Bahnitz

Bahnitz Milower Land parish
Coordinates: 52 ° 29 ′ 41 ″  N , 12 ° 24 ′ 18 ″  E
Residents :	500  (2016)
Incorporation :	July 1950
Incorporated into:	Möthlitz Milower Land
Location of Bahnitz in Brandenburg

The village of Bahnitz is located on the west bank of the Havel in the west of Brandenburg . It belongs to the municipality since 2003 as district Milower Land of the district Havelland .

history

Settlement began until the end of the 19th century

Bahnitz and the surrounding area had been inhabited since the pre-Roman Iron Age at the latest . Several grave fields from that time have been found. Immediately on the Havel, a Slavic settlement was discovered where various shards and iron sickles were found. There are also several Slavic graves near Bahnitz.

The village was first mentioned as "Banthyz" in a document from the Diocese of Brandenburg dated April 4, 1225. From this it can be deduced that there was already a church building in the village at this time . According to the feudal registers of the Archdiocese of Magdeburg from the 14th century , the von Byern family owned the village. Other tenants were members of the von Plotho family . The von Plotho family had owned the village since the 15th century at the latest. Later the village apparently fell temporarily desolate .

Other owners of Bahnitz in the following time were brothers from the von Arnim family and members of the von der Recke family . The church became a branch church of the Nitzahn village church . The manor came into the possession of the lords of the Kützkow estate .

20th and 21st centuries

On July 1, 1950, Bahnitz was part of the Möthlitz community , which was incorporated into the Milower Land community in 2004 .

Sightseeing and tourism

Village church in Bahnitz

• The stone church , which existed in the 21st century, was rebuilt in 1982 according to designs by the Potsdam architect Albert Simsa . Previously, the church, which was inaugurated in 1782, had to be demolished due to its disrepair. This in turn had several previous buildings. In the bell chamber in the gable area, two bronze bells from the previous church have been preserved; they date from 1505 and 1590.
• In Bahnitz Havel locks are locks Bahnitz and Kahn lock Bahnitz , the passage of the associated barrage allow.
• Immediately in Bahnitz, directly on the Havel, there is a resting place for water hikers and pleasure boaters.
• The Havel in Bahnitz and adjacent areas belong to the nature reserve Untere Havel Süd .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Andreas Kitschke: Churches of the Havelland (reading sample) . Bebra Verlag Berlin, 2016, ISBN 978-3-937233-78-9 , p. 21: Dorfkirche Bahnitz .
2. ↑ Sebastian children and Haik Thomas Porada (ed.): Brandenburg an der Havel and surroundings. 2006, p. 87 f.