Wilkau-Haßlau
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Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′ N , 12 ° 31 ′ E |
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| State : | Saxony | |
| County : | Zwickau | |
| Height : | 280 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 12.65 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 9656 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 763 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 08112 | |
| Primaries : | 0375, 037602, 037603 | |
| License plate : | Z, GC, HOT, WDA | |
| Community key : | 14 5 24 320 | |
City administration address : |
Poststrasse 1 08112 Wilkau-Haßlau |
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| Mayor : | Stefan Feustel ( CDU ) | |
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Wilkau-Haßlau is a small town in the Zwickau district in Saxony . It has about 10,000 inhabitants.
geography
Geographical location
The city lies at the foot of the Ore Mountains, in a basin, about 6 km south of Zwickau and is divided by the Zwickauer Mulde and the Rödelbach . To the left of the Mulde are the former communities of Haara , Neuhaara , Culitzsch and Wilkau, to the right of the river Oberhaßlau , Niederhaßlau , Silberstraße and Rosenthal, as well as the Sandberg, which has only been populated in the last few decades and which emerged from the municipal division of the village of Bockwa .
Neighboring communities
Neighboring communities are Hirschfeld and Reinsdorf and the cities of Kirchberg , Wildenfels and Zwickau in the district of Zwickau.
history
In 1279 Niederhaßlau (the lower Hasel-Aue) was first documented as a vassal property belonging to the County of Hartenstein in the possession of Count Meinher III. , Burgrave of Meissen , mentioned. In 1332 the later Jägerhof (from 1625) was the most important building in Niederhaßlau.
The small village of Wilkau was first mentioned in a document in 1439. His name is of Slavic origin and includes the word for wolf (see coat of arms). In 1670 there were only 12 wealthy and seven cottagers in the village. In 1850 Wilkau had around 200 inhabitants. Wilkau belonged to the Zwickau office .
After the start of industrial hard coal mining in the Zwickau hard coal district and the boom in the iron industry through the Königin-Marien-Hütte in neighboring Cainsdorf , which resulted in the Heinrich Dietel worsted yarn spinning mill , the population of Wilkaus rose to around 8,000 by 1900.
The city of Wilkau-Haßlau was created on May 1, 1934 through the merger of Wilkau and Niederhaßlau.
During the Second World War , hundreds of women and men from countries occupied by Germany had to do forced labor , to which they marched daily in wooden clogs in Zwickau armaments factories. When the US troops stood in front of the city in mid-April 1945, the doctor, Dr. Kalle that the city was forcibly taken by breaking down anti-tank barriers and preventing the Mulden Bridge from being blown up.
School history
Niederhaßlau / Haßlau
- 1843 Acquisition of a building site for a school building on the communication route to Vielau (since 1910 Kirchstrasse)
- 1845 Construction of the first school building with a turret in Niederhaßlau . The turret and bell were raised through voluntary donations; the building had to be expanded in 1853 and 1859 due to the rapidly increasing number of students. Until 1845 the school children had to go to school in Vielau .
- 1870–1871 Construction of the second Niederhaßlauer school house (old school, today elementary school and day care center)
- In 1895, immediately after Easter, the first school house from 1845 was demolished and construction of the third Niederhaßlauer school house (new school) began, which had to be expanded in 1900 and 1904. This schoolhouse, from 1945 the Dittes School after Friedrich Dittes , was used as a middle school until 2005.
- 1968 Inauguration of the polytechnic high school " Karl Marx " with gym in the residential area of Sandberg, from 1993 high school "Am Sandberg"
- In July 2008, the conversion of the Dittesschule into a modern elementary school suitable for the disabled begins
- 2010 on August 9, a ceremonial inauguration of the Dittes - elementary school
Wilkau
- 1853 first school house, before that the schoolchildren had to go to school in Culitzsch.
- second school building, the so-called Frankenhäusel, in today's Schulstrasse
- 1884 extension to a second school building
- 1889–1890 Construction of school house B, which was expanded from 1897–1898, from 1945 the Pestalozzi School, the building was demolished in 1998
- 1996–1997 Replacement building for the Pestalozzi Middle School
Oberhaßlau / Silberstrasse
- 1864 first own school building that previously had the school children to Vielau go to school
- In 1968 the primary school was closed
Culitzsch
- 1560 Construction of the first school house, which was later destroyed in a fire
- 1861 Construction of a new school together with Wilkau, which also burned down
- 1771 new school building
- 1900 Construction of a new school; the building has not been used as a schoolhouse since 1981. A specially founded association tries to preserve the building. The property was sold to private in 2013.
