Alt-Schadow

Alt-Schadow Municipality Märkische Heide Coordinates: 52 ° 7 ′ 16 ″ N , 13 ° 56 ′ 57 ″ E
Height :	45 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	299 (December 31, 2011)
Incorporation :	October 26, 2003
Postal code :	15913
Area code :	035473
	Peace oak on the village green

Alt-Schadow ( Lower Sorbian Stary Škódow ) is a district of the municipality of Märkische Heide in the district of Dahme-Spreewald ( Brandenburg ).

location

Alt-Schadow is east of the Neuendorfer See and is the northernmost place in the Spreewald biosphere reserve . There are two campsites near the lake. With the Godna lake there is another lake not far from the village.

history

The first documentary mention took place in 1424. At first the place was Sorbian settled, was only called Schadow and belonged to the rule Storkow. Due to its location on the trunk road from Cottbus to Berlin , Schadow gained a certain traffic and economic importance. The handling of livestock transports brought the place income. There was a church in the village. The church in the area of the village square was destroyed in the Thirty Years War . After Razeneisenstein was found in the area , Frederick II of Prussia ordered the construction of the Hüttenplatz colony and the settlement of craftsmen from the Palatinate to set up two blast furnaces. In 1753 the place was renamed Alt-Schadow. During the Seven Years' War the plant was destroyed and not rebuilt. In 1773 Alt- Schadow was parish off to Neu Schadow . A major fire in 1854 destroyed almost all buildings in Alt-Schadow. Many of the new buildings erected immediately after the disaster still shape the townscape. The population operates forestry and timber industry. An existing weir from 1911 also served as a transshipment point for wood.

Around the beginning of the 19th century, the place gained importance as a local recreation area for Berlin further north. In 1925 Alt-Schadow had 336 inhabitants. By 1933 the number had risen to 365 and then dropped again to 335 by 1939. During the Second World War , the historic bridge over the Spree near Alt-Schadow was blown up. In 1954 a new bridge was built.

Alt-Schadow was incorporated into the municipality of Märkische Heide on October 26, 2003.

Buildings and monuments

Needle weir on the Spree.

The Peace Oak from 1871 and a war memorial for those who died in the First World War can be seen in the village square . A wildlife enclosure is located on the Raatsch peninsula . The lock system with needle weir is remarkable .

Personalities

The Prussian general Hans von Gronau (1850–1940) was born in Alt-Schadow.

Web links

Commons : Alt-Schadow - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Alt-Schadow , broadcast of the RBB-Landschleicher, accessed on March 5, 2017.

Individual evidence

↑ Müller's Large German Local Book 2012: Complete local dictionary. 33. revised and exp. Ed., Walter de Gruyter, Berlin and Boston 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-027420-2 , online at Google Books , p. 47
↑ Main statutes of the municipality of Märkische Heide from February 17, 2009 ( Memento from December 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF)
↑ Alt Schadow , website of the municipality of Märkische Heide, accessed on March 5, 2017.
^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2003

[Müllers-1] Müller's Large German Local Book 2012: Complete local dictionary. 33. revised and exp. Ed., Walter de Gruyter, Berlin and Boston 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-027420-2 , online at Google Books , p. 47

[Hauptsatzung-2] Main statutes of the municipality of Märkische Heide from February 17, 2009 ( Memento from December 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF)

[3] Alt Schadow , website of the municipality of Märkische Heide, accessed on March 5, 2017.

[4] StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2003