Hartmannsdorf, Mittelsachsen Explained

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.

History

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]

Economy

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.

Twin towns

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Notes and References

  1. https://wahlen.sachsen.de/download/Buergermeister/statistik-sachsen_wahlen_buergermeister_uebersicht_aktuell.xlsx Gewählte Bürgermeisterinnen und Bürgermeister im Freistaat Sachsen, Stand: 17. Juli 2022
  2. Book: Megargee. Geoffrey P.. Overmans. Rüdiger. Vogt. Wolfgang. 2022. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 420–421. 978-0-253-06089-1.
  3. Aidn, Werner (2010) Diamant. Fahrräder, Motorräder, Radsport. Maxime-Verlag, Leipzig,