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Das älteste Siegel der Stadt Stollberg

1244
first documentary mentioning of the castle

1320
taking possession of the settlement Stollberg by the noble family Schönburger

1343
market and town rights for the first time

1423
the authority is Wettnisch but it still is Bohemian fiefdom

1473
town Stollberg is sold to the bishop of Meißen Dietrich IV

1564
the town is sold again to Saxony’s  elector August I for  the price of 74222 gulden

Gesamtansicht von Stollberg vom Hofzeichner Dillich 1624   General view of Stollberg from Dillich 1624

1624
Dillich draw Stollberg on behalf of Johann Georg I.Schloß Stollberg um 1620 (nach Dillich)

1633
during the Thirty Years' War the city and the castle were burnt down

1683
the guesthouse “Weißes Roß” was named in association with the postal column

1704
Hotel „Weißes Roß“The name “Castle Hoheneck” appeared for the first time.

4 Sep 1809
fire destroyed nearly the whole town, the market with the town hall and the department as well as the boy school and the church within four hours.

9 May 1812
laying of the foundation stone for the town hall

1815
reconstruction of the "Castle Hoheneck"

1837
establishment of an independent superintendentur

1 May 1841
first weekly paper was printed by F. Keller

1 May 1853
first edition of the scoreboard for Stollberg and vicinity

Nordseite des Marktes um 1820 1 Oct 1855
opening of the municipal saving bank

1855
Coustruction of the big factory buildings of the company F. E . Woller (stocking producer)

Ausschreibung für das neue Rathaus von 1811Bauzeichnung von Baumeister  J.T. Winkler für das neu zu errichtende  Rathaus, das spätere Amtsgericht Deckblatt einer der Bauakten für das neue Rathaus von 1811  

1864
opening of the “Castle Hoheneck” as a prison

1866
interoduction of a farmer's market in Stollberg

Bauzeichnung für den Kirchturm der Jakobikirche von 1878

1868
opening of the first telegraph station

17 May 1873
opening of the secondary modern school with 12 secondary school classes and 3 grammar school classes

15 May 1879
opening of the rail connection between Stollberg and St.Egidien

1879
consecration of the steeple of St. Jakobi

1886
laying the foundation stone for the new town hall

1889
opening of the rail connection between Stollberg and Zwönitz

1898
construction of the post office

1899
construction of the municipal slaughterhouse

1903
consecration of the Royal Teacher Seminar

1910
opening the royal office main team

1939
opening of the motorway section Chemnitz – Stollberg

April 1945
bombardment of the city by Americans forces

Entwurfszeichnung für das Rathaus

01 Oct 1945
opening  of the school

1949
establishment of the miners' hospital

1952
reformation of the district Stollberg Stollberg became district town

1953
the Querenbachtalsperre is finished

1954
floods in Stollberg

from 1955
different residential areas are built

Königlich Sächsisches Lehrerseminar

1966
construction of the new bus station

1983
opening of the new municipal library

04 Nov 1989
first demonstration of the civil right movement "New Forum" on the market 

06 May 1990
council elections

03.10.1990
German Reunification Day mayor Mathias Wirth plants the lime tree for the German unity

1993
650- year-anniversary

2001
closing down of the women's prison "Hoheneck"

2005
opening of the ringroad B 180

 

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Stadtverwaltung Stollberg
Hauptmarkt 1
09366 Stollberg
Germany

Phone: +49 37296 94-0
Fax: +49 37296 2437
Email:  info@stollberg-erzgebirge.de