Strahwalde

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Location of Strahwalde on the territory of the town of Herrnhut (as of 31 May 2012)

Strahwalde is a district of the town of Herrnhut in Saxony, Görlitz district in the southeast.

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Geography

Strahwalde in the foothills of Upper Lusatia is located in the central part of the county, about eight kilometers south-east of Lobau and eighteen kilometers northwest of Zittau.

History

The place was first Strahwalde 1317 as Strabenwal ( d) t (which means " place in the scrub, woodland " means ), when the Margrave of Brandenburg Woldemar had eight villages in the court of the city of Lobau, mentioned.

Top Strahwalde 1791-1792 was affected by witch hunts. Anna Rosina, wife of Christoph Gedtlich, got into a witch trial on charges of witchcraft a cow.

1950 top and Niederstrahwalde were combined to Strahwalde, the municipality belonged to a district within the in the corridor of the Lower village houses group Friedenthal.

The community Strahwalde was in debt at 1 January 2009 1,568,284 euros and, since then as no longer capable of action. On 1 January 2010 was integrated to Herrnhut.

Place-name forms

1317: Strabenwal ( d) t, 1363: Strubinwalde 1375: Struwenwalde, 1390: Strub Walde, 1399: Struenwald, 1419 Strumwalde, 1472: Straw Walde, 1493 Strabenwal ( d) t, 1499: Straw Walde, 1545: Strauwallda 1573: Strowalde

Management affiliation

  • Strahwalde: 1952: Circle Lobau, 1994: County Lobau -Zittau, 2008: district of Görlitz Low and Oberstrahwalde: 1777: Bautzen district, 1843 district court district Lobau, 1856: Court District Herrnhut, 1875: Amtshauptmannschaft Lobau

Population Development

Traffic

Federal highway 178 and the railway line Lobau -Zittau pass through the place.

Personalities

Friedrich Wilhelm von Kyaw (including Kyau ) was born on 6 May 1654 top Strawalde and died on January 19, 1733 as commander of the fortress Königstein.

In Strahwalde died the entrepreneur and politician Carl Adalbert Förster (1853-1925) and Heinrich von joke life -Alt- Döbern ( 1854-1933 ).

The NSDAP politicians, parliament and member of parliament Paul Unterstab (1896-1944) worked as a teacher in Niederstrahwalde.

The painter and director Strawalde (real name: Jürgen Böttcher) spent his childhood and youth. His pseudonym is derived from the place name.

Culture

Once a year here since 1991 a vintage car meeting place.

Attractions

  • Castle Niederstrahwalde

References and further reading

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