Aue 2895966 200571174 2008-03-24T16:45:10Z Traveler100 4956494 added image from commons {{Infobox Ort in Deutschland |Art = Stadt |Name = Aue |image_photo = Aue 2007 Zelle.jpg |Wappen = AueWappen.jpg |lat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 35 |lat_sec = 17 |lon_deg = 12 |lon_min = 42 |lon_sec = 2 |Lageplan = |Bundesland = Sachsen |Regierungsbezirk = Chemnitz |Landkreis = Aue-Schwarzenberg |Höhe = 320-564 |Fläche = 20.94 |Einwohner = 18065 |Stand = 2007-06-30 |PLZ = 08280 |Vorwahl = 03771 |Kfz = ASZ |Gemeindeschlüssel = 14 1 91 040 |Adresse = Goethestraße 5<br />08280 Aue |Website = [http://www.aue.de/ www.aue.de] |Bürgermeister = Heinrich Kohl |Partei = CDU }} '''Aue''' is a small town at the outlet of the river Schwarzwasser into the river Mulde in the [[Ore Mountains (Central Europe)|Ore Mountains]], and has roughly 18,000 inhabitants. Aue is the administrative seat of the district of [[Aue-Schwarzenberg]] in [[Saxony]], and belongs to the Silberberg Town League (''Städtebund Silberberg'') The mining town has been known for its [[copper]], [[titanium]], and [[kaolinite]]. The town was a machine-building and [[cutlery]] manufacturing centre in [[East Germany|East German]] times and is now developing [[tourism]], as the Silver Road (''Silberstraße'') runs through town. The town is also known for the football club [[FC Erzgebirge Aue]], which made it into the [[2nd Bundesliga (football)|Second ''Bundesliga'']] in 2003. Aue was until 1991 a centre of the ''Sowjetisch-Deutsche Aktiengesellschaft Wismut'' (“Soviet-German Wismut Corporation”, or SDAG Wismut). == Geography == === Neighbouring communities === Bordering communities are [[Bad Schlema]], [[Bernsbach]], [[Bockau]], [[Zschorlau]], the towns of [[Lauter]], [[Lößnitz]] and [[Schneeberg]] in the district of Aue-Schwarzenberg as well as the town of [[Hartenstein]] in the [[Zwickauer Land]]. === Climate === [[Image:Klimadiagramm-deutsch-Aue (Awst) (SN)-Deutschland.png|thumb|left|Climatic diagram of Aue<ref>[http://www.dwd.de/de/FundE/Klima/KLIS/daten/online/nat/index_mittelwerte.htm Deutscher Wetterdienst, Normalperiode 1961-1990]</ref>]] Aue’s average air temperature is 8.0&nbsp;°C, and the yearly [[precipitation]] is 790&nbsp;mm. <br style="clear:left"> [[Image:Aue - Stadt der Brücken.jpg|thumb|297px|right|Bridges over the Zwickauer Mulde]] == History == The town’s first mention came in 1219 when it was named in a document as ''Bertoldus prepositus de Owa''. ''Owa'', later also ''Awe'' or ''Aw'' referred to the meadow (although ''Aue'' in [[German language|German]] actually means “[[floodplain]]”) at the forks of the Schwarzwasser und Zwickauer Mulde, where the first settlers had their homes next to the small [[monastery]] of Zelle, founded in 1173. In 1479, [[tin]] and [[silver]] [[mining]] began, leading to an upswing in the town’s fortunes. In 1526, the ''Auerhammer'' ([[ironworks]]), later called Eisenwerk and now a constituent community of Aue, had its first documentary mention. In 1627, Aue was granted market rights by Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony for a yearly market on Saint Bartholomew’s Day (27 August), and in 1632 for a second, the ''Katharinenmarkt'', on 25 November. In 1635, Veit Hans Schnorr founded the first [[Cobalt blue|blue]] [[dye]] works in Saxony in Niederpfannenstiel, now also a constituent community of Aue. From 1711 [[kaolin]] was also delivered to [[Meißen]] for preparing [[porcelain]]. Since the mid 18th century, documents have referred to Aue as a town. In 1897, Zelle was amalgamated with Aue, and Alberoda followed in 1929. Already by 1901, the royal ''[[Amt]]'' court had taken up its function in the town. One of Saxony’s oldest artworks is the painting from the east wall of the little monastery, which shows Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa, [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Mary]] and a bishop. In the 1930s, it was removed for reasons of restoration, and is now found in the ''St.