Leipzig-Schönefeld

Schönefeld is a city quarter in the Northeast of Leipzig. Concerning administrative matters Schönefeld-Ost is a quarter of Leipzig, while the rest of Schönefeld forms together with Abtnaundorf a quarter called Schönefeld-Abtnaundorf.

History

In 1270 the margravial village of "Schonenuelt" was mentioned the first time. From 1307 until the reformation the village belonged to the Canons Regular of St. Augustine cloister St Thomas in Leipzig. In 1527 the village church was rebuilt after being destructed by a fire. After devastation in the Thirty Years' War the former owner Georg H. von Thümmel ordered to rebuild the manor-house in baroc style. On May 27th, 1738 the writer Moritz August von Thümmel was born. During the Battle of Leipzig in October 1813 the village was completely destroyed, but already in 1820 was the new building of the Protestant church [http://www.eva-schoenefeld.de/ Gedächtniskirche] opened. This was where Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck married on September 12th, 1840.

During the second part of the 19th century the village turned into a suburb mainly inhabited by workers. The number of inhabitants increased from 889 in 1834 to 14.879 in 1910. Schönefeld was connected to the tram network in 1896 and was suburbanised into Leipzig in 1915.

The first catholic service after the reformation took place in 1921 and auxiliary church was built in 1928, which is still used nowadays.

In the years 1974/76 was the estate area Schönefeld-Ost constructed which holds more than 4.000 flats.

External links

* [http://www.heilige-familie-leipzig.de/ Catholic Church in Leipzig-Schönefeld]
* [http://www.bv-schoenefeld.de/ Citizens Community Schönefeld]

Coordinates: coord|51|21|30|N|12|25|30|E