Mylau
Mylau is a country town of the Vogtland district in the Free State of Saxony. It has roughly 3,000 inhabitants.
- 3.1 City Council
- 5.1 Sports
- 7.1 Education
Geography
Geographical Location
Mylau spans altitudes 290-370 m above sea level. NN. in the valleys of Göltzsch and coming from the direction of space Reichenbach creek. The latter is known to exist in the population, particularly under the name Seifenbach because at the creek in Heinsdorfergrund and Reichenbach were dye works in the 19th century.
Neighboring communities
Adjacent communities in the Vogtland are Limbach and the cities Netzschkau and Reichenbach im Vogtland. In the north of the Thuringian district Greiz borders.
History
At the foot of a castle built in 1180, the present castle Mylau, built in the 14th century a settlement that was awarded in 1367 by Charles IV, the city law. The town remained until the end of the 17th century insignificant - in 1650 there were only 24 townhouses - after that it grew through the resettlement of handloom rapidly. The latter were a prerequisite for the considerable development of the textile industry in the 19th century. Development of the population ( as of 1960 December 31):
- 2003: 3080
- 2004: 3013
- 2005: 2979
- 2007: 2889
- 2008: 2878
Policy
City council
- Citizens' Initiative Mylau ( BIM) 6 seats
- CDU 3 seats
- Gewerbeverein Mylau 2 seats
- The left 2 seats
- SPD 1 seats
Twin Cities
With four cities Mylau performs a partnership.
- Forest book in Baden -Württemberg
- Althen -des- Paluds in France
- Monte Carlo in Italy
- Karlstejn in the Czech Republic
Culture and sights
The Mylau Castle was never destroyed and is located at the mouth of the creek in the room Göltzsch. In the north- west of the city, the Göltzsch is spanned by the world famous Göltzschtalbrücke. Interesting is also the St. Wenzel's Church built in 1890 that has an organ by Gottfried Silbermann (1730 /31).
Courtyard of the castle Mylau
City Church (rear view)
Sports
On the outskirts of Mylau is the turning point of taking place each October Göltzschtal Marathon. This is Germany's second oldest of all since its inception yet discharged marathons and the oldest in the former GDR.
Memorials
- Burial and memorial plaque at the cemetery for four unknown concentration camp prisoners who were thrown dead from a transport train in the evacuation of a concentration camp in January 1945
Economy and infrastructure
By Mylau leads the Federal Highway 173. 1895 the town was granted its own rail connection to Reichenbach on the railway line Reichenbach- Göltzschtalbrücke. From 1905 there was a further distance to Lengenfeld. After setting the tourist traffic in 1957, the route was finally abandoned in 1970 and dismantled soon after. The nearest railway stations are now in Reichenbach in Vogtland and Netzschkau.
Education
- Primary school Mylau
- Futurum Vogtland - Evangelical Community School Mylau - http://www.futurum-vogtland.de
Sons and daughters of the town
- Christian Brückner Gotthelf (1769-1834), mill owner, merchant and banker
- Robert Georgi (1802-1869), businessman and politician, President of the First Chamber of the Saxon parliament, Finance Minister
- Otto Georgi (1831-1918), lawyer, first mayor of Leipzig and member of the Reichstag
- Arthur Georgi (1843-1900), businessman and politician, Member of Parliament
- Robert Merkel (1850-1916), producer, Reichstag and Landtag
- Carl August Brückner (1872-1949), founder of the Reformed Apostolic Church in Federal
- Erwin Hartsch (1890-1948), member of the Reichstag (SPD) and Minister of Education in Saxony
- Franz Findeisen (1892-1962), professor at the Graduate School of Management
- Georg Bretschneider (1901-1995), lawyer, Vice President of the Federal Court
- Johannes Gerhard Weber (1909-1986), architect and university teachers
- Manfred Schreiterer (1925-2008), diplomat
- Eberhard Zeitler (1930-2011), radiologist, a pioneer of cardiac catheterization
- Fredo Bley (1929-2010), painter and graphic artist
- Helga Steudel (* 1939), race car driver
- Denise Roth ( * 1988), Olympian speed skater
Freeman
- Adolf Rangers, skating coach
- Joseph Wetzel ( * 1920 ), painter and graphic artist
- Gotthold Lange ( b. 1932 ), evangl.luth. Pastor I.R.