Hartmannsdorf | |
Image Coa: | Wappen neu Gemeinde Hartmannsdorf.svg |
Coordinates: | 50.8867°N 12.7994°W |
Image Plan: | Hartmannsdorf in FG.png |
State: | Sachsen |
District: | Mittelsachsen |
Elevation: | 236 |
Area: | 10.28 |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 14522260 |
Postal Code: | 09232 |
Area Code: | 03722 |
Licence: | FG |
Website: | www.gemeinde-hartmannsdorf.de |
Mayor: | Uwe Weinert[1] |
Leader Term: | 2022 - 29 |
Party: | CDU |
Hartmannsdorf (Hartmannsdorf bei Chemnitz) is a small municipality in the district Mittweida, Saxony, in eastern Germany, near the city of Chemnitz. As of 2020 it has a population of 4,421.
During World War II, in February 1941, the Stalag IV-F prisoner-of-war camp was established in Hartmannsdorf.[2] It held French, British, Soviet, Serbian, American, Czechoslovak, Belgian, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Italian and other Allied POWs, including Polish women who fought in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944.[2] The camp was liberated by American troops in April 1945.[2]
The Diamant works in Hartmannsdorf are the oldest producing bicycle factory in Germany.[3] Since 2004 it has been the site for the European production of Trek Bicycle Corporation. Trek took over the Villiger-Diamant production facility which they had purchased in 2003.