Oberlichtenau

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Oberlichtenau is a former municipality in the district of Bautzen Saxony and since 1 January 2009 a city district of Pulsnitz.

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Geography

Oberlichtenau is located about twelve kilometers southwest of the city Kamenz and about 30 kilometers north-east of Dresden. The A4 is accessible via the approximately eight kilometers away junction Pulsnitz. Oberlichtenau located in the western Upper Lusatia in Pulsnitztal, between the hill chains of the Lusatian hills ( highest peak Keulenberg 413 m), in the transition between the shallow pond landscape in the north and the Lusatian mountains in the south.

The community Oberlichtenau consisted of the two districts Oberlichtenau and low Lichtenau. For the community Oberlichtenau was not for the village constitution.

Demographics

All figures to 2000 as recorded in the Historical Gazetteer of Saxony; 2008 according to the State Statistical Office. Since the Pulsnitz was up to the early 19th century border between Saxony and Lusatia, also Upper and Lower Lichtenau in a meißnisch - Saxon and in a oberlausitzisch - Bohemian part shared. On 1 January 2009, from the independent municipality Oberlichtenau a district of the city Pulsnitz.

Culture and sights

Buildings and monuments

  • Baroque palace with baroque castle park, see Castle Oberlichtenau
  • Church of St. Martin (discharge letter from the year 1500)
  • Bee Museum with show apiary and home office
  • Monumental, former greenhouse of Schlossgärtnerei ( ceramic workshop for biblical use ceramic)
  • Monument protected natural cellar to represent the energy cost -free storage of food
  • German Liederweg with a unique Miihlenweg
  • Historical barrel cellar with an Israeli wine and beer
  • Keulenberg with restaurant, observation tower, ruin, Bismarckdenkmal and August column
  • Byzantine basilica ( rough construction completed on September 10, 2006)

Bible Garden

The Bible Garden in Oberlichtenau is the first garden of its kind in Germany elements from biblical times dar. This garden was opened on 8 June 2005 and since that time draws to schools and community groups of various Christian churches. Here are objects ( rocks grave, Israelite altar, quarry crane etc. ) and plants from the biblical period shown in an open area. For a Byzantine basilica, the foundation stone was laid on 20 May 2006. The miniature basilica reached 7th in the competition for the German Tourism Award 2007. The Bible Garden was appointed by the Saxon State Minister Frank copper as the best holiday destination in the country in 2009.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Oberlichtenau part of the traffic Oberelbe. The bus lines 170 and 312 offer weekday connections to railway station, Pulsnitz on the railway line Kamenz- Pirna, four kilometers south of Oberlichtenau. The line 170 also moves in the city Kamenz, the line 312 for Koenigsbrueck station on the railway line Koenigsbrueck -Dresden.

Education

In Oberlichtenau is a primary school.

Personalities

  • Carsten Guhr ( born 1979 ), former mayor of Oberlichtenau to office 22 years old is the youngest mayor in Germany
  • Paul Graf Vitzthum of Eckstadt (1850-1911), Saxon Infantry General and Chief of General Staff of the Saxon army
Bautzen (district) Pulsnitz (river) Lusatian Highlands Biblical garden Rock-cut tombs Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe Walter Grundmann Cornelius Gurlitt (art historian) Integrated Authority File
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