Borau (Weißenfels)

Borau City of Weißenfels Coordinates: 51 ° 11 ′ 55 ″ N , 12 ° 0 ′ 19 ″ E
Height :	156 m
Residents :	637 (Nov. 7, 2017)
Incorporation :	January 1, 1995
Postal code :	06667
Area code :	03443
	Location of Borau in Weißenfels

Borau is a village and part of the city of Weißenfels in the Burgenland district in Saxony-Anhalt .

General

Gluing village pond

At the well in Borau

Borau with the districts Selau and Kleben was an independent municipality until it was incorporated into the town of Weißenfels. It was incorporated into the city of Weißenfels on January 1, 1995.

history

The origin of the place is presumed to be a settlement by the Slavs , since the structure of the place corresponds to the typical type of settlement of the so-called Rundlingdörfer . The first written mention of the place, as Borowe , comes from the purchase of three Hufen land by an abbot of a Merseburg monastery in 1251. In 1945 the communities of Selau and Kleben were incorporated.

Place name

The name of the place can be traced back to the personal name Bor , which can be translated as fight .

politics

Borau is a town in the city of Weißenfels within the meaning of § 86 GO LSA . It thus has a local council and a local mayor.

Local council

The local council consists of 8 elected local councils. At the moment (2011) two seats are not occupied.

Borau local council
Nomination			Seats
	EB	Individual applicants	4th
		CDU	1
		The left	1
Status: October 13, 2011

Local mayor

The local mayor of Borau is elected from among the members of the local council. As a result of the local elections on May 26, 2019, Jürgen Denzin became the incumbent mayor.

economy

The internationally active solar and energy efficiency company Schüco International KG has a location in Borau. In addition, the village has an industrial park in which u. a. the Kaufland Stiftung & Co. KG operates a shopping center.

church

Church of St. Georg zu Selau

The church in Selau with a classicist tower and baroque furnishings has a Ladegast organ.

Web links

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

Borau on weissenfels.de

Individual evidence

↑ Main statute of the city of Weißenfels in the version of the announcement of January 27, 2015 (WSF-OJ No. 2/2015, p. 3), amended by the statutes of November 26, 2016 (WSF-OJ 11/2016, p. 3 ) . ( weissenfels.de [PDF; 275 kB ; accessed on October 20, 2017]).
↑ ^a ^b Borau, Selau and Gluing. Retrieved November 23, 2018 .
↑ Walther Eichler: Investigations on toponymy and language and settlement history of the area between Saale and Weißer Elster, page 124f
^ City of Weißenfels on the Saale. Retrieved November 26, 2017 .

[1] Main statute of the city of Weißenfels in the version of the announcement of January 27, 2015 (WSF-OJ No. 2/2015, p. 3), amended by the statutes of November 26, 2016 (WSF-OJ 11/2016, p. 3 ) . ( weissenfels.de [PDF; 275 kB ; accessed on October 20, 2017]).

[Weissenfels-2] Borau, Selau and Gluing. Retrieved November 23, 2018 .

[3] Walther Eichler: Investigations on toponymy and language and settlement history of the area between Saale and Weißer Elster, page 124f

[4] City of Weißenfels on the Saale. Retrieved November 26, 2017 .