Brandenstein (Möckern)

Brandenstein City of Möckern Coordinates: 52 ° 17 ′ 25 ″ N , 12 ° 4 ′ 26 ″ E
Height :	44 m above sea level NHN
Area :	29 hectares
Residents :	52 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	179 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	September 30, 1928
Incorporated into:	Krüssau
Postal code :	39291
Area code :	039223
	Mansion

Brandenstein is a district of Möckern in the Jerichower Land district in Saxony-Anhalt .

geography

Location and village structure

Brandenstein is very rural and quiet. Mostly surrounded by forest, the landscape opens only to the north towards the Fiener Bruch . To get to the small town of Möckern, you have to cover 25 km on various side roads in a south-westerly or south-westerly direction. Therefore, it is more likely to drive to Burg from here . The district town of Jerichower Land, 20 km to the west, can be easily reached via the federal highway 1, which is not far away .

About two kilometers north and already beyond the city limits of Möckern, there is the town of Gladau , a district of the town of Genthin, about 18 km north . This is exactly how far it is to the east in the Brandenburg town of Ziesar . In the south, the town of Krüssau is a good two kilometers away .

Apart from a few buildings, the rather patchy development is located exclusively to the east of a district road that runs from north to south. Although there is no classic village structure, the manor site on the south-eastern edge, with a manor house and church, forms the village center.

Geology and landscape

The small town, surrounded by forest, meadow and field, is located in the 25,063 hectare and very wooded landscape protection area (LSG) Möckern-Magedeburgerforth. The northern edge of the LSG is only a few hundred meters north of here. The area extends in a southerly direction to the town of Möckern, which is around 18 km (as the crow flies) southwest. The entire area of the local LSG is part of the Burg-Ziesarer Vorfläming and belongs to the Fläming .

The western foothills of the Vorfläming reach a height of around 60 meters in the area around Brandenstein. The Ice Age ridge, which runs from southeast to northwest, comes to an end about five kilometers west of the town at Hohenseeden . On the western edge of this place, the terrain slopes steeply into the glacial valley of the Elbe . From there to the other end of the Fläming in the southeast, it is over 100 km to the Dahme River in Brandenburg .

history

Brandenstein is known that it was mentioned in 1362 as "Ghezerik" and 1459 as "Jeserigk" and that it was owned by a von Krussow family during this period. The story of Brandenstein is closely linked to the von Arnim family. In 1507, Lippold I von Arnim decided to sell his possessions in Zehdenick, Brandenburg, in order to found a new family property in the Archdiocese of Magdeburg. In addition to the estates in Hohenseeden , Krüssau and Theeßen , he also acquired the Brandenstein estate as a fief on May 29, 1507.

After the state rule was passed from the archbishopric to the Brandenburg duchy of Magdeburg in 1680 , the place was assigned to the new Jerichower district. This was divided into two districts in 1785, now under Prussian rule. Brandenstein came to the Jerichow II district. From 1807 the place belonged to the Kurmark during the Westphalian interim rule in Magdeburg and to the Jerichow II district of the Magdeburg administrative district of the Prussian province of Saxony after the war of liberation . In 1928 the previously independent manor districts were dissolved and incorporated. Brandenstein, who came to Krüssau, was also affected by this. The von Arnim family has remained landlords in Brandenstein up to the present day, where they mainly deal with forestry. Only in the years from 1945 to 1992 was the property in stranger hands after it was expropriated by the Soviet occupying power. During this time, the Brandenstein mansion served as a state children's home. In 1952, as part of the GDR administrative reform, the district was renamed as Genthin. In 1994, the Genthin district was merged with the Burg district to form the new Jerichower Land district.

In 1910 Brandenstein had 117 inhabitants. In 1939 both merged towns had 351 inhabitants, and in 1964 453.

In 1992, Bernd von Arnim bought the Brandenstein manor and the 1250 hectare Brandenstein Forest back from the district. In the manor house, which was extensively renovated, he set up the forest administration, which has since been one of the largest employers in the region. In 2007 the family celebrated “500 years of Arnims in Brandenstein” in the town with a large public participation.

Until the incorporation on January 1, 2010, the village was a district of the municipality of Krüssau, today also a district of the city of Möckern.

Monuments

Personalities

Ludwig Heinrich Wilhelm von Arnim (1771–1848), member of the state parliament, district administrator and district fire society director, was born here and in 1799 took over the local estate
Ferdinand von Arnim (1772–1835), Prussian major general and commander of the 13th Cavalry Brigade, was born here
Wilhelm von Arnim (1814–1890), Prussian administrative officer, was born here

Web links

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

Brandenstein in the historical directory of the association for computer genealogy

Individual evidence

↑ City of Möckern - Main Office (ed.): Development of the inhabitants in the districts and localities of the city of Möckern - Basis: City residents' registration file - as of December 31, 2018 . January 25, 2019.
↑ Main statute of the city of Möckern in the version of September 25, 2014 - including 1st and 2nd amendment . June 1, 2018 ( full text [PDF; 115 kB ; accessed on December 28, 2018]).
↑ Location of the village on an aerial photo from maps.google.de. Retrieved April 9, 2013 .
↑ Location of the LSG Möckern-Magdeburgerforth according to Geodienst of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. Retrieved April 9, 2013 .
↑ Arnim'scher Familienverband: The Arnim family. Chronicle of the family in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Degener, 2002, p. 60 , accessed April 18, 2013 .
^ A. Bühling: Handbook of the administrative district of Magdeburg. Location directory. 1864, p. 30 f. , accessed April 21, 2013 .
^ Horst Weber: Biography of Ludwig Heinrich Wilhelm von Arnim. University of Magdeburg, accessed on April 21, 2013 .

[1] City of Möckern - Main Office (ed.): Development of the inhabitants in the districts and localities of the city of Möckern - Basis: City residents' registration file - as of December 31, 2018 . January 25, 2019.

[2] Main statute of the city of Möckern in the version of September 25, 2014 - including 1st and 2nd amendment . June 1, 2018 ( full text [PDF; 115 kB ; accessed on December 28, 2018]).

[3] Location of the village on an aerial photo from maps.google.de. Retrieved April 9, 2013 .

[4] Location of the LSG Möckern-Magdeburgerforth according to Geodienst of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. Retrieved April 9, 2013 .

[5] Arnim'scher Familienverband: The Arnim family. Chronicle of the family in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Degener, 2002, p. 60 , accessed April 18, 2013 .

[6] A. Bühling: Handbook of the administrative district of Magdeburg. Location directory. 1864, p. 30 f. , accessed April 21, 2013 .

[7] Horst Weber: Biography of Ludwig Heinrich Wilhelm von Arnim. University of Magdeburg, accessed on April 21, 2013 .