Dörgenhausen

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Large district town of Hoyerswerda
Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  N , 14 ° 13 ′ 45 ″  E
Height : 117 m above sea level NN
Area : 5.46 km²
Residents : 672  (Dec. 31, 2015)
Population density : 123 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : July 1, 1998
Postal code : 02977
Area code : 03571
Dörgenhausen (aerial panorama)

Dörgenhausen , Upper Sorbian Němcy ? / i , is a district of the city of Hoyerswerda in the Saxon Lausitz . With 697 inhabitants, it is the fifth largest district of Hoyerswerda. It is 5.46 square kilometers and is part of the official Sorbian settlement area in Upper Lusatia . Audio file / audio sample

history

The place on the Schwarzen Elster and the Vincenzgraben was first mentioned in 1248 on the occasion of the foundation of the St. Marienstern Monastery . Dörgenhausen was incorporated into Hoyerswerda on July 1, 1998.

The "Christ the King" chapel was built between 1952 and 1953 at the suggestion of some farmers. The building is 20 m long and 10 m wide. It has a Gothic winged altar from before the Reformation. The middle part is 1.40 × 1.65 m and shows the Mother of God with her Son on her lap. On the sides are St. Nicholas and St. Barbara pictured.

The Dörgenhausen post mill was built in Tschausdorf-Plau in 1707 and dismantled in 1920, brought to Dörgenhausen and rebuilt. From 1922 to 1942 it was in operation for contract milling.

Population and language

Sorbian is also spoken in Dörgenhausen to this day . Arnošt Muka determined for his statistics of the Lusatian Sorbs 1884/85 a total population of 307, of which 288 Sorbs (94%) and 19 Germans.

photos

  • "Christ the King" Chapel Dörgenhausen

  • Holy figure at the chapel

  • The Dörgenhausen post mill

  • To the weir (Dörgenhausen-Němcy volunteer fire brigade)

  • Crucifix, Am Feldrain

Web links

Commons : Dörgenhausen / Němcy  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Hoyerswerda: Dörgenhausen. Facts / history / worth knowing ( memento of the original dated December 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. As of December 31, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hoyerswerda.de
  2. ↑ Ernst Tschernik: The development of the Sorbian population . Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1954, p. 90 .