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Burg-Kolonie , Prizaŕske Bórkowy in Lower Sorbian , is a part of the municipality of Burg (Spreewald) located in the Spreewald .

location

Burg-Kolonie extends, unusual for Central Europe, as a large scattered settlement west of Burg-Dorf , the actual center of today's municipality of Burg (Spreewald) . As is typical of the Spreewald, the area of ​​Burg-Kolonie is criss-crossed by many rivers, which originally represented the only traffic connection. To the north is the similarly structured district of Burg-Kauper . Castle colony belongs to the Sorbian settlement area . In 1995, 20.6% of the population knew Sorbian; 11.3% were active speakers.

history

Burg-Kolonie was founded as a community on January 31, 1766, although the first settlements existed much earlier. Friedrich II of Prussia also pursued a policy of reclamation of previously unused areas in the Spreewald and settled new subjects there. From 1763, 100 plots of land with an area of ​​18 acres each for colonists were created in Burg-Kolonie . There have been plans for this since 1750.

The land was awarded to foreigners, i.e. non-Prussians, mainly Saxons , but also Bohemians , Silesians and Austrians . The settlers became owners of the areas that had to be made arable, were able to bequeath them, were released from military service and had further privileges. However, the sale of the land to locals before the third generation was prohibited. Nonetheless, local settlers also got a chance in the end. In 1772 there were 65 foreign and 32 local settlers in the castle colony. During this time, various new rivers with a length of 55 kilometers were built to reach all the farms.

The residents were parish in the parish church of Burg in the village of Burg-Dorf. In 1852 the castle colony had 860 inhabitants. Dorfschulze was Gottlieb Krüger around 1802 and Martin Dahlay in 1852 . In 1834, Burg-Kolonie received a schoolhouse intended for 70 pupils, which was expanded in 1852: the number of pupils had doubled.

A shoemaker, five carpenters, a blacksmith and four innkeepers are listed as trades in 1852. In the winter there were also 15 linen weavers working.

In 1960 the previously independent castle colony was incorporated into Burg.

Buildings

In Burg-Kolonie there are several block houses from the end of the 18th century.

literature

  • Historical local lexicon for Niederlausitz - Volume 2 - The districts of Cottbus, Spremberg, Guben and Sorau . Edited by Rudolf Lehmann. In: Publications of the Brandenburg State Main Archive (Potsdam State Archive) . Publishing house Klaus-D. Becker, Potsdam 2011, ISBN 978-3-941919-90-7 , pp. 20th f .
  • Dieter Reichel: 200 years of the church in Burg . Parish council of the Protestant parish, Burg / Spreewald 2004, DNB  972842721 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ralf Jodelbauer, Gunter Spieß, Han Steenwijk: The current situation of the Lower Sorbian language. Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen / Budyšin 2000, pp. 30–33

Coordinates: 51 ° 51 ′  N , 14 ° 6 ′  E