Tannenberg, Saxony

Tannenberg is one of the smallest municipalities in the Erzgebirge District.

• 2.1 Population development

• 3.1 municipal

• 4.1 Structures
• 4.2 Geographical features

• 5.1 traffic

Geography

Grunwald is located in the valley of Zschopau that the receiving here from the northwest coming Geyersbach. Highest point of the place is the "bones" with 641 m. Due to the local situation lead the state roads S222 and S267.

Neighboring communities

To the north is bordered Ehrenfriedersdorf, in the east Thermal Wiesenbad, in the south Schlettau, southwest and west Elterlein Geyer to the place.

Structure

At Tannenberg belongs to the district Siebenhöfen.

History

The first mention of Tannenberg was 1411. Situated right of Zschopau part of the village belonged to the reign of Belberg Burggrafen to Meissen. The left-side manor belonged to the rule Wolkenstein. End of the 15th century, both districts of Matthes be purchased of irritants stone. The manor is over 500 years of political and economic center of the village.

1812 was built by the Englishman Evan Evans in Siebenhöfen a spinning mill. Over the years, the textile industry the main business in the community. Other smaller companies in the metal, plastic and paper processing settled also.

Population Development

On 3 October 1990 Tannenberg counted 1255 inhabitants. The following population figures refer to 31 December of the preceding year:

1993-1997

1998-2002

2003-2007

• 2003-1278
• 2004-1269
• 2005-1276
• 2006-1254
• 2007-1244

From 2009

• 2009-1208

Policy

Parish council

Of the 10 seats in the City Council Civic Forum Annaberg 8 and the CDU has 2

Culture and sights

Structures

• Paßklausenturm three-sided moat
• Late Gothic church of St. Christopher with carved out of the year in 1521 by Christoph Walter and children grave plates and a Epitaph of the 16th century

Geographical features

• In Tannenberg is the geographical center of the county by August 1, 2008 the newly formed Erzgebirge. The point is located directly at the European long-distance hiking trail Eisenbach- Budapest

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Default traffic Tannenberg is connected via a state road from Schlettau and Schonfeld to the Federal road network.

Personalities

• Evan Evans (1765-1844), mechanical engineer and entrepreneur, founder of the cotton mill in Siebenhöfen
• Eli Evans (1805-1882), businessman and politician in Siebenhöfen
• Carl -Heinz Westenburger (1924-2008), painter and graphic artist