction of new blocks. In historical sources as well as in everyday parlance, the manor is sometimes referred to , whereby either the entire castle complex or only the economic complex can be used.
In 1758, historical sources record an epidemic in Ullersdorf that killed over 80 people. The position of the cemetery established at that time in the forest between Ullersdorf and Kodersdorf is still known today, but not immediately recognizable and not further researched. As a result, an orphanage was set up in the village for around 30 children who, unlike their parents, survived the disease.
Village church
The Ullersdorf village church is of particular historical interest. After the wooden chapel, which was previously on the site of today's church, burned down together with the inn in 1507, a new stone church was built by 1515. The church was originally consecrated as a Catholic. As early as 1530, however, the Reformation came to Ullersdorf and the church became Protestant. In Jänkendorf this turning point was not to take place until 22 years later.
The nave measured 14 × 30 meters (without the sacristy), so it was larger than the one in Jänkendorf and remained so until the Jänkendorf church was rebuilt in 1801. The original walls of the church building including the paintings are still preserved today that time. The current state of construction of the building corresponds to that of 1629/30. During these years, the ceiling of the nave, which was previously made of wood, was replaced by a stone vaulted ceiling. The stone tower has been in place since 1676, the wooden structure has been damaged or replaced several times.
There are still many wall paintings and a font from the 16th century in the interior of the church . A richly decorated and painted altar (1631) is available as well as the original royal box , which is used today as a winter church. As a further specialty, the names of all pastors of the church who have held this office since 1619 are noted in color on the inside of the iron sacristy door. The list continues today.
The last major intervention in the floor plan took place from 1720 to 1740, during this period the southern extension of the nave was built. The quarry stone wall around the church was built in 1776, and the granite portal with the originally preserved wrought iron gate comes from this year. The top is a stone vase with four angels. The current main entrance to the church through the tower has only existed since 1873. Before that, the church was only entered through the still existing south entrance. In earlier times there was a crypt in the tower, which is no longer preserved today.
The fighting that took place in the last days of the Second World War in April 1945 also severely damaged the church. Artillery fire destroyed the tower and the roof of the nave was damaged. Emergency repairs could only be started in 1948, the restoration of the tower followed in the 1950s. In 1956 the church received new steel bells, as the old bronze bells had been melted down in the two world wars. The only remaining bronze bell from Ullersdorf hangs today as the "Big Bell" in the Jänkendorfer Church. Also in 1956, the war damage repairs were finally completed.
Other historical sites
Outside the church wall, a little south of the portal, there are still remains of a pillory and an atonement cross from before 1600.
The Galgenberg is located in the area of the Wilhelminenthal settlement , historically Ullersdorf-Feldhäuser . Today nothing is reminiscent of the place of execution, where a few death sentences were carried out in the 17th century in connection with crimes in the surrounding villages.
On the inside of the church wall there is a richly decorated sandstone tombstone for one of the Ullersdorf estate managers, Martin Böhme. He died in 1707 at the age of 64 and was apparently buried in the former cemetery within the church wall.
Two old memorial stones have been preserved in the forest area between Ullersdorf and Thiemendorf . On the one hand, a small memorial for the gamekeeper Kruhl, who was attacked and fatally injured by the deer while he was being fed in 1899. On the other hand, a short distance away, a stone in memory of Johann Carl Schmidt, who was struck by lightning in August 1753 at that point in the forest.
literature
- Günter Schmidt: A pearl of Upper Lusatia - Ullersdorf with its village church . Editor: Heimatverein Jänkendorf-Ullersdorf and Evangelical Parish Jänkendorf-Ullersdorf, 2004.
- Historical writings - 1630 to 1950 - Jänkendorf Ullersdorf . Editor: Günter Schmidt, Ullersdorf, 2001.
- The village church of Ullersdorf . Information sheet, published by the Evangelical Church Community Jänkendorf-Ullersdorf.
Web links
- Ullersdorf in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
- Small-scale municipality sheet of the state statistical office for precise information on population and development (PDF document)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Administrative atlas - district directory 01/2014. In: verwaltungsatlas.sachsen.de. Retrieved April 2, 2015 .
- ^ Ullersdorf in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony