Along the Half-Timbered House Street: Village Route Mittelherwigsdorf
- 1:35 h
- 6.38 km
- 69 m
- 69 m
- 260 m
- 329 m
- 69 m
- Start: Village Experience Square Mittelherwigsdorf
- Destination: Village Experience Square Mittelherwigsdorf
Mittelherwigsdorf extends about 3 km from Zittau in the valley of the Rietschebach and the Mandau like a half-moon or U-shaped, cut through centrally by the B 96. Originally, the village consisted of three parts: Oberherwigsdorf, Herwigsdorf, and Scheibe. Herwigsdorf was first mentioned in 1312.
As a result of the Reformation, the Cölestiner at Oybin gradually sold their possessions to the city of Zittau. This caused a change in village structures and the local image around 1700. Besides the original farming community, the class of smallholders emerged, whose main source of income was linen weaving. They filled the narrow, partly gorge-like river valley with half-timbered houses, which still constitute an architectural richness of the municipality in their existing form.
Although Mittelherwigsdorf had a rail connection since 1848, no significant industry developed. This also reflected in the structural constellation of the half-timbered and frame constructions, which, unlike the neighboring Mandau and Landwasser valleys, were only hesitantly, not at all, or in a peculiar form implemented from a joinery technology perspective.
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Directions
Along the village route Mittelherwigsdorf, we pass the following stations:
- Village Experience Square Mittelherwigsdorf at the site of the former inn "Zur Erholung"
- Half-timbered house: Kleine Seite 26
- Half-timbered house: Kleine Seite 18
- Luther Oak
- Half-timbered house: Oberdorfstraße 21
- Half-timbered house: Hauptstraße 18
- Half-timbered house: Hauptstraße 45
- Schiller Linden and Körner Oak
- Village church and cemetery
- Inn "Zum Gütchen"
- Half-timbered house: Hauptstraße 72
- Former tavern
Before turning left onto Berggasse (toward Gütchen), mention should be made of the Hänschbäcker (about 150 meters) straight ahead and the bridges to the Felsenmühle (about 20 minutes along the millrace by the Mandau). It is also worth visiting the barefoot path and the Schüle wood. https://www.mittelherwigsdorf.de/129/rad-und-wanderwege/barfussweg.html
The Bürgerpark can be reached by a small footpath to the right on the church footbridge. There you will find the Wagner butcher's shop and a beverage market.
Tour information
Loop Road
Suitable for Pushchair
Directions & Parking facilities
You can reach Mittelherwigsdorf via these transport connections:
- B96 from the direction of Oderwitz or Zittau
From Monday to Friday, Mittelherwigsdorf can be reached hourly by bus with line 18 of KVG Dreiländereck.
http://www.kvg-zittau.de/fahrplaene/fahrplaene.htm
From the Mittelherwigsdorf Gemeinde bus stop, it is only a few minutes' walk to the start of the village route at the information square.
Additional information
For further information around the village route and half-timbered house street, Mr. Plüschke from the municipal administration is available at 03583/501314.
Please also feel free to visit our website of the municipality Mittelherwigsdorf: https://www.mittelherwigsdorf.de/
Literature
If you want to learn more about the district of Mittelherwigsdorf, the village book Mittelherwigsdorf is recommended. You can purchase it at the municipal administration Mittelherwigsdorf, Am Gemeindeamt 7, 02763 Mittelherwigsdorf.
Author
Gemeinde Mittelherwigsdorf
Organization
Das Landschaftswunderland Oberlausitz
License (master data)
Gemeinde Mittelherwigsdorf
Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author
The inn "Zum Gütchen" along the village route Mittelherwigsdorf invites you to take a break with its traditional menu.
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