Bockwitz (Belgern-Schildau)

Bockwitz City of Belgern-Schildau Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ′ 20 ″  N , 13 ° 5 ′ 37 ″  E
Height :	140 m above sea level NN
Residents :	177  (May 9, 2011)
Incorporation :	March 1, 1994
Incorporated into:	Belgians
Postal code :	04874
Area code :	034224
Location of Bockwitz in Saxony

Bockwitz is a district of the town of Belgern-Schildau in the district of North Saxony in Saxony .

location

The village of Bockwitz is located southwest of Belgern on the state road 30 , which leads from Belgern to Oschatz . The village is located between two large forest areas of the Dahlener Heide and is flanked by the Stollenberg, Windmühlenberg, Rosenberg and Langenberg in the vicinity.

history

The road Angersdorf with irregular field was in 1242 for the first time as Bucuwiz mentioned. The name changed several times and in 1555 the village was called Pockwitz . On April 12, 1242, the place was transferred, along with other places, to the Mühlberg monastery by Margrave Heinrich, which still owned the manor around 1551. Later the place came under the rule of the Elector of Saxony and became Torgauer Amtsdorf . In 1895 the district comprised 541 hectares, which were mainly used for agriculture.

On the basis of a public law agreement, Bockwitz was incorporated into the city of Belgern with effect from March 1, 1994. In 1998, Bockwitz was included in the Saxon village development program and extensively renovated. Since January 1st 2013 the place belongs to Belgern-Schildau.

Development of the population

year population 1551 20 possessed men , 1 house owner , 23 residents 1554 20 possessed man 1764 18 possessed men, 5 gardeners 1818 193 1880 257

year population 1895 289 1910 260 1925 226 1939 209 1946 307

year population 1950 324 1964 267 1990 206 2011 177

Web links

Commons : Bockwitz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Bockwitz in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
• Bockwitz on the homepage of the city of Belgern-Schildau

literature

• Hans-Joachim Füssel: Chronicle of the Bockwitz community / 750 years of Bockwitz, Schildau 1992

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Small-scale municipality sheet for Belgern-Schildau, city. (PDF; 795 kB) State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony , September 2014, accessed on May 29, 2015 . 
2. ^ Bockwitz in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony