Weigelmühle

The Weigelmühle , later also the Siegelmühle and finally the Zinnermühle , was the oldest building in Johanngeorgenstadt , Erzgebirgskreis , Saxony . It was built by Bohemian exiles before the city was founded in 1654 and was demolished in 1928 as a traffic obstacle.

history

Matthäus Weigel (1590–1669) from the Bohemian mountain town of Platten asked the Saxon Elector Johann Georg I in 1651 to erect a house and a mill on the Fastenberg . After the elector had reported from the governor Wagner, the chief forestry officer of Carlowitz and the person of the official locksmith that no one, including the wilderness, would be hindered by the new building project, his request was approved on March 20, 1651. Matthäus Weigel had to pay one guilder and three groschen of hereditary interest and ten old shock taxes to the Schwarzenberg office . For this he was allowed to build a mill with a grinding aisle at the Breitenbach and Jugelbach at his own expense and was authorized to bake with rye and wheat.

In May 1651, Weigel was again requested to be assigned an area of ​​400 double steps, where he could cut down the timber required for the mill on site. In 1652 the mill was completed and started operating.

In the winter of 1654, numerous Bohemian exiles moved into the Weigelmühle, who spent several months here in a confined space until the first buildings in Johanngeorgenstadt offered them space to accommodate.

On June 9, 1654, Weigel had competition because the city council began building its own mill (= Obere Stadt- or Malzmühle) above the Weigelmühle, which, however, did not start operating until 1662 due to a lack of funds.

From 1681 the Dresdner Stolln was driven into the Fastenberg above the Mühlgraben.

The preservation of the Weigelmühle as the oldest building in the city was demanded by many historically interested Johanngeorgenstadt residents. But when the valley road was laid from the border crossing to the Wittigsthal ironworks, the structure stood in the way of the planned traffic management. In addition, as a half-timbered building, it was no longer in the best condition, so that in 1928 it was finally decided to demolish the building completely and partially backfill the mill moat.

Web links

• Steffi Rathe: Bohemian exiles in Saxony - illustrated using the example of the Erzgebirge. Lecture at the 10th Saxon Archives Day and 1st Saxon-Bohemian Archives Meeting from October 19 to 21, 2001 in Aue

Individual evidence

1. ^ Johann Christian Engelschall : Chronicle of Johanngeorgenstadt , Leipzig 1723, p. 117.
2. ^ Johann Christian Engelschall : Chronicle of Johanngeorgenstadt , Leipzig 1723, p. 11.
3. ^ Johann Christian Engelschall : Chronicle of Johanngeorgenstadt , Leipzig 1723, p. 103.