Hartmannsdorf (Hartmannsdorf bei Chemnitz) is a small municipality in the district Mittweida, Saxony, in eastern Germany, near the city of Chemnitz. As of 2020 it has a population of 4,421.

History

During World War II, in February 1941, the Stalag IV-F prisoner-of-war camp was established in Hartmannsdorf.[3] It held French, British, Soviet, Serbian, American, Czechoslovak, Belgian, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Italian and other Allied POWs, including Polish women who fought in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944.[3] The camp was liberated by American troops in April 1945.[3]

Economy

The Diamant works in Hartmannsdorf are the oldest producing bicycle factory in Germany.[4] Since 2004 it has been the site for the European production of Trek Bicycle Corporation. Trek took over the Villiger-Diamant production facility which they had purchased in 2003.

Twin towns

References

  1. ^ Gewählte Bürgermeisterinnen und Bürgermeister im Freistaat Sachsen, Stand: 17. Juli 2022, Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen.
  2. ^ "Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden als Excel-Arbeitsmappe" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Overmans, Rüdiger; Vogt, Wolfgang (2022). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. pp. 420–421. ISBN 978-0-253-06089-1.
  4. ^ Aidn, Werner (2010) Diamant. Fahrräder, Motorräder, Radsport. Maxime-Verlag, Leipzig, ISBN 978-3-931965-25-9


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartmannsdorf,_Mittelsachsen
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