Branitz (Cottbus)

Branitz Rogeńc City of Cottbus Coordinates: 51 ° 44 ′ 34 ″  N , 14 ° 20 ′ 11 ″  E
Height :	75 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.4 km²
Residents :	1452  (Apr 30, 2020)
Population density :	269 ​​inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 6, 1993
Postal code :	03042
Area code :	0355
Location of Branitz in Cottbus
Branitz Castle

Branitz , Rogeńc in Lower Sorbian , is a district of the independent city of Cottbus . Located in the east of the city, it borders on the community of Neuhausen / Spree and the district of Spree-Neisse . With around 1400 inhabitants, Branitz is one of the smaller districts of the city. Until it was incorporated in 1993, Branitz existed as an independent municipality.

The district is known for the Branitzer Park with its castle.

geography

Branitz is located east of the Spree on an alluvial sand fan of the Cottbus sand plate . In the Branitz area, the fan is interspersed with various still waters. In the middle of the 19th century, Hermann von Pückler-Muskau transformed part of the barren sandy landscape into the Branitzer Park . Since it was bought by the city of Cottbus in 1933, the Branitzer Park has been largely on the outskirts of the neighboring district of Sandow .

history

First mention and etymology

The village of Branitz was first mentioned in 1449 as Branicz . The certificate was issued in the monastery of Our Dear Frouwen zu Gubin ( Guben ). The document states:

“1449 September 8th, Guben. We Frid. proclaims ... that we Hentzen and Hannsen brother Kathewizczu der Halbe (Halbe) and Witchen Molaß zu der Weßen (Wiese) the accumulation of property and elevations to Werben, in Branicz (Branitz), to Malyn (Mehlen) in the land of Gubin and to Wilmerstorff to lend. You should have the fit after the gnant Witchen's death ... Give to Gubin Our dear Frouwen day Nativitatis ad MCCCCXLIX. "

- First documentary mention, September 8, 1449

The Slavic name Branicz loud's Brandenburg Namenbuch means , place where people live a man named Bran . The Lower Sorbian place name Rogeńc refers either to the field name with the meaning horn, corner , in a figurative sense, place on a sharp bend in the Spree , or to the name Bronici .

Branitz under changing aristocratic rule

In the middle of the 15th century Branitz was owned by the brothers Heinz and Hans von Kracht from the old noble family von Kracht. Via the von Werdeck family, the place came to the von Köckritz family in 1510 , to the von Zabeltitz family in 1519 and, after 1608, to Hans Sigismund von Muschen from the von Mosch family . On October 6, 1696, the Branitz estate acquired imperial count August Sylvius von Pückler (1657–1742), Baron von Groditz, Lord of Schedlau and other goods in Silesia. He was followed by Erdmann Graf von Pückler (1687–1742), August Heinrich Graf von Pückler (1720–1810), the builder of Branitz Castle, and Hermann von Pückler-Muskau (1785–1871), who was awarded the title of prince in 1822. After he had to sell the rulership of Muskau on account of debt , he began work on Branitzer Park on his father's property in 1846, at the age of 60. He was followed by Heinrich Graf von Pückler, who died in 1921, and August Graf von Pückler (1864–1937). Before the goods came to the city of Cottbus, Heinrich Graf von Pückler (died in 1944) was the last noble owner.

Incorporation

On December 6, 1993 Branitz was incorporated into the independent city of Cottbus.

Park Railway and Peace Oak

The former peace oak 2011

The landscape park and the zoo near Branitz are popular excursion destinations for Cottbus residents. Both have been connected by the Cottbus Park Railway (formerly: Pioniereisenbahn Cottbus ), which is also operated by children and young people, since 1954 . The route leads from Sandower Dreieck station to Park & ​​Schloss Branitz station, which was still called Friedenseiche station until 2011. The eponymous Friedenseiche in Branitz was one of the most famous dance and excursion bars in Cottbus. The house, which was opened in 1910, had a hall with 500 seats, three guest rooms with 200 seats and a coffee garden with 600 seats. It was known for a regional specialty: Lusatian yeast lentils . In 1995 the restaurant was closed and in 2010 it was released for demolition after being vacant for a long time, despite being a listed building .

literature

• Branitz. History and stories. Ed .: Bürgererverein Branitz e. V., Regia-Verlag, Cottbus 2009, ISBN 978-3-86929-024-9 .

Web links

Commons : Branitz / Rogeńc  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Branitz in the genealogical directory

Individual evidence

1. ↑ residents by district. In: cottbus.de. City administration Cottbus - Citizen Service Department, April 30, 2020, accessed on June 12, 2020 . 
2. ↑ City of Cottbus: Inhabitants by district / population movement ( Memento of the original from July 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ City of Cottbus: Main statute of the independent city of Cottbus / Chóśebuz (adaptation to the municipal constitution of the state of Brandenburg ) . 2009 (PDF file; 44 kB)
4. ↑ Branitz. History and stories. ... p. 8 f., 28.
5. ↑ Quoted from: Christian Friedrich, Volkmar Herold: 560 years Branitz - 313 years Pückler. The local jubilee brought impulses for consideration of the manor house. Series: New Branitz Letters (X) . In: The Märkische Bote. The green home newspaper for Cottbus / Spree-Neisse-Kreis . 2009.
6. ↑ Branitz. History and stories. ... p. 16 f.
7. ↑ Reinhard E. Fischer : The place names of the states of Brandenburg and Berlin , Volume 13 of the Brandenburg Historical Studies on behalf of the Brandenburg Historical Commission, be.bra Wissenschaft verlag, Berlin-Brandenburg 2005 ISBN 3-937233-30-X , ISSN  1860-2436 . P. 32.
8. ↑ Branitz. History and stories. ... p. 17.
9. ↑ Cottbus - a Parkstadt ( Memento of the original from June 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Lecture by Hermann Graf von Pückler at the senior university of the BTU Cottbus . Noted by Heidemarie Morgenstern, May 7, 2013. 
10. ^ Changes in the municipalities of Germany, see 1993 StBA
11. ^ Siegfried Kohlschmidt: Cottbus: scrolled through the city chronicle; current information. Ed .: ETRO-Verlag für Wirtschaftswerbung, Bad Soden-Salmünster, 1993.
12. ↑ Branitzer Friedenseiche free for demolition. City administration grants approval for the traditional Branitz house . In: Lausitzer Rundschau , December 18, 2010.