Cospeda

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Cospeda
City of Jena
Coordinates: 50 ° 56 ′ 56 ″  N , 11 ° 33 ′ 34 ″  E
Height : 335 m
Area : 3.36 km²
Residents : 1354  (December 31, 2017)
Population density : 403 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : July 1, 1994
Postal code : 07751
Area code : 03641
Church tower in Cospeda
Church tower in Cospeda
Aerial view of Cospeda

Cospeda is a district of the independent city of Jena in Thuringia .

geography

Geographical location

Cospeda is located on the Ilm-Saale-Platte in the northern urban area of ​​Jena. 3 district roads meet in the village. The city center is approx. 5 km away. After Weimar is 17 km away and the state capital Erfurt km 40th The nearest federal highways are the B 7 1.5 km west and the B 88 5 km east. The next motorway is the A4 13 km south.

Isserstedt district (4 km) District Lützeroda (1 km) Closewitz district (1.5 km)
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Districts Münchenroda and Remderoda (5 and 3 km respectively) Jena city ​​center (5 km)

Distance information relates to the distance through the shortest road connection to the town center.

landscape

The area belonging to Cospeda lies partly on the heights of the Ilm-Saale-Platte, which are characterized by arable land, meadows and orchards. In the southwest lie the steep slopes and side valleys of the wooded Mühltal . The village is located within the "Middle Saale Valley" nature reserve and borders the Windknollen nature reserve in the east .

From a climatic point of view, Cospeda lies in a hilltop position that is exposed to the wind, so that cold air areas can arise on the open plateau, which flow into the side valleys of the Mühltal.

history

middle Ages

Cospeda was first mentioned in a document in 1259. The place name goes back to the old Slavic "gospoda", which means hostel. At first the village was the seat of the noble von Cossibode family (also Kossbode or Kossweda ) and was sold to the Cistercian convent in Jena in 1359. Among other things, the Lords of Heldrungen had larger estates in Cospeda, so that many donations can be found to the Michaeliskloster Jena . After its dissolution in 1525, the place belonged to the Jena office.

Modern times

Mural in Cospeda showing Napoleon's famous bicorn hat
The Napoleon Stone

The battle of Jena took place near Cospeda . On October 14, 1806, Cospeda served as a parade ground for the Lannes corps and parts of the Augereau corps. From here the French marshals began their attacks on the area of ​​the nearby Dornberg , on Vierzehnheiligen and Isserstedt.

In 1956 the memorial was inaugurated in Cospeda in 1806. The exhibition presents an important piece of German and European history to the visitor.

The so-called Napoleon Stone is located near Cospeda. This small monument was erected in 1992 by the municipal administration of Cospeda and two non-profit associations and replaces a memorial stone that was lost in the 19th century. The distances to important Napoleonic battles such as Austerlitz and Borodino and to his last place of exile, St. Helena, are engraved on the current stone. On another side you can see the letter N and a crown (both designed in gold). Engraved on another page is an excerpt from a text by Golo Mann : “In Germany, people feasted on greater hatred and greater admiration for Napoleon for a good century.” The preceding (not engraved) sentence in the text reads “The French were the emperor in the end as the vanquished - a glorious, but dismissed pest. "

Between Cospeda and Lützeroda, the partial battle on Dornberg has already been re-enacted several times (the last times in 2006 on the 200th anniversary of the battle and in 2011). It was attended by amateur actors from several countries, and gunpowder was fired from rifles and cannons.

The historic center is located on the north-western or southern edge of the settlement.

The expressionist artist Emil Nolde painted several pictures and drawings in Cospeda at the beginning of the 20th century. In his biography he writes: "In Cospeda in the> Green Tree to the Nightingale <I found a place to live and work" and "In the evenings I sat as models, not knowing it, the farmers and truck drivers". Among other things, he created his oil painting “House in the Snow in Cospeda”, the watercolor “Sun over slush” and the pen drawing “Farmers at the table” in Cospeda in 1908 .

Cospeda later took on the municipalities of Lützeroda and Closewitz, which were independent until January 31, 1974, until all three places were incorporated into Jena on July 1, 1994.

Since 1993 there has been a partnership between Cospeda and Plomeur , a municipality in Brittany .

Development of the population

year Residents
1995 857
1996 995
1997 1117
1998 1165
1999 1200
2000 1212
year Residents
2001 1254
2002 1257
2003 1341
2004 1308
2005 1302
2006 1297
year Residents
2007 1291
2008 1320
2009 1334
2010 1323
2011 1326
2014 1343

Culture and sights

Church in Cospeda

church

The Protestant parish church is a single-nave church building with a choir closure, the construction of which began in the 12th century. The choir rectangle and its groin vault and the triumphal arch between the choir and nave are remnants of a Romanesque predecessor that was integrated into the new building from 1699. The low tower above the choir, which was probably higher and was later demolished, also dates from this period. Inside there are galleries and a pulpit from 1688. There is also a bell from the mid-15th century. Since 2017, it has been supplemented by a second bell, which was made by the Bachert company (Karlsruhe) in front of the Luther Church in Apolda for the Thuringian Day.

Museum 1806

Memorial 1806

Due to the historical events in 1806, a memorial was set up in Cospeda. In addition to historical exhibits on the battle and the war between Prussia and France, historical maps and images as well as reports from contemporary witnesses are shown. The exhibition provides information about the prehistory, causes, course and effects of the battle near Jena and Auerstedt as well as the war burden of the people affected, about the everyday life of the soldiers and the function and effect of the weapons of this historical period.

Equestrian sport

In Cospeda there is the equestrian club “Mühle Cospeda e. V. "and the association" Pferdefreunde Alter Pfarrhof Cospeda eV "The latter operates equestrian sports with Icelandic horses .

Personalities

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. a b cospeda-online.de
  2. Academic leaves , accessed on June 7, 2016
  3. ^ Emil Nolde in Jena and Cospeda
  4. ^ E. Nolde: Mein Leben, DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne 2000, p. 144 f.
  5. ^ House in the Snow in Cospeda
  6. a b c statistics from jena.de
  7. kirchenkreis-jena.de accessed on June 7, 2016
  8. jena1806.de