Bärenstein

Baerenstein is a municipality on Pöhlbach in the Erzgebirge District in Saxony.

• 2.1 Population development

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 partnership
• 3.3 Coat of Arms

• 5.1 traffic

• 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
• 6.2 Persons who are associated with the place

Geography

The place is about 710 m above sea level, on the German -Czech border in the valley of Pöhlbaches. The highest elevation is the same bear stone with 898 m height.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring municipalities are in the north Königswalde, to the west and south Sehmatal Oberwiesenthal. In the east, the Czech town Vejprty is ( Weipert ). The next large town in the north of Annaberg -Buchholz is mentioned.

Structure

While there is no official districts, however, a distinction between bears stone, Stahlberg, Kühberg and precipitation. Together with Königswalde forms the municipality to manage Community Baerenstein.

History

The place bears stone was built around 1500 1525 there is the first documentary mention. " On Pernštejna ". 1548 Bear Stone became a council village of Annaberg. With about 700 inhabitants, it was after the Thirty Years War one of the most populous villages in the Ore Mountains. 1834 Bear Stone was granted market rights. With the construction of the railway line from Annaberg to Weipert 1867 's economic boom began, especially in the textile industry. In the 1875, part of the Amtshauptmannschaft Annaberg rural community in 1896 Stahlberg was incorporated.

After 1945, the existing border crossings were closed in Czechoslovakia and opened again until after 1990.

Population Development

On 3 October 1990 Baerenstein counted 3171 inhabitants. The following population figures refer to 31 December of the preceding year:

Policy

Parish council

The council has 14 members, of which has since the local elections of 2009, the Bärensteiner list of 12 seats and the Left 2 seats.

Partnership

Partner community is Planegg near Munich.

Coat of arms

Blazon: "In gold on growing red rock a border black bear. "

Coat Explanation: The local coat of arms are canting arms as the place name "Bear Stone " again.

Culture and sights

In Baerenstein directly on the B 95, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer to 1655 and opposite the Town Hall in 2013 made ​​replica of the Kursächsische half mile column No. 54 of the former postal course Leipzig - Chemnitz - Annaberg - Carlsbad by 1723.

Not far from the town is the stone bears, one of obererzgebirgischen basalt hills with a lookout tower and shelter house.

Economy and infrastructure

Economically, particularly the tourism in the winter is important. Near the local part of precipitation, a new mine was excavated on October 28, 2010. Annually 50000-130000 tons of fluorspar should there be mined from mid-2012, initially need in the coming year and a half but 200,000 tons of rock to be blasted and removed in order to reach the reference. Operator is the Erzgebirgische river and Schwerspatcompagnie Geos (EFS Geos ). This mine is the first new mine since the political change in Saxony in 1989/90.

Traffic

Through the village the main road lead 95 (Leipzig- Chemnitz- Oberwiesenthal ), which further leads to Karlovy Vary ( Carlsbad), and the railway line (Chemnitz ) Floeha - Annaberg -Buchholz - Vejprty ( Weipert ) - ( Chomutov ). There is a car border crossing to Vejprty.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Friedrich Ludwig August Mayer ( born August 12, 1790 in Bear Stone, † March 31, 1829 in Dresden), opera singer ( baritone) and opera composer
• Franz Ulbrich ( born January 22, 1885 in Bear Stone, † December 6, 1950 in Kassel), director and theater manager
• Rüdiger Alberti ( born July 13, 1898 in Baerenstein; † August 12, 1953 in Leipzig), Pastor
• Curt Herbert Richter ( born November 6, 1898 in Baerenstein; † February 3, 1974 in Bernbach ), zither soloist and composer
• Lukas Richter ( born February 22, 1923 in Baerenstein; † 24 September 2000 in Berlin ), music historian
• Rudolf Pleil (* July 7, 1924 in the district Kühberg, † February 16, 1958 in Celle), subsequent serial killer
• Steffen Flath ( born February 10, 1957 in Baerenstein ), politician ( CDU)
• Heinz Werner Höber ( born May 20, 1931 in Baerenstein; † 15 May 1996 Berlin- Charlottenburg), novelist, regarded as the father of the paperback hero G -Man Jerry Cotton

Those associated with the location of

• Friedrich Hermann Löscher ( born September 14, 1860 in Annaberg; † 27 December 1944 Baerenstein ), pastor and local historian of the Ore Mountains