Biederitz (locality)
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Biederitz (locality)
Unified municipality of Biederitz
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| Height : | 51 m above sea level NHN |
| Area : | 11.17 km² |
| Residents : | 3811 (Dec. 31, 2019) |
| Population density : | 341 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 2010 |
| Postal code : | 39175 |
| Area code : | 039292 |
Biederitz is a place and the seat of the homonymous community in the district of Jerichower Land in Saxony-Anhalt .
geography
The community of Biederitz is only a few kilometers from Magdeburg's eastern city limits. The dividing line is the so-called Umflutkanal , via which the “Pig Bridge ” connects the two places. The district town of Burg is around 20 kilometers away.
Umflutehle-Külzauer Forest nature reserve
The landscape protection area includes the Tangermünder and Dessau Elbe Valley in the Jerichower Land district from the Berlin-Hanover (A2) motorway to Biederitz. Furthermore, in the south the areas of the flood canal, in the west the area up to the dike and in the east up to the city limits of Magdeburg are parts of the landscape protection area. In the north, parts of the Burger Vorfläming belong to the area with the Külzauer Forest and the Hohe Heide. The Elbe-Havel Canal forms the border in the north and Bundesstraße 1 in the east from Burg to Biederitz. The local locations Möser, Gerwisch and Biederitz are largely outsourced.
Here you can find a diverse flora and fauna.
View of the Ehle from the swine bridge
Campsite in Biederitz
Part of the dike in Biederitz with sheep
View of the Ehle at sunset
icy Ehle in winter
history
In the tithes index of the Magdeburg Moritzkloster from 938 a settlement called "Bidrizi" is listed. The directory goes back to a deed of donation from Otto I. About "Bederitz" in the year 1238 the place name developed until 1459 to today's pronunciation. It is of Slavic origin, derived from the word "bedro", which means loin or hip.
The emergence of the place is connected with a Slavic castle wall, which was followed in the 10th century by a German castle guard, whose sphere of influence extended to Schermen in the north and Nedlitz in the east. From the 12th century, Biederitz belonged to the Magdeburg Archbishopric . In 1238, sources report that a castle was destroyed by the citizens of Magdeburg because of the constant raids that began with it. Although it was rebuilt, it was set on fire in 1378 by the troops of the Duke of Mecklenburg Albrecht II and finally destroyed. The first church in Biederitz also dates from the beginning of the 13th century.
In the course of the Reformation , Biederitz was placed under the Magdeburg Cathedral Chapter and administered by the Möllenvogtei until its abolition in 1810. The Thirty Years War caused the place a lot of suffering. When Tilly's troops stormed Magdeburg in 1631, Biederitz was almost completely destroyed. Many residents were murdered, the rest of the population fled the place, which then remained uninhabited for over a year. It was only when Pastor Kittelius and Schulze Meinke called for reconstruction that the community emerged anew. Another danger threatened the recurring floods. Until the 18th century, Biederitz was situated at the triangle of the Elbe and Ehle estuaries and was flooded by high tides. One of the most momentous floods occurred in 1655. Only with the Elbe regulation in 1789 and the construction of the flood canal in 1876 could the danger be reduced. But the fire also haunted Biederitz several times. Large parts of the town were destroyed in major fires in 1671, 1684, 1846 and 1856.
From 1815 Biederitz belonged to the Prussian province of Saxony and was incorporated into the Jerichow I district with the district town of Burg. The inhabitants still lived mainly from agriculture and the most important traffic route was the old military road from Magdeburg to Plaue in Brandenburg. But with the construction of modern traffic routes, a structural change gradually occurred. In 1820 the road from Magdeburg to Berlin to Möser was completed. In 1873, the Berlin – Magdeburg railway line was given a new route, and Biederitz was given a train station. Several industrial companies, including four brick factories, set up shop on the railway. When the railway lines to Zerbst / Anhalt and Loburg began in Biederitz in 1874 and 1892 , the place had become an important railway junction. As one of the first of its kind, a steam engine-powered sand-lime brick plant near Biederitz started operations. The favorable traffic routes, the immediate vicinity and the idyllic location attracted many wealthy Magdeburgers at the beginning of the 20th century, who settled in a newly created garden settlement with some lavish villas.
With the opening of a gravel pit in 1848 by August Heyroth from Magdeburg on the road to Zerbst and the newly developing settlement there, the Biederitz district of Heyrothsberge was created. Although there is still a two-kilometer-wide gap in the development between the two districts, Heyrothsberge was never an independent municipality. Nevertheless, the place name gained national fame with the opening of a fire brigade school that still exists today in 1938.
During the flood of the century in 2002, parts of the town were flooded.
In 2013, too, Biederitz was not spared the flood. Once again, large parts of the town were hit by floods.
In 2019, the remains of a wall-ditch system were found during construction work in the center of Biederitz. The archaeologists of the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments and Archeology stated that this is probably a Carolingian military fort. References to this were found in contemporary written sources.
religion
The village church of Biederitz from the 18th century, which was built to replace a previous church from the 13th century that was destroyed in the Thirty Years War, belongs to the parish of Biederitz, which also includes the churches in Gübs, Königsborn, Menz , Nedlitz and Wahlitz and to Elbe-Fläming parish in the Provostspengel Stendal-Magdeburg belongs to the Evangelical Church in Central Germany . Since 1997 the church has had an organ by Friedrich Ladegast .
