Castle woo

Castle woo City of Weißenfels
Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 25 ″  N , 11 ° 59 ′ 1 ″  E
Height :	115 m
Area :	4.42 km²
Residents :	1039  (Nov. 7, 2017)
Population density :	235 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	September 1, 2010
Postal code :	06667
Area code :	03443
Location of Burgwerben in Weißenfels

View over the vineyard to the Saale bridge of the B 91, the railway line and Weißenfels in the background

Romanesque village church Burgwerben

Burgwerben is a village and part of the city of Weißenfels in the Burgenland district in Saxony-Anhalt .

geography

Burgwerben is located immediately northeast of Weißenfels on the Saale .

history

In a register of the tithe of the Hersfeld monastery , which was created between 881 and 899, Burgwerben is mentioned in a document as the place of Vuirbina im Friesenfeld, which is subject to a tenancy fee .

On September 1, 2010, Burgwerben was forcibly incorporated into Weissenfels.

politics

The municipality of Burgwerben, which was independent until its compulsory incorporation in 2010, is today a district and a village of the city of Weißenfels within the meaning of § 86 GO LSA . It thus has a local council and a local mayor.

Local council

The local council consists of 8 elected local councils. The local mayor belongs to the local council ex officio and is chairman.

Burgwerben local council
Nomination			Seats
		CDU	3
	EB	Individual applicants	3
		The left	1
		SPD	1
As of October 11, 2011

Local mayor

Hubert Schmoranzer has been the local mayor since the compulsory incorporation in 2010. He also belongs to the city council of Weißenfels and is a member of the “Landgemeinden” faction.

Economy and Infrastructure

school

traffic

The connecting road from Weißenfels to Großkorbetha leads through Burgwerben . In the west the place is tangent to the federal highway 91 (Halle-Zeitz) in north-south direction.

The Thuringian Railway also touches Burgwerben, the next stops are Weißenfels (IC) and Großkorbetha (regional train).

The Saale cycle path runs between the railway line and the Saale.

schools

• Free Protestant primary school

Culture and sights

Branch to the Weindorf from the Saaleradweg, in the foreground the B91 bridge

Manor

Stone in memory of the Battle of Rossbach

Attractions

• Village church from the 13th century
• Manor (used commercially), a former castle, built on the foundation of the Wirbinaburg , headquarters of the Imperial Army before the Battle of Roßbach and where Frederick the Great stayed the night after.
• In the Heimathaus there is a permanent exhibition about the history of the place

Events

• Farmers market
• Corn sticks with Whitsun dance
• Open Vineyard Day, Burgwerben and Kriechau are the northern foothills of the Saale-Unstrut region
• Wine and village festival

societies

• SV Burgwerben 06
• Winzergemeinschaft Burgwerben-Kriechau eV
• Real Burgwerben 2011 eV

literature

• 1100 years of Burgwerben, Goseck , Großkorbetha , Markwerben , Reichardtswirtschaft , Tagewerbe : 881 - 1981 ; On the occasion of the festival week from September 5 to 13, 1981, publisher Joint preparation committee for the 1100th anniversary of the municipalities, 1981
• Burgwerben: History and stories of a historic wine village , by Sven Köpsel, Sigrid Schmidt, Verlag Gemeinde Burgwerben, 2001

Web links

Commons : Burgwerben  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature on castle woes in the Wildenfels castle archive
• Burgwerben on weissenfels.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Main statute of the city of Weißenfels in the version of the announcement of January 27, 2015 (WSF-OJ No. 2/2015, p. 3), amended by the statutes of November 26, 2016 (WSF-OJ 11/2016, p. 3 ) . ( weissenfels.de [PDF; 275 kB ; accessed on October 20, 2017]).
2. ^ Reg. Thur. No. 287
3. ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 01 to December 31, 2010
4. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives:
5. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from April 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive )