Forest Saxony (Meerane)

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Waldsachsen
City of Meerane
Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 10 ″  N , 12 ° 25 ′ 51 ″  E
Height : 254 m
Residents : 480  (1996)
Incorporation : May 19, 1974
Postal code : 08393
Area code : 03764
Waldsachsen (Saxony)
Waldsachsen

Location of Waldsachsen in Saxony

Waldsachsen is a district of the city of Meerane in the district of Zwickau in Saxony . It was incorporated on May 19, 1974.

geography

Waldsachsen

Geographical location and traffic

Waldsachsen is located southwest of Meerane on the Waldsachsen brook, which flows into the Pleiße in the Gosel district of Crimmitschau . In the north, Waldsachsen borders on the Thuringian Altenburger Land . The federal highway 93 is reached in the east via the main street of the village . This leads to the “Meerane” junction of the federal motorway 4, which passes south of Waldsachsen .

Neighboring places

Gosel (Crimmitschau) , Gosel (Ponitz) Ponitz Meerane
Frankenhausen Neighboring communities
Leitelshain Gablenz Seiferitz

history

Settlement of Waldsachsen

A settlement of the place by Franconian settlers is assumed from around 1150. The oldest written mention of the village of Waldsachsen dates back to 1297. The name is derived from 'walt sâzen' ( mhd . : 'those sitting in the forest'). The oldest part of Waldsachsen is probably to the right of the main road in the area east and west of the church. The south-facing cross street, also known as “wooden houses”, is much younger, dating from around 1440. The name is explained by the location of the row of houses right next to the forest.

Waldsachsen has a curiosity: the Saxon - Thuringian border ran right through the town until 1928 . The state border between Waldsachsen (Saxon part) and Waldsachsen (Altenburg or Thuringian part) originally ran in a zigzag line within the Waldsachsen corridor. This was z. For example, estate no. 4 was divided in such a way that its house, barn and stable were Thuringian , but the cowshed were Saxon.

Forest Saxony (Altenburg or Thuringian share)

Waldsachsen (oldb. Ant.) Belonged to the Wettin office of Altenburg , which from the 16th century was under the sovereignty of the following Ernestine duchies due to several divisions during its existence : Duchy of Saxony (1554 to 1572), Duchy of Saxony-Weimar (1572 to 1603 ), Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg (1603 to 1672), Duchy of Saxony-Gotha-Altenburg (1672 to 1826). When the Ernestine Duchies were reorganized in 1826, Waldsachsen (altenb. Ant.) Again became part of the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg. The manorial rule over Waldsachsen (altenb. Ant.) Was partly with the manors Ponitz and Posterstein . Ecclesiastically the place belonged to the Saxon part. After the administrative reform in the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg, Waldsachsen (altenb. Ant.) Belonged to the Eastern District (until 1900) and to the Ronneburg District Office (from 1900).

Waldsachsen (Saxon part)

Waldsachsen (Saxon Ant.) Was again divided into a Schönburg and an Electoral Saxon or royal Saxon part until the second half of the 19th century .

In the 19th century, the Schönburg part of Waldsachsen belonged to the Schönburg dominion of Glauchau . Regarding the manorial rule, part of Waldsachsen (Schönburg. Ant.) Was subordinate to the Glauchau office as an official village . The other part belonged to the Thurm manor in the Schönburg rule of Lichtenstein .

Until 1856, the Saxon part of Waldsachsen belonged to the Electoral Saxon or Royal Saxon Office of Zwickau. Until the 19th century, the manorial rule over Waldsachsen (Saxon. Ant.) Was partly part of the manors Carthauser , Schweinsburg and Ruppertsgrün . In 1856 the place was affiliated with the Crimmitschau court office and in 1875 with the Zwickau administration . After an administrative reform was also carried out in the area of ​​the Schönburg recession in 1878, the Saxon and Schönburg parts of Waldsachsen came to the newly established Glauchau administration in 1880 .

History since the unification of the shares of Waldsachsen into one municipality

In 1888, Waldsachsen (Saxon Ant.) And Waldsachsen (altenb. Ant.) Were combined to form a municipality with a royal Saxon and a Saxon-Altenburg administration. Waldsachsen had a school since 1735, which was replaced by a new building in 1839/40. In 1905 Waldsachsen had 206 Thuringian and 345 Saxon residents. Waldsachsen (Saxon Ant.) Belonged to the Free State of Saxony since 1918. Waldsachsen (altenb. Ant.) Belonged to the Free State of Saxony-Altenburg from 1918 , which in 1920 became part of the state of Thuringia . In 1922 the place came to the district of Altenburg .

In 1928 there was an exchange of territory and a border adjustment between the Free State of Saxony and the State of Thuringia. As a result, the splintered areas of the district of Waldsachsen (thür. Ant.) In Saxony were completely ceded to Saxony. This was the first time that Waldsachsen was a territorially and administratively united municipality.

In the GDR , with the formation of the districts of Leipzig and Karl-Marx-Stadt in 1952, the course of the border changed again, and now the border between the two districts passed through the town again. The border between the Schmölln district (Leipzig district) and the Werdau district (Karl-Marx-Stadt district) ran at the Bach Bridge, at the level of the “Forellen-Aue” inn. On December 4, 1952, the entire place was incorporated into the Glauchau district in the Karl-Marx-Stadt district, and since then the former district and today's state border has run a few hundred meters north of the town. On May 19, 1974, Waldsachsen was incorporated into Meerane. As a district of the city of Meerane, Waldsachsen belonged to the district of Glauchau from 1990 , which was added to the district of Chemnitzer Land in 1994 and in 2008 to the district of Zwickau. On March 1, 2011, Waldsachsen was removed from the municipality of Meerane.

Culture and sights

Waldsachsen Church

Buildings

A first church was built in Waldsachsen in 1561. In 1653 it was renewed, in 1736 it was given a new tower, in 1831 and 1868 it was enlarged. The first organ was repaired in 1852, but replaced in 1868 by a new instrument by Johann Gotthilf Bärmig .

literature

  • Richard Steche : Forest Saxony. 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. 42.
  • Holger Kliche Chronicle of Waldsachsen Historical Institute Eberswalde, Eberswalde 2010.

Web links

Commons : Waldsachsen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Altenburg Office in the book "Geography for all Stands", from p. 201
  2. ^ The locations of the Altenburg district from p.83
  3. ↑ The eastern district of the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg in the municipal directory 1900
  4. ^ The district office of Ronneburg in the municipality register 1900
  5. ↑ Waldsachsen (Schönburg. Share) in the book "Geography for all Stands", p. 898
  6. ↑ The Thurm Manor at www.sachsens-schlösser.de
  7. ↑ [AAJ & pg = PA18 & lpg = PA18 & dq = amt + Penig & source = bl & ots = srHQZmcRUl & sig = o8wM2-8wjXmuvkCE4xPHIjUVN0g & hl = en & sa = X & ved = 0ahUKEwjRwv6psurJAhUCgQ8KHQCgCtcQ6AEIVDAJ # v = OnePage & q = amt% 20penig & f = false Waldsachsen "geography Handbook", p.148 in]
  8. ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 64 f.
  9. ↑ The Kanzleilehngut Carthause on www.sachsens-schlösser.de
  10. ↑ Schweinsburg Castle at www.sachsens-schlösser.de
  11. ↑ The Ruppertsgrün manor at www.sachsens-schlösser.de
  12. ↑ The Zwickau administrative authority in the municipal register 1900
  13. ↑ The Glauchau administrative authority in the municipal register 1900
  14. ^ Map with the exchange areas between Saxony and Thuringia in 1928
  15. ↑ Waldsachsen on gov.genealogy.net