Canitz (Riesa)

Canitz City of Riesa
Coordinates: 51 ° 18 ′ 48 ″  N , 13 ° 13 ′ 14 ″  E
Height :	103 m above sea level NN
Area :	4.01 km²
Residents :	1020  (1971)
Population density :	254 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Area code :	03525/035264
Location of Canitz in Saxony

Canitz is a village belonging to Riesa . The place is two kilometers west of the city, directly north of the Leipzig-Dresden Railway , near the municipality of Mautitz . The Riesa district of Pochra borders to the northeast. The Döllnitz flows through the village and flows into the Elbe at Merzdorf.

Around 650 people live in Canitz (2006). Since 1990 numerous single-family houses have been built around the old village center.

history

Canitz is a Slavic foundation; the village probably existed as early as the 9th century. After the German conquest of the area on the Elbe , a moated castle was built as a mansion in Canitz at the turn of the 10th and 11th centuries. The church was built in the 13th century.

The old moated castle was replaced by a castle in 1550, which burned down in the Thirty Years War . The entire village also suffered a great deal in this war from drafts, looting, devastation and epidemics.

From 1693 to 1697, Andreas Dietrich von Schleinitz , owner of Canitz, had the church rebuilt and expanded. Among other things, a new higher tower was added. Errors in construction repeatedly led to damage, especially cracks on the tower, which had to be repaired at high cost several times. In the Seven Years' War , Prussian soldiers looted the church in 1758; Among other things, they stole the tin organ pipes.

Canitz Castle

In 1764 a new castle was built in Canitz. In 1819 the first Canitzer school was built. In 1824 Florian Risse became the first official local council chairman.

In 1945 the castle was expropriated and refugees quartered there. In 1948 the authorities ordered the demolition. A sports field was created in place of the castle and the associated garden.

The church had to be closed in 1967 because of the risk of collapse. Since there were no funds for the renovation during the GDR era, the parish decided to demolish it, which then took place in the summer of 1975, leaving the outer walls around four to five meters high.

Remains of the Canitz Church

In 1974 Canitz and the neighboring Pochra were incorporated into Riesa.

In 2005, an association was formed to rebuild the village church .

Population development

year Residents 1551 23 possessed men, 45 residents 1764 23 possessed men, 15 cottagers, 10.5 hooves 40 bushels each 1834 341 1871 372 1890 452 1910 515

year Residents 1925 591 1939 685 1946 910 1950 877 1964 1043

Personalities

• Carl (Karl) Traugott Thieme (1744–1808), educator, theologian
• Florian Risse (1787–1843), first chairman of the local council

Web links

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

• Canitz in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Canitz in historical digital gazetteer of Saxony .