Belkau

Belkau Bismark (Altmark) municipality Coordinates: 52 ° 38 ′ 59 " N , 11 ° 45 ′ 49" E
Height :	37 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	184 (May 17 1939)
Incorporation :	July 1, 1973
Incorporated into:	Schernikau
Postal code :	39628
Area code :	039320
Location of Belkau in Saxony-Anhalt

geography

The Altmark street village of Belkau is eight kilometers northwest of the district town of Stendal.

history

The first mention as Belkowe dates back to 1283. The name is of Slavic origin and is interpreted as the "House of the White". In the Landbuch der Mark Brandenburg from 1375 the village was called Belkow .

Incorporations

On July 1, 1973 the municipality of Belkau was dissolved and incorporated into the municipality of Schernikau. Since Schernikau was incorporated into Bismark (Altmark) on January 1, 2010, the Belkau district has been part of the newly created village of Schernikau and the city of Bismark (Altmark).

religion

The Protestant parish Belkau belongs to the parish of Schinne.

Culture and sights

The Protestant village church Belkau, a field stone church , was built at the end of the 12th century.

Web links

City of Bismark, localities. Schernikau with the district of Bismark. In: stadt-bismark.de. Retrieved May 14, 2017 .

literature

Wilhelm Zahn: Local history of the Altmark . Edited by Martin Ehlies based on the bequests of the author. 2nd Edition. Verlag Salzwedeler Wochenblatt, Graphische Anstalt, Salzwedel 1928, p. 105 .

Individual evidence

^ Official register of municipalities for the German Empire . In: Statistisches Reichsamt (Hrsg.): Statistics of the German Reich . 2nd Edition. tape 550 . Publishing house for social policy, economy and statistics, Paul Schmidt, 1941, ZDB -ID 223601-1 , p. 100 .
^ Adolph Friedrich Riedel : Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis : Collection of documents, chronicles and other source documents . Main part 1st volume 15 . Berlin 1858, p. 28 ( digitized version ).
↑ Federal Statistical Office (Ed.): Municipalities 1994 and their changes since 01.01.1948 in the new federal states . Metzler-Poeschel, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , pp. 345 .

^ Haase, Hilbert: Parish Almanach or the Protestant clergy and churches of the province of Saxony in the counties of Wernigerode, Rossla and Stolberg . 19th year, 1903, ZDB -ID 551010-7 , p. 112 ( wiki-de.genealogy.net [accessed May 14, 2017]).

↑ Thomas Hartwig: All Altmark churches from A to Z . Elbe-Havel-Verlag, Havelberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-9814039-5-4 , p. 39 .

[AmtGemVerz1941-1] Official register of municipalities for the German Empire . In: Statistisches Reichsamt (Hrsg.): Statistics of the German Reich . 2nd Edition. tape 550 . Publishing house for social policy, economy and statistics, Paul Schmidt, 1941, ZDB -ID 223601-1 , p. 100 .

[2] Adolph Friedrich Riedel : Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis : Collection of documents, chronicles and other source documents . Main part 1st volume 15 . Berlin 1858, p. 28 ( digitized version ).

[Metzler-Poeschel-3] Federal Statistical Office (Ed.): Municipalities 1994 and their changes since 01.01.1948 in the new federal states . Metzler-Poeschel, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , pp. 345 .

[Almanach1903-4] Haase, Hilbert: Parish Almanach or the Protestant clergy and churches of the province of Saxony in the counties of Wernigerode, Rossla and Stolberg . 19th year, 1903, ZDB -ID 551010-7 , p. 112 ( wiki-de.genealogy.net [accessed May 14, 2017]).

[Altmarkkirchen-5] Thomas Hartwig: All Altmark churches from A to Z . Elbe-Havel-Verlag, Havelberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-9814039-5-4 , p. 39 .