Aurith
Besides the Ernst-Thälmann-Siedlung, Aurith is one of the two districts of the municipality of Ziltendorf ( Oder-Spree district ) in the east of the state of Brandenburg .
Location and description
The village is located about 6 kilometers northeast of Ziltendorf, 10 kilometers north of Eisenhüttenstadt and 18 kilometers southeast of Frankfurt (Oder) in the Ziltendorfer lowlands directly on the Oder and the border with Poland . The village center of the place was originally on the eastern side of the Odra, both parts of the place were connected by a ferry until 1945. After 1945 the eastern part came to Poland and is now called Urad .
Aurith is still dominated by agriculture and has about 70 inhabitants.
history
The history of the village of Aurith goes back to early history, it was originally on both sides of the Oder. The original village center was on the right bank of the Oder and roughly corresponds to today's Polish village of Urad . To the west it bordered on Ziltendorf and Wiesenau (originally "Krebsjauche"). First names of residents go back to 1428.
The district on the left bank of the Oder, which corresponds to today's German village Aurith, was originally known as Vorwerk. It probably already existed before 1429, the first documented mention of it as "Vorwerk" goes back to 1550 and was initially used primarily for cattle breeding. Among other things, there was a small castle here, which was managed directly by the Neuzelle Monastery and served the monks as a resort. By 1846 at the latest, the monastery land in Vorwerk was cultivated by tenants. In 1927 the land was leased for the first time by the government in Frankfurt / Oder.
The entire village has been plagued by natural disasters many times in its history, primarily including regular Oder floods, but also major fires and cholera epidemics. Only after a major fire in 1802 could the village gradually develop into a unit that existed until 1945. At the end of the Second World War, the place was divided, the original village on the right bank of the Oder came to Poland and was given the name Urad, Vorwerk on the left bank of the Oder became today's village of Aurith.
Or flood
During the flood of the Oder in 1997 , the town was in the focus of the German media. After heavy rainfall in Poland and the Czech Republic in July 1997, the level of the Oder rose continuously to well over 6 meters and was thus a good 3.50 meters above the usual water level in the summer months. In addition to other endangered areas, the evacuation began in the Ziltendorfer lowlands on July 22, 1997. On July 23, the dike broke at Brieskow-Finkenheerd and one day later, on July 24, the dike broke a few kilometers further south at Aurith. The water masses poured unhindered into the Ziltendorfer lowland and flooded the village of Aurith and the Ernst-Thälmann-Siedlung. Thanks to the timely evacuation measures, there were no casualties to complain about. The damage to property was, however, not insignificant and was largely repaired in the subsequent period, not least thanks to national donations.
literature
- Aurith - Urad. Two villages on the Oder. Second, corrected edition. German Cultural Forum for Eastern Europe, Potsdam 2009. ISBN 978-3-936168-47-1 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ THW Hamburg-Nord
- ↑ Landesumweltamt Brandenburg ( Memento of the original from April 28, 2007 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.
Coordinates: 52 ° 14 ' N , 14 ° 42' E