Breesen (Southern Anhalt)

Breesen City of southern Anhalt Coordinates: 51 ° 44 ′ 23 ″  N , 12 ° 4 ′ 3 ″  E
Residents :	96  (Apr 13, 2016)
Postal code :	06369
Area code :	034977
Location of Breesen in Saxony-Anhalt

Monument in the village square

Breesen is a district of the city of Southern Anhalt in the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district in Saxony-Anhalt .

Geographical location

Breesen is located just north of the village of Reupzig . The northern boundary forms a gravel pit . To the north, about 1.5 kilometers away, is Hohsdorf , one kilometer east of Storkau and about three kilometers west of Großbadegast .

history

The first written mention of the place comes from the year 1160. The place name changed several times in the course of history; so Breesen was called as Brezne , Breszna , Brizne and Brecen . The name comes from the Sorbian Breźno (cf. Obersorb. Brěza ) for "Birkenort".

The von Bresen family lived here in the 13th century . As further owners of Breesen or of goods in Breesen are mentioned in a document; 1583 and 1620 von Bilau , up to 1625 von Krage , 1625 and 1636 von Hübner , 1620 and 1636 von dem Werner , 1693, 1698 and 1705 von Wuthenau and up to 1732 von Grothe . In 1732 Prince Leopold bought Breesen and ceded it to the Principality of Anhalt-Köthen .

Until December 31, 2009, Breesen was part of the Reupzig community . This merged with 17 other communities to form the city of Southern Anhalt .

Web links

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

Footnotes

1. ↑ Reupzig. City of Southern Anhalt, accessed on December 23, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Ernst Eichler : Slavic place names between Saale and Neisse. Volume I, VEB Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 1985, p. 60
3. ^ Only Leopold I (Anhalt-Dessau) fits in time . It seems unlikely that he will cede something to Anhalt-Köthen , however Leopold (Anhalt-Köthen) was already dead at the time.
4. ^ Theodor Stenzel: History of the localities of the district of Köthen , 1887, p. 4 ( digitized ).