| 1180
- 1200 |
first
settlement and construction of houses and castle |
| 1225 |
Albertus
de Scoenegge was first mentioned in writing |
| 1327 |
Earl
Henry the Older of Plauen granted the King of Bohemia his
power in fief, Schöneck and many other towns and villages
were ruled by Bohemia |
| 1370 |
Charles
IV rendered Schöneck town and gave Schöneck the
same rights as the town of Loket in Bohemia |
| 1397 |
King
Wenzel appointed Earl Günter of Schwarzburg as senior
cicil servant of the castles and towns of Schöneck,
Mylau, Stollberg and Schönbach |
| 1422 |
King
Sigismund pawned the castles of Schöneck, Mylau, Stollberg,
Gattendorf and Sparnberg with all their belongings for 90,
000 guilder to the House of Wettin |
|
1430 |
Elector
Frederic and Sigismund Duke of Saxony pawned the castle
and its belongings for
1, 500 guilders to the von Wolffisdorf (Woltersdorf) brothers |
| 1437 |
Kaspar
Schlick Chancellor of the Greater German Reich, Count of
Cheb and Loket took the castle of Schöneck with its
belongings out of pawn for 3, 000 guilder. Later it was
his inheritance and fief |
| 1444 |
Peter
Thoß of Mariney and Konrad Thoß of Schilbach
sold the desolated open fields of Haselbrunn to the town
of Schöneck |
| 1499 |
Hans of Scheuben
from Cheb bought the castle of Schöneck with the belongings
from the nobleman Wenzel Schlick. The was a dispute because
the latter sold the castle to two potential byers |
| 1534 |
Adam
of Scheuben's guardians sold Schöneck's castle, estate
and town to the Johann Elector of Saxony |
| 1546 |
During
the Schmalkalian War Schöneck was captured by the troups
of emperor who plundered the towns of Adorf and Oelsnitz |
| 1549 |
Kind
Ferdinand sold among other things the castle and town of
Schöneck to his chancellor Henry of Plauen. The reason
was that the king wanted to thank him for his help in the
Schmalkaldian War |
| 1554 |
The
plot of the estate was divided and given to the citizens
who had to pay interest rates |
| 1559 |
Henry
of Plauen pawned his belongings to August Elector of Saxony
and got 60, 000 guilder |
| 1563 |
The
contract of pledge was extended but finally the elector
took over full responsibility. The pledge was not redeemed.
As a consequence Schöneck belonged to Saxony again |
| 1580 |
Parts
of the castle were taken down. An electoral hunting lodge
was constructed |
| 1632 |
Troups
of General Holk plundered the town, destroyed the castle
and burned down the town |
| 1633 |
251
inhabitants died because of the war and plague |
| 1680 |
Another
fire destroyed the whole town except three
remote houses |
| 1732 |
Priest
Marbach started writing the chronicle. At this time 800
inhabitants live in 130 small houses in the town.
The poor inhabitants work as farmers or raftsmen, collect
pitch and produced soot. People from Bohemia introduced
the art of violin-making. The main business was the cotton
weaving mill |
| 1761 |
Austrian
soldiers had been billeted in Schöneck. Because of
an act of negligence they caused another fire. Again huge
parts of the town burned down |
| 1765 |
The
remaining parts of the castle were pulled down in order
to get the stones for the reconstruction of the town |
| 1847 |
Schöneck got a post office
|
| 1856 |
On
9th May a child caused a devastating fire and within a short
period of time 286 buildings were completely destroyed and
472 families were homeless. It was the last great fire.
The town was being rebuilt following a new ground-plan |
| 1858 |
Schöneck's
first newspaper was founded |
| 1865 |
The
art of making cigars found its way to Schöneck |
| 1874 |
Schöneck
loses its jurisdiction to Oelsnitz |
| 1875 |
Because
of the fact that now one was able to travel by train from
Chemitz via Aue to Adorf and back, Schöneck got a train
station |
| 1912 |
Schöneck
got back its jurisdiction; a building (today's hospital)
was constructed |
| 1914
- 1918 |
Many
people died as victims of World War I |
| 1923 |
The townhall at Sonnenwirbel was constructed |
| 1939
- 1945 |
World
War II: In the last days of the war Schöneck was under
intense fire. The were victims among civilians. On 6th May
the Americans marched into the town |
