Annaberg-Buchholz

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Place in Saxony, Germany

Annaberg-Buchholz
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Location of Annaberg-Buchholz
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Coordinates: 50°34′48″N 13°0′8″E / 50.58000°N 13.00222°E / 50.58000; 13.00222Coordinates: 50°34′48″N 13°0′8″E / 50.58000°N 13.00222°E / 50.58000; 13.00222
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Erzgebirgskreis
Government
• Mayor	Rolf Schmidt (FW)
Area
• Total	27.70 km2 (10.70 sq mi)
Elevation	600 m (2,000 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
• Total	20,000
• Density	720/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	09456
Dialling codes	03733
Vehicle registration	ERZ, ANA, ASZ, AU, MAB, MEK, STL, SZB, ZP
Website	www.annaberg-buchholz.de

Annaberg-Buchholz (German pronunciation: [ˈanabɛɐ̯k ˈbuːx.hɔlts] (listen)) is a town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Lying in the Ore Mountains, it is the capital of the district of Erzgebirgskreis.

Contents

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  1 Geography
  


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  2 History
  
  
  
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    2.1 Historical Population
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 Main sights
  
  
  
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    3.1 Museums
    
    
    
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      3.1.1 Frohnauer Hammer
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    3.2 Regular events
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 International relations
  


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  5 Pictures
  


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  6 Sons and daughters of the town
  


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  7 Notes
  


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  8 References
  


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  9 External links
  

Geography

The town is located in the Ore Mountains, at the side of the Pöhlberg (832 meters or 2,730 feet above sea level).

History

View of Annaberg

Annaberg from the west

The previously heavily forested upper Ore Mountains were settled in the 12th and 13th centuries by Franconian farmers. Frohnau, Geyersdorf, and Kleinrückerswalde—all now part of present-day town—are all attested from 1397.^{[citation needed]}

Barbara Uthmann introduced braid- and lace-making in 1561 and it was further developed in the 1590s by Belgian refugees fleeing the policies of Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, Spain's governor over the Low Countries.^[2] The industry was further developed in the 19th century, when Annaberg^[3] and Buchholz^[4] were connected by rail to Chemnitz and each other and both settlements had specialized schools for lace-making.^[3][4] The population of Annaberg in the 1870s was 11,693.^[3] This had risen to 16,811 by 1905,^[2] with another 9307 in Buchholz.^[4]

The town's mines formerly produced silver, tin, and cobalt^[3] but ceased production before the First World War.^[2] After the Reunification of Germany in 1989, some were restored for tourist purposes.

In 1945 the two towns Annaberg and Buchholz merged into the new town Annaberg-Buchholz.

Historical Population

At the start of the 16th Century Annaberg was one of the largest towns in Germany with an estimated 8,000 inhabitants. In 1834 Annaberg had a population of 5,068 and Buchholz 1,424. In 1875 people lived in Annaberg, in 1890 11,725, in 1925 18,204, and in 1933 19,818. The figures in the table are for Annaberg-Buchholz.

Historical population (from 1960, on 31 December):

Pre 1945 1925: 27,123 1933: 28,868 1939: 28,225

1946–1981 1946: 27,6511 1950: 36,6602 1960: 29,012 1971: 27,508 1981: 26,664

1984–1999 1984: 26,236 1995: 23,920 1997: 23,177 1998: 25,098 1999: 24,679

2000–2004 2000: 24,495 2001: 24,103 2002: 23,680 2003: 23,387 2004: 23,147

2005–2009 2005: 23,043 2006: 22,808 2007: 22,514 2008: 22,348 2009: 22,079

2010–2013 2010: 21,831 2012: 20,826 2013: 20,510

Before 1945: Sum of population of towns Annaberg and Buchholz
Data source 1998: Statistical Office of Saxony

¹29 October
²31 August

Main sights

The area is a tourist destination and ski resort. The Ore Mountains are referred to as Land of Christmas and famous for the Christmas Markets and the carved sculptures. Annaberg has a Roman Catholic church and three Protestant churches, among them St. Anne's (built 1499-1525),^[2] which is the largest of its kind in Saxony. There are public monuments to Luther, the famous mathematician Adam Ries, and Barbara Uthmann.^[2] Buchholz had another Gothic Protestant church and monuments to Frederick the Wise and Bismarck. Annaberg is well known for its historical old town and market square; the house Markt 2 shows the coat of arms of the family Apian-Bennewitz.

