Heyersdorf
Heyersdorf is a municipality in the Thuringian district Altenburger Land. In terms of population, it is the smallest municipality in the district. Heyersdorf is delegator with Ponitz community for Goessnitz, that is, that some administrative tasks Gössnitzer City Hall to be done.
- 2.1 Population development
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Mayor
- 3.3 partner communities
Geography
Geographical location
Heyersdorf located north of the motorway 4 and northwest of the city Crimmitschau at the junction of Zeitz - Schmöllner - Lösshügellandes in the Vorgebirgslagen the Thuringian Slate Mountains and the Ore Mountains. The nearest towns are next to Crimmitschau ( 3 km southeast ) Schmölln ( 3km north ), Goessnitz (5 km northeast) and Meerane (5 km east).
Neighboring communities
Adjacent communities are Ponitz, the city Schmölln and Thonhausen in the district Altenburger Land and the city Crimmitschau Saxon district Zwickau.
History
Heyersdorf is first mentioned in 1296 in the Saxon church gallery. The oldest surviving parts of the church, the foundation walls of the nave date from the 13th century. The tower is younger. By 2012, it was assumed that the tower is the oldest part of the church is; archaeological excavations, however, refuted the. The tower was partially demolished in 1740. In 1805 the church roof and the tower received a comprehensive repair, the latter got a gold-plated tip. Another reconstruction learned the nave in 1833, when it was extended upwards and received the current west entrance. In 1858 an organ was installed by Christoph Opitz, who still is in original state.
Heyersdorf 1687-1688 was affected by witch hunts. Dorothea, widow of Michael Seiffart, got into a witch trial.
The school building was erected in 1890. Enjoying the character of a village road, a paved road was built through the town in 1865. In the years 1936 and 1937, a highway was built; for residents had to leave an area of 10.56 hectares at a length of 1.775 km. The place belonged to Saxony until 1952 and then only came to the circle Schmölln.
Population Development
Lived 1896 in Heyersdorf still 323 inhabitants, the population dropped to 1933 already to 280 and by 1939 to 251
Development of the population (as of December 31):
- 2000: 159
- 2001: 153
- 2002: 157
- 2003: 150
- 2004: 151
- 2005: 153
- 2006: 144
- 2007: 144
- 2008: 145
- 2009: 147
- 2010: 154
- 2011: 150
Policy
Parish council
The composition of the Municipal Council was elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote.
The turnout was 63.5 %.
Mayor
Helga Leithold won the mayoral election in 1994 ( 94.3 % ), 1999 ( 94.5 % ), 2004 ( 92.4 %) and 2010 ( 43.1 %).
Partner communities
Official Partners municipality is the town of Württemberg Neuenbürg in the partner district of Altenburger Land, the Enz, due to the common occurrence with the city Goessnitz. 1993 Furthermore, there is a friendly relationship with Kieselbronn, also in Enz. The same is with the French community Bernin since 1995.
Economy and infrastructure
Heyersdorf is located directly on the main highway 4 (junction 61 Schmölln ) and has a commercial area. The municipality is located in the Central German Transport Association and is on the circulating on working days except Saturdays bus 354 Thonhausen-Heyersdorf-Crimmitschau/Gößnitz-Schmölln accessible. The nearest train stations are in Ponitz and Crimmitschau on the railway Leipzig -Hof, and in Schmölln on the railway line Goessnitz -Gera.