Reitzenhain (Marienberg)
Reitzenhain | |
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Erzgebirgskreis | |
Town | Marienberg |
Elevation | 779 m (2,556 ft) |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 279 |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 09496 |
Dialling codes | 037364 |
Vehicle registration | ERZ |
Reitzenhain is a village in the Ore Mountains which is now a subdivision of Marienberg in the district Erzgebirgskreis.
Geography
Reitzenhain is located on the crest of the Ore Mountains, next to the border between
Etymology
The name of the village is supposedly derived from a
History
Reitzenhain was first mentioned in a document of 1401 as Reiczenstein, being a village on the border to
The road between Marienberg and Reitzenhain was improved to rural highway standards in the first half of the 19th century. The railway from Chemnitz to Komotau via Marienberg was opened on 23 August 1875. The volunteer fire department was founded in 1879. A schoolhouse was opened in 1882. Peat digging started in 1891. Together with the neighbouring Reizenhain on the Czech side of the border, the Reitzenhain neighbourhood of Reißigmühle was connected to the electricity supply network in 1921. New municipal offices were inaugurated in 1924.
Kühnhaide was administratively joined with Reitzenhain on 1 October 1937, but became a separate municipality again on 1 April 1948. During
Reitzenhain remained a separate municipality until 31 December 1993, it then joined with Kühnhaide, Rübenau, and Satzung to form the new municipality Hirtstein[5] of which it became the administrative seat. On 1 January 2003 Hirtstein joined Marienberg.[6]
Infrastructure
Bundesstraße 174 from Chemnitz ends on the border crossing to Hora Svatého Šebestiána and continues from there as National Road 7 to Chomutov.
Reitzenhain station was border station on the Saxon line Flöha-Reitzenhain which continued via Reizenhain (Pohraniční) to Chomutov. When cross-border traffic ceased after World War II, the station lost its importance. Passenger trains to Reitzenhain were cancelled on 1 October 1978, freight trains on 8 January 1994, the line between Marienberg and Reitzenhain was closed on 15 December 1998 and has been lifted in 2013 in favour of a bicycle and hiking path.[7][8]
Reitzenhain has bus connections with Annaberg-Buchholz, Marienberg and Olbernhau on weekdays, and to Rübenau and Satzung on schooldays, provided by VMS.
People
- Eugen Georg Schuffenhauer, founder of a religious movement who claimed to be able to converse with the spirits of the dead, lived in Reitzenhain from 1922 until his death in 1953.
References
- ^ "Zahlen und Fakten". Bergstadt Marienberg. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ Karl-Heinz Melzer: Wolkenstein–Jöhstadt–Preßnitztal. VEB Tourist Verlag, Berlin/ Leipzig, 1979, S. 61.
- ^ Historisches Ortsverzeichnis Sachsen
- ^ a b "Tröglitz/Rehmsdorf". aussenlager-buchenwald.de (in German). Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ISBN 3-8246-0321-7, Statistisches Bundesamt
- Statistisches Bundesamt
- ^ Freie Presse Online: Bagger räumt alte Bahnstrecke zwischen Marienberg und Reitzenhain für Radfahrer und Wanderer frei – Rückbauarbeiten auf dem 14 Kilometer langen Gleisabschnitt, retrieved 6 July 2015
- ^ Niederschrift über die 12. Sitzung der Verbandsversammlung des Planungsverbandes Region Chemnitz am 12. November 2013 - öffentliche Sitzung, S. 30