Pöhla
| Pöhla | |
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| Village of Schwarzenberg | |
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| Coordinates: 50°30′39″N 12°48′57″E / 50.51083°N 12.81583°ECoordinates: 50°30′39″N 12°48′57″E / 50.51083°N 12.81583°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony |
| District | Aue-Schwarzenberg |
| Town | Schwarzenberg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Annerose Grund (FDP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11.79 km2 (4.55 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 550-600 m (−1,420 ft) |
| Population (2006-12-31) | |
| • Total | 1,267 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal codes | 08352 |
| Dialling codes | 03774 |
| Vehicle registration | ASZ |
| Website | www.poehla.de |
Pöhla was a municipality lying in the valley of the river Pöhlwasser, in the district of Aue-Schwarzenberg in Saxony, Germany. Since 1 January 2008, it is part of the town Schwarzenberg.
Pöhla has two main centres, Großpöhla (“Great Pöhla”) with Siegelhof and Kleinpöhla (“Little Pöhla”) with Pfeilhammer.
The community of Pöhla only came into being in its current form in the mid 19th century. On 13 December 1855, the two current constituent communities of Großpöhla and Kleinpöhla were joined under the collective name of Pöhla. The name is of Slavic origin and comes from the word bjelo, meaning “light” or “white”, often used in placenames. The community’s namesake is the stream that flows through it, called the Pöhlwasser.
At first, the constituent communities of Großpöhla and Kleinpöhla each developed by themselves. The first documentary mention came in 1406 under the names die Behl and die Böhl and refers to an estate. In 1495, the socage records still show only zwene Menner in der Bele (two men). It is assumed that in the first half of the 16th century what was to become the Pfeilhammer – an ironworks – was built on the Pöhlwasser’s left bank, raising the population so that in 1551, there were two estate owners, six cottagers and nine other inhabitants in Pöhla. Over the centuries the Pfeilhammer remained one of the village’s main employers and contributed to the rise in the villagers’ numbers.
On the other (right) side of the Pöhlwasser, another settlement had been growing at the same time. To distinguish the two places, the name "Kleinpöhla" was used for the one on the left bank and the name "Großpöhla" for the one on the right bank. Not only did the river Pöhlwasser split the two villages apart at this time, but it also marked the boundary between the later united Ämter of Schwarzenberg and Crottendorf. Großpöhla was laid out as a forest homestead village (Waldhufendorf). At the four homesteads dwelt 26 property-owning men, among them eleven “small cottagers”, with their families in the late 16th century. By the early 19th century, Großpöhla already consisted of 75 houses and roughly 750 inhabitants, whose livelihoods lay in, among other things, lace tatting, spoon making, woodworking, mining and ironworking. In the village were a probate court and a secondary customs post from Schwarzenberg. Near the community was found a private limekiln.
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