Sohland am Rotstein
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Location of Sohland am Rotstein in the district Görlitz
Sohland am Rotstein ( officially: Sohland a Rotstein ) is a district of the small Saxon town of Reichenbach / OL in the district of Görlitz. The mountain Rotstein is especially to distinguish it from about 30 km away, also located in Upper Lusatia Sohland on the Spree.
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Geography and transport
Sohland is a classic long-drawn Waldhufendorf (consisting of Obersohland, Mittelsohland and Niedersohland ) at the foot of the striking Rotsteins ( 455 m above sea level. NN ), the almost 8 km along the Black Schoeps extends. The village is about 5 km east of Lobau and about 10 km west of Görlitz.
The Federal Highway 6 and the railway line Görlitz -Dresden run through the town, the nearest regional stations are in Reichenbach / OL and Zoblitz. The Federal Highway 4 runs north from Sohland and can be reached via the 12 km distant connection Weissenberg. The village street was built in 1846.
History
History
On the Rotsteingipfel was in the period between the 9th and 12th centuries, a Slavic fortification. The documentary was first mentioned on May 7, 1241 Oberlausitzer border certificate as " Zalom ". Already in 1546 there was a school with teacher in place. By 1600, five manors (three in Obersohland and two in Niedersohland ) are detected. His owners were 1638-1839 the noble families of Gersdorf and Uechtritz. In 1700 the estate was added in Mittelsohland.
Due to severe devastation of war unrest in the 15th century ( Hussite ) and in the 17th century ( Thirty Years War ), many people lost their lives and fled. 1802 fell 18 Buildings (including Mittelsohland manor, rectory and school) a large village by fire. In 1847 the port was carried out on the railway line Lobau - Görlitz the Saxon -Silesian Railway Company, but without its own railway station. In 1905 there were in the first place telephone connection and from 1911 Sohland was electrified.
On April 1, 1939, the formerly independent communities Obersohland, Mittelsohland and Niedersohland merged to form community Sohland am Rotstein. This was integrated at the decision of the municipal council and the city council of Reichenbach 1 January 2014 to Reichenbach.
Demographics
In 1777 lived in Obersohland 10 possessed man, 34 gardeners and 11 cottagers, obsessive in Mittelsohland 6 men, 35 and 29 cottagers and gardeners in Niedersohland 2 possessed man, 22 gardeners, cottagers 3.
Place name
The name of Sohland was the first time in 1241 as " Zalom " ( altsorbisch, = behind the break / wind break) respectively. Middle High German, he was de Salando, de Salant = Herrengut ( 1280 ), from which Salande ( 1337), Soland, Solant ( 1376 ), Salant ( 1382 ), Soland ( 1429), Zoland (1454 ), Solandt ( 1479 ), Soland prope Reichenbach ( 1569 ), Sohlandt (1670 ), Sohland, bey Reichbach on Rothstein, also Long - Sohland genennet (1791 ).
Attractions
- The Rotstein ( 455 m ) to the oldest protected area in Saxony (since 1912)
- Railway viaduct
- Village church, built in 1841-1844, restored 1992/93
- Preserved windmill " Bachmann Mill" by 1800 (formerly 4 in the place) and the Dutch windmill " Hofemühle "
- Former manor house
Sons and daughters
- Gustav King (1812-1885), lawyer and politician ( Member of Parliament, MdR )
- Heinrich Müller (1824-1899), textile industrialist, son of Henry Carl Müller
- Max Hermann Ohnefalsch -Richter (1850-1917), archaeologist
- Henry Edgar Martini (1871-1932), Classical philologist
- Gerhard von Prosch (1895-1937), paramilitary activist and SA leaders