Belgern-Schildau
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Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ' N , 13 ° 8' E |
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| State : | Saxony | |
| County : | North Saxony | |
| Height : | 127 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 158.98 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 7719 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 49 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postcodes : | 04874 , 04889 | |
| Primaries : | 034221 , 034224 | |
| License plate : | TDO, DZ, EB, OZ, TG, TO | |
| Community key : | 14 7 30 045 | |
| City structure: | 22 districts | |
City administration address : |
Markt 3 04874 Belgern-Schildau |
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| Mayor : | Matthias Griem ( FWG ) | |
| Location of the town of Belgern-Schildau in the northern Saxony district | ||
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Belgern-Schildau is a Saxon town in the northern Saxony district . The city has 7,828 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2016) and consists of 22 districts. It was formed on January 1, 2013 from the merger of the cities of Belgern and Schildau . The administrative headquarters are in Belgern.
geography
Geographical location
Belgern-Schildau extends over an area of 159 km² between the Elbe in the east and the north-western end of the Dahlener Heide . The heathland, of which large areas are designated as a landscape protection area, separates the two main locations. Belgern-Schildau is about nine kilometers south of the large district town of Torgau . The large district town of Wurzen is about 25 kilometers from the center of the municipal area. It is about 45 kilometers to Leipzig . Belgern is at 156 m above sea level. NN , Schildau at 127 m above sea level. NN .
The municipality of Mockrehna borders the urban area in the northwest , and Torgau is neighboring in the north. Arzberg is northeast of the city . To the east, Belgern-Schildau borders the town of Mühlberg / Elbe in the Elbe-Elster district in Brandenburg . Cavertitz and Dahlen form the southern boundary of the urban area . To the west of the city is the municipality of Lossatal from the Leipzig district .
City structure
The following districts belong to Belgern-Schildau:
In addition to the official districts, there are also a number of devastations in the city area, these are Baurik, Dölbitz, Förstchen, Heide, Katschitz, Krausnitz, Treblitzsch and Wölknitz. In addition, parts of the deserted areas of Spauditz, Leiploch and Naundorf are within the city limits.
history
History of Schildau and Belgians
Belgern is first mentioned on June 5, 973 as civitas Belgora . The name is of Slavic origin and means "White Mountain", which refers to the location of the city. Schildau does not appear until a good 200 years later in a document from 1184 as civitas Schildoe . Civitas was the common name for a larger city in the Middle Ages . As oppidum smaller cities are called. Belgern was named as such in an arbitration document on May 6, 1286. For Schildau, finds from the Stone Age indicate an early settlement of the region. In 1551 there were 122 houses in Belgern and 82 in Schildau. From the 16th century, the entire region around Belgern and Schildau belonged to the Torgau district in the Electorate of Saxony . Previously, Belgern was the seat of the Belgern Office , which was merged with the Torgau Office in 1581.
After the Congress of Vienna , Saxony had to cede a large part of the official territory to Prussia , which established the Torgau district in the area . This lasted until the dissolution of the states in the GDR . Both cities were shaped by the Uniate Protestant churches . Schilderhain and Blankenau were parish in the Schildau church, Korgitzsch, Ammelgoßwitz, Döbeltitz, Köllitsch, Mahitzschen, Ottersitz and Tauschwitz as well as Treblitzsch belonged to the parish of Belgern. The district of Belgern had an area of 1560 hectares in 1895 , on which 2864 people lived. In Schildau there were 1361 people on 1057 hectares.
After the Second World War , the area came under Soviet occupation and a few years later became part of the GDR. In the 1952 district reform , a new Torgau district was set up, which belonged to the Leipzig district . After the collapse of the GDR, a referendum was started in 1990 to clarify whether the Torgau district and its communities belonged to the new federal states. In the Torgau district it was decided to go to the Free State of Saxony. A little later, further administrative changes followed, so the Torgau district was merged with the neighboring Oschatz district in 1994 to form the Torgau-Oschatz district. He belonged to the administrative district of Leipzig , which is roughly comparable to the GDR district. The district of Torgau-Oschatz, on the other hand, only existed for 14 years; on August 1, 2008, it became part of the northern Saxony district, which was formed from the merger with the Delitzsch district.
The heavily indebted city of Schildau originally wanted to merge with Torgau, as previously traded associations with Belgians, Mockrehna or Dahlen did not find a majority in the city council. In the end, the city council agreed to the merger with Belgians. This enabled the Belgern-Schildau unification to take place on January 1, 2013.
