Editing Bahretal

{{Expand German|Bahretal|topic=geo|fa=yes|date=December 2009}}
{{Infobox German location
|image_photo       = Friedrichswalde (Bahretal) (01).jpg
|image_caption     = Municipal part of Friedrichswalde
|image_coa            = Wappen Bahretal.png
|coordinates       = {{coord|50|53|15|N|13|54|0|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Bahretal in PIR.svg
|state        = Sachsen
|district         = Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
|Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel
|elevation              = 240-370
|area            = 36.47
|postal_code               = 01819
|area_code           = 035023, 035025
|licence               = PIR
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 14628040
|divisions         = 8 
|mayor             = Ronny Schietzold<ref>[https://wahlen.sachsen.de/buergermeisterwahl-2021-wahlergebnisse.php Wahlergebnisse 2021], Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 10 July 2021.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2021&ndash;28
|party             = 
|website           = https://gemeinde-bahretal.de/
}}
'''Bahretal''' is a municipality in the [[Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge]] district in [[Saxony]], [[Germany]]. It is situated in the northeastern foothills of the [[Ore Mountains]], between [[Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel]] and [[Dohna]]. It consists of several small villages, situated in the valleys of the rivers [[Bahre]] and [[Seidewitz]] as well as on the heights between the valleys.

The municipality is named after the small river Bahre which flows through it. Its source is located 1.5&nbsp;km north of Breitenau in [[Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel]] at 505 m. It flows into the Seidewitz near [[Zuschendorf]]. In order to prevent flooding, a [[retention basin]] was built between Borna-Gersdorf and Friedrichswalde-Ottendorf in 1970.

==Municipality subdivisions==
Bahretal consists of the following villages:
*Borna
*Friedrichswalde
*Gersdorf
*Göppersdorf
*Nentmannsdorf
*Niederseidewitz
*Ottendorf
*Wingendorf

==History==

===Borna===
Borna ({{IPA|de|ˈbɔʁna|-|De-Borna.ogg}}) probably belonged to the castle of [[Dohna]] at first. In the beginning of the 15th century it became part of the lands of [[Schloss Weesenstein]]. It changed hands quite often, between the owners of Liebstadt, Weesenstein, Gersdorf, Ottendorf, Krebs and Giesenstein in the subsequent years. In 1731, Borna was in the possession of the count [[Maurice de Saxe]]. The village church was first mentioned in 1388. It belonged to the parish of [[Pirna]], and after the Reformation was introduced in 1539 to Liebstadt. In 1894, Borna built its own office.

===Friedrichswalde===
Friedrichswalde belonged to the [[Schloss Weesenstein]]. The church was first mentioned in 1311, and belonged to the parish of Pirna.

===Gersdorf===
Until the 17th century Gersdorf was divided into two villages: Obergersdorf (also: Gabel) and Niedergersdorf. They initially belonged to [[Dohna]], but fell to the [[Margraviate of Meissen|Margraves of Dresden]]. A manor was built in Gersdorf, and an artificial ruin was built around 1800.

== References ==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040924055217/http://fotothek.slub-dresden.de/ortsbaum/Orte_1_2_197_1.htm Pictures of Borna] Pictures of the Photothecque of the Sächsischen Landes- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041231055856/http://www.dresden-bilder.de/dd/sw/bahretal.html Pictures of Bahretal]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050205190753/http://www.sachsen-wandern.de/sachsen3.html Migratory pictures by Bahretal]

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