Markersbach

Markersbach is a former municipality on the river Große Mittweida in the district of Aue-Schwarzenberg in Saxony, Germany. Since 1 January 2008, Markersbach and Raschau have formed the municipality of Raschau-Markersbach.Constituent communitiesMarkersbach had two of these: Mittweida and Unterscheibe.HistoryThe forest homestead village came into being in the early 13th century and was described as Marckquartisdorff in 1240 and as Margerßbach in 1555. It belonged first to the Cistercian monastery at Grünhain, after whose secularization it was governed by the monastery’s legal successor, the Amt of Grünhain. The actual village of Markersbach consisted of only three and a half Hufen and a number of cottager plots. It has been governed at least since the 16th century together with the neighbouring, bigger village of Unterscheibe, and indeed in most old documents, the union is simply named as Unterscheibe. For justice’s sake, a judge and jurymen were appointed for both villages.The village stream, parts of which are called Markersbach and other parts of which are called Scheibenbach is a right-bank tributary to the Große Mittweida. Lately, the name Abrahamsbach has become accepted, which stems from the headwaters near the once important Vater Abraham iron ore mine in Oberscheibe.