Niedercunnersdorf

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Location of Niedercunnersdorf in Saxony

Niedercunnersdorf is a municipality in the district Görlitz Kottmar. The district lies in the valley of the Cunnersdorfer water.

• 3.1 Museums
• 3.2 Regular events

Geography

Local structure

The place was divided before its incorporation in Niedercunnersdorf and Ottenhain and the two parts of municipalities Neucunnersdorf and Sonnenberg.

History

His first mention leads Niedercunnersdorf as well as the neighboring community Obercunnersdorf back to a deed of 1221.

Ottenhain was first mentioned in 1317. On 1 January 1999 the place was incorporated into the former rural community. Before incorporation into the new community Kottmar, Niedercunnersdorf formed the administrative community with Obercunnersdorf. On 1 January 2013 merged municipalities Obercunnersdorf, the neighboring community and the community Niedercunnersdorf Eibau the new community Kottmar.

Culture and sights

Museums

• Fire Museum
• Museum Old Weberstube
• School Museum
• Technical Museum
• Agricultural Collection

Regular events

The annual " Cunnerschdurfer Schiss'n " is a Jacobi market in Neugersdorf similar festival, which dates back to the year 1839. It lists about 20,000 visitors annually.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Temple (1821-1889), Astronomer
• Fritz Arlt (1912-2004), Nazi official, involved in "ethnic cleansing" in occupied Poland

Traffic

The Niedercunnersdorf railway station is on the railway line Zittau - Lobau; However operate here only freight trains.