Geyer
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Geyer | ||
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Location of Geyer within Erzgebirgskreis district | ||
Municipal assoc. Geyer | | |
Government | ||
• Mayor (2018–25) | Harald Wendler[1] (Left) | |
Area | ||
• Total | 18.76 km2 (7.24 sq mi) | |
Highest elevation | 741 m (2,431 ft) | |
Lowest elevation | 550 m (1,800 ft) | |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | ||
• Total | 3,366 | |
• Density | 180/km2 (460/sq mi) | |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) | |
Postal codes | 09468 | |
Dialling codes | 037346 | |
Vehicle registration | ERZ, ANA, ASZ, AU, MAB, MEK, STL, SZB, ZP | |
Website | www.stadt-geyer.de |
Geyer is a town in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. It has a population of about 4,000.
Geography
Geyer is situated 8 km (4.97 mi) northwest of Annaberg-Buchholz, and 23 km (14.29 mi) south of Chemnitz, in the valley of the Geyersbach creek. The town is largely surrounded by forest, with the Geyersche Wald forest to the west being owned by the town.
Geyer borders to Ehrenfriedersdorf in the north east, Tannenberg in the south east, Elterlein in the south. The town of Zwönitz is in the west, Hormersdorf to the north west and the Greifensteine area to the north.
History
Geyer was first mentioned in official documents in 1381, although
In the 16th century mining became harder to sustain, since most of the mines started to become depleted, which produced more and more waste rock. This resulted in larger and larger cavities, which led in 1704 and in 1803 to large cave-ins in Geyer. The resulting Geyersche Binge cave-in can still be visited today.
With the decline in ore-mining in the area, Geyer (as in many other towns and villages in the Ore Mountains) turned to wooden toy manufacture - such as
From 1952 to 1990, Geyer was part of the Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt of East Germany.
Sights
Tower museum
The 42 m (137.8 ft) high watch tower was built in 1395 as a
Old railway station
At the former station site, there is a historic
Geyersche Binge
The Geyersche Binge is a collapsed ore mine caused by
Notable people
- Kuno Klötzer (1922–2011), football player and coach
- Adam Ries (1492–1559), mathematician, worked as a tithe collector (Zehentner) from 1533 to 1539 in Geyer
- Hieronymus Lotter (c. 1497–1580), merchant and mayor of Lepzig; died here
- Adam Friedrich Zürner (1679–1742), cartographer and geographer
Personalities who have worked on the ground
- Eric Frenzel (born 1988), Nordic combiner
References
- ^ Bürgermeisterwahlen 2018, Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 10 July 2021.
- Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2024.