Brachwitz (Wettin-Löbejün)
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Brachwitz
City of Wettin-Löbejün
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| Height : | 80 m above sea level NHN |
| Area : | 8.34 km² |
| Residents : | 929 (Apr. 27, 2015) |
| Population density : | 111 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 2011 |
| Postal code : | 06193 |
| Area code : | 0345 |
  Location of Brachwitz in Wettin-Löbejün
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Brachwitz is a district of the town Wettin-Löbejün in the Saalekreis in Saxony-Anhalt , Germany .
geography
Brachwitz is located in the Saale valley , northwest of Halle .
Community structure
Friedrichsschwerz is designated as a district of Brachwitz.
history
Brachwitz
The place has Slavic roots, as evidenced by the remains of a castle on the Kirschberg . It was first mentioned in a document in 1271 (?). The parish church was built at the end of the 13th century . In 1603 large parts of the village were destroyed by fire.
In the 18th century , hard coal and lignite were mined , which could be found at shallow depths. Old quarries are also evidence of porphyry mining.
No remains have been preserved from the desert areas in the Brachwitz, Luckenau and Schobelitz districts . Both places were probably abandoned by repeated floods before the Thirty Years War .
Friedrichsschwerz
Friedrichsschwerz was first mentioned as Swersczs in a deed of donation in 1288 , but was lost between 1467 and 1573. By order of Frederick the Great (December 25, 1769), a colony with 20 families was founded, which represents the roots of today's place. The church in Friedrichsschwerz was consecrated in 1883, but demolished in 1970. In its place, on October 3, 2004, a memorial column for the re-founder of the place, Frederick the Great, was unveiled.
Common story
Brachwitz and Friedrichsschwerz formed together with the place Langenbogen in Teutschenthal (exclave on the border with the county of Mansfeld ) the Office Brachwitz in Saalkreis of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg . With its annexation to Prussia, it belonged to the Brandenburg-Prussian Duchy of Magdeburg from 1680 .
With the Peace of Tilsit in 1807, Brachwitz and Friedrichsschwerz were incorporated into the Kingdom of Westphalia and assigned to the Halle district in the Saale department. They belonged to the canton of Wettin . After Napoleon's defeat and the end of the Kingdom of Westphalia, Napoleon's allied opponents liberated the Saalkreis in early October 1813. During the political reorganization after the Congress of Vienna in 1815, both places were attached to the Merseburg administrative district of the Prussian province of Saxony in 1816 and assigned to the Saalkreis.
On July 1, 1950, Friedrichsschwerz was incorporated into Brachwitz. On January 1, 2011, the cities of Löbejün and Wettin as well as the municipalities of Brachwitz, Döblitz , Domnitz , Gimritz , Nauendorf , Neutz-Lettewitz , Plötz and Rothenburg , which had previously been part of the Saalkreis Nord administrative community, became the new city of Löbejün-Wettin, which received its current name Wettin-Löbejün on April 7, 2011.
politics
coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved on May 25, 1998 by the Halle regional council.
Blazon : "In silver, a blue wavy strip covered with silver wavy thread between a red plow and a green oak branch with rising red fruit between two upright leaves."
Culture and sights
- Nature reserve porphyry landscape near Brachwitz along the Saale , the so-called Brachwitz Alps
- Local museum
The cultural monuments of the place are registered in the local monument register.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
A car ferry crosses the Saale and connects Neuragoczy with Brachwitz; it is part of the Saale cycle path . Via the street on the south side of the hall, u. a. Salzmünde and the west of the city of Halle can be reached.
Sons and daughters of the village
- Friedrich August Alexander Eversmann (1759–1837), Prussian technologist, mining clerk and publicist
- Carl Wentzel (1876–1944), victim of July 20, 1944
- Franz Richard Behrens (1895–1977) poet of expressionism
literature
- Siegmar von Schultze-Galléra : Walks through the Saalkreis. Volume 2, Halle 1914
