Gelenau

Gelenau is a municipality in the Erzgebirge District of the Free State of Saxony.

  • 2.1 Population development
  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Coat of Arms
  • 3.3 community partnerships
  • 4.1 memorials
  • 4.2 Museums
  • 5.1 traffic

Geography

The long-drawn Waldhufendorf located in southwest-northeast direction in the north of Erzgebirgskreises. The lowest point is the valley of Wilisch. The highest point is the Auerbach height of 640 m.

Neighboring communities

In the north east borders the Official Mountain, to the east Venusberg, in the south Thum, in the southwest of Auerbach, in the west and in the north Gornsdorf Burkhardt village to the community.

History

Documentary mention was the first place in the form of personal names, the first time in 1256, as a Heinricus de Gelene is attested, which is to suggest to the lowland castle today called Hofteich or Hofwall. As an independent place name Gelynowe emerges for the first time in 1299.

The place was from the beginning from a dominant dichotomy. The northern side of town and the estate belonged to the rule of Waldenburg, the southern side to the location of Schellenberg. 1533, the family bought Schoenberg place and manor.

With the advent of hosiery from the mid-18th century, the hitherto predominantly peasant economy situation has changed dramatically. Many residents took the new possibility to earn true. Industrialization was introduced later by the construction of a mill and there were new textile factories in the town.

With the influx of additional workers, the population increased steadily throughout the 19th century. Gelenau counted beginning of the 20th century the largest villages in Germany.

Population Development

On 3 October 1990 Gelenau counted 5783 inhabitants. The following population figures refer to 31 December of the preceding year:

1993-1997

1998-2002

2003-2007

  • 2003 - 4942
  • 2004 - 4865
  • 2005 - 4776
  • 2006 - 4701
  • 2007 - 4618

2008-2012

  • 2008 - 4598
  • 2009 - 4500
  • 2010 - 4453
  • 2011 - 4393
  • 2012 - 4362

Policy

Parish council

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 resulted in the following distribution of the 16 seats in the municipal council:

  • CDU: 11 seats
  • Tradespeople for Gelenau ( GfG ): 3 seats
  • LEFT: 1 seat
  • SPD: 1 seat
  • NPD: 1 seat

Coat of arms

The coat of arms combines history and economic position of the community. The lion in the upper part of the arms comes from the coat of arms of the noble family of Schoenberg, which co-determined the history of the community relevant. While the crossed coils symbolize the local textile industry, the ploughshare is a sign of the agriculture of the place.

Community partnerships

Since 1990, a partnership with the Lower Saxon town Hasbergen. For the Danish community Skørping (since 2007 part of the municipality Rebild ) 1996 partnership relations were established. In 1999, the Czech Nove Saddleback, 2000 Nagyhegyes in Hungary and 2001 Parry Sound came to Canada to do so.

Culture and sights

Memorials

  • The fire brigade monument commemorates five firefighters who died in the flood relief on June 9, 1882. Overall, the storm in Gelenau ten people died.
  • Near the cinemas there is a grove of honor to the victims of fascism, is a memorial stone to commemorate the Communists and the Social Democrats Grohmann Ernst Emil Oettel who died at the suffered in the Nazi regime abuses.

Museums

  • German stocking Museum
  • DDR Museum

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Through the town, the highway passes 95 ( Chemnitz Oberwiesenthal ). By 1972, the place also had a narrow gauge railway connecting to the network Thumer.

On August 26, 2013 launched a one-year trial operation of a local traffic in Gelenau. This is to test how the new local traffic arrives at the citizens in Gelenau.

This decision was confirmed by the positive response of the performed by the municipality Gelenau citizen survey. The local transport is operated by the Regional Transportation Erzgebirge.

Sports

Gelenau is primarily known regionally for its wrestlers. The association RSK " youth power in 1898 " Gelenau 2000 rose in the 2nd Bundesliga Ringer. Ten years later the descent. In the 2012 season, the RSK Gelenau finished second in the Regional sixth.

Personalities

  • Christof Tendler (c. 1540 - before 1617 ), the Electorate of Saxony builder
  • Louis Riedel (1847-1919), dialect poet
  • Walter Uhlig (1925-2006), singer (tenor ) at Anna Berger theater
  • Werner Stiegler ( born 1931 ), Enduro athletes
  • Rolf Schubert (1932-2013), painter and graphic artist
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