ain , ▁Ott endorf ▁and ▁Sau ps dorf . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Seb nitz ▁was ▁first ▁mentioned ▁in ▁a ▁document ▁of ▁ 1 2 2 3 / 1 2 4 1 ▁out lin ing ▁the ▁borders ▁between ▁the ▁kingdom ▁of ▁Boh emia ▁and ▁the ▁dioc ese ▁of ▁Me i ßen . ▁In ▁ 1 4 5 1 ▁it ▁was ▁first ▁mentioned ▁as ▁a ▁town . ▁A ▁new ▁town ▁hall ▁was ▁built ▁in ▁ 1 7 1 4 / 1 7 1 5 , ▁but ▁was ▁destroyed ▁together ▁with ▁numerous ▁other ▁buildings , ▁among ▁them ▁the ▁school ▁house , ▁in ▁a ▁fire ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 4 . ▁Ar ound ▁ 1 9 0 0 ▁Seb nitz ▁became ▁a ▁centre ▁of ▁the ▁manufact ure ▁of ▁artificial ▁flowers . ▁From ▁ 1 9 5 2 ▁until ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁the ▁town ▁was ▁the ▁administrative ▁centre ▁of ▁the ▁district ▁Seb nitz . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁ 6 ▁year ▁old ▁German - I ra qi ▁Joseph ▁Kant el berg - Ab d ulla , ▁who ▁suffered ▁from ▁a ▁heart ▁condition , ▁had ▁a ▁heart ▁attack ▁and ▁d rown ed ▁in ▁the ▁local ▁public ▁sw imming ▁pool ▁as ▁neither ▁mother ▁nor ▁ 1 2 - year - old ▁sister ▁looked ▁after ▁him . ▁Three ▁years ▁later , ▁his ▁mother ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁boy ▁had ▁been ▁tort ured ▁and ▁d rown ed ▁by ▁no ▁less ▁than ▁ 5 0 ▁ne o - N az is , ▁we aring ▁bo ots ,