Grießbach is a village and a former municipality in the Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge) in
Saxony
Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...
,
Germany
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. It was absorbed into the municipality Venusberg in 1999, and became part of the municipality
Drebach
Drebach is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. It consists of the ''Ortsteile'' (divisions) Drebach, Grießbach, Im Grund, Scharfenstein, Spinnerei, Venusberg, Wilischthal and Wiltzsch.Ortsteil Grießbach Gemeinde Drebach, accessed 12 October 2021.
History
The village first appeared in an official document in 1386. In 1539 it built a Christian community with
Drebach
Drebach is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. It consists of the ''Ortsteile'' (divisions) Drebach, Grießbach, Im Grund, Scharfenstein, Spinnerei, Venusberg, Wilischthal and Wiltzsch.Zschopau
Zschopau (), is a town in the Erzgebirgskreis district of Saxony, Germany.
Geography
The town is located on the northwestern slopes of the Ore Mountains, on both Bank (geography), banks of the Zschopau (river), Zschopau River, about south-east ...
. A railroad was built next to the street so the mining for
limestone
Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...
could flourish. In 1929 the mining industry was called off and a concentration on agriculture began.
During
World War II
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Grießbach was for the most parts destroyed by bombs. After the war the
Soviet Union
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settled down in Grießbach to search for
uranium
Uranium is a chemical element with the symbol U and atomic number 92. It is a silvery-grey metal in the actinide series of the periodic table. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons. Uranium is weak ...
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
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* Class reunion
* Family reunion
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Places
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with
West Germany
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. Today Mogatec uses the factory buildings for the production of garden tools.