Frauenstein
1218 (6/11) first documented mention of the name
"Vrounsten"
1272 (8/7) first mention of the name of the fortress
"Castrum Vrowenstein"
1329 Markgrave Fredrik, The Serious One, Of Meissen
gives the fortress
Frauenstein to the count of Meissen
1384 Donation of the Chapel "To the Holy Cross"
by count Berthold of Meissen
1411 Count Heinrich of Meissen gives the city
autonomy, i.e. self rule
1428 "Slosses Frawenstein" (fortress) and all that
belonged to it, was
turned over to the count of Meissen.
1429 The Hussites destroy Frauenstein
1439 Emperor Albrecht decides that Frauenstein would
be given to the markgrave, i.e.the count
1483 Construction of the "new" town
1588 Completion of the castle
1647 Frauenstein becomes the official administrative
center(and the castle becomes the residence of
the administrators)
1683 (1/14) birth of the Saxon master organ builder
Gottfried Silbermann
in Kleinbobritzsch near Frauenstein
1711 Gottfried Silbermann builds his first organ in
Kleinbobritzsch
because "Frauenstein is his father land".
1728 Second town fire. The fortress becomes a ruin
and the Silbermann organ is destroyed
1748 Frauenstein becomes the court center as well as
the forestry administrative center
1813 Napoleon's troops make their quarters in
the castle and thereby destroy the rooms.
1869 (10/9) a city fire destroys the second Silbermann
organ.
1873 Dedication of the Church on the 4th anniversary
of the fire
1889 Founding of the Haenig Family Album factory
1898 Opening of the small track train line between
Klingenberg-Colmnitz and Frauenstein
1913 Dedication of the "Three Kings" monument on the
towns square
1934-45 Work Quarters in Frauenstein
1943 The restaurant "Schuetzenhaus" becomes the
Tittel company
1945 Bombing attacks on Frauenstein
1949 Recuperation center is opened
1952 The county ambulatory is turned over
1954 Opening of the museum in the Torhaus
1956-70 Maternity home in Frauenstein
1960 The agriculture is forced into a Collective system
1971 Moratorium of the small track train
1973 The "Three Kings Monument" was torn down
1974 Kleinbobritzsch was added to Frauenstein
1983 Opening of the Gottfried Silbermann Museum
1991 A town partnership was formed between
Zell a.H. and Frauenstein