- Grießbach
Grießbach is a German
village which is situated in the Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge) inSaxony and belongs to theVerwaltungsverband Grüner Grund (administrative district Grüner Grund). It is officially one of the 404 most beautiful places in whole Germany and counts approximately 900 inhabitants.History
The village first appeared in an official document in 1386. 1539 it built a Christian community with
Drebach . Since 1850 there exists a street as a connection between the village and the next big townZschopau . After that a railroad next to the street was built. So the mining forlimestone could flourish. In 1929 the mining industry was called off and a concentration on agriculture began.During
World War II Grießbach was for the most parts destroyed by bombs. After the war theSoviet Union settled down in Grießbach to search foruranium . But they only found tons of ore.During the time of the
GDR DKK (Deutsches Kühl- und Kältekombinat) opened a factory for the production of refrigerators which were sold to countries all over the eastern European countries. The factory closed just before the reunion withWest Germany . TodayMogatec uses the factory buildings for the production of garden tools.Today the village is famous for being "the world's getzen capital".
Getzen is a food created in Grießbach which consits of potatoes, corn, curd cheese and some other things.External links
Official page of
Verwaltungsverband Grüner Grund : http://www.verwaltungsverband-gruener-grund.de/
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