Voigtsberg (Oelsnitz)

Voigtsberg City of Oelsnitz / Vogtl. Coordinates: 50 ° 25 ′ 22 ″  N , 12 ° 11 ′ 3 ″  E
Height :	435 m
Incorporation :	1919
Postal code :	08606
Area code :	037421
Location of Voigtsberg in Saxony

Voigtsberg is a district of the large district town of Oelsnitz / Vogtl. in the Saxon Vogtland district . It was incorporated in 1919 and in 2011 as an official district of the city of Oelsnitz / Vogtl. painted. Voigtsberg Castle is located in Voigtsberg , which was the administrative center of the southern Vogtland for centuries.

geography

Location and traffic

The Voigtsberg district is located in the northeast of the city of Oelsnitz / Vogtl. It is located in the west of the Vogtlandkreis and in the Saxon part of the historic Vogtland . Geographically, Voigtsberg lies in the center of the Vogtland natural area (transition from the Mittel Vogtland hilltop to the Upper Vogtland ). The Hainbach (Gerbersbach) flowing through the village flows into the White Elster .

The state roads S 312 run through Voigtsberg in the north and the S 303 in the south.

Neighboring places

Undermarx green	Upper marx green	Altmannsgrün
Oelsnitz / Vogtl.		Hartmannsgrün
	Oelsnitz / Vogtl.

history

Voigtsberg Castle

The origin of the former estate settlement Voigtsberg is the medieval hill castle Voigtsberg , which was built between 1232 and 1249 by the bailiffs of Straßberg . In 1249 "Eberhardus de Voitesberk" was mentioned in a document. The rule of the bailiffs in Straßberg lasted until 1320. In 1327 the castle became the property of the bailiffs of Plauen . In the Vogtland War in 1356 it fell to the Margrave of Meißen from the House of Wettin . In 1357 the Voigtsberg dominion was around Adorf / Vogtl. , Markneukirchen and the small office of Wiedersberg south-west of Oelsnitz enlarged. Voigtsberg Castle became the seat of the electoral office of Voigtsberg in 1378 . It was thus the administrative center of the southern Vogtland for almost 600 years. After being destroyed in the Thirty Years' War , Voigtsberg Castle was rebuilt as a palace in 1633.

The Voigtsberg estate that was developing around the castle or castle Voigtsberg was directly subordinate to the Voigtsberg office with regard to the manorial rule . Until 1856 it belonged to the Electoral Saxon or Royal Saxon Office of Voigtsberg . In 1856 the place was affiliated to the Oelsnitz court office and in 1875 to the Oelsnitz administration . Voigtsberg has always been ecclesiastical to Oelsnitz / Vogtl. parish.

The municipality of Voigtsberg was moved to Oelsnitz / Vogtl in 1919. incorporated. Through the second district reform in the GDR , Voigtsberg came as part of the new district town of Oelsnitz in 1952 to the district of Oelsnitz in the Chemnitz district (renamed the Karl-Marx-Stadt district in 1953 ). Voigtsberg came as a district of Oelsnitz / Vogtl. in 1990 to the Saxon district of Oelsnitz, which became part of the Vogtland district in 1996. On January 1, 2011 Voigsberg became part of the municipality of Oelsnitz / Vogtl. painted.

Attractions

• Voigtsberg Castle

Web links

Commons : Voigtsberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Voigtsberg (Oelsnitz) in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony

Individual evidence

1. ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 74 f.
2. ↑ The Oelsnitz District Administration in the municipal directory 1900
3. ↑ Voigtsberg on gov.genealogy.net