Bears

Bears City of Coswig (Anhalt) Coordinates: 51 ° 57 ′ 48 ″  N , 12 ° 22 ′ 48 ″  E
Height :	100 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.75 km²
Residents :	155  (December 31, 2008)
Population density :	23 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 2010
Postal code :	06862
Area code :	034907

Bräsen is a district of the city of Coswig (Anhalt) in the district of Wittenberg in Saxony-Anhalt.

geography

Bräsen in the southwest of the Fläming lies in the valley of the Rossel . This small river has its source about 9 km east of Bräsen and flows into the Elbe . The area is very wooded, the terrain is characterized by rolling hills. The trade mountains southwest of Bräsen reach 119 m above sea level. NN .

The closest cities are Dessau-Roßlau and Zerbst / Anhalt .

history

The oldest written mention as Brizene comes from 1307, 1326 Brezin is recorded. The place name comes from the Sorbian word breza (cf. Obersorb. Brěza ) for "birch".

On January 1, 2010, the previously independent municipality of Bräsen was incorporated into the city of Coswig (Anhalt) together with the municipality of Stackelitz .

Transport links

Car traffic

• The federal road 187a from Zerbst to Coswig (Anhalt) leads through the neighboring village of Hundeluft, three kilometers away .
• The Köselitz motorway junction ( A 9 Berlin - Munich) is 8 km away .

Rail transport

• In Thießen and Jeber-Bergfrieden , about 6 km away, there is a rail connection to the Dessau-Roßlau - Potsdam - Berlin line ( Kanonenbahn / KBS 207).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ernst Eichler : Slavic place names between Saale and Neisse. Volume I, VEB Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 1985, p. 59
2. ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 01 to December 31, 2010