Gablenz

Gablenz is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of the German city of Chemnitz in the state of Saxony. Geographical Location Bordering neighborhoods are, clockwise starting from the north, Yorckgebiet, Adelsberg, Bernsdorf, Lutherviertel, and Sonnenberg. History The former village of farmers, Gablenz, was originally mentioned in the census register of the Benedictine Monastery of Chemnitz in the year 1200 (as Gabilencia). It gets its name from the nearby creek with the same name, which flows through the area. The name is Slavic in origin and means "Apple Tree Creek.“ Gablenz became a part of the city of Chemnitz in the year 1888. Gablenz Creek flows at what is today Rochlitzer Street into Chemnitz River beneath ground. Old Waldhufendorf once stretched from Johannisvorstadt in the west of the city over to Euba in the east. To the north, Gablenz bordered the Zeisigwald Forest (known today as Yorckgebiet), to the north-east to Sonnenberg. In the year 1402, the Chemnitz Monastery sold the western part of the monastery, which was part of Gablenz, to the City of Chemnitz, which pushed the outer limits of the city to what is today Zeiß and Jahn Streets. With the closure of the Benedictine Monastery in Chemnitz in the year 1547, Gablenz came into the fold of the administrative district of Chemnitz, (Amt Chemnitz). Like many of the villages in the area, Gablenz was devastated and plundered several times during the Thirty Years' War.