Wiedersberg

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Wiedersberg
Triebel / Vogtl municipality .
Coordinates: 50 ° 21 ′ 50 ″  N , 11 ° 59 ′ 57 ″  E
Incorporation : January 1, 1994
Wiedersberg (Saxony)
Wiedersberg

Location of Wiedersberg in Saxony
View of the town center
View of the town center

Wiedersberg is part of the Triebel / Vogtl municipality . in the Vogtlandkreis in Saxony .

geography

The place is located between Plauen and Hof / Saale in the Saxon Vogtland near the Bavarian border in the valley of the Feilebach , which undergoes a striking change of direction shortly after Wiedersberg. The federal highway 173 passes directly north of the place . The federal highway 93 is also very close on the Bavarian side.

history

The founding of Wiedersberg is probably closely related to the location on the old imperial road Via Imperii (B 173). It is considered likely that Wiedersberg Castle was built to secure this road. The place first appeared in a document in 1267 with a “Reimboto de Gegenberch”. What led to the destruction of the castle is unclear. The Hussite Wars and the Thirty Years' War could be considered as they wreaked havoc in the area. The leader of the notorious Holk Horsemen, Heinrich von Holk , died in 1633 in the Wiedersberg Vorwerk Troschenreuth . 1503 bought "Hans von Machwitz zu Wiedersbergk" from Heinrich the Elder von Schleiz and Greiz the care (lordship) and castle Reichenfels near Hohenleuben.

The Protestant Michaeliskirche in Wiedersberg was originally a daughter church of St. Lorenz in Hof. Since this was accompanied by church and feudal rights from Hof, but Wiedersberg belonged to Saxony under state sovereignty, it was a controversial parish for the centuries until 1848 . The places Heinersgrün with the chapel of St. Klara, Troschenreuth and Ramoldsreuth were parish to Wiedersberg, among others. Wiedersberg belonged to the Voigtsberg office until the 19th century .

On July 1, 1950, the previously independent municipality of Troschenreuth was incorporated.

After the Second World War , the place was more and more affected by its proximity to the inner-German border . From 1952 to 1960, in Wiedersberg still mined fluorspar mined, then the place fell into the 5-km exclusion zone and was only accessible by permit. The entire Troschenreuth district and the houses on the Saxon side of Ullitz were destroyed by the GDR border troops . The mansion fell into disrepair and was demolished except for a stair tower.

St. Michaelis Church

The church was also to be blown up as part of a civil defense exercise . Thanks to the turning point , she narrowly escaped this fate. With the commitment of the Wiedersberg village club under its former director Geipel, it was saved and renovated. Since then, Protestant services have been celebrated again in the church . In the church there is an older electronic church organ from the Ahlborn company that was bequeathed to her as a gift. The altar that was on loan will soon be moving in again.

The church is also used for cultural events such as the Hubertus Mass. Today the churches of Heinersgrün and Wiedersberg belong to the triune parish of Bobenneukirchen .

Worth seeing

Wiedersberg castle ruins

literature

Web links

Commons : Wiedersberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Manors and castles in the kingdom of Saxony: Wiedersberg  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Burgruine Reichenfels - A hike through history and landscape, Museum Reichenfels, City of Hohenleuben, probably published around 1992, p. 20
  2. ↑ Historical place directory of Saxony