Stolpen

Stolpen is a small town in Saxony. The city is located about 25 kilometers east of Dresden and belongs to the district Saxon Switzerland & Eastern Ore Mountains. Landmark and tourist attraction of Stolpen is perched on a basalt rock ruins of the castle Stolpen.

3.1 City Council and Mayor
3.2 Coat of Arms
3.3 partnerships

5.1 Nature and landscape

6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
6.2 People who have worked on site

Districts

The municipality is divided into the main town Stolpen as well as in the other districts Heeselicht, Helmsdorf, Langenwolmsdorf, Lauterbach and Renner -Neudörfel.

History

The Stolpen castle was first mentioned in records in 1222. The fort was in the possession of the Bishops of Meissen. Beginning of the 15th century did the north upstream castle settlement. After the Meissen bishops had moved their residence from Meissen Castle Stolpen in the 15th century, the town developed to the city and became the center of the most important Meissen pin territory. Bishop Dietrich III. Schoenberg made in 1470 to build the city walls and Bishop John VI. of Saalhausen 1503 was the city 's own statutes. 1559 forced Elector August the last Meissen Bishop to give him the post Stolpen. Since then, city and castle were kursächsisch.

The city, founded in the early 14th century was first called as the earlier settlement (now Old ) Jochgrim (since 1297 testifies ). Following the destruction in 1429 the city was rebuilt closer to its present location to the chateau complex again. The name of the castle was gradually to the city on ..

Stolpen 1621 was affected by witch hunts. A man caught in a witch trial and was burned.

1716 to 1765 was in the castle, especially in named after her Cosel Tower, the former mistress of Augustus the Strong ( Elector of Saxony from 1694 to 1733 ), Anna Constantia von Cosel Countess held captive.

Due to the non simple water supply and dense development, the city was burned down several times. The great town fire occurred on 20 February 1795. Thereafter, it was decided to demolish the castle wall, and after 1800 also the dismantling of the city wall, is obtained from the today only the Niedertor ( Dresdner Tor ).

1813 Napoleon Bonaparte had defenses built around the fortress, the castle destroyed but mostly when he withdrew.

From the year 1877 with the opening of the railway line Dürrröhrsdorf-Neustadt/Sachsen Stolpen was an attractive tourist destination.

Name

The name Stolpen based on the Old Slavic word tumbled, which refers to the importance of post or wall on the appearance of basalt columns. Over the centuries, the spelling changed, however, several times. Narrated include, without limitation the forms Stolp ( 1227 ), Stolpen ( 1233 ), Ztolp ( 1252), Stulpin ( 1378 ) and Stolppen ( 1478).

Incorporations

Development of the population

To 1330 - 500
To 1550 - 725
1559 - 122 possessed man
1748 - 146 possessed man
1799 - 706 *
1834 - 1220
1871 - 1383
1890 - 1401
1910 - 1741

* Over 10 years old

Policy

City Council and Mayor

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 resulted in a turnout of 57.8 % to the following composition of the City Council:

1 constituency association Stolpen 2 The seats of the NPD and the left are currently unoccupied.

Mayor is Uwe Steglich.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows in front of golden background a blue castle with gate and two towers. Above the gate of the red-clad torso of a bishop is shown. The crest thus refers to the city government by the Meissen bishops.

Partnerships

The city and the district Stolpen Langenwolmsdorf to maintain friendly relations with the following cities and towns:

Germany Hilzingen in Germany / Baden- Württemberg
Germany Amoeneburg in Germany / Hessen
Germany Garching in Germany / Bavaria
Germany Jockgrim in Germany / Rhineland -Palatinate
Germany Sipplingen in Germany / Baden- Württemberg
Czechoslovakia Sloup v Čechách in the Czech Republic

Traffic

Stolpen is connected by state highways with Dresden and Bautzen on access to the national road 6, Radeberg, Pirna with access to the A 17, Neustadt in Sachsen and Bischofswerda with access to the A 4. The station on the railway line Neustadt- Dürrröhrsdorf is located outside the city about 1.5 km south of the city center. In Stolpen is on the market a replica of the traffic historical interest Saxon postal distance column.

Culture and sights

The ruins Stolpen: Since 1877, the castle is open to visitors. It represents a major tourist attraction
The Stolpner market: as a cultural monument under special protection. The Town Hall ( Market 1 ) received a small ridge turret tower after the great fire of 1723. The Lion Pharmacy ( market 2) is one of the oldest in the district ( over 200 years old screw press and mortar exhibited at the castle ). The old and the new electoral administration building are worth seeing. In the latter there is the city museum. Remains of the city wall from the 15th century with the Niedertor. Imposing basalt vault.
Evangelical Lutheran Church City: Stone sculpture: Late Gothic Crucifixion, 1470; Baroque wooden pulpit and wood Baptism, 1727; Baroque Evang. confessional; Wooden lectern ( Theodor Quentin ); Organ of Hermann Eule, Bautzen (1898 ) in the case of the Baroque predecessor organ by Johann Christian Pfennig (1766) from Kröbeln; Ceiling and wall paintings ( distemper ), 1898.
St. Lawrence Church Stolpen -Altstadt and Wilhelm Leberecht - Herbrig organ. The Old Town church was once a fortified church, built 1495-1498 The single-manual mechanical grinding shop organ by Wilhelm Leberecht Herbrig from 1856 in 2006 in the heritage sense been restored. Old Town is the "nucleus " of the project " Herbrig street organ ".
Evangelical Lutheran Church Langenwolmsdorf: This church has an organ of Herbrig WL (1843 /44). The two-manual instrument with 20 votes is the largest of the preserved from the workshop Herbrig in the region, but the highest degree of renovation. A restoration is not possible without adequate funding.

Nature and Landscape

Castle Hill: The basalt vent of Stolpener castle hill was prädikatisiert in May 2006 by the Academy of Earth Sciences to Hannover as one of the 77 most important national geological sites in Germany.
Märzenbecher meadows in Polenztal: part on Stolpener area is one of the largest natural deposits of March cup in Germany.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

Anton Lauterbach (1502-1569), Lutheran theologian and reformer
Timpler Clemens (1568-1624), theologian and philosopher
Carl Samuel Senff (1666-1729), pastor and chronicler
Christian August Freyberg (1684-1743), Rector of Dresden St. Anne's School
Christian Friedrich Henrici ( called Picander; 1700-1764 ), lyricist of Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Andreas Bodenstein (1703-1764) educator, historian and Lutheran theologian
Carl Christian Gercken (1731-1795), pastor and chronicler
Karl Heinrich Heyden Empire (1764-1801), writer and philosopher
Moritz Ferdinand Schmaltz (1785 - 1860), a Lutheran theologian
Friedrich Traugott Friedemann (1793-1853), educator and writer
Gustav Spitzner (1803-1870), Director of the Royal Saxon General Commission for separations and divisions meanness
Frederick John (1835-1899), teacher and musician
Hellmut Kretzschmar (1893-1965), archivist and historian
Harry Earles ( 1901/02-1985 ), German - American actor
Daisy Earles (1907-1980), German - American actress
Hellmuth Fuchs (1913-2002), painter and photographer, since 1993 Honorary Citizen of Stolpen

Those who worked on site

Albert Sixtus (1892-1960), children 's and teen book author (" The Rabbit School " ), spent his childhood

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