Waldkirchen (Lengenfeld)

Waldkirchen City of Lengenfeld Coordinates: 50 ° 35 ′ 33 ″ N , 12 ° 22 ′ 36 ″ E
Height :	458 m
Residents :	800 (2011)
Incorporation :	January 1, 1999
Postal code :	08485
Area code :	037606
Location of Waldkirchen in Saxony

The church in Waldkirchen

The rectory in Waldkirchen

Waldkirchen is a district of the Saxon town of Lengenfeld in the Vogtland district . The formerly independent rural community was incorporated into Lengenfeld on January 1, 1999.

Geographical location

Waldkirchen is located north of the town of Lengenfeld in the east of the Vogtland natural area and in the Saxon part of the historical Vogtland . The Waldkirchener Bach flows through the village, which rises on the Marienhöhe in 496 m above sea level and flows into the Göltzsch at 366 m above sea level . The length of the location is about 2.5 km.

In addition to the city of Lengenfeld, the place borders on five other districts of the city of Lengenfeld and two districts of the municipality of Heinsdorfergrund .

Unterheinsdorf	Oberheinsdorf	Irfersgrün
Schönbrunn		Pechtelsgrün
Lengenfeld	green	Plohn

Place name

The name for Waldkirchen is self-explanatory: a church in the forest. It is still located on a small mountain spur in the village today.

history

Waldkirchen emerged as a typical Waldhufendorf between 1150 and 1230. The first documentary mention of the village dates from 1315. In May 1525, rebellious farmers near Waldkirchen participated in the uprisings known as the Peasants' War . After the Battle of Frankenhausen these peasant uprisings in Waldkirchen came to a standstill and the peasants were fined up to 50 guilders. In 1693 the cultivation of potatoes can be proven for the first time.

From the 16th century, the manor over Waldkirchen was partly owned by the manors Netzschkau and Mylau . Waldkirchen came in the 16th century with the rule of Mylau to the Electoral Saxon or later royal Saxon office of Plauen , to which the place was subject until 1856. In 1856 Waldkirchen was incorporated into the Lengenfeld court office and in 1875 the Auerbach administration . As a result of the second district reform in the GDR , the community of Waldkirchen became part of the Reichenbach district in the Chemnitz district (renamed the Karl-Marx-Stadt district in 1953 ), which was continued as the Saxon district of Reichenbach from 1990 and became part of the Vogtland district in 1996.

Triangulation columns on the Marienhöhe

On January 1, 1999, Waldkirchen and Schönbrunn were incorporated into the neighboring town of Lengenfeld (Vogtland).

Whitsun 2015 the village celebrated its 750th anniversary with a big three-day festival. This festival also formed the starting point for the Waldkirchen Highland Games, which have taken place every year since then . Regional teams compete in classic Scottish sports.

On October 25, 2017, Waldkirchen won the Vogtland District's 10th “ Our village has a future ” competition and was given its own mascot . "Edwin" is intended to commemorate the honorary citizen and author of the local chronicle, Edwin Schubert, and at the same time represent a bridge to the future.

Attractions

Village church with parts of a Trampeli organ from 1777
Badly weathered stone or atonement cross in front of the community center, marked as Pfaarkopf
Rectory from 1704 in half-timbered construction with double ship throats in the entablature
Surveying point on Marienhöhe from the time of the Royal Saxon Triangulation ( 1862 to 1890 )