Grießbach

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Grießbach is a German village which is situated in the Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge) in Saxony and belongs to the Verwaltungsverband Grüner Grund (administrative district Grüner Grund). It is officially one of the 404 most beautiful places in whole Germany and counts approximately 900 inhabitants.

[edit] History

Grießbach in the morning

The village first appeared in an official document in 1386. 1539 it built a Christian community with Drebach. Since 1850 there exists a street as a connection between the village and the next big town Zschopau. After that a railroad next to the street was built. So the mining for limestone could flourish. In 1929 the mining industry was called off and a concentration on agriculture began.

During World War II Grießbach was for the most parts destroyed by bombs. After the war the Soviet Union settled down in Grießbach to search for uranium. But they only found tons of ore.

During the time of the GDR DKK (Deutsches Kühl- und Kältekombinat) opened a factory for the production of refrigerators which were sold to countries all over the eastern European countries. The factory closed just before the reunion with West Germany. Today Mogatec uses the factory buildings for the production of garden tools.

Today the village is famous for being the world's getzen capital. Getzen is a food created in Grießbach which consits of potatoes, corn, curd cheese and some other things.