Klingenthal

Klingenthal is a town in the Saxon Vogtland Vogtland district of belonging. It is located in the music angle in the Erzgebirge / Vogtland. The town is made ​​famous by the musical instrument making, as a resort and winter sports center.

• 2.1 See also
• 2.2 Amalgamations
• 2.3 Population development

• 3.1 City Council
• 3.2 Mayor
• 3.3 Coat of Arms, Flag and seal of
• 3.4 Town twinning

• 4.1 Museums
• 4.2 Music
• 4.3 religions
• 4.4 Structures
• 4.5 Natural Monuments
• 4.6 Sport
• 4.7 Regular events

• 5.1 Commercial
• 5.2 traffic
• 5.3 Formation

• 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
• 6.2 Persons who are in connection with Klingenthal

Geography

Klingenthal lies directly on the border with the Czech Republic, opposite Kraslice ( Graslitz ), at the foot of Mount Aschberg ( 936 m above sea level. NN ). The 10.5 kilometers with extremely elongated city is surrounded by coniferous forests (mainly spruce ).

By Klingenthal flow the Brunndöbra and Zwota. Both sides meet at the German -Czech border to border river Zwotau, which opens into the Eger.

Important mountains around Klingenthal:

• Kiel ( 942 m)
• Aschberg ( 936 m)
• Schneckenstein ( 883 m)
• Black Mountain (802 m)
• Bleiberg (802 m)

Boroughs

Districts are:

• Klingenthal Brunndöbra and Quittenbach Saxony -Georgenthal ( with Steindöbra and Aschberg ) belongs to the district since 2013 Klingenthal

Neighboring communities

• In the Vogtland Mark Neukirchen
• Schoeneck / Vogtl.
• Green Brook and
• Muldenhammer

• Kraslice, district Hraničná
• Bublava

History

At the Zwota near the Bohemian border, a hammer mill was built to take advantage of the nearby deposits of iron ore, as well as the extensive forests of the region from 1591 by Sebastian Koeppel. Then took place on February 1, 1602, the first mention of the name " Höllhammer " in the church records of the town Schoeneck. There lived at this time there forge, miners and charcoal burners. 1628 burns down the hammer and will not be established until the Hammergut again. At that time Quittenbach was not one of Klingenthal and is registered as a fief in Voigtsberg. In 1626 had sought to establishment of a hammer mill Georg Christoph von Boxberg of Hellhammer, but this was not granted to him for fear of possible damage to the hallway. Instead, he was allowed four houses with associated agricultural land to set up.

In the middle of the 17th century led Bohemian exiles who migrated in the Counter- Reformation, a violin making. 1716 the establishment of a violin Makers Guild was held. End of the 18th century was followed by the introduction of Bogenmacherei, the Saitenmacherei and the manufacture of wood and brass instruments in Klingenthal. In 1829, the harmonica production and wood comb production came to 1852, the production of the accordion, later accordion. Klingenthal was in the second half of the 19th century into a world center of the harmonica production. The older branches of the musical instrument industry has been largely supplanted by the harmonica instruments. Since 1875 Klingenthal has a rail connection.

At the beginning of the period of National Socialism 1933 political opponents of the Nazis were abused in the basement of the Town Hall and on the grounds of the former Bräckleinscheune in April and May and then deported to various concentration camps. The built in her memory memorial was demolished in 1994 against the resistance of members persecuted.

The city was chartered Klingenthal on 1 October 1919. On July 25, 1952, the district Klingenthal was formed from parts of the former counties Auerbach and Oelsnitz. Since 1996 Klingenthal part of the Vogtland, whose office is located in Plauen. In contrast to the Alsatian Klingenthal the official name of the city was until 31 January 2007 Klingenthal / Sa. By resolution 377 (published in the Official Gazette of the City of 9 February 2007), the addition Sa has been deleted, the city is called after this decision since then only Klingenthal.

The peculiarities of the mountain have let the winter sports since the beginning of the 20th century home in Klingenthal. The services of Klingenthaler skiers have the location and the level of Nordic skiing in international co-determined.