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Type of settlement:
village.
Form of settlement:
farm hamlet, large block
meadows, 57 ha (1842).
Development of population:
1548/54 - 2 owned men, 8
„Inwohner“, 3 3/4 Hufen,
1764 - 2 owned men, 3½ Hufen
je 25 Scheffel.
Place name variations:
1338 - Czwirczow (PN),
1445 - Swerczschow,
1501 - Schwertzschaw,
1537 - Zwirschkau,
1548 - Tschwirtschka,
1555 - Schwirtzschs,
1605 - Tzwirtsschaw,
1791 - Zwirschka, b. Zuschendorf,
1875 - Zwirtzschkau.
Parish:
District of the city of Niederseidewitz,
since 1970 to Nentmannsdorf-Niederseidewitz,
since 1994 to Bahretal.
Administrative affiliation:
1445 - „Pflege“ Dohna,
1548 - Department of Pirna,
1764 - Department of Pirna,
1816 - Department of Pirna l. d. E.,
1843 - Department of Pirna,
1856 - Court Department of Pirna,
1875 - Department of Pirna,
1952 - County of Pirna,
1994 - County of Sächsische Schweiz.
Manorial rights:
1554 - Parish of (Hospital) Dohna,
1764 - Parish of (Hospital) Dohna.
Parochial affiliation:
1539 and 1930 - parished to
Friedrichswalde.
About the Family‘s Origin
E x c u r s u s
Information about Zwirtzschkau
Source: Institute for Saxonian History and Folklore (ISGV) e.V.