Unkersdorf

Unkersdorf District of the state capital Dresden Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 25 ″  N , 13 ° 35 ′ 23 ″  E
Height :	280 m above sea level NN
Area :	3.17 km²
Residents :	162  (December 31, 2004)
Population density :	51 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	April 1, 1974
Incorporated into:	Gompitz
Postal code :	01156
Area code :	035204
Location of the Unkersdorf district in Dresden

Unkersdorf Church

Unkersdorf and its neighboring villages around 1821

Unkersdorf is the westernmost part of the Saxon state capital Dresden and belongs to the village of Gompitz .

geography

Unkersdorf is bounded in the north by the federal highway 4 and in the east by the federal highway 17 . The latter begins immediately northeast of the district at the Dresden-West motorway triangle .

The highest point is the 315 m high Steinhübel to the south. A surveying column of the Royal Saxon Triangulation was erected on it in 1869 . This has been in place since 1999.

Unkersdorf can be reached by local public transport via a regional bus line that connects it with the districts of Gompitz and Cotta .

history

In 1760, during the Seven Years' War , the town served as the headquarters of the Prussian King Friedrich II .

In the time of the German Reich Unkersdorf belonged to Amtshauptmannschaft Meissen , then from 1935 with the entry into force of the German Municipal Code to district Meissen, DDR -time from 1952 to district Dresden-Land and from 1996 to again in 1999 for the district of Meissen .

On July 1, 1950, the neighboring towns of Roitzsch and Steinbach were incorporated into the then still independent community . 1974 lost so enlarged municipality with the incorporation to Gompitz its independence and was with the other Gompitzer districts in 1999 as part of a municipal reform to Dresden incorporated.

Within the statistical district of Gompitz / Altfranken , the district forms the statistical district 997 Unkersdorf.

Development of the population

year Residents December 1, 1834 ¹ 188 December 1, 1843 ¹ 196 December 3, 1846 ¹ 212 December 3, 1849 ¹ 210 December 3, 1852 ¹ 195 December 3, 1855 ¹ 212 December 3, 1858 ¹ 213 December 3, 1861 ¹ 215 December 3, 1864¹ 219 December 3, 1867 ¹ 223

year Residents December 1, 1871 ¹ 202 December 1, 1875 ¹ 199 December 1, 1880¹ 187 December 1, 1885 ¹ 203 December 1, 1890¹ 221 December 2, 1895 ¹ 234 December 1, 1900 ¹ 231 December 1, 1905 ¹ 204 December 1, 1910¹ 197 October 8, 1919 ¹ 199

year Residents June 16, 1925 ¹ 193 June 16, 1933 ¹ 182 May 16, 1939 ¹ 192 December 1, 1945 ¹ 204 December 31, 2001² 152 December 31, 2004² 162 ¹ census result ² district as basis for the area

Culture and sights

See also : List of cultural monuments in Unkersdorf

The town center is structurally characterized by a large number of farms, which are mainly located on the old main road , which was renamed Am Schreiberbach in 2002 . Thus, the place can be assigned to the type of street village . The village church dates from the 14th century and is now used for church services and as a venue for cultural events.

literature

• Cornelius Gurlitt : Unkersdorf. In:  Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 41. Issue: Administrative Authority Meißen-Land . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1923, p. 518.

Web links

Commons : Unkersdorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Unkersdorf in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
• Church Unkersdorf Website of the parish