-Annen-Kapelle'' near the [[cathedral]] in [[Freiberg, Saxony|Freiberg]]. A copy by H. Beck is found in the ''Friedenskirche Aue-Zelle'' (“Peace Church”). During [[World War II]], a subcamp of the [[Flossenbürg concentration camp]] was located here. <ref>Christine O'Keefe.''Concentration Camps.''www.tartanplace.com/tartanhistory/concentrationcamps.html</ref> Like Schwarzenberg, the town remained unoccupied for a while after the Second World War ended in 1945. Until 1994, the town was the administrative seat of the district of Aue. With district reform in Saxony that year, Aue became the administrative seat of the newly formed district of Aue-Schwarzenberg. Since 1996, there has been a Silberberg Town League (''Städtebund Silberberg''), to which, besides Aue, also belong Schneeberg, Schwarzenberg, Bad Schlema, Lauter and Lößnitz. In November 2006 the mayors of Aue, Lößnitz, Schneeberg and Bad Schlema expressed the intention of amalgamating their respective municipalities into a united town of Silberberg. === Population development === Development of population figures ''(from 1960 on 31 December)'': {| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" | valign="top" width="25%" | '''1839 to 1939''' * [[1839]] – 1,106 * [[1875]] – 2,677 * [[1880]] – 3,523 * [[1885]] – 8,442 * [[1933]] – 25,836 * [[1939]] – 25,445 | valign="top" width="25%" | '''1946 to 1984''' * [[1946]] – 25,567 <small>1</small> * [[1950]] – 35,785 <small>2</small> * [[1960]] – 31,182 * [[1971]] – 32,000 * [[1981]] – 28,914 * [[1984]] – 28,523 | valign="top" width="25%" | '''1995 to 2002''' * [[1995]] – 19,251 * [[1998]] – 19,933 * [[1999]] – 19,707 * [[2000]] – 19,422 * [[2001]] – 19,124 * [[2002]] – 18,961 | valign="top" width="25%" | '''2003 to 2006''' * [[2003]] – 18,759 * [[2004]] – 18,611 * [[2005]] – 18,327 * [[2006]] – 18,209 |} :<small> Source as of 1998: ''Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen''</small> <small>1 29 October</small><br/> <small>2 31 August</small> == Politics == === Town council === * [[CDU]]/[[Freie Demokratische Partei|FDP]]: 7 members * FBA/[[SPD]]: 5 members * [[The Left Party.PDS|PDS]]: 5 members * FWA: 3 members * LdU: 2 members === Coat of arms === The town’s arms show two wooden bridges, one over the other, in gold on blue over a wavy silver watery surface, each bridge with two little flags on the balustrade flying left. === Town partnerships === Partnerships have existed since 1990 with the town of [[Solingen]] and since 30 November 2003 with the [[Czech Republic|Czech]] town of [[Kadaň]]. == Famous people == === Honorary citizens === * Ernst Papst (b. 1843), factory owner, founder of the public gymnastic club and the volunteer [[fire brigade]] * [[Otto von Bismarck|''Fürst'' Otto von Bismarck]] (1815–1898), Imperial Chancellor, honorary citizen since 1 April 1895 * Gustav Hiltmann (1850–1931) joint owner of the Hiltmann & Lorenz (HILO) factory with great dedication to his homeland, town councillor honorary citizen since 1920 * [[Emil Teubner]] (1877–1958), [[Woodcarving|woodcarver]] and [[sculptor]] * Peter Koch, company director of Nickelhütte Aue GmbH (nickelworks) * Alexander Bauer, former partner in the Curt Bauer KG factory === Sons and daughters of the town === * [[Melchior Lotter]] (1470–1549), book printer and [[publisher]] * [[Kurt Teubner]] (1903–1990), painter and graphic artist * Ernst Hecker (1907–1983), painter, [[Lithography|lithographer]] and [[Impressionism|impressionist]] * [[Dietmar Vettermann]] (b. 1957), chief mayor of the city of [[Zwickau]] * [[Thomas Colditz]] (b. 1957), CDU politician, member of the Saxony ''[[Landtag]]'' === Other celebrities === *[[Ernst August Geitner]] (1783–1852), [[Chemistry|chemist]], [[physician]], [[Botany|botanist]] and inventor of [[Nickel silver|German silver]], founded Auerhammer German silver works in 1829, forerunner of today’s Auerhammer Metallwerk GmbH thereby laying the groundwork for the town‘s development into a centre for German silver cutlery manufacture. *[[Clemens Winkler]] (1838–1904), German chemist, discoverer of the chemical element [[germanium]], spent his youth in the constituent community of Niederpfannenstiel; Aue’s [[Gymnasium (school)|Gymnasium]] is named for him. == Sources == {{reflist}} {{de}} == External links == * [http://www.aue.de/ www.aue.de Town’s homepage] {{Commonscat|Aue (Sachsen)}} {{Cities and towns in Aue-Schwarzenberg (district)}} [[da:Aue (Sachsen)]] [[de:Aue (Sachsen)]] [[et:Aue]] [[eo:Aue (Saksio)]] [[fr:Aue]] [[it:Aue (Sassonia)]] [[nl:Aue (Saksen)]] [[ja:アウエ]] [[pl:Aue]] [[pt:Aue (Saxônia)]] [[ro:Aue (Sachsen)]] [[ru:Ауэ (Саксония)]] [[sv:Aue]] [[vo:Aue]] [[zh:奧厄]]