Incorporations
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On October 1, 1924, the village of Haara was incorporated into the then independent municipality of Wilkau. On February 8, 1910, the village of Rosenthal was annexed to the Niederhaßlau community. The next high point in the development of Wilkau-Haßlau was the unification of the communities Niederhaßlau and Wilkau to form the city of Wilkau-Haßlau on May 1, 1934.
A municipal division of the place Bockwa in 1939 between Zwickau and Wilkau-Haßlau brought another part.
Most recently, on January 1, 1999, Culitzsch and Silberstrasse were incorporated into the city through a municipal reform.
Population development
Development of the population: 1
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Memorials
A grave with a wooden pillar as a memorial in the Wilkau cemetery commemorates the social democratic , later communist opponent of Hitler, Liesel Stark , who died of the consequences of imprisonment after imprisonment and imprisonment in Ravensbrück .
A grave in the Wilkau cemetery that was renovated in 2008 is a reminder of the influential Dietel family of manufacturers and founders.
Furthermore, memorials for the victims of the two world wars have been erected in the cemeteries of Culitzsch , Wilkau, Haßlau and on Bergstrasse in Silberstrasse . Another memorial plaque for the victims of the First World War can be found in the Wilkau-Haßlau fire station .
politics
City council
Since the 2019 city council election , the 16 city council seats have been distributed among the individual groups as follows:
- CDU : 7 seats
- AfD : 5 seats
- LEFT : 2 seats
- Dorfclub Silberstraße e. V. (DCS): 1 seat
- Culitzsch-Wilkau Free Electoral Association (FWCW): 1 seat
- FDP : 1 seat
- The Greens : 1 seat
mayor
- 1945–1948: Walter Lang
- 1948–1955: Bernhard Robert Hauschild
- 1956–1978: Rudolf Reichel
- 1978–1990: Horst Tautenhahn
- 1990-2005: Frank Lange (CDU)
- Since October 1, 2005: Stefan Feustel (CDU)
Stefan Feustel was confirmed as mayor in 2012 and 2019.
Town twinning
Buildings and sights
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The townscape is determined by the second longest motorway bridge in Saxony, which spans the valleys of the Zwickauer Mulde and the Rödelbach. It is 671 m long and up to 55 m high. Until 2005 it was the longest motorway bridge in Saxony .
Since June 17, 2005, the so-called WiHa-duct has been connecting the two districts of Wilkau and Haßlau. This pedestrian bridge is 145 m long, 5.30 m wide, the pylon is 34 m high. From the suspension bridge there is also a connection via stairs and elevator to the breakpoint below, which was inaugurated on May 4, 2007. The name Wiha domestic product derives from viaduct , and is intended to mean: Wi LKAU Ha ßlau - d amit u ns k a t runs.
A classic car museum will open in the Culitzsch district on September 22nd, 2018.
See also
traffic
- railroad
At the Wilkau-Haßlau stop there is a connection to the Zwickau – Schwarzenberg line of the Erzgebirgsbahn . The Wilkau-Haßlau-Carlsfeld narrow-gauge railway ran from here until 1973 .
Since May 4, 2007, an Erzgebirgsbahn railcar has been called "Wilkau-Haßlau".
- Bus transport
The Regionalverkehrsbetriebe Westsachsen (RVW) belonging to the Rhenus Veniro Group has been operating a city bus route since 1997. This has been marketed as a TaktBus since 2019, also runs on weekends and serves, among other things, the two districts of Silberstraße and Culitzsch .
The Zwickau municipal transport company also serves Wilkau-Haßlau on line 10, and on weekends also on line 13.
There are also regional bus routes to Zwickau, Kirchberg, Bärenwalde, Weißbach and Aue.
economy
In GDR times, worsted spinning mills, the confectionery, paper and furniture industries were present in the village. The VEB confectionery factory Wesa Wilkau-Haßlau was continued after 1990 as the location of the Haribo company (with factory outlet).