The historically grown titles "Gneisenaustadt" for Schildau and "Rolandstadt" for Belgern were dropped for the time being with the merger. Schildau has had the official title of Gneisenaustadt since 1952. It is derived from Field Marshal August Neidhardt von Gneisenau , who was born in Schildau. Belgern got the nickname because of the Roland statue, which was first made of wood and later made of stone . The Roland is in front of the Belgian town hall.
Incorporations
The first incorporation of municipalities took place in 1938 and 1950, before the major regional reform in 1952. The municipalities of Liebersee, Mahitzschen, Lausa, Wohlau and the city of Schildau were enlarged through incorporations. The community structure then remained unchanged during the rest of the GDR period. Only after joining the state of Saxony did the area change again in the region. The Belgians and Schildau experienced the great waves of incorporation in the mid-1990s.
| Former parish or manor district | date | annotation |
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| Altenhain | July 17, 1873 | Incorporation of the desert mark to Schilderhain |
| Ammelgoßwitz, manor district Rittergut | ? | Incorporation to Ammelgoßwitz |
| Ammelgoßwitz | July 1, 1950 | Incorporation to Liebersee |
| Belgians | January 1, 2013 | Merger to Belgern-Schildau |
| Blankenau, Guts Bezirk Liberut | between 1928-1930 | Incorporation to Schildau |
| Bockwitz | March 1, 1994 | Incorporation to Belgern |
| Dobeltitz | July 20, 1950 | Incorporation after Mahitzschen |
| Dröschkau, manor district Rittergut | between 1928-1930 | Incorporation to Belgern |
| Kaisa | July 20, 1950 | Incorporation to Lausa |
| Kobershain, manor district Rittergut | between 1928-1930 | Incorporation to Kobershain |
| Kobershain | January 1, 1999 | Incorporation to Schildau |
| Kurzwalde with Kurzwaldermühle | January 29, 1874 | Incorporation of the desert Mark and Mühle to Schildau |
| Lausa | January 1, 1999 | Incorporation to Belgern |
| Liebersee | March 1, 1994 | Incorporation to Belgern |
| Mahitzschen, manor district Rittergut | between 1928-1930 | Incorporation after Mahitzschen |
| Mahitzschen | April 1, 1993 | Incorporation to Belgern |
| Neußen | January 1, 1999 | Incorporation to Belgern |
| Niedernaundorf with Neumühle | January 29, 1874 | Incorporation of the desert Mark and Mühle to Schildau |
| Oelzschau, manor district Rittergut | between 1928-1930 | Incorporation to Oelzschau |
| Oelzschau | July 20, 1950 | Incorporation to Wohlau |
| Plotha with Kleinstaritz, manor district Rittergut | between 1928-1930 | Incorporation to Staritz |
| Probsthain | January 1, 1994 | Incorporation to Schildau |
| Puschwitz, manor district Rittergut | between 1928-1930 | Incorporation to Puschwitz |
| Puschwitz with Krausnitz (mill) | between 1927-1933 | Incorporation to Neußen |
| Schildau | January 1, 2013 | Merger to Belgern-Schildau |
| Sign grove | October 1, 1938 | Incorporation to Schildau |
| Seydewitz | July 20, 1950 | Incorporation to Wohlau |
| Sitzenroda | January 1, 1994 | Incorporation to Schildau |
| Sitzenroda, manor district Oberförsterei | between 1928-1950 | Partial integration into Belgern, Mahitzschen, Neußen, Schildau, Sitzenroda and Taura |
| Staritz | January 1, 1996 | Incorporation to Belgern |
| Taura | January 1, 1999 | Incorporation to Schildau |
| Whitish with Neblich | February 7, 1875 | Incorporation of the desert region to Taura |
| Wölknitz with Förstchen | February 7, 1875 | Incorporation of the desert region to Taura |
| Wohlau, manor district Rittergut | between 1928-1930 | Incorporation to Wohlau |
| Wohlau | March 1, 1994 | Incorporation to Belgern |
politics
City council
Since the municipal council election on May 26, 2019 , the 22 seats of the city council have been distributed among the individual groups as follows:
| Party / list | Seats |
| CDU | 5 |
| SPD | 1 |
| Green | 2 |
| LEFT | 2 |
| FWG Torgau-Oschatz | 9 |
| Friends of the Fire Brigade (FdF) | 3 |
coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved on April 25, 2014 by the district administrator of the district of North Saxony.
