Chemnitz localities
Wittgensdorf, an industrial village with (formerly) three railway stations, a length of 6 km (B95 to Chemnitzfluss) and a difference in altitude of 105 m. Formerly home to the textile industry, mechanical engineering, crafts of all kinds and agriculture. Today, the largest industrial company is the "Sachsenguss" foundry on Obere Hauptstraße, followed by a textile company and various craft businesses of all sectors and sizes. Many of the farms to the right and left of Obere and Untere Hauptstraße are still used for farming, with the largest agricultural business being the "Wirtschaftshof Sachsenland Röhrsdorf / Wittgensdorf e.G.", which specialises in agriculture, livestock farming, renewable energies and a butcher's shop with associated farm shops.
| Inhabitants:inside | 4,033 (as of January 2022) |
| Area | 12.54 km² |
| Foundation | around 1150 |
| Year of incorporation | 1999 |
| Active clubs | 12 |
Wittgensdorf came into being with the settlement of mainly Franconian peasants around the year 1150 in the course of the full expansion of the German countryside. The "imperial ministers" Hugo von Wartha (later "von Waldenburg") and Rudolph von Brand had Waldenburg Castle built on the orders of Emperor Frederick I (Barbarossa). As a reward, H. von Wartha was enfeoffed with lands in the Rochlitz, Chemnitz and Glauchau region and assigned a settlement under the leadership of a "Wittigo" or similar. Rodeland between the streams Bara (Bahrebach) and Murschnitz (Holzbach), the Hohe Straße (Leipziger Straße) and the Chemnitz river floodplain.
The first documented mention of Wittgensdorf dates back to 1404, when we read in an old document: "He, Johannes, Pharrer zu Wittichendorf is witness to the bestowal of the chapel "Unserer lieben Frauen" zu Markersdorf" (near Penig) to Thilo Haßen" (chaplain of the aforementioned chapel).
After the Thirty Years' War, the country recovered and the economy began to develop steadily. In 1826, a chronicler describes Wittgensdorf as a large, prosperous factory village. In 1839, the first municipal council was elected.
In 1856, the manor owner Albanus loses the title of lord of the manor and with it the power of disposal over the village. In 1900, Wittgensdorf has a population of 5800. The construction of the Chemnitz - Leipzig (1869) and Chemnitz - Wechselburg (1902) railways promotes the further development of industry and the economy.
Selected sights:
- Restaurant "Bergschlößchen" (built around 1680)
- Church (built in 1728/29)
- Town hall - former school (built in 1866)
- Kirchner primary school (built in 1889)
- Fire station (built in 1935, new building 2004)
- General local health insurance fund (built in 1928)
- Outdoor pool (start of construction: 1961, inauguration 1967)
Other places of interest / historical buildings / locations of former historical buildings are or will be provided with so-called "historical plaques" in order to preserve and honour the memory of Wittgensdorf's local history.
Regular events
organised by the Kultur- und Heimatverein e. V.:- Series of events "Great art in a small town"
- Lectures
- Visits to historical sites
- Joint hiking days
- Regular meetings of the Wittgensdorf clubs
- Christmas market
Did you know?
With a length of 6.11 km (measured from the junction of the B95 (Leipziger Straße) to the junction of the B107 (Chemnitztalstraße), it is one of the long Waldhufendörfer, as they emerged in the course of the great high medieval expansion of the country in the second half of the 12th century.