Grünhainichen

Grünhainichen is a municipality in the Erzgebirge District in Saxony ( Germany ). The municipality consists of the villages and forest Grünhainichen churches and belongs to the administrative organization of Wildenstein. The community is to Seiffen / Erzgeb. the second most important center of the toy manufacture in the Erzgebirge.

  • 5.1 municipal
  • 5.2 Mayor
  • 5.3 Coat of Arms
  • 6.1 Museums
  • 6.2 Structures
  • 8.1 company
  • 8.2 traffic

Geography

Location

The Waldhufendorf Grünhainichen lies west of the Floeha. It extends in an east-west direction. The highest point of the resort is the Scheffelberg with 501 m, the deepest point is at the Floeha at 328 m. The district forest churches, also a Waldhufendorf lies west of Grünhainichen in a tributary of the Zschopau.

Neighboring communities

In the north Leubsdorf borders with the district Marbach, in the east, on the opposite bank of the Floeha, Borstendorf, in the south Pockau - Lengefeld with the district wishes village, southwest Börnichen / Erzgeb. to the community. In the west, bordering Gornau / Erzgeb. and Zschopau to.

History

Grünhainichen 1349 in Lehnbuch Friedrich III. of austerities for the first time documented as " Heinchin ". With the Reformation in 1539 the place comes to the parish churches forest. The Spoonmaker hanse Oehmen is mentioned in 1579 in the parish register. It is probably the oldest evidence of woodenware in the Erzgebirge. Already in 1650 a carpenter, Kästelmacher, Brettschneider, violin maker, drum maker and Röhrbohrer be called. The tension drawing mill is also mentioned for the first time this year. Due to the artisans and traders of the place the goods are in the following period at trade fairs in Frankfurt ( Oder), Lüneburg, Dresden, Leipzig and Braunschweig offered. The place is called " small -Leipzig ".

1711 the first teacher is mentioned. In 1750 a stone bridge over the Floeha is built. The first school building was built in 1787; In the same year the first physician in the place is active. The wood products manufacturing takes more and more time in this recovery, in the 70 houses of the village, only 18 farmers are located. In the 19th century caused more toy manufacturers. 1848 Grünhainichen independent parish and Borstendorf is a branch church. The church was inaugurated on 14 October 1850.

On 24 May 1875, the connection is made to the rail network. The volunteer fire department was established on 13 June 1875. In 1879, a State Toys and Crafts School will be established by the Saxon government. On 1 August 1881, the paper factory sealed & Hasse begins production. Through the Toy publisher Oswald Wagner a foundation to Help 1888 is set to be innocent in need Advised. In 1900, seven toys businesses and over 1000 house Industrial in place worked. The town hall is built in 1907. The outdoor pool is built in 1926. The Toymaker career in 1936 officially recognized. The Madonna with the Engelberg by Grete Wendt receives at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1937 a Grand Prix and a gold medal. 1954 carried the closure of the toy retail and commercial school. In the years 1970 to 1972, the last private toy manufacturer and crafts enterprises are nationalized. After the turn, many companies are re-privatized again in 1990. Since 1992 there has been in Grünhainichen only a primary school. Grünhainichen is 1994 Member of the Management Association of Wildenstein. 1999 will be inaugurated by the company Wendt & Kühn a free- music box.

On March 1, 2009, the formerly independent communities Grünhainichen forest and churches have joined the new community Grünhainichen.

Population Development

The following numbers of inhabitants of the district Grünhainichen refer to the 31 December of the preceding year, with area as of January 2007:

1982-1988

1989-1995

1996-2002

2003-2009

  • 2003: 1383
  • 2004: 1382
  • 2005: 1362
  • 2006: 1329
  • 2007: 1302
  • 2008: 1281
  • 2009: 2374

2010-2011

  • 2010: 2319
  • 2011: 2278

Memorials

  • Memorial stone of 1974 in the park at the mill road in memory of the fallen soldiers of the Red Army and of resistance fighters against fascism

Policy

Parish council

Since the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, the 16 seats of the council distributed as follows among the individual groups:

  • CDU: 8 seats
  • FBI: 5 seats
  • WCS: 3 seats

Mayor

Coat of arms

The community Grünhainichen used a coat of arms with a representation of the Erzgebirge angel lights and two fir trees until 28 February 2009. Thus the importance of the Erzgebirge handcrafts is made clear for the place. With the establishment of a unified community with forest churches, it is now only the local official coat of arms. The new coat of arms shows in addition to traditional Grünhainichener angel as a symbol of the local part Grünhainichen a miner in the Habit of a blue color worker as a symbol of the district forest churches. The spruce trees between the two figures symbolize the forest wealth of the Ore Mountains landscape. In the lower part of the two rivers Flöha and Zschopau are shown, on whose banks to water mills are ( water wheel ).

Culture and sights

Museums

  • Tension drawing mill
  • Erzgebirge Folk Art Museum

Structures

  • Fuchsturm ( ruin)
  • Large outdoor game box
  • Church

Sports

The Grünhainichener Ball Game Club is a football club with a long tradition. On 13 May 1913, the GBC was founded in 1921 for the first time took part in dressing games and celebrated in 1926 his first major success as a master of the district Flöhatal and the rise in the district league.

After the Second World War in 1948 was renamed BSG Traktor Grünhainichen and 1951, 1961 and 1964 district champion title. 1964-1971 played tractor in the district class (5th league in the GDR ). 1989, the fall in the second circle class. 1990 and 2003, again renamed GBC played in the first circle class, was founded in 2005 and returned Circle Cup Winners 2008/ 09 back in the county league of the Middle Erzgebirgskreises.

Economy and infrastructure

Business

  • Wendt & Kühn KG

Traffic

  • Flöhatalbahn
  • Bus service to Eppendorf, Zschopau, Floeha, Augustus Burg

Personalities

  • Walter Schmidt (1903-1962), politician ( NSDAP), 1936-1945 Mayor of the city of Chemnitz, born in Forest Churches
  • Hans Wendt (1930-2008), Managing Director of Wendt & Kühn
  • Roland Oehme ( born 1935 ), screenwriter and director, born in Grünhainichen
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