Blazon : “In green on a golden shield base a silver church with a black portal and windows, a silver round tower with two black window openings growing out of the red roof in front; behind a square silver turret, both towers with red roof and golden knob, between them a golden cross on the roof ridge; floating above it on a golden ribbon with tassels a golden horn. "
The coat of arms, which was designed by the municipal heraldist Jörg Mantzsch , combines elements of the coat of arms of the two namesake places in the sense of pars pro toto . The Hifthorn (early form of the post horn) came from Belgians in the city arms; The church comes from Schildau, which now has a black gate and black window and also stands on a golden shield base (note: both the Belgian coat of arms and that of Schildau had slight heraldic differences). These symbols are represented in a green shield, which is based on the shield color of both former city coats of arms.
The colors of the city are: red-white-green
flag
The flag is described as follows: Three stripes in the colors red-white-green (1: 1: 1) with the city coat of arms outlined in white in the middle.
Culture and sights
→ see also: List of cultural monuments in Belgern-Schildau
The Schildau district is known as the probable place of origin of the Schild citizens .
Gneisenau monument in Schildau
Schildberg Tower
Belgian market square
Post mileage column in Belgern
Economy and Infrastructure
The federal highway 182 , which connects the city with Torgau and Riesa , runs through Belgern . Belgern is also connected to the other bank of the Elbe with a yaw ferry . The connection to Brandenburg is also possible via a bridge between the districts of Staritz and Seydewitz. The federal highway 87 runs north of the urban area and provides the connection to the federal highway 14 near Taucha / Leipzig. From 1915 to 1995 a railway line ran from Torgau to Belgern. There were two train stations in the municipality, one in Mahitzschen and another in Belgern, which was also the terminus. Until 1962 they were regularly served by passenger trains. Schildau also had a rail connection to the main Leipzig – Cottbus line, this branch line was operated for passenger and freight traffic until 1971. There were two train stations in the municipality - Probsthain and Schildau. The line was dismantled immediately after operations ceased.
The Elbe Cycle Route Prague – Hamburg, which passes Belgern, is important for cycling . Schildau is located on one of the connecting braces between the Elbe Cycle Route near Belgern and the Mulder Cycle Route near Wurzen. In addition, Schildau is a stop on the Saxon Luther Trail .
Personalities
- Friedrich Anton von Heynitz (1725–1802), reformer of the Prussian mining and metallurgy industry
- Carl Wilhelm Benno von Heynitz (1738–1801), Saxon mining captain
- August Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1760–1831), Prussian field marshal and army reformer
- Hermann Schreck (1817–1891), lawyer and politician (DFP), Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag (Kingdom of Saxony)
- Elise Krinitz (1825–1896), writer; last lover of Heinrich Heine
- Friedrich Wilhelm Hauffe (1845-1915), politician (German Conservative Party), Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag (Kingdom of Saxony)
- Adelheid Bernhardt (1854–1915), writer, born in Puschwitz
- Adalbert Oehler (1860–1943), Lord Mayor of Düsseldorf (1911–1919)
- Ruth Kraft (1920–2015), writer, published the work “Das Schildbürgerbuch von 1598” in 1953, a revision of the Schildbürger pranks
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population of the Free State of Saxony by municipalities on December 31, 2019 ( help on this ).
- ↑ https://wahlen.sachsen.de/wahlverbindungen-2020-nach-gemeinden-7494.html?_cp=%7B%22accordion-content-7497%22%3A%7B%220%22%3Atrue%7D%2C% 22previousOpen% 22% 3A% 7B% 22group% 22% 3A% 22accordion-content-7497% 22% 2C% 22idx% 22% 3A0% 7D% 7D Mayoral election 2020
- ↑ Notes on using the Historical Directory of Saxony
- ^ Belgern in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
- ^ Schildau in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
- ↑ Eileen Jack: Does incorporating Schildaus only bring disadvantages? In: Torgauer Zeitung, January 6, 2012
- ↑ Denise Kraut: Four options for the Schildauer . In: Torgauer Zeitung, June 11, 2010
- ↑ Eileen Jack: Historical decision in the Schildau city council . In: Torgauer Zeitung, October 20, 2012
- ↑ MDR Saxony - Results of the 2019 municipal council election in Belgern-Schildau , accessed on June 20, 2019
- ↑ Public announcement of the results of the city council election on May 26, 2019 in Belgern-Schildau , accessed on June 20, 2019
- ^ Jörg Mantzsch : The coat of arms of the town of Belgern-Schildau, documentation on the approval process. Filed with the city administration of Belgern-Schildau (report: Saxon Main State Archives).
- ↑ Jörg Mantzsch : The flag of the city of Belgern-Schildau, documentation on the approval process , deposited with the city administration of Belgern-Schildau (report: Saxon State Archives)
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