Bahra (Hirschstein)

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Bahra
Community Hirschstein
Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 19 ″  N , 13 ° 22 ′ 56 ″  E
Height : 128 m
Area : 2.75 km²
Residents : 508  (Jan 2012)
Population density : 185 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : March 1, 1994
Postal code : 01594
Area code : 035266

Bahra is a district of the Saxon community Hirschstein in the district of Meißen .

location

The place is on the left bank of the Elbe about ten kilometers southeast of Riesa on the northern edge of the Lommatzscher Pflege . Approx. The Elbe flows 1 kilometer east of the village hall. Bahra also includes the Vorwerk Böhla, southeast of the village, and Neuhirschstein, which was incorporated in 1935 .

history

Bahra

Town view with Lutherlinde

The earliest traces of settlement around Bahra go back to the Bronze Age . Slavic settlers later settled here. A Tymo de Borow is mentioned for the first time in 1302 , the place itself can be documented from 1406 ( Paraw ). The spelling later changed via Baro (1461), Barau (1539) and Barra (1551) to today's Bahra. It is probably derived from the Slavic word for "swamp hole". Bahra is a typical street green village with a corridor. There were once two ponds on the Anger, which were later converted into extinguishing water depots.

Until the 19th century, the manor owned the manor in nearby Hirschstein , which had a farm in Bahra. The place was parish after Boritz and today belongs to the parish Boritz-Leutewitz. Up until the middle of the 19th century, the administration was the responsibility of the Meissen Hereditary Authority. In the course of administrative reform Bahra came in 1856 to the court office Meissen , 1875 to Amtshauptmannschaft Meissen and in 1938 assigned to the district Meissen. In 1935 the place Neuhirschstein was incorporated.

With the formation of new circles and districts after the founding of the GDR, Bahra came to the new Riesa district in 1952 . In 1994 the community was initially assigned to the Riesa-Großenhain district and in the same year merged with Boritz to form the Hirschstein community. On April 1, 1996, it was incorporated into Mehltheuer . Since October 1, 1996, the community, which was formed from several formerly independent places, has been called Hirschstein. Since the second district reform in Saxony in 2008, the rural community of Hirschstein and its districts, including Bahra, have again belonged to the district of Meißen.

Böhla district

Bahra also includes the Böhla settlement, located approx. 500 meters southeast of the town, which was originally a single estate. In 1268 a Johannes de Bele is mentioned, possibly the owner of a manor located here. In 1406 Bele appears again in the documents. The place name, which can be traced back to Slavic roots, means "damp meadow". The small town essentially consisted of the buildings of the Vorwerk belonging to the Hirschstein manor with an area of ​​149 hectares. In 1723 two cottagers are mentioned here, in 1875 Böhla had 18 inhabitants. After the land reform in 1946, the manor land was distributed to new farmers and displaced persons from the former German eastern regions, which resulted in Böhla growing by a total of 14 new farms.

Population development

year Residents
1551 35 possessed men , 45 residents
1764 30 possessed men, 3 cottagers, 19 hooves
1834 197
1871 241
1890 231
1910 277
1925 290
1939 478
1946 684
1950 662
1964 549
1990 496

Townscape

Well-preserved three and four-sided courtyards characterize the townscape of Bahra to this day . Most of the houses, which are mostly provided with half -hipped roofs , face the village green on the gable side and still clearly show the original village layout of the Angerdorf. Both the town center and the entire village complex are therefore under monument protection. Around the place is an almost completely preserved orchard belt .

There are two striking trees in the village: a King Albert oak planted in honor of the Saxon king in 1889 and a Luther linden tree with a memorial plaque. The former school building opened in 1853 is now used as a daycare center. The municipal office was located in the former village inn for many years. In 1997/1998 it was converted into a village community center. In addition, a few single-family houses were built in the southern part in the years after 1990.

traffic

Bahra is connected to the neighboring districts of Hirschstein, Neuhirschstein and Kobeln via district roads. There are bus connections to Riesa and Meißen .

Web links

Commons : Bahra  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Dietrich Zühlke (ed.): Elbtal and Lößhügelland near Meissen (= values ​​of our homeland, volume 32), Akademie-Verlag Berlin, 1982

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Müller's Large German Local Book 2012
  2. ^ Böhla in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony