Walthersdorf

Walthersdorf municipality Crottendorf Coordinates: 50 ° 32 ′ 30 ″ N , 12 ° 57 ′ 17 ″ E
Height :	580 m
Area :	7.02 km²
Residents :	681 (May 9, 2011)
Population density :	97 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 1999
Postal code :	09474
Area code :	03733
Location of Walthersdorf in Saxony

Walthersdorf is a district of the municipality of Crottendorf in the Saxon Erzgebirgskreis in the Ore Mountains .

Geographical location

View over Walthersdorf from the Scheibenberg

The Waldhufendorf Walthersdorf is located in the western Ore Mountains in a wide flood plain of the Zschopau, east of the Scheibenberg and south of Schlettau .

Neighboring places

	Schlettau	Cunersdorf
Scheibenberg		Sehma
	Crottendorf	Cran number

history

Methodist Zion Church

The origins of the place and the origin of the settlers are not documented. According to current knowledge, it should have been Franconian-Thuringian settlers in the period from around 1180 to 1250. The village was first Walter Dorff on June 2, 1367 in a document of Emperor Charles IV. Mentioned in this as king of Bohemia to the subjects of the owner of the nursing Schlettau with the associated five villages Sehma , Cranzahl , Cunersdorf, Walther village and Königswalde (Official Page) allowed the export of cattle and grain from Bohemia and guaranteed them the same rights and freedoms as the Bohemians.

In the course of the regional reform on January 1, 1999, it was incorporated into Crottendorf.

Development of the population

year	population
1548/51	24 possessed men , 20 residents , 6 hooves
1764	24 possessed men, 6 cottagers , 6 hooves
1834	288
1871	455

year	population
1890	630
1910	837
1925	911
1939	974

year	population
1946	984
1950	1210
1964	995
1990	803

Economy and Infrastructure

Until December 30, 1996, Crottendorf was the end of a branch line that branched off from the Annaberg-Buchholz-Schwarzenberg line at Walthersdorf station . It was mainly used by trains on the route (Scheibenberg–) Schlettau – Crottendorf. Walthersdorf also had a stop on this, the historic waiting room of which can now be found in the Schwarzenberg Railway Museum .

The Walthersdorf (Erzgeb) train station was converted into a museum train station . There are no longer any scheduled journeys on the Annaberg-Buchholz-Schwarzenberg railway line that passes by. However, it is used by the Erzgebirge Observation Railway for regular special trips.