Authausen
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Authausen
community Laußig
Coordinates: 51 ° 35 ′ 30 " N , 12 ° 40 ′ 44" E
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| Height : | 115 m |
| Area : | 1.1 km² |
| Residents : | 553 (1990) |
| Population density : | 503 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | July 1, 1996 |
| Incorporated into: | Kossa |
| Postal code : | 04849 |
| Area code : | 034243 |
Authausen is a district of the municipality Laussig in the district of North Saxony in Saxony .
geography
Authausen is located in the Dübener Heide nature park between the towns of Bad Düben and Torgau on the 7414 district road , which connects the place with Görschlitz and Kossa . To the south the federal highway 183 leads past the place. To the east of Authausen is the Presseler Heidewald- und Moorgebiet nature reserve . The Dielitz desert is located in the corridor of Authausen .
history
In terms of the type of settlement, Authausen is an extended street village . The place has been inhabited for over 1,000 years. Authausen was first mentioned in a document as Uthusen in 1218. Until 1815 the place belonged to the Electoral Office of Düben . The decisions of the Congress of Vienna he came to Prussia and in 1816 the district Bitterfeld in the administrative district of Merseburg of the Province of Saxony assigned to which he belonged until 1944th As part of the territorial reform in the GDR, Authausen came to the Eilenburg district in 1952 .
The place was an independent municipality until 1996. On July 1, 1996 Authausen was incorporated into Kossa. In 2007, Kossa was incorporated into Laussig; since then Authausen has been part of the community of Laußig.
Population development
| year | Residents |
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| 1794 | 462 |
| 1800 | 540 |
| 1818 | 477 |
| 1895 | 642 |
| 1925 | 647 |
| 1939 | 590 |
| year | Residents |
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| 1946 | 859 |
| 1950 | 815 |
| 1964 | 643 |
| 1990 | 553 |
The population of Authausen was just under 500 in 1818. By the turn of the century, the population increased to 647 in 1925. At the outbreak of the Second World War , the population was 590. After the end of the war, the population rose to over 850, which is the historic high. During the time of the GDR, the population decreased again. In 1990 just over 550 people lived in Authausen.
Culture
In Authausen there is a community center that can accommodate 180 people and also has club rooms and offices. It was the seat of the local government and is now home to a youth club. Authausen also has a primary school, which has existed since 1877, a kindergarten and a volunteer fire brigade .
Attractions
The village church of Authausen dates from the 12th or 13th century. It is built from field stones. In 1830 the church was expanded, but the Romanesque origin is still recognizable. During the Second World War, ringing bells was banned because the church tower was dilapidated and threatened to collapse. In 1948 a bell tower was built at ground level to replace it. In the 1990s the church tower was restored again.
The ensemble of the historic post mills Fiehn and Ludwig of the community Laussig on Görschlitzer Strasse in Authausen belongs to the mill region of Northern Saxony . The older Ludwig mill can be traced back to 1619 and its current form dates from 1713. At the beginning of the 20th century, the operation was switched to an oil motor and in 1943 to an electric drive. The mill remained in operation until 1985 and has been functional since 2008 as a wind power display unit. The Fiehn windmill was built in the 19th century and was last renovated around 1940 and operated until 1975. The building has been preserved to this day, but no longer has any grinding technology.
Web links
- Authausen in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
- North Saxony mill region
Individual evidence
- ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 56 f.
- ^ The district of Bitterfeld in the municipality register 1900
- ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 1996
- ↑ Information on the history of Authausen in the digital historical directory of Saxony
- ↑ Kirchenkreis Eilenburg: Traces in the Stone - Churches in the Kirchenkreis Eilenburg , Leipzig 1997, ISBN 3-00-001722-4
- ^ Website of the German Society for Milling Customers , accessed on June 2, 2015