Waldkirchen, Saxony
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Forest Churches / Erzgeb. since March 1, 2009, a district of the municipality Grünhainichen in the Erzgebirge District in Saxony ( Germany ). The community Grünhainichen also as previously forest belong to churches with the management association Wildenstein to forest churches belongs to the district Zschopenthal.
History
Forest churches in the Ore Mountains is the first time in Lehnbuch Frederick III. , The austerities, Margrave of Meissen and Landgrave of Thuringia, from winter 1349/1350, together with the neighboring villages Börnichen / Erzgeb. ( Burnichin ) and Grünhainichen ( Heinichin ) documented as " Walt churches." The actual foundation of the town was probably earlier in the course of settlement of the Ore Mountains, on the origin of the first settlers only speculations can be made. As can be seen on the system of location and field hall today, Forest churches was created as a typical Waldhufendorf. The farms are located on the right and left of the village stream, the original hooves rich north to the Staupenbachtal ( Mörbitzgrund ) and south to the Krumhermersdorfer Bach.
Forest churches evolved from a lying on the edge direction Grünhainichen church, which is also the name of the place derives an unnamed tributary of Zschopau along. With the Reformation 1539 Forest churches is independent parish. At the Zschopau even the settlement Zschopenthal arose ( in church records for the first time mentioned in 1663 ), there is a blue color factory was built in 1687. This was until 1848 in operation and was then converted into a weaving and Zwirneri. 1865, the covered wooden bridge over the Zschopau was replaced by a stone bridge. 1866 was the opening of the Zschopautalbahn the connection to the railway network. The volunteer fire department was established in 1874. A new church was built in 1901 and operates from 1936 again the name " St. Georg ".
1918 Zschopenthal was combined with forest churches to place "Forest Church Zschopenthal ". From the mid- 20s the place became a stronghold of the NSDAP developed in the Erzgebirge. Through a settler community was from 1936, the construction of twelve homes.
The place name was on 1 October 1939 on arrangement of the governor Martin Mutschmann in forest Churches / Erzgeb. changed. An air raid, who had originally been considered Chemnitz, 25 houses were totally destroyed during the night of 14 to 15 February 1945 and another 42 severely damaged. Six people died in the attack ..
Forest churches was always in close contact with the neighboring villages Grünhainichen, Borstendorf and Börnichen. Originally Waldkirchen center of a parish, the Thirty Years War times also Krumhermersdorf belonged. The parish was not resolved until the early 20th century, in which the former branch communities in their own right. Today the pastor of churches forest also manages the Börnichener and Grünhainichener parish. Since the 1990s, the places mentioned in the Management Association Wildenstein are summarized (after a hill between Börnichen, Forest churches and Grünhainichen ).
Merger with Grünhainichen
On March 1, 2009, the formerly independent communities Grünhainichen forest and churches have joined the new community Grünhainichen.
Population Development
The following population figures refer to 31 December of the preceding year, with area as of January 2007:
1982-1988
1989-1995
1996-2002
2003-2007
- 2003 - 1213
- 2004 - 1201
- 2005 - 1200
- 2006 - 1185
- 2007 - 1173
Coat of arms
The coat of arms of the former municipality shows the eponymous church " in the forest ". In the lower part of the coat of arms is referred to with the tools of blue color workers on a blue background on the tradition of blue colors work.
Business and industry
While in place initially dominated farming as their main source of income, since the 17th century came to the manufacture wooden toys and utensils that was especially commissioned Grünhainichner publishing houses.
In Zschopenthal can still be seen today next to the mill, the former blue color factory Zschopenthal.
Attractions
The original church from which is derived the place name, now used only as a burial chapel of the originally rich medieval features only remnants are present. Today the townscape determining Protestant church in the Middle village at the hamlet of stone was not built until 1900/1901 by a builder in Chemnitz neo-renaissance style. Below the church is the school built in 1905, which today houses a primary school after several modifications after the Second World War.
Close to the border with Börnichen corridor is the Wichernhaus ( in the forest Kirchner parlance also referred to as " The Pen" ) of the Inner Mission. It was founded in 1852 and is due to judicial magistrate Frederick August Förster in Augustus castle, standing with Johann Hinrich Wichern in Hamburg in correspondence. For financial reasons, the house had to be closed in 1865, in 1881 was the re-opening under the guidance of the Inner Mission. Today is located in the buildings of a residential home and a workshop for mentally handicapped people who are led eV from the Diakonia, City Mission Chemnitz. In Ullmann's crest on the road to Augustus castle is the station 90 of the Royal Saxon triangulation.
Personalities
- Rolf Hubler (1956-2013), Enduro athletes
- Frank Schubert ( b. 1949 ), Enduro athletes
Pictures
View from the village to the agent Wichernhaus
View of the church from the hamlet of Stone
Old church, cemetery chapel today
Triangulationsstation