Bernstadt auf dem Eigen

Bern city on the self ( officially: Bernstadt ad Eigen, Sorbian: Benadźice ) is a Saxon country town in the district of Görlitz. It belongs to Upper Lusatia and is situated in the city triangle of Görlitz -Zittau - Lobau. It is part of the administrative center of the administrative community Bernstadt / Schönau- Berzdorf that corresponds to the cultural and historical landscape of the self 's circle largely.

2.1 Place names forms
2.2 Managing affiliation
2.3 Population development

3.1 City Council
3.2 Coat of Arms
3.3 partnerships

4.1 Attractions
4.2 Museums
4.3 Structures
4.4 Regular events
4.5 Leisure and sports facilities

6.1 freeman
6.2 Sons and daughters of the town
6.3 Other people associated with the city

7.1 Literature
7.2 footnotes
7.3 External links

Geography

City arrangement and amalgamation

Bern city on the self,

1957:

Kunnersdorf on the self ( since 1994 the district )

1994:

Altbernsdorf on the self,
Busch Schenk houses,
Dittersbach on the self,
Kemnitz,
Lehdehäuser and
Russians.

History

Bern city on the self was first mentioned in a document of the Bishop of Meissen as " Bernhardistorf " on 22 September 1234. The country town belonged for centuries to the reign of the abbesses of the monastery of St. Mary Star. Against the wishes of her reign led the Bern city dwellers in the mid-16th century, the Reformation, which led to decades of confrontation with the abbesses.

Place-name forms

1234: Bernhardistorf, 1245: Bernardistorf, 1280: Bernhartstorf, 1285: Bernhardus et Otto fratres dicti de Bernhart village, 1290: Bernhardsdorph 1339: civitas Bernardi, 1352: Bernhart Dorff, 1384: Berne Village, 1401: Bernstorph 1425: Bernsdurff 1497: Bernstat, 1516: Bernstadt, 1566: Bernstettel

The Sorbian name stated Filip Rezak 1920 with Bjenadźicy and Bjarnaćicy, Walter Wenzel gave him 2008 as Benadźice again. Since the city is outside the Sorbian settlement area, there are no officially binding form.

Management affiliation

1835-1932: Circle captaincy Bautzen, 1932-1943: county captaincy Dresden- Bautzen, later Regierungsbezirk Dresden- Bautzen, 1952-1994: Circle Lobau ( county Lobau ), 1994-2008: County Lobau -Zittau, since 2008: district of Görlitz.

Population Development

Source: Historical Gazetteer of Saxony

Policy

City council

The City Council consists of 14 members. Since the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, they distributed as follows among the individual lists and parties:

Coat of arms

The coat of arms history of Oberlausitzer place Bernstadt content is a little strange. Although Bernstadt bears on a blue field a solid wall and a tower, underlining the city status especially - but Bernstadt never had a closed wall, only three gates " protect " the city. However, these were the great fire of 1828 to the victim.

In 1900 the coat of arms was confirmed today valid, but which very closely follows an existing since 1538 form. In the meantime, there was a coat of arms with horizontally extending wall battlements loose. A ceremony date is not known. But certainly it can be assumed that the coat of arms was by the then owner Bern Forbidden City, the convent Marienstern at Kamenz awarded.

Partnerships

Bern city has partnerships with two communities, which also bear the name Bernstadt. These are ( German: Bern city on the pasture ) since 1 June 1991 Bern city in Baden -Württemberg and since May 10, 1997, the city Bierutów in Poland.

Since October 2005, there are other community relations Zawidow ( German: Seidenberg ) in Poland, which relates to the cross-border cooperation of the volunteer fire department.

Culture and sights

Attractions

Marketplace with the Erdachsenbrunnen and the Protestant Church ( 800 years )
The historic city closed system of the Middle Ages
And the unique " roofscape "
The Pließnitztal in Kunnersdorf (some half-timbered houses)
The cultural park in Kemnitz
Dittersbach with some half-timbered and half-timbered houses
Altbernsdorf with the typical 3 - and 4- side courts

Museums

Local History Museum Bern city on the self and environment
Heimatstube Dittersbach

Structures

St. Mary's and Holy Cross Church of the Protestant parish with its 64 m high tower, the surrounding churchyard and the church wall from the 12th century
Other church buildings in Dittersbach and Kemnitz with cemeteries
Small catholic church in Kunnersdorf
Bernstadt cemetery with a chapel
In 1993, the city erected a monument Klaus Riedel.
Royal Saxon milestone ( branch stone) from the post - course Bernstadt Lobau on the road Russians ( Russians houses)
Remains of the former narrow gauge railway herrnhut Bernstadt

Regular events

Erdachsenschmieren ( Organizer: City Council Bernstadt / OFW Bernstadt )
Oberlausitzer Oktoberfest in Kemnitz O / L
Hexenfeuer with witches Contest on April 30
The tractor meeting in Kemnitz ( end of August)
Riding and driving sports events in Kemnitz and Dittersbach
Countless sporting events Handball / Football / Volleyball / Badminton etc.
Competition of the fire brigades under floodlights in Altbernsdorf ( in September )
Fowl Exhibitions ( January and October )
Photo exhibition (January)

Leisure and sports facilities

Forest pool
Museum of Local History
Townhouse with hall
Sports hall Pließnitztal in Kunnersdorf
Town center Dittersbach with Heimatstube
Town center Kemnitz with kindergarten
Sports and multi- purpose hall in Dittersbach
Sports Facilities in Bernstadt, Dittersbach and Kemnitz
Local fire departments volunteer firefighters in Altbernsdorf, Bernstadt ( Kunnersdorf ) Dittersbach and Kemnitz
Kindergarten in Bernstadt and Kemnitz
Youth Club in Kunnersdorf, Altbernsdorf, Dittersbach

Education

Primary school Schönau- Berzdorf
High school " Klaus Riedel " Bernstadt. Here, at the time of the comprehensive rehabilitation. The former building of the primary school has been completely refurbished and is used as a house I. The renovation of the building II will continue in 2014.

Personalities

Freeman

The following persons were awarded honorary citizenship:

Sons and daughters of the town

Christian Gottlieb Riccius (1697-1784), legal scholar
Gustav Wilhelm Schubert (1801-1877), lawyer and historian, honorary citizen of Bernstadt
Julius Pfeiffer (1824-1910), lawyer and politician (NLP ), MdR, MP ( Kingdom of Saxony )
Adolf Klose (1844-1923), mechanical engineer at the Saxon State Railroad
Klaus Riedel (1907-1944), rocket pioneer
Herbert Seifert (1907-1996), mathematician

Other people associated with the city

Johann Mentzer (1658-1734), pastor at Kemnitz (1696-1734), hymn writer (1704 " O that I had a thousand tongues" )
Adolf Ernst Hensel (1811-1862), German politician, President of the Second Chamber of the Saxon parliament