Weifa

Weifa community Steinigtwolmsdorf
	Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′ 35 " N , 14 ° 21 ′ 45" E
Height :	434 m
Area :	3.89 km²
Residents :	700
Population density :	180 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 1999
Postal code :	01904
Area code :	035951
Location of Weifa in Saxony
	View of Weifa

Weifa ( Upper Lusatian : Weefe , Upper Sorbian Motydło ) is a village belonging to the municipality of Steinigtwolmsdorf in Saxony . The resort is the highest village in the Bautzen district .

The place was created as a forest hoof village and adapts to the landscape of the Lusatian mountainous region. Typical of the region are the half-timbered houses , which testify to the old hand weaving of the 17th to 19th centuries . The place name is derived from the term "Weife", an accessory used in hand weaving.

View of Weifa with a view of some half-timbered houses on Wiesenstrasse

history

Weifa was created in the course of the German settlement. A locator brought immigrants here. The town was founded around the 13th century. Flemings are said to have introduced flax growing and weaving here.

It was first mentioned in a document in 1464. From 1606 the ransom from the laborers began . The greatest heyday of weaving was between 1860 and 1890.

Weifa has been a climatic health and recreation center since around 1830. The FDGB holiday service brought thousands of holidaymakers to Weifa every year between 1949 and 1990.

geography

Weifa is located in the Lusatian Mountains on the border with the Bohemian Netherlands ( Czech Republic ), about two kilometers from Steinigtwolmsdorf. To the northeast of Weifa is the Weifaer Höhe (506 m) as one of the highest mountains in this region. Tributaries and ponds flow in a westerly direction and flow into the Wesenitz .

Religions

Weifa is a mainly Protestant-Lutheran village, but does not have its own church.

Attractions

There is a Meteomedia weather station in Weifa . A path located there was named Jörg-Kachelmann -Weg.

Weather station on Jörg-Kachelmann-Weg in Weifa

Educational trail on the local history of Weifa (created on the occasion of the 555th anniversary of Weifa and the 100th anniversary of Weifa clubs in 2019)

Local history museum in Weifa, Kammweg 21

Club life

In addition to the local youth club, the Weifa homeland and culture club, the tennis club, the “VLG-Racing” autocross club and the volunteer fire brigade also take part in local events. She organizes a Whitsun concert at the Hereditary Court every year. An Easter shooting and village festival are also held annually .

Personalities

Karl Gude (* 1905; † 1956), Upper Lusatian dialect poet
Helmut Frömmel (* 1915; † 1997), entrepreneur

Web links

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

Community website
Weifa in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony