{"product_id":"carte-ancienne-chemnitz-1874","title":"Antique map - Chemnitz 1874","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"\"\u003ePlan of \u003cstrong\u003eChemnitz\u003c\/strong\u003e in\u003cstrong\u003e 1874\u003c\/strong\u003e: the rapidly expanding \"Saxon Manchester\", its machine factories, its former monastery and planned new districts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"\"\u003eThis plan shows \u003cstrong\u003eChemnitz\u003c\/strong\u003e in \u003cstrong\u003e1874\u003c\/strong\u003e. At that time, the city was in the Kingdom of Saxony (Königreich Sachsen), a member of the German Empire since 1871. Today, it belongs to the Free State of Saxony (Freistaat Sachsen). Its French name is the same as its German name: it comes from the Chemnitz River, whose name dates back to the Sorbian word \"Kamenica\", the stony brook. From 1953 to 1990, under the GDR, the city bore the name of Karl-Marx-Stadt, and it was the European capital of culture in 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"\"\u003eThe year of this map is also the year in which Chemnitz becomes an \"exempt city\" (exemte Stadt), the equivalent of a district city. It had more than 68,000 inhabitants in 1871, the year when 8,000 metalworkers held the first major strike of the Empire, and more than 103,000 in 1883, the date on which it became a major city. Its industry earned it two nicknames, one flattering, the \"Saxon Manchester\", already used in 1859, the other less pleasant, \"Ruß-Chamtz\", \"Sooty Chemnitz\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"\"\u003ePlaces and districts shown:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\" class=\"\"\u003e\n\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong class=\"\"\u003eThe machine factories\u003c\/strong\u003e - the map index numbers about fifty public buildings and factories, including the Sächsische Maschinenfabrik. It was born from the enterprise of Richard Hartmann, founded in 1837 and installed in 1844 in Schloßchemnitz; it became the Sächsische Maschinenfabrik AG in 1870, and manufactured locomotives, machine tools, steam engines and machines for spinning mills. The map also names other machine factories and spinning mills.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong class=\"\"\u003eSchloßchemnitz and the Schloßteich\u003c\/strong\u003e - to the north, the municipality of Schloßchemnitz, which was not attached to the city until 1880, surrounds the former Benedictine monastery of Sainte-Marie, founded around 1136 by Emperor Lothar III, and the Schloßteich, a pond dug in 1493 by Abbot Heinrich von Schleinitz for fish farming. An island was inaugurated there in 1870 by the city's beautification society. The map also indicates the Schloß Chemnitz brewery by shares.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong class=\"\"\u003eThe old town center\u003c\/strong\u003e - the old town forms a tight ring of streets. It obtained market rights in 1143, lost its status as an Imperial city in 1308 in favor of the Wettins, and received in 1357 a bleaching privilege: four burghers could set up a bleaching factory there for the entire Margraviate of Meissen. This privilege made the local textile industry wealthy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong class=\"\"\u003eThe planned new districts\u003c\/strong\u003e - a note on the map specifies that the built-up area is hatched, while the planned area is not. The plan thus shows to the west a star-shaped district planned around the Kaßberg, assigned to the \"Chemnitzer Bau-Gesellschaft\". The population doubled from 1850 to 1870, and it will double again from 1871 to 1900.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong class=\"\"\u003eThe station and the railways\u003c\/strong\u003e - the station, its goods station (Güterbahnhof) and its workshops are to the east of the city. The Riesa to Chemnitz line opened in 1852, and the map indicates the directions of Dresden, Annaberg and Frankenberg.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong class=\"\"\u003eThe surroundings\u003c\/strong\u003e - to the right, an insert (\"Umgebung von Chemnitz\") shows the villages and communication routes around the city. The Zeisigwald and the villages of Bernsdorf, Altendorf, Kappel and Furth appear at the city limits.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"\"\u003eCartographic reference:\u003c\/strong\u003e this \"Plan der Stadt Chemnitz\" was lithographed and printed in Chemnitz. It is gridded from 1 to 10 and from a to h, and two columns printed on each side list the streets and squares, then the numbered public buildings and factories. The map is thus as economical as it is topographical: the factories are shown alongside churches and schools.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"\"\u003eIn short:\u003c\/strong\u003e for anyone who has ties to Chemnitz or Saxony, is interested in the industrial history of Germany or in the plans of rapidly expanding cities, this map shows the \"Saxon Manchester\" a few years before it became a major city, with its planned streets still without houses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem class=\"\"\u003eWhat area does this map of Chemnitz cover?\u003c\/em\u003e It covers Chemnitz and its surroundings: the old town center, Schloßchemnitz and its pond, the station, the planned new districts, as well as neighboring villages such as Altendorf, Bernsdorf and Furth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem class=\"\"\u003eIn what year was this map published?\u003c\/em\u003e This map dates from 1874, the year in which Chemnitz became an exempt city.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"\"\u003eReproduction of the \"Plan der Stadt Chemnitz\", dated 1874, lithographed and printed in Chemnitz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"\"\u003ePrinted on 200 g\/m² textured art paper. 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