Museums

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  Adam Ries Museum and Annaberg School of Accountancy (Rechenschule)


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  Ore Mountain Museum and Im Gößner visitor mine


• Manufaktur der Träume


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  Markus-Röhling-Stolln visitor mine at Frohnau


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  Dorothea-Stolln visitor mine at Cunersdorf

Frohnauer Hammer

Main article: Frohnauer Hammer

The Frohnauer Hammer is a historic and fully working preserved hammer mill in the village of Frohnau within the municipality. In 1907, it was declared a technical monument and, since then, has been open to the public. In addition to the actual hammer mill itself, there is an exhibition of forged items and the former master hammersmith's house (Hammerherrenhaus).

Regular events

• An annual high point in early summer is the largest folk festival in the region, the Annaberger Kät.


• Every two years in August the Abbey Festival takes place in the ruins of Annaberg Abbey.


• The Annaberg Christmas Market is widely known outside the region and closes on the fourth week in advent with the world's biggest miners' parade (Bergparade).

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Annaberg-Buchholz is twinned with:

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  Weiden (Oberpfalz), Germany


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  Paide, Estonia
  


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  Chomutov, Czech Republic
  

Pictures

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  St. Anne's Church
  

  
  

  
  


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  St. Anne's Church
  

  
  

  
  


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  St.Mary's Church
  

  
  

  
  


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  Uthmann Monument
  

  
  

  
  


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  Frohnauer Hammer
  

  
  

  
  


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  Markus Röhling Stolln
  

  
  

  
  


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  School building
  

  
  

  
  


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  Adam Ries Monument
  

  
  

  
  


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  Panoramic view of the city silhouette
  

  
  

  
  

Sons and daughters of the town

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  Gabriel Zwilling (1487–1558), Lutheran theologian and reformer


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  Barbara Uthmann, born of Elterlein (1514–1575), entrepreneur

Bernhard Eisenstuck

Christian Felix Weisse

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  Paul Jenisch (1551–1612), educator and theologian


• David Fletcher (1646–1716), Privy Councillor of Commerce and landowner


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  Gottfried Arnold Irenaeus called (1666–1714), poet


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  Christian Felix Weisse (1726–1804), founder of the German Children's Literature


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  Bernhard Eisenstuck (1805–1871), entrepreneur and politician


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  Peter Gast alias Peter Guest (1854–1918), composer, writer, associate of Friedrich Nietzsche and dialect poet


• Walter König (1878–1964), professor of chemistry,


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  Theodor Korselt (1891–1943), lawyer and Nazi victim


• Paul Schneider (1892–1975), woodcarver


• Erich Lorenz (1894–1981), local historian, folklorist, historian and collector of biographies


• Carl Friedrich Claus (1930–1998), graphic artist, poet and philosopher


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  Frank Wiegand (born 1943), swimmer


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  Matthias Herget (born 1955), football player


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  Evelin Jahl born Schlaak (born 1956), discus thrower


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  Ute Noack (born 1961), cross-country skier


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  Rex Joswig (born 1962), musician


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  Yvonne Mai-Graham (born 1965), middle distance runner


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  Kathrin Weßel (1967), long-distance runner


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  Viola Bauer (born 1976), cross-country skier


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  Anke Wischnewski (born 1978), luger


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  Eric Frenzel (born 1988), Nordic Combined skier

Notes

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References

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   Baynes, T.S., ed. (1878), "Annaberg" , Encyclopædia Britannica, 2 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, p. 60
  


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   Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911), "Annaberg" , Encyclopædia Britannica, 2 (11th ed.), Cambridge University Press, p. 59
  


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   Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911), "Buchholz" , Encyclopædia Britannica, 4 (11th ed.), Cambridge University Press, p. 724
  

External links

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  Official website (in German)
  

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