The company IndiKar Individuall Karosseriebau GmbH , located in the Schmelzbach industrial park , attracted nationwide attention in 2009 with the concept study for a Trabant nT presented at the IAA .
fire Department
In 1878 the first volunteer fire brigade was founded in Wilkau. It consisted of 78 comrades, who in the course of the next time were equipped with an equipment trolley, staff ladders, stick ladders and a hand pressure syringe. The Wilkau volunteer fire brigade was supported by the manufacturer Dietel, in whose factories the site was located until the 1970s and who also offered financial support.
Finally, on August 7, 1892, the Niederhaßlau fire brigade was founded in the "Zum Bogenstein" inn.
On March 19, 1935, the voluntary fire brigades of the communities Wilkau and Niederhaßlau gave up their independence in a union meeting after the city of Wilkau-Haßlau was founded. The new fire brigade was divided into three companies, two in Wilkau and one in Haßlau. In 1939, when Bockwa was dissolved, another fire brigade with the appropriate technology was added to the Wilkau-Haßlau volunteer fire brigade.
In 1999 two more fire brigades were added to the fire services of the city of Wilkau-Haßlau as a result of the municipal reform , Silberstraße and Culitzsch . In the following years, extensive investments were made in the fire stations and equipment of the two new local fire departments.
A newly built, central and modern fire station with utility rooms, a comprehensive social wing and five parking spaces for fire engines has been available in the city center since August 2011.
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Ernst Kegel (1876–1945), chemist, first doctoral engineer
- Curt Lahr (1898–1974), head of the Saxon State Chancellery and President of the Saxon Savings Bank Association
- Max Dittrich (1889–1976), police officer, resistance fighter during the Nazi era
- Georg Hartmann (* 1909), National Socialist ministerial official
- Erhard Hippold (1909–1972), painter
- Erhart Krumpholz (1912–2008), motorcycle racer
- Kurt Meier (1914–1985), politician (SED) and trade unionist
- Dietmar Pohl (* 1943), soccer player
- Steffen Grummt (* 1959), athlete (decathlon), in 1985 he switched to bobsleigh and became world champion.
Personalities associated with the city
- Adolph Lobegott Peck (1766–1801), pastor in Culitzsch
- Ernst Kleinhempel (1862–1934), politician (NLP), councilor in Wilkau
- Hermann Hugo Neithold (1862–1939), businessman and art collector, authorized signatory of the worsted yarn spinning mill Heinrich Dietel
- Hugo Bethmann (1871–1936), mechanical engineer
- Klaus Matthäi (1935–1986), graphic artist and member of the SED district assembly
literature
- Klaus-Dietmar Hessel: Seen from above. Wilkau-Haßlau and Reinsdorf with their respective districts. HELU-Luftbildverlag, Meerane 2008, ISBN 978-3-9811450-2-1 . (= Seen from above , Volume 15.)
- Norbert Peschke : Wilkau-Hasslau. Historical views. (= Archive images .) Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2004, ISBN 3-89702-738-0 .
- Paul Seidel: Old Wilkau families and residents. Wilkau 1934. (Copy of the parts in the supplement to the General-Anzeiger für das lower Erzgebirge , year 1933, no. 4/5 and year 1934, no. 3/4; 310 families in the period 1599–1831 according to the inventory, part IV, German Central Office for Genealogy )
Web links
- Official website of the city
- Wilkau-Haßlau in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
- Wilkau in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
- Niederhaßlau in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population of the Free State of Saxony by municipalities on December 31, 2019 ( help on this ).
- ↑ Alfred Harendt: ... on the order of the doctor . In: Ursula Höntsch (Ed.): The zero hour . Verlag der Nation , Berlin 1966, p. 114-119 .
- ↑ Stadtanzeiger Wilkau-Hasslau, June 12, 2013
- ↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 1999
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Heidrun founder, Stefan Jung: 75 years of Wilkau-Haßlau city rights, Festschrift . Ed .: City administration Wilkau-Haßlau. Zschiesche GmbH, Wilkau-Haßlau 2009.
- ↑ https://www.wilkau-hasslau.de/wilkauhasslau/module/cms/obj_doku_popup.asp?id=335&rwfdp=0
- ↑ https://www.wilkau-hasslau.de/wilkauhasslau/content/9/20190529105907.asp
- ↑ a b c Stadtanzeiger Wilkau-Haßlau ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Edition of January 15, 2008, p. 1 (pdf; 1.97 MB)
- ↑ http://www.htc-ev.de/Historische_Technik_Culitzsch.html
