Hainichen, Saxony
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Coordinates: 50°58′11″N 13°7′31″E / 50.96972°N 13.12528°ECoordinates: 50°58′11″N 13°7′31″E / 50.96972°N 13.12528°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Saxony |
District | Mittelsachsen |
Government | |
• Mayor (2018–25) | Dieter Greysinger[1] (SPD) |
Area | |
• Total | 51.57 km2 (19.91 sq mi) |
Elevation | 304 m (997 ft) |
Population (2020-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 8,531 |
• Density | 170/km2 (430/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 09661 |
Dialling codes | 037207 |
Vehicle registration | FG, BED, DL, FLÖ, HC, MW, RL |
Website | www.hainichen.de |
Hainichen is a market town in the German Free State of Saxony. It is located on the river small Striegis and about 15 miles (24 kilometres) north-east of Chemnitz. Hainichen has been shaped by its industrial past.
History[]
From the foundation until industrial revolution[]
A first settlement had been mentioned in 1276 as villa forensis Heynichen.
Hainichen used to be a place of considerable industry. Its primary manufacture was once that of flannels, baize, and similar fabrics; at the time it may have been called the centre of this industry in Germany.[3]
On April 23, 1800, a deadly F5/TORRO10 tornado hit this town.
The Gellert institution for the poor was established in 1815.[3]
In 1933, a production plant for small delivery vans and minibuses called Framo moved from nearby Frankenberg to Hainichen. Since then, the automotive industry has been the most important employer.
Nazi era[]
An early concentration camp, Hainichen concentration camp, was established in April 1933 and dissolute in June 1933. During World War II, a subcamp of Flossenbürg concentration camp was located here, housing female prisoners working for the Framo enterprise.[4]
GDR[]
The former plant of the Framo company was nationalized. The 1960s saw a reingeneering of delivery vans and minibuses under the Barkas B1000 brand. Hainichen became a major producer of parts for these cars.
After reunification[]
Production of the B1000 delivery vans and minibuses ceased in 1991.
Population statistics[5][]
Typical for a market town in the east of Germany, Hainichen faces the demographic problem of a steadily declining population.
Year | Population |
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1834 | 4,623 |
1933 | 8,047 |
1960 | 11,188 |
1998 | 10,405 |
1999 | 10,266 |
Year | Population |
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2000 | 10,061 |
2001 | 9,888 |
2002 | 9,744 |
2003 | 9,628 |
2004 | 9,554 |
Year | Population |
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2005 | 9,502 |
2008 | 9,131 |
2010 | 8,876 |
2012 | 8,714 |
Leisure and tourism[]
Sites and buildings of interest[]
Hainichen is home of a camera obscura.
Other important sights are the Gellert museum (literature museum), Tuchmacherhaus (clothier museum) and a communal park. Hainichen is surrounded by the beautiful valleys of the river Striegis.
Sports[]
Hainichen has a communal sports centre with a small indoor pool, a communal outdoor swimming pool and a bowling centre. Also, there is a cycling track nearby.
Industry[]
Hainichen is characterised by small and medium-sized businesses. The largest employer is the car parts maker Metalsa Automotive Hainichen GmbH (formerly ISE Industries Hainichen GmbH) (429 employees in 2005).
Districts[]
Areas of the city include
- Bockendorf,
- Cunnersdorf,
- Eulendorf,
- Gersdorf,
- Falkenau,
- Riechberg,
- ,
- Schlegel and
- Berthelsdorf.
International relations[]
Hainichen is twinned with:
Famous citizens[]
- Hainichen is the birthplace of Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, (1715-1769), to whose memory a bronze statue was erected in the marketplace in 1865. He was an important poet of the Enlightenment.
- Friedrich Gottlob Keller, (1816-1895), the inventor of the groundwood pulp technique, was born in Hainichen.
More sons and daughters of the town[]
- Rainer Simon (born 1941), film director and screenwriter
- Konrad Zdarsa (born 1944), Bishop of the Diocese of Augsburg
References[]
- ^ Bürgermeisterwahlen 2018, Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen nach Gemeinden am 31. Dezember 2020". Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). June 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 822. .
- ^ Christine O'Keefe. Concentration Camps
- ^ Source from 1998 onwards: Statistical office of Saxony Numbers from 1960 onwards per 31 December.
- ^ "List of Twin Towns in the Ruhr District" (PDF). © 2009 Twins2010.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-11-28. Retrieved 2009-10-28. External link in
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External links[]
- Towns in Saxony
- Mittelsachsen
- Kingdom of Saxony
- Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt