Hainichen

Hainichen is a market town in the German Free State of Saxony. It is situated on the stream little Striegis and around 24 kilometers north-east of Chemnitz. Hainichen has been formed by its modern past. A first settlement had been referenced in 1276 as manor forensis Heynichen. Hainichen used to be a position of impressive industry. Its essential assembling was at one time that of woolen clothes, baize, and comparative textures; at the time it might have been known as the focal point of this industry in Germany.

The Gellert foundation for the poor was built up in 1815. In 1933, a creation plant for little conveyance vans and minibusses called Framo moved from close-by Frankenberg to Hainichen. From that point forward, the car business has been the most import boss. An early death camp, Hainichen inhumane imprisonment, was set up in April 1933 and loose in June 1933. Amid World War II, a subcamp of Flossenburg inhumane imprisonment was situated here, lodging female detainees working for the Framo endeavor.