The Catholic Holy Cross Church from the 20th century belongs to the parish of St. Augustine , which was founded in 2010 and has its seat at the St. Andrew's Church in Magdeburg . Before the St. Augustine Parish was founded, Biederitz was the seat of its own parish vicarie , which from March 1, 2006 belonged to the Magdeburg-East community association. After the population of Biederitz became Protestant in the 16th century with the introduction of the Reformation settled in the 20th century, triggered by industrialization and after the Second World War, the expulsion , again Catholics in large numbers in Biederitz down. The catchment area of the Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche, in which around 500 Catholics live, includes not only Biederitz, but also the villages of Gerwisch, Gübs, Klein Gübs, Königsborn, Körbelitz , Lostau , Woltersdorf and Wörmlitz .
politics
Local council and local mayor
The local council consists of nine members. Local mayor is Carsten Schneider. His office is in the town hall in Biederitz.
badges and flags
Blazon : "In red a silver wavy bar, covered with a green pike, accompanied by 3 (2: 1) rising silver acorns."
The coat of arms was designed by the municipal heraldist Jörg Mantzsch and included in the approval process and approved on November 14, 1996 by the Magdeburg Regional Council.
The flag of the district of Biederitz has green and white stripes (1: 1) and is centered with the coat of arms.
Attractions
Evangelical Church Biederitz
In the old village is the Evangelical Church of Biederitz with the historically valuable Ladegast organ . The church is one of the venues for the Biederitz Music Summer . The cultural monuments of the community of Biederitz are listed in the local register of monuments.
Transport links
Biederitz can be easily reached via the B1 from the state capital Magdeburg and the district town of Burg. In the Heyrothsberge district, the B184 branches off from the B1 in the direction of Gommern - Zerbst / Anhalt - Dessau-Roßlau - Leipzig . There is an additional connection through the Biederitzer Busch to Magdeburg via the so-called “Pig Bridge” . The closest motorway junctions are “Lostau / Hohenwarthe” and “Burg-Zentrum” on the A2 .
The Biederitz station is a wedge station and is on the Berlin – Magdeburg railway line , and the lines towards Dessau-Roßlau and Loburg branch off here . The station is served by the regional train lines ( Braunschweig - Helmstedt -) Magdeburg - Burg (- Genthin ) and Magdeburg - Zerbst - Dessau as well as the regional express line Magdeburg - Dessau - Bitterfeld - Leipzig . The closest long-distance traffic stop Magdeburg Hbf can be reached in about 10 minutes thanks to these numerous connections. Rail passenger transport to Loburg was discontinued when the timetable was changed on December 11, 2011 and replaced by a bus line.
From Biederitz there are bus routes in the direction of Burg (–Genthin), Gommern, Magdeburg and Loburg . In Heyrothsberge there is also a connection to other lines in the direction of Möckern (–Gommern) and Gommern (- Leitzkau - Dornburg ) as well as to an MVB city bus that can be used to reach Magdeburg every 20 to 40 minutes.
Culture
Biederitzer Kantorei
The Biederitzer Kantorei was founded on the 1st of Advent 1989 on the occasion of the rededication of the renovated Protestant church and has around 80 singers. The aim of the choir is to maintain the large number of significant, but less well-known and rarely performed works in musical history. It is worth mentioning the first performance of the cantata "The Company of Heaven" by Benjamin Britten.
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Biederitzer Ehlefest
The Biederitzer Ehlefest has been taking place since the early 1980s. It is celebrated in the center of the village on the Kantorwiese.
Storks in Biederitz
Since 1974 there is a nesting place for storks in Biederitz. A citizens' initiative fortified the nest and rebuilt it when it was destroyed by heavy rain in 1999. This nest is considered to be one of the most successful nests in Jerichower Land. A total of 74 young storks have been recorded since 1974. A second nest is in the Kanonenbahn area and a third nest is on Deichstrasse at the corner of Zur Ehle.
tourism
The Elbe-Rad-Weg is an extremely popular route for cyclists. It leads along the villages of Biederitz and Gerwisch. From Biederitz you can either cycle towards Magdeburg or Burg. Countless cyclists have already used the opportunity to ride from the source of the Elbe in the Czech Republic to Hamburg in recent years and visited Biederitz.
Personalities
- Carl Leberecht Messow (1759-1825), worked in Biederitz as a Protestant superintendent and school reformer.
- The oriental and classical philologist and Protestant theologian Johann Gottfried Tympe (1699–1768) was born here.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Umflutehle Kulzauer Forest. Retrieved June 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Chronicle of the village of Biederitz . S. 15 .
- ↑ Chronicle of the village of Biederitz . S. 16 .
- ↑ Chronicle of the village of Biederitz . S. 19 .
- ↑ Chronicle of the village of Biederitz . S. 157 .
- ↑ Chronicle of the village of Biederitz . S. 161 .
- ↑ Chronicle of the village of Biederitz . S. 27 .
- ↑ Chronicle of the village of Biederitz . S. 75 .
- ↑ Chronicle of the village of Biederitz . S. 79 .
- ↑ Andreas Mangiras, Volksstimme Magdeburg: Time of fear - time of selflessness. Retrieved June 10, 2020 .
- ↑ Karolinger-era border fort located near Magdeburg. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
- ↑ http://www.augustinuspfarrei.de/front_content.php?idcat=525
- ↑ Chronicle of the village of Biederitz . S. 306 .
- ^ Stork information. Retrieved June 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Cycling holidays in Germany. Retrieved June 15, 2020 .