Zettlitz
| coat of arms | Germany map | |
|---|---|---|
 Help on coat of arms |
Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′ N , 12 ° 50 ′ E |
|
| Basic data | ||
| State : | Saxony | |
| County : | Central Saxony | |
| Management Community : | Rochlitz | |
| Height : | 262 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 15.68 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 685 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 44 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 09306 | |
| Area code : | 03737 | |
| License plate : | FG, BED, DL, FLÖ, HC, MW, RL | |
| Community key : | 14 5 22 600 | |
| LOCODE : | DE ZTL | |
| Community structure: | 6 districts | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
At the church 6 09306 Zettlitz |
|
| Website : | ||
| Mayor : | Steffen Dathe | |
| Location of the municipality of Zettlitz in the district of central Saxony | ||
  |
||
Zettlitz is a municipality in the north of the central Saxony district between the cities of Rochlitz and Geringswalde . It is part of the Rochlitz administrative community based in the city of the same name.
geography
Zettlitz is located on the eastern bank of the Zwickauer Mulde . The city of Rochlitz is about five kilometers to the southwest and the city of Chemnitz about 35 kilometers further south .
Neighboring communities
Neighboring communities are Geringswalde (city), Königsfeld , Rochlitz (city) and Seelitz in the district of central Saxony and Colditz (city) and Zschadraß in the district of Leipzig .
Community structure
The community consists of the districts:
history
First documented mention, other guaranteed place name forms
In 1233 a Heinricus de Ceteliz is mentioned in a document, which is the first indirect documentary evidence of a community of this name. It is unclear whether the document refers to Zettlitz near Rochlitz or Zedtlitz near Borna. Czetelicz, first mentioned in 1350, certainly means today's Zettlitz. The village name is altsorbischer origin and means village of CETel ... .
Other spellings of the place name mentioned in documents are:
- 1350, 1378: Czetelicz
- 1400, 1445, 1447 Czetlicz
- 1548: slip of paper
- 1749: Zettlitz
- 1791: Zettlitz
Incorporations
| Former parish | date | annotation |
|---|---|---|
| Arnsdorf | 04/01/1935 | |
| Ceesewitz | 07/01/1950 | |
| Hermsdorf (formerly: Hochhermsdorf) | 07/01/1950 07/01/1965 |
Incorporation to Aitzendorf, reclassification to Zettlitz |
| Kralapp | 07/01/1964 | |
| Methau | 07/01/1950 | |
| Rüx | 07/01/1964 |
Population development
Development of the population (December 31) :
|
|
|
- Data source: Saxony State Statistical Office
With 794 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2012), Zettlitz is the second smallest municipality in Saxony after the municipality of Rathen with 372 inhabitants, measured by population.
politics
Municipal council
Since the municipal council election on May 25, 2019 , the 9 seats of the municipal council have been distributed among the individual groups as follows:
- Association of voters of the volunteer fire brigades of the municipality of Zettlitz (WV FF): 6 seats
- LEFT : 1 seats
- Voting Association Choir (WV Choir): 1 seat
- FSV Zettlitz: 1 seat
mayor
In November 2016, Rochlitz-born Steffen Dathe was elected mayor with 84% of the vote.
Culture and sights
- see also: List of cultural monuments in Zettlitz
- Village church in the Hermsdorf district from 1788 with organ from the workshop of Friedrich Ladegast (1884)
- Zettlitz Church - new building in 1847 with double galleries and retracted pulpit altar
- Auenbachtal
Impressions from Zettlitz
Zettlitz church in its current state
Lithograph of the church in Zettlitz around 1840
Impressions from Zettlitz
Ceesewitz
Methau
The Ladegast organ in the Protestant church in Biederitz
economy
The community is characterized by agriculture . Of particular importance is AGRO AG Methau, which cultivates around 4200 hectares of arable land and 250 hectares of grassland (as of 2010), a dairy cattle facility built in Methau in 1975 and expanded in 1978, and a pig fattening facility in Ceesewitz . In 2005 she built a biogas plant to generate energy.
Near the district Methau been at least since the 16th century and into the 20th century slate , broken of the roofing was used and facades.
traffic
The federal road 175 touches the municipality in the south, the districts are connected by several district and municipal roads. Zettlitz is served in public transport by buses of the central Saxony transport association, which connect the community with the nearby cities, especially the train stations in Geithain and Waldheim . There is no direct rail connection; the Glauchau – Wurzen railway line that used to run through the district of Kralapp (without a railway station) has now been closed, as has the Waldheim – Rochlitz line that runs through the neighboring communities to the south . The nearest stations on the Riesa – Chemnitz and Neukieritzsch – Chemnitz routes are around 10 km away.
Personalities
- Christian Rietschel (1908–1997), Dr. theol., theologian, writer and artist, pastor in Zettlitz from 1936 to 1950
Sons and daughters of the church
- Friedrich Ladegast (1818–1905), born in today's hamlet of Hermsdorf, was an important German organ builder
literature
- Richard Steche : Zettlitz. In: Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 14th booklet: Amtshauptmannschaft Rochlitz . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1890, p. 134.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population of the Free State of Saxony by municipalities on December 31, 2019 ( help on this ).
- ↑ Ernst Eichler , Hans Walther (ed.): Historisches Ortnamesbuch von Sachsen , Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-05-003728-8 , Volume II, page 640
- ↑ Karlheinz Blaschke (ed.): Historical local directory of Saxony , new edition, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 3-937209-15-8 , page 838
- ^ The Sachsenbuch, Kommunal-Verlag Sachsen KG, Dresden, 1943
- ↑ a b c d e municipalities 1994 and their changes since 01.01.1948 in the new federal states , Metzler-Poeschel publishing house, Stuttgart, 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , publisher: Federal Statistical Office
- ↑ a b Lists of the municipalities incorporated since May 1945 and evidence of the breakdown of the independent manor districts and state forest districts, 1952, publisher: Ministry of the Interior of the State of Saxony
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ http://www.freipresse.de/LOKALES/MITTELSACHSEN/MITTWEIDA/Dritter-Wahlgang-Zettlitz-hat-neuen-Rathauschef-artikel9689168.php#
- ↑ Methau Perspectives. Company report, New Agriculture 8/95 pp. 7-10. Accessed August 18, 2014
- ↑ Methauer AGRO-AG. Accessed August 18, 2014
- ↑ Zettlitz community - history. ( Memento of the original from August 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed August 18, 2014
- ↑ The slate deposits of Saxony. Accessed August 18, 2014
Web links
- Atlas Central Saxony
- Zettlitz in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony