Lately, the name Abrahamsbach has become accepted, which stems from the headwaters near the once important Vater Abraham iron ore mine in Oberscheibe.
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In older times Raschau supposedly belonged to Markersbach as a branch church, and likewise, Oberscheibe was assigned to Markersbach’s church, by the favour of the Lords of Schönburg, once the mining town of Scheibenberg had been founded.
Raschau-Markersbach is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in Saxony, Germany.
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It was formed on 1 January 2008, by the merger of the former municipalities Markersbach and Raschau.