Wolkenburg-Kaufungen

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Wolkenburg-Kaufungen
Coordinates: 50 ° 53 ′ 59 ″  N , 12 ° 40 ′ 17 ″  E
Area : 17.04 km²
Residents : 1599
Population density : 94 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 2000
Postal code : 09212
Area code : 037609
Wolkenburg-Kaufungen (Saxony)
Wolkenburg-Kaufungen

Location of Wolkenburg-Kaufungen in Saxony

Wolkenburg-Kaufungen is a district of Limbach-Oberfrohna in the district of Zwickau , Saxony . The municipality of Wolkenburg-Kaufungen was formed on January 1, 1994 through the merger of the municipalities of Wolkenburg / Mulde and Kaufungen . On January 1, 2000, it was incorporated into the large district town of Limbach-Oberfrohna.

geography

Suspension bridge over the Zwickauer Mulde in Wolkenburg

Geographical location

Wolkenburg-Kaufungen is the westernmost district of Limbach-Oberfrohna. It is divided into the locations of Wolkenburg / Mulde with Neue Heimat, Dürrengerbisdorf , Herrnsdorf , Uhlsdorf with Mühlwiese and Kaufungen mit Sorge. The location of Wolkenburg lies on both sides of the Zwickauer Mulde , Dürrengerbisdorf and Neue Heimat to the west of the river, the other places on the eastern side. Geographically, the district is located on the southwestern tip of the Saxon Granulite Mountains . In Wolkenburger area of mining between the 14th and 19th centuries is mentioned. In the west, Wolkenburg-Kaufungen borders Wolperndorf in Altenburger Land , the easternmost town in the Free State of Thuringia . The Luther Trail in Saxony runs through Wolkenburg .

Neighboring places

Obersteinbach , Markersdorf , Thierbach , Zinnberg Swap
Wolperndorf Neighboring communities Niederfrohna
Waldenburg , Schlagwitz , Niederwinkel Langenchursdorf , Bräunsdorf

history

Wolkenburg Castle, exterior view
Municipal office of Wolkenburg-Kaufungen in Wolkenburg
St. Mauritius Church in Wolkenburg
Entrance to the St. Anna visitor mine in Wolkenburg-Kaufungen

Kaufungen and Wolkenburg , which gave the district of Wolkenburg-Kaufungen its name , were first mentioned in documents in 1226 and 1241, respectively. While in Wolkenburg already at this time a castle was existed in Kaufungen a manor . The latter was owned by the noble von Kaufungen family , who belonged to the Meissen nobility and were first documented in 1231 with Henricus de Khoufungen . In the 15th century, the Kaufungen manor and the Wolkenburg castle belonged to Kunz von Kauffungen , who achieved fateful fame as a result of the Altenburg prince robbery in 1455. After his capture and beheading, his possessions were confiscated. Since then the rule of Wolkenburg has belonged to the Margraves of Meißen from the House of Wettin . The rulership of Wolkenburg included the villages of Wolkenburg (with the castle), Kaufungen (with the manor), Dürrengerbisdorf (partially), Herrnsdorf, Uhlsdorf, Mühlwiese and Sorge, which today form the district of Wolkenburg-Kaufungen. This also included the places Schlagwitz , a share of Franconia (both now part of Waldenburg ) and the exclave Jahnshorn (now part of Niederfrohna ). Located in the middle of the Schönburg rulership , the places of the rulership of Wolkenburg belonged as an exclave to the Electoral Saxon or Royal Saxon Office Borna until the 19th century .

Ullrichsberg (or Ullersberg), located between Herrnsdorf, Uhlsdorf and Niederwinkel, is one of the earliest mining locations in today's Free State of Saxony. The remains of a pingen field and what is now a desolate settlement of miners were archaeologically dated to the end of the 13th or the beginning of the 14th century in the early 1990s. Mining in the Wolkenburg district was first mentioned in a document in January 1351, when Margrave Friedrich III., The Stringency, reached an agreement with the brothers Volrad and Busso von Colditz about the exercise of minting rights in Wolkenburg. Copper, lead and silver were mined at Ullrichsberg with interruptions until the end of the 18th century. Since 1980, two tunnels (Blessing of God near Niederwinkel and St. Anna near Herrnsdorf) have been reopened to the public as visitor mines through a working group.

