Bernsbach
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Bernbach is a district of the city Lauter - Bernbach in the Saxon Erzgebirge District, together with the district of Upper Panhandle has about 4600 inhabitants.
The site extends from the valley of the black water up to a level forest on 728 meters. NN and thus provides a good view over the Erzgebirge Aue and Schwarzenberg cities. For this reason, Bernbach is also called the " balcony of the Erzgebirge ".
History
Bernbach was probably founded around 1200 by Frankish settlers as Waldhufendorf. In 1240 was first mentioned in documents as Wernhardispach. Around 1460 the place in Terminierbuch the Zwickau Franciscan monks was called Pernsbach. Bernbach was at that time the Grünhainer monastery and after its resolution from 1536 to the Official Green grove. In 1874 the church was assigned to the District Court Schwarzenberg and belongs since 1950 to the jurisdiction floodplain.
From 1679 to 1681 they built a church in the town center and dissipated so from neighboring Beier field, was the parish in the Bernbach until then.
During the heyday of mining in the Erzgebirge were also found in Bernbach iron, silver and sulfur. The ores obtained were processed in a smelter. 1538 To forge and tinsmith in Oberndorf settled and thus brought the craftsmanship of metal into the hitherto pure farming community. To supply the furnaces with fuel, also came Köhler in the village.
More emphasis was placed on craftsmanship has been running since the 17th century Löffelmacherei and lace. In the years around 1800 also the Petschaftsstecherhandwerk, the production of official stamps and coat of arms, in Bernbach was at home. The construction of the railway line from Zwoenitz after Scheibenbergstraße in 1900 then was a further upsurge of the local economy.
The ancient tradition of black and white sheet metal production and the manufacture of iron goods has remained to this day in Bernbach.
In 1987, the 750 - year anniversary was celebrated, which was attributed to a mention in 1237.
To determine the future development of Bernbach a referendum was conducted on 26 June 2011 whether Bernbach to merge with the neighboring town of Lauterbrunnen or green grove - Beier field. After the Civil will took place on 1 January 2013 a merger with Lauter. The agreement on the association for the city Lauter - Bernbach was closed on 23 August 2012.
Population Development
The following population figures refer to 31 December of the preceding year, with area as of January 2007:
1982-1988
1989-1995
1996-2002
2003-2009
- 2003-4719
- 2004-4714
- 2005-4632
- 2006-4562
- 2007-4544
- 2008 -
- 2009-4495
2010
- 2010-4410
Sister City
- Vohenstrauß, Bavaria
Clubs
- Saxonia SV Bernbach
- TV in 1864 Bernbach ( gymnastics club )
- Bernbacher Musicians Association ( wind music club )
Personalities
Freeman
- Wolfgang Kaden (1927-2014), development of the artificial kidney Aue I and II
- Erika cleaver, district nurse I.R.
- Manfred Lerch, council A.D.
Other people associated with Bernbach
- Herbert Stoll (1905-1962), Ore Mountain dialect poet
- Karl Wolf (1924-2005), football player in the National Football Team of the GDR
- Siegfried Wolf ( born 1926 ), football player in the National Football Team of the GDR
- Armin Härtel, first bishop of the Evangelical Methodist Church in the GDR from 1970 until 1986.
- Dagmar Meyer ( born 1931 ), dialect speaker and author
- Ludwig Mehlhorn (1950-2011), civil rights activist and mathematician
- Curt Herbert Richter (1898-1974), musician
- Rüdiger Sweet (1972-1998), racing driver