Breitenhain (Lucka)
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Breitenhain
City of Lucka
Coordinates: 51 ° 5 ′ 4 ″ N , 12 ° 19 ′ 11 ″ E
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| Height : | 158 m | |
| Area : | 1.8 km² | |
| Incorporation : | October 1, 1922 | |
| Postal code : | 04613 | |
| Area code : | 034492 | |
Location of Breitenhain in Thuringia |
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Breitenhain has been part of the city of Lucka in the north of the Thuringian district of Altenburger Land since 1922 . The place name is derived from its location on the broad grove, i.e. the Lucka Forest .
geography
Breitenhain lies in the Leipziger Tieflandsbucht near the border of Thuringia by axes and axes-indication . The Rainbach, a tributary of the Schnauder, flows through the village . Breitenhain is located between the Prößdorfer See (flooded open pit) in the west and the Lucka forest in the east.
history
13th to 18th centuries
The history of the place probably begins at the end of the 13th century with the construction of Breitenhain Castle, to whose rule the town of Lucka also belonged. As early as 1279, a Thimo von Breitenhain was mentioned as a member of a side line of those von Colditz . The castle was destroyed in 1307 in a dispute with the Thuringian Landgrave , but was also rebuilt by the Landgrave. In 1320 the castle was pledged to the Bishop of Naumburg . In 1347 the Starkenberg family took over the property. The castle was the residence of various knights and nobles, especially those of Bünau , von Hagenest and von Minckwitz and was inhabited until 1970, but was demolished eleven years later due to its dilapidation. Those from Brünau received Breitenhain as a fief and so the place became its own parish in 1504. The manor in neighboring Prößdorf was a Vorwerk of Breitenhain.
The Thirty Years' War left behind as in many other places in Altenburger Land deep scars.
Like the neighboring town of Lucka, Breitenhain belonged to the Wettin office of Altenburg , in the north of which the town was located. From the 16th century, Breitenhain with the Altenburg office was under the sovereignty of the following Ernestine duchies due to several divisions during its existence : Duchy of Saxony (1554 to 1572), Duchy of Saxony-Weimar (1572 to 1603), Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg (1603 to 1672), Duchy of Saxony-Gotha-Altenburg (1672 to 1826).
19th century to the present
When the Ernestine Duchies were reorganized in 1826, Breitenhain again became part of the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg. In 1840 there was a forge, a tavern, the chamber estate, the parish, a school, a shepherd's house, 14 farms and 27 other houses with a total of 239 inhabitants. After the administrative reform in the duchy, the place belonged to the eastern district (until 1900) and to the Altenburg district office (from 1900). Judicially, the place was assigned to the Altenburg District Court since 1879 and to the Meuselwitz District Court since 1906 . From 1918, Breitenhain belonged to the Free State of Saxony-Altenburg , which was added to the State of Thuringia in 1920. In 1922 it came to the district of Altenburg . In the same year on October 1, 1922, it was incorporated into Lucka.
Since the beginning of the 20th century, Breitenhain, which lies in the north of the Meuselwitz-Altenburg lignite mining area, has been shaped by the lignite industry. During this time it formed the economic basis of the place, which means that a large part of the area was used for lignite extraction. This is how u. a. the opencast mine Phönix -Falkenhain (1928–1942) in the southwest, the opencast mine Phönix-Ost (1940–1963) in the southeast and the opencast mine Hemmendorf (1928–1942) in the west. As a result, a large part of the Lucka Forest disappeared and at times also the territorial connection to Prößdorf. After the renaturation of the Hemmendorf opencast mine to the west of Breitenhain, the Prößdorfer See was created in the remaining hole.
During the second district reform in the GDR in 1952, the existing states were dissolved and the districts were redesigned. Thus Breitenhain came as the district of Lucka with the district Altenburg to the district of Leipzig . When the Free State of Thuringia was re-established in 1990, Breitenhain became Thuringian again as part of the Altenburg district and, together with the city of Lucka, has been part of the Altenburger Land district since 1994. Today, Breitenhain is a typical street settlement, almost a row village. The townscape is still characterized by its original appearance, with a large part of the properties being Winkelhöfe. A newly designed village square has been created since the fall of the Wall ; In addition, the castle complex is to be rebuilt in the near future.
Web links
- Breitenhain on the side of the city of Lucka
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry on Burg Breitenhain in the private database "Alle Burgen". Retrieved June 27, 2016.
- ^ History of the City of Lucka
- ↑ Thomas Bienert: Medieval castles in Thuringia. Wartberg Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-86134-631-1 .
- ^ The Altenburg Office in the book "Geography for all Stands", from p. 201
- ^ The locations of the Altenburg district from p.83
- ↑ The eastern district of the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg in the municipal directory 1900
- ^ The Altenburg district office in the municipality register 1900
- ↑ Breitenhain on gov.genealogy.net
- ^ Description of the Meuselwitz – Altenburger brown coal area in a document from the LMBV