Stützengrün

Stützengrün is a community in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany.

Location
Stützengrün is in the Ore Mountains directly on the border with the Vogtland. In Stützengrün is found the Weißbach, a stream which flows into the Eibenstock Reservoir.

Geology
The community lies on a hilly plateau of Eibenstock tourmaline-granite and stretches from a height of 570 up to 680 metres above sea level.

Constituent communities
As well as the namesake community of Stützengrün, the municipal area also includes the former municipalities of Hundshübel and Lichtenau.

History
From 1952 to 1990, Stützengrün was part of the Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt of East Germany.

Population (31 December):
 * Source as of 1998: Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen

Politics


At the mayoral election on 31 August 2014, Volkmar Viehweg was elected. He succeeded Birgit Reichel (CDU), who had been mayor for 14 years.

Culture and sightseeing
Right on Bundesstraße 169, which runs through the community, is the Bauernbarockkirche (“Baroque Farmers’ Church”), built in 1701 and now a protected monument, with its carved altar and a 130-year-old Jehmlich organ.

A further attraction in the community is the 795-m-high Kuhberg (“Cow Mountain”) with the Prinz-Georg-Turm (tower) which affords an unrivalled view of the neighbouring communities. Moreover, the Bergwiesenerlebnispfad (“Mountain Meadow Experience Path”), which features indigenous vegetation and Scottish Highland cattle, makes for an inviting walk.

Transport
Stützengrün lies on Bundesstraße 169. Until the 1970s, the community was connected to the railway by the narrow-gauge line that ran from Wilkau-Haßlau to Carlsfeld. In 1997, the stretch to Schönheide was rebuilt and since then has been run as a museum railway.

Established businesses

 * Brush industry
 * Small and medium-sized businesses
 * Sporadic agriculture
 * Commercial-industrial area on the B 169

Education
The elementary school at Stützengrün on Schulstraße (“School Street”) serves the local schooling needs.