Old Olvenstedt

Alt Olvenstedt district of Magdeburg
Basic data
Surface:	3.2008  km²
Residents :	3938
Population density :	1,230 inhabitants per km²
(Information as of December 31, 2016)
Coordinates :	52 ° 9 ′  N , 11 ° 34 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 9 ′ 20 ″  N , 11 ° 34 ′ 0 ″  E
Districts / Districts:	Alt Olvenstedt village Weizengrund settlement Birkenallee Agrarstrasse Olvenstedter Röthe
Postal code :	39130
Bus routes :	71 614 652 ( BördeBus )

Dorfstrasse manor

school

Alt Olvenstedt is a district of the Saxony-Anhalt state capital Magdeburg located on the western periphery . It extends over an area of ​​3.2008 km² and has 3938 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2016).

geography

The Börde district begins on the western border of the former village of Olvenstedt, with the districts of Großer Silberberg and Neu Olvenstedt to the north and east . The southern border is formed by federal highway 1 . The development zone is only 1 km², in the north and south of the district are agricultural areas of the Magdeburg Börde . The Sülze cuts through the district from west to east .

history

As early as 826 the place was mentioned under the name Olva as the property of the Corvey monastery near Höxter . In 966, Bishop Bernhard von Halberstadt donated the tax tithe of the village, now known as Osolfstidi , to the Magdeburg Moritz monastery for the time of his life . From 1349 to 1810 the cathedral chapter of Magdeburg was the owner. Archaeological finds and the place name, however, indicate a much older settlement. With the " Angelhoch-Grave " found in the northern part of Olvenstedt , traces from the Neolithic Age (~ 2000 BC) could be secured.

Due to the good earnings situation of the fertile Bördeboden, Olvenstedt developed into one of the largest villages in the region during the Middle Ages. Due to its attraction, many smaller places in the area were abandoned by their inhabitants in the 13th and 14th centuries. Already in the early Middle Ages Olvenstedt owned two churches with the parish church of St. Laurentius and the Gutskirche St. Petri . In 1563 Olvenstedt had 90 house owners and was next to Groß Ottersleben the largest town in the nearby Magdeburg catchment area. In addition to the main line of business, agriculture, the numerous greywacke quarries on the outskirts were also important. They were mentioned as early as the 15th century and, among other things, provided building material for the towers of Magdeburg Cathedral and the Magdeburg fortress .

During the Thirty Years' War Olvenstedt was almost completely destroyed by imperial troops in 1644/1645, only the Petrikirche remained. At the end of the 17th century, however, the original number of inhabitants had already been reached again, and within the next hundred years it rose to over 1,000. In 1724 the people of Olvenstedt decided to expand their parish church of St. Laurentius. For this purpose the Petrikirche was demolished and its stones used as building material for the renovation.

The Napoleonic wars brought the early 19th century again mischief over the village. From 1806 it was under French rule as part of the Kingdom of Westphalia . When Napoleon started his campaign in Russia in 1812, a large contingent of troops was billeted in Olvenstedt. After defeat and retreat, up to 7,000 French soldiers again took up quarters in Olvenstedt in 1813. To make matters worse, a fire broke out on April 20, 1813, killing four farms and nine houses. Although the French troops had been driven out of their East Elbe canton of Gommern by their Russian-Prussian allies on April 30, 1813 , the French remained in the western Magdeburg area. In August 1813 they transformed the Olvenstedt church into a fortress, the windows were torn out and walled up in loopholes. In October, the residents were obliged to work on the entrenchments, but they also suffered time and again from looting by French soldiers. After Magdeburg had been besieged by the allies for seven months, handover negotiations began on April 16, 1814 in Olvenstedt, which led to an armistice on April 21. On May 8, 1814, the Olvenstedter were able to hold the victory celebration over French rule.

After the Congress of Vienna Olvenstedt returned to the Prussian Kingdom. After a reform of the district administration, the place was incorporated into the Wolmirstedt district. The wave of industrialization of the 19th century largely passed Olvenstedt because the place was not connected to the railway network. The numerous quarries, of which 18 still existed in 1840, gradually ceased operations by 1900. In contrast, agriculture developed considerably due to the high-yielding fields. The wealth of the farmers was reflected in the construction of lavish manor villas that were built at the end of the 19th century (see sights). The expansion of the place is also reflected in the number of inhabitants. In 1840, 1,897 people lived in Olvenstedt, but in 1900 there were already 3,904. About 15 percent of them worked in the industrially up-and-coming Magdeburg.

Neither the Third Reich nor the GDR era changed anything in rural conditions. However, after 1945 there were serious upheavals in the ownership structure. First of all, as part of the land reform decreed by the Soviet occupying power in 1945, the farms with more than 100 hectares of land were expropriated. The land was divided between small and new farmers and the mansions were transferred to communal use. From 1953 onwards, the remaining farmers lost their independence due to the socialization of agriculture, and agriculture was continued in agricultural production cooperatives and "state-owned" horticultural companies until the political change in 1989. After the city of Magdeburg decided in 1977 to build the residential area Neu Olvenstedt immediately east of the old village, the municipality of Olvenstedt was incorporated into Magdeburg on April 1, 1979 from the Wolmirstedt district .

coat of arms

Coat of arms of Olvenstedt

The coat of arms was awarded on July 29, 1937 by the President of the Province of Saxony.

Blazon : “Diagonally right divided by red and silver; in it a blue armored wolf in mixed up colors. "

The red-silver shield, which is divided diagonally to the right, is the coat of arms of the Magdeburg cathedral chapter, to which Olvenstedt belonged. The wolf alludes to the etymological explanation of the name Olvenstedt = Osolfstidi, site of Osolf = Asen wolf.

The coat of arms was designed by the Magdeburg State Archives Councilor Otto Korn .

Buildings

St. Lawrence Church

Schulzehof

The cultural monuments in the district are listed in the local monument register . South of the old village center on Helmstedter Chaussee is the Protestant St. Laurentius Church with its Romanesque tower and the nave built in 1724.

Several manor villas from the late 19th century have been preserved in Alt Olvenstedt. Most notable is probably the Schulzehof , Helmstedter Chaussee 16. The farmer Reinhold Schulze had it built in 1894 in the style of the North German Renaissance from orange-colored bricks.

Personalities

Born in Olvenstedt:

• Stephan Schütze (born November 1, 1771 in Olvenstedt; † 1839), writer
• Wilhelm Loewe (born November 14, 1814 in Olvenstedt; † 1886), doctor and left-liberal politician
• Wilhelm Adolf Bollmann (1905–1991), agricultural scientist.
• Rotraud Tönnies (1933–2017), local history researcher and veterinarian

Otherwise connected with Olvenstedt:

• Emil Rungwerth (1864–1945), teacher in Olvenstedt and author of the history of the village of Olvenstedt
• Bruno Groth (1926–2018), ceramist and painter, lived for several decades in Alt Olvenstedt in Rosengrund 6

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ District catalog of the Office for Statistics
2. ↑ Municipalities 1994 and their changes since January 1, 1948 in the new federal states , Metzler-Poeschel publishing house, Stuttgart, 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , publisher: Federal Statistical Office