Lauta (Marienberg)

Lauta
Ortsteil of Marienberg
Lauta
Coordinates: 50°40′N 13°9′E / 50.667°N 13.150°E / 50.667; 13.150Coordinates: 50°40′N 13°9′E / 50.667°N 13.150°E / 50.667; 13.150
Country Germany
State Saxony
District Erzgebirgskreis
Town Marienberg
Area
 • Total 3.487 km2 (1.346 sq mi)
Population (2007-12-31)
 • Total 369
 • Density 110/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 09496
Dialling codes 03735

Lauta is a village in the Saxon borough of Marienberg in the German district of Erzgebirgskreis.

Geography

Location

Lauta lies about 2 kilometres northwest of Marienberg in the Ore Mountains. Southwest of Lauta lies the 688 m above sea level (NN) high Dreibrüderhöhe, southeast of the village is the 655 m above NN high Lautaer Höhe.
Until the opening of the Marienberg ring road in 2007 the B 174 federal road from Chemnitz to Reitzenhain passed through the village. Since then it has run past Lauta to the north and east. There is a road to Lauterbach, the Kreisstraße 8131.

Neighbouring municipalities

Hilmersdorf Lauterbach
Gehringswalde
Marienberg

History

Lauta seen from the north
Replica open horse gin on the Rudolphschacht mineshaft

Lauta was first mentioned in 1434 as die Lute.[1] Mining started in 1523 with Bauernzeche pit on the ore vein Bauer Morgengang. Following the Protestant Reformation Lauta became part of Lauterbach parish in 1539, and on 1 October 1875 it became part of Marienberg parish. By way of reciprocation, some mine buildings near Rittersberg and two mine buildings which used to belong to Niederlauterstein, together with 27 inhabitants, were transferred to Lauterbach parish in 1897.[2] A school was built in 1766. According to August Schumann, Lauta had 230 inhabitants in 1818.[3]

Today's B 174 was routed through Lauta in 1833. A rare mineral that was found in 1881 in Rudolph-Schacht mine was examined by the Freiberg mineralogist A. Frenzel and was named Lautite.[4] Silver mining in Rudolph-Schacht ceased in 1899. A horse gin was in operation there between 1838 and 1877, and a faithful replica of it was built in the 1990s.[5] The associated visitor centre houses an exhibition on "Mining in the Marienberg mining district". The mining landscape near Lauta has been selected to support the application of Ore Mountain Mining Region for the status of a World heritage site.[6]

In 1883 an 18-metre-high tower was erected on the nearby Dreibrüderhöhe and named "Prinzeß-Marien-Turm" in 1884. This tower was pulled down in 1977, and replaced in 1994.

Lauta was connected to the electrical distribution network in 1925. Between 1929 and 1935 Rudolph-Schacht mine was reopened as a water supply. The water is fed into the Neunzehnhain II reservoir which supplies the city of Chemnitz.

On 1 January 1994 Lauta was merged with Marienberg.[7]

External links

References

  1. ↑ Lauta in the Digital Historic Index of Places in Saxony (Digitalen Historischen Ortsverzeichnis von Sachsen)
  2. ↑ Die Parochie Marienberg. In: Neue Sächsische Kirchengalerie, Ephorie Marienberg. Strauch Verlag, Leipzig 1908, p. 14 (Digitalisation)
  3. ↑ Lauta. In: August Schumann: Vollständiges Staats-, Post- und Zeitungslexikon von Sachsen. Volume 5, Zwickau 1818, p. 422.
  4. ↑ Frenzel, A. (1880). XIX. Mineralogisches. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Mineralogie und Petrographie, 3(6), 504-516.
  5. ↑ Pferdegöpel in Lauta bei Marienberg (in German)
  6. ↑ Rudolph Schacht, Montanregion Erzgebirge (in German)
  7. ↑ Gebietsänderungen ab 1. Januar 1994 bis 31. Dezember 1994, Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaats Sachsen, p. 11, retrieved 02 July 2015
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