Altkirchen (Schmoelln)

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Altkirchen
City of Schmölln
Coat of arms of Altkirchen
Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 56 ″  N , 12 ° 20 ′ 47 ″  E
Height : 228 m above sea level NHN
Area : 20.07 km²
Residents : 990  (December 31, 2017)
Population density : 49 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 2019
Postal code : 04626
Area code : 034491
Village church

Altkirchen is a district of the town of Schmölln in the Thuringian district of Altenburger Land . The community of Altkirchen with its twelve districts was incorporated into Schmölln on January 1, 2019.

geography

location

Altkirchen is located on the Blue Flood , a tributary of the Pleiße .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities were the city of Altenburg , Dobitschen , Jungs , Göhren , Göllnitz , Nobitz and the city of Schmölln .

Community structure

In addition to the main town of Altkirchen and the merged towns of Gnadschütz and Köthenitz , the following districts also belonged to the municipality ( the date of incorporation in brackets ):

history

A church was built in Altkirchen between 1079 and 1089 and consecrated by Bishop Günther von Naumburg . After being destroyed by fires several times, it was replaced by a stone building in 1140. The patronage over the church was from Emperor Heinrich VI. Transferred to the Marienhospital in Altenburg in 1192 , but exercised by the Teutonic Order from 1213 , as the Marienhospital had now been assigned to them. After the order's secularization , its properties were sold in 1539 by order of Elector Johann Friedrich von Sachsen . However, after he was defeated and captured by imperial troops in the battle of Mühlberg on April 24, 1547 and had to surrender a large part of his property to Duke Moritz von Sachsen , this forced sale was reversed by an order from Emperor Charles V. It was not until 1594 that the Teutonic Order sold its properties around Altkirchen.

Altkirchen belonged to the Wettin office of Altenburg , which was under the sovereignty of the following Ernestine duchies from the 16th century due to several divisions in the course of its existence : Duchy of Saxony (1554 to 1572), Duchy of Saxony-Weimar (1572 to 1603), Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg (1603 to 1672), Duchy of Saxony-Gotha-Altenburg (1672 to 1826). When the Ernestine duchies were reorganized in 1826, the place came back to the duchy of Saxony-Altenburg. After the administrative reform in the duchy, Altkirchen belonged to the Eastern District (until 1900) and to the Ronneburg District Office (from 1900). From 1918 the village belonged to the Free State of Saxony-Altenburg , which was added to the State of Thuringia in 1920. In 1922 it came to the district of Altenburg .

On July 1, 1950, the previously independent community of Großtauschwitz was incorporated.

During the second district reform in the GDR in 1952, the existing states were dissolved and the districts were redesigned. Thus, the Altkirchen community came to the district of Leipzig with the Schmölln district ; that had belonged to Thuringia since 1990 as the district of Schmölln and became part of the district of Altenburger Land during the Thuringian district reform in 1994 . During the GDR era, Altkirchen was not only a model community for the Schmölln district, but also for the entire Leipzig district.

Altkirchen has been part of the Altenburger Land administrative association since 1992 . On January 1, 2019, Altkirchen was incorporated into Schmölln.

Population development

Development of the population (as of December 31st) :

  • 1994: 1267
  • 1995: 1270
  • 1996: 1285
  • 1997: 1275
  • 1998: 1254
  • 1999: 1243
  • 2000: 1230
  • 2001: 1209
  • 2002: 1206
  • 2003: 1187
  • 2004: 1178
  • 2005: 1169
  • 2006: 1116
  • 2007: 1112
  • 2008: 1074
  • 2009: 1060
  • 2010: 1061
  • 2011: 1080
  • 2012: 1063
  • 2013: 1029
  • 2014: 1027
  • 2015: 1013
  • 2016: 998
  • 2017: 990
Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

politics

Local election 2014
Turnout: 58.0%
 %
70
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
61.4%
38.6%
BB Altkirchen a
CDU-WG b
Gains / losses
compared to 2009
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
+ 4.2  % p
-4.2  % p
BB Altkirchen a
CDU-WG b
Template: election chart / maintenance / notes
Remarks:
a citizens' movement
b voter group

The last full-time mayor since the runoff election on June 21, 2015 was Andy Franke. It was elected with a majority of 67.0% of the votes cast and a participation of 42.7% (-23.7% p). Previously, Hans-Peter Bugar (non-party) accompanied this office. He was mayor between 1994 and 1999 and between 2009 and 2015. Between 1999 and 2009 Reinhard Hubert Fritz (CDU) was head of the community.

Since the local elections on May 25, 2014 , the local council has been composed as follows:

  • CDU voter group 5 seats (38.6%)
  • Citizens' Movement Altkirchen 7 seats (61.4%)

The turnout was 58.0% (−8.4% p).

Culture and sights

traffic

Altkirchen is located on Landesstrasse 1361 , which connects the B 7 in Schmölln with the B 180 in Meuselwitz . It runs further south to junction 61 Schmölln of the A4 , 10 km away. After 12 km, the B 7 takes you to the eastern junction 60 Ronneburg . Altkirchen and some districts are served by the THÜSAC bus line 351 , which connects Dobitschen with Schmölln. In the latter there is a connection to the rail traffic of the Central-Germany connection .

Personalities

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Wagner: The establishment of the Parish Altkirchen in 1140 . In: Communications of the history and antiquity research society of the Osterland . Second volume. Reinhold, Altenburg 1848, p. 122-130 ( digitized version ).
  2. ^ Hans Conon von der Gabelentz : The abolition of the German order house in Altenburg and its consequences 1539 ff. In: Mitteilungen der Geschichts- und Altertumsforschenden Gesellschaft des Osterlandes . Second volume. Reinhold, Altenburg 1848, p. 145–201 ( digitized version ).
  3. ^ Klaus Leopold: The German Order in Altenburg ( Memento from April 19, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Geography for all estates, which contains the continuation and the resolution of the Upper Saxon circle . Schwickert, 1793, p. 201 ( preview in Google Book search).
  5. ^ Adolf Stieler : Geographical overview of the Saxon-Ernestine, Schwarzburg, Reuss and the surrounding countries as a commentary on the enclosed small map of Thuringia . 1826, p. 83 ff . ( Preview in Google Book Search).
  6. ↑ The eastern district of the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg in the municipal directory 1900
  7. ^ The district office of Ronneburg in the municipality register 1900
  8. ↑ Thuringian Law and Ordinance Gazette No. 14/2018 p. 795 ff. , Accessed on January 1, 2019
  9. ↑ Mayoral election results , accessed on January 11, 2016.
  10. ↑ 2014 municipal council elections , accessed on August 4, 2014.
  11. ↑ General German gardening magazine or non-profit contributions for all parts of practical gardening NS 4. 1819/20 . Landes-Industrie-Comptoire, 1819, p. 116 ( preview in Google Book search).
  12. ^ Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Hessen-Thüringen (Ed.): Museums in Thuringia . Frankfurt a. M. 1995, p. 21 .

Web links

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