Fockendorf
Fockendorf is a municipality in the Thuringian district Altenburger Land. It belongs to the administrative community Pleißenaue.
- 4.1 Paper Museum Fockendorf
Geography
Location
The main town Fockendorf is located about seven kilometers north of the county town of Altenburg, and about 30 kilometers south of Leipzig. Through the neighboring Treben the highway passes 93
Community structure
For main town Fockendorf include the immediately northwest location location location Kleintreben and about 1.5 kilometers east hamlet on Pahna.
Neighboring communities
To that place limits clockwise the city Borna with the districts Thräna and Wyhra and the city Frohnburg with the district Benndorf in the Saxon administrative district of Leipzig and Windischleuba and Treben in the district Altenburger Land.
Waters
Focke village lies in the valley of the splices. Just south of the local situation of the river is dammed by the dam Windischleuba. After the end of the lignite mining lake Pahna was created with an area of about 220 acres as a recreational area.
Mountains
Highest elevations to Fockendorf are the agricultural Wustenberg ( 187.8 m above sea level. NN ) and the wooded mountain pond ( 183.4 m above sea level. NN ).
History
In 1272, however Fockendorf was first mentioned in a document, the district Pahna already 1227th in 1445 was the site of 15 yards. The place name is in contrast to the surrounding settlements of German origin and means as much as the village of Vokko. Ecclesiastical Fockendorf belongs to the parish Treben. The village is affected by the splices and in 1445 a mill here was first mentioned. From 1692 to 1995 there was a paper mill in the village. The supply of raw materials and the sale of their products was carried out over an almost two kilometers long and in 1898 built cable car, which established a connection to the railway line Leipzig -Hof and the remains of which can still be recognized in the field. In 1946, the factory, which since 1880 included a lignite mine in Pahna, completely dismantled by order of the Soviet Military Administration and spent as reparations to the Soviet Union. The operation, however, was continued, and in 1949 went back a paper machine. After closure of the factory in 1995, the community Fockendof took over the premises. In the years 2000 and 2001 a large part of the factory building was demolished, now located in the remaining buildings, the fire department the volunteer fire department, several companies and a home and Paper Museum, which also includes a small hydroelectric power plant belongs. In the paper mill and surrounding peasant farms in 60 foreign prisoners were used as forced labor during the Nazi era. Since 1952 Fockendorf was the seat of an agricultural cooperative.
- 2003 - 951
- 2004 - 925
- 2005 - 917
- 2006 - 905
- 2007 - 900
- 2008 - 887
- 2009 - 867
- 2010 - 852
- 2011 - 854
Policy
Since the local elections of 7 June 2009, the council is composed as follows:
- CDU - 2 seats (18.8%)
- FFW - 6 seats ( 81.2 %)
The turnout was 64.9 %.
Culture and sights
The place is significant due to its location at the dam Windischleuba and the recreation area Pahna for tourism in the county.
Paper Museum Fockendorf
The former paper mill houses as a technical monument today the home and museum of paper Fockendorf, operated by the traditional club paper mill Fockendorf eV Among other things, it has a Handschöpferei and a collection of original hand made paper from the 16th century. Furthermore, an experimental paper machine from the former engineering school in Altenburg, the students served there for carrying out experiments in operation. With other devices such as a turbo solver ( pulper ), a taper mill, a series of handmade paper, water tanks and a calender all the essential ingredients for making paper are available.