Bertsdorf-Hörnitz

Bert Village Hoernitz is a municipality in the district Görlitz, Saxony, on the edge of the Zittau Mountains.

Geography and transport

Bert Village Hoernitz located in the south of the county, in a tributary of the Mandau between two 400 -meter-high mountain ranges. However, the Mandau itself only flows through the district Hoernitz. The community is located about three kilometers west of the town of Zittau and is adjacent to this. The community also has a railway station on the Zittau Narrow Gauge Railway, but the two kilometers located outside the municipal area.

History

Bert village and Althoernitz were Neuhörnitz created as Waldhufendorf as a strip of forest village.

Hoernitz 1912 formed from Alt- u Neuhörnitz.

The current major settlement was established on 1 March 1994 as part of the municipal reform from the two independent municipalities Bert village and Hoernitz. The municipality has received several awards in recent years, with the gold medal in the competition Entente Florale Europe 2005 and the gold medal in the national competition in 2004. She was most beautiful village in Saxony in 2003 and in the final round of the European Village Renewal Award 2004.

Place-name forms

  • Bert village: 1352: Bertramy villa, 1363: Bertranivilla, 1375: Pertramivilla, 1380/81: Bertram village, 1393: Baldramsdorff ( HOV), 1428: Bertransdorff ( HOV), 1453: Bert Dorff, 1578: Bertels village ( HOV), 1721: Bertz Dorff ( HOV), 1768: Bert village bey Zittau
  • Althoernitz 1366: Hœrnicz, 1369: Hurnicz 1386: Hornicz, 1420: Hornicz, 1721: Alt- Hernitz ( HOV), 1768: Alt- Hoernitz
  • Neuhörnitz 1551: Neuhörnitz ( HOV), 1768: New Hoernitz

Management affiliation

  • Bert village: 1777: Görlitz district, 1843: District Court District of Lobau, 1856: Court District Zittau, 1875: Amtshauptmannschaft Zittau, 1952: County Zittau, 1994: County Lobau -Zittau
  • Hoernitz: 1912: Amtshauptmannschaft Zittau, 1952: County Zittau Old and Neuhörnitz: 1777: Görlitz district, 1843 district court district Lobau, 1856: Court District Zittau, 1875: Amtshauptmannschaft Zittau, 1952: County Zittau, 1994: County Lobau -Zittau

Population Development

Community structure

The municipality Bert Village Hoernitz includes the villages of

  • Bert village
  • Hoernitz

Attractions

  • Castle Althoernitz
  • Baroque church Bert village
  • Church Hoernitz
  • Umgebindehäuser
  • Quail house in the street youth
  • Breiteberg with lookout tower and Querxhöhle
  • Lookout Koitsche
  • Klesse Bert mill village

Personalities

  • Wilhelm Fröhlich, painter
  • Johanna Ullrich, painter and teacher
  • Richard Israel, painter
  • Prof. Dr. Friedrich Renger, doctor
  • Veit Krauss (1893-1968), painter
  • Siegfried Schreiber (1928-1988), sculptor and painter
  • René Sommerfeldt ( born 1974 ), the overall World Cup winner in cross-country skiing ( 2004).
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