Geringswalde

Coordinates: 51°4′35″N 12°54′15″E / 51.07639°N 12.90417°E / 51.07639; 12.90417
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For the village near Wolkenstein in District Erzgebirgskreis, see Gehringswalde.
Geringswalde
Town
View across pond towards Martin Luther church and town hall
View across pond towards Martin Luther church and town hall
Coat of arms of Geringswalde
Coat of arms
Location of Geringswalde within Mittelsachsen district
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Mittelsachsen
Government
 • Mayor (2022–29) Sandra Fischer[1]
Area
 • Total29.93 km2 (11.56 sq mi)
Elevation
268 m (879 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total4,158
 • Density140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
09326
Dialling codes037382
Vehicle registrationFG (formerly MW)
Websitewww.geringswalde.de

Geringswalde (German pronunciation: [ɡeːʁɪŋsˈvaldə]) is a town in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 12 km northwest of Mittweida, and 27 km north of Chemnitz.

History

The town was first mentioned in 1233 in a document confirming the establishment of a

Lutheran school was funded in 1566, but closed again in 1568 due to the founder and the rector being accused of Gnesio-Lutheranism.[5][6] 134 freeholders were counted in 1587, but in 1764 there were only 36 freeholders and 168 smallholders.[3]

A stream traversing the grounds of the town was dammed in the Middle Ages, forming a large pond known as Großteich.

Until the 19th century, the economy was chiefly based on

cutting tools. The manor was dissolved after World War II and most of its buildings demolished. Geringswalde was part of Kreis Rochlitz from 1945 to 1994, of Landkreis Mittweida from 1994 to 2008 and belongs now to the Central Saxony
administrative district.

In 1949, the neighbouring villages of Hilmsdorf and Klostergeringswalde were incorporated into the town, Altgeringswalde joined in 1994, and in 1999 Aitzendorf (with Dittmannsdorf), Arras, and Holzhausen (with Hoyersdorf and Neuwallwitz) were incorporated.[3]

Year Inhabitants[3]
1834 2252
1871 2850
1890 2891
1910 4499
1925 4293
1939 4278
1950 6290
1964 5956
1990 4680
2000 5445

From 1893 to 1997, the town was served by the

standard-gauge railway line Waldheim - Rochlitz
.

Economy

Traditional occupations were agriculture,

tannery, and brewing. A stream drove several watermills. Industrialisation in the 19th century brought large-scale furniture making and metalworking to the town. There were also a brickyard
and a cigar factory. The brewery closed in the 1920s.

After World War II until the early 1990s the economy of the town was dominated by tool making, furniture making and the production of hydraulic cylinders. Some smaller factories produced clothes, cosmetics, electronic circuits, animal fodder, and concrete parts. Most factories closed in the early 1990s, but the tradition of metalworking in particular is still continued by several small and medium-sized enterprises. A number of wind turbines has been erected on the heights surrounding the town since the 2000s.

Sights

  • Town hall
    Town hall
  • Martin Luther church
    Martin Luther church
  • Schoolhouse
    Schoolhouse
  • Post milestone (restored)
    Post milestone (restored)
  • Market square
    Market square
  • Grave of a fighter in the Napoleonic wars, north of the town
    Grave of a fighter in the Napoleonic wars, north of the town

The

neo-renaissance style in 1894. An observation tower named after Frederick Augustus III of Saxony
, situated north of the town, opened in 1907.

A copy of the 1727

Saxon post milestone (Postmeilensäule) stands near the town centre. The original is kept in a museum in Rochlitz
.

A castle in the nearby forest was destroyed in the Middle Ages, only minuscule remains of its basement walls are left.

The village church of Altgeringswalde houses a painted wooden

restored
in 1994.


360-degree panorama of the market square, in the middle the town hall, to the right the old town hall, further to the right the Martin Luther Church, to the left of the town hall runs the Bundesstraße 175 (Leipziger Straße / Dresdener Straße)

Personalities

Wolfgang Blochwitz (front) in 1970

References

  1. ^ Gewählte Bürgermeisterinnen und Bürgermeister im Freistaat Sachsen, Stand: 17. Juli 2022, Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen.
  2. Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen
    . 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "Digitales Historisches Ortsverzeichnis von Sachsen. Geringswalde". Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  4. ^ Gottfried August Bernhardi (1777). Beytrag zu einer Geschichte des Städtlein Geringswalda und besonders des ehemals dabey gelegenen St. Marien-Klosters, Benedictiner-Ordens.
  5. ^ "Sächsische Biographie. Wolf II. Herr von Schönburg". Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  6. ^ Theodor Distel (1879). Der Flacianismus und die Schönburgsche Landesschule zu Geringswalde.

External links

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