Billberg

Billberg City of Tangermünde Coordinates: 52 ° 37 ′ 55 ″ N , 12 ° 0 ′ 11 ″ E
Height :	46 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	26 (Dec. 31, 2015)
Incorporation :	September 30, 1928
Incorporated into:	Storkau (Elbe)
Postal code :	39590
Area code :	039321
Location of Billberge in Saxony-Anhalt
	Gut Billberge, the former castle building (October 2018)

Billberge belongs to the village of Storkau (Elbe) and is a district of the city of Tangermünde in the Stendal district in Saxony-Anhalt (Germany).

geography

The Altmark village of Billberge is 10 kilometers north of Tangermünde on the Elbe .

history

The village of Billberge was an aristocratic manor in which the inhabitants did not own any real estate. The place was first mentioned in 1441. For unknown reasons, the village was completely destroyed and only rebuilt in 1540 by Baron Schenk von Lützendorf. The manor house (castle) was built around 1800.

On September 30, 1928, the Billberge estate was merged with the Storkau rural community and the Storkau estate to form a rural Storkau municipality. With the incorporation of Storkau (Elbe) into Tangermünde, Billberge has been part of Tangermünde since January 1, 2010.

economy

The Billberge estate was incorporated into the state-owned Arneburg estate after 1945. After 1951 it became known as a training company for milkers, plant farmers, pig farmers and agricultural machinists. The former estate is a location of the Christian Youth Village Association in Germany , which looks after and accompanies young people there.

Attractions

The former manor chapel is a plastered stone church . On the south side of the church there is a free-standing mausoleum belonging to the Bethge family.

religion

The Protestant parish Billberge belongs to the parish Staffelde.

Personalities

The German educator and writer Eleonore Heerwart (1835-1911) worked for some time as an educator at the Billberge manor.

literature

Thomas Hartwig: All Altmark churches from A to Z . Elbe-Havel-Verlag, Havelberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-9814039-5-4 , p. 51 .
Sünder-Gass: castles and mansions in the Stendal Altmark district . Märkischer Kunst- und Heimatverlag, Bismark / Poritz 1998.

Individual evidence

↑ District of Stendal, local transport plan 2017 (PDF)
^ JAF Hermes, MJ Weigelt: Historical-geographical-statistical-topographical manual from the administrative districts of Magdeburg . Topographical part. Verlag Heinrichshofen, 1842, Volume 2, p. 290
↑ ^a ^b MDR Saxony-Anhalt, village stories, facts from Billberge on www.mdr.de. Retrieved April 29, 2017 .
↑ Administrative region of Magdeburg (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Government of Magdeburg . 1928, ZDB -ID 3766-7 , p. 208 .
↑ Location Billberge on www.cjd-sachsen-anhalt.de. Retrieved April 29, 2017 .
^ 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. 117 ( wiki-de.genealogy.net [accessed April 29, 2017]).

[1] District of Stendal, local transport plan 2017 (PDF)

[Handbuch-2] JAF Hermes, MJ Weigelt: Historical-geographical-statistical-topographical manual from the administrative districts of Magdeburg . Topographical part. Verlag Heinrichshofen, 1842, Volume 2, p. 290

[MDR-Dorfgeschichten-3] MDR Saxony-Anhalt, village stories, facts from Billberge on www.mdr.de. Retrieved April 29, 2017 .

[AB-RB-Magdeburg-4] Administrative region of Magdeburg (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Government of Magdeburg . 1928, ZDB -ID 3766-7 , p. 208 .

[5] Location Billberge on www.cjd-sachsen-anhalt.de. Retrieved April 29, 2017 .

[Almanach1903-6] 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. 117 ( wiki-de.genealogy.net [accessed April 29, 2017]).