Wickershain

Wickershain City of Geithain Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 21 ″ N , 12 ° 42 ′ 39 ″ E
Area :	5.18 km²
Residents :	317 (December 1, 2016)
Population density :	61 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Postal code :	04643
Area code :	034341
Location of Wickershain in Saxony

Wickershain is a district of the city of Geithain in the Leipzig district (Free State of Saxony ). It was incorporated on January 1, 1974.

geography

Geographical location and traffic

Wickershain is located southeast of Geithain on the Eula . The development merges seamlessly into Geithain in the north. Wickershain lies between the federal motorway 72 in the west and the Neukieritzsch – Chemnitz railway line in the east. The federal highway 7 runs north of the village .

Neighboring places

	Geithain	Koenigsfeld , Köttwitzsch
Geithain		Stollsdorf
Bruchheim	Seifersdorf	Breitenborn

history

Wickershain, St. Marien Church

The forest hoof village Wickershain was first mentioned in 1135 as "Wiggershagen". The manorial power over the place was divided before 1764. It was exercised by the parish and the council of Geithain, the council of Rochlitz , the council of Penig and the Königsfeld manor . Another part was subordinate to the Rochlitz office as an official village . From 1764 to 1856, Wickershain belonged completely as an administrative village to the Electoral Saxon or Royal Saxon Office of Rochlitz. The offices were dissolved during the administrative reforms carried out in the Kingdom of Saxony in the 19th century . As a result, Wickershain came under the administration of the Geithain court office in 1856 and in 1875 under the newly founded Amtshauptmannschaft Borna .

As a result of the second district reform in the GDR in 1952, the Wickershain community was incorporated into the Geithain district in the Leipzig district. On January 1, 1974, Wickershain was incorporated into Geithain. As a district of the city of Geithain, Wickershain belonged to the Saxon district of Geithain from 1990 , which was merged into the newly formed district of Leipziger Land in 1994 and in the district of Leipzig in 2008.