The places of today's district of Wolkenburg-Kaufungen came to the royal Saxon court of Limbach in 1851 and to the Penig court office in 1856 , which became part of the Rochlitz administration in 1875 . The paper and textile industry started in the 18th century was the opening of the section Glauchau - Penig the railway Glauchau Wurzen (Muldentalbahn) in 1875 new upswing. Towards the end of the Second World War, there was a women's subcamp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp in Wolkenburg from August 1944 to April 13, 1945 , in which around 400 women had to do forced labor for Opta-Radio AG Leipzig . Seven women succumbed to the inhumane living conditions. In April 1945 the area of ​​what is now the district of Wolkenburg-Kaufungen was briefly occupied by American troops.

On July 1, 1950, Mühlwiese (through reclassification of Kaufungen) and Herrnsdorf were incorporated into Uhlsdorf. As a result of the second district reform in the GDR , the communities of Wolkenburg, Kaufungen, Dürrengerbisdorf and Uhlsdorf (with Herrnsdorf and Mühlwiese) came from the Rochlitz district to the Glauchau district in the Chemnitz district (renamed Karl-Marx-Stadt district in 1953 ). On March 1, 1965, Uhlsdorf and Dürrengerbisdorf were incorporated into Wolkenburg / Mulde.

The municipalities of Wolkenburg / Mulde and Kaufungen belonged to the Saxon district of Glauchau from 1990 onwards , which became part of the district of Chemnitzer Land in 1994 and the district of Zwickau in 2008. They merged on January 1, 1994 to form the municipality of Wolkenburg-Kaufungen with the districts of Wolkenburg / Mulde, Kaufungen, Herrnsdorf, Uhlsdorf and Dürrengerbisdorf. On January 1, 2000, the municipality was incorporated into the city of Limbach-Oberfrohna after a failed administrative partnership with Waldenburg .

traffic

Wolkenburg station, reception building (2016)

The federal highway 175 touches the northwest of the district in the local situation Dürrengerbisdorf. The federal motorway 72 runs north-east of the district and can be reached via a motorway feeder to the “ Niederfrohna ” junction. The Glauchau – Wurzen (Muldentalbahn) railway line , which was closed in 2002 and on which Wolkenburg had a train station, runs along the east bank of the Zwickauer Mulde . The Luther Trail Saxony runs through Wolkenburg-Kaufungen .

Attractions

Kaufungen Castle
  • Wolkenburg Castle with St. Mauritius Church (New Church) in Wolkenburg / Mulde
  • Church of St. Georgen and St. Moritz (old church) in Wolkenburg / Mulde
  • St. Galluskirche Kaufungen
  • Kaufungen Castle
  • St. Anna treasure trove and mining office in Herrnsdorf
  • Suspension bridge and Haubold rocks in Wolkenburg / Mulde
  • Dürrengerbisdorf Farm Museum

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Wolkenburg-Kaufungen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Wolkenburg Castle at www.sachsens-schlösser.de
  2. ↑ The Kaufungen manor at www.sachsens-schlösser.de
  3. ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 62 f.
  4. ^ The rule of Wolkenburg in the archive of the Free State of Saxony
  5. ^ The Rochlitz district administration in the municipal register 1900
  6. ^ Industrial history of Wolkenburg-Kaufungen
  7. ^ Website of the Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial Accessed July 6, 2016
  8. ^ Industrial history of Wolkenburg-Kaufungen
  9. ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2000
  10. ^ Website of the Fundgrube St. Anna
  11. ↑ The Hauboldfelsen on the website of Wolkenburg-Kaufungen