Dodendorf
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Dodendorf
community Sülzetal
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| Height : | 61 m |
| Area : | 6.24 km² |
| Residents : | 932 (Dec. 31, 2015) |
| Population density : | 149 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | April 1, 2001 |
| Postal code : | 39171 |
| Area code : | 0391 |
Dodendorf is part of the Sülzetal community in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt .
geography
Dodendorf is located south of Magdeburg in the Magdeburg Börde .
history
The first documentary mention took place in 978 as Duthontorp . The village, which originally belonged to the diocese of Fulda , was given to the Magdeburg Mauritius Monastery at the request of the mother of Emperor Otto II . In 1460 the Dodendorfer parish was dissolved from Osterweddingen .
During the Thirty Years War there was devastation in Dodendorf. In 1625 the plague raged in the village. In 1760 there was a major fire in which all of the church paintings in the Sankt-Christophorus-Kirche were destroyed.
On May 5, 1809, the battle occurred near Dodendorf . Between Prussian hussars under Ferdinand von Schill on the one hand and French and Westphalian troops on the other hand, which were clearly superior. The battle was broken off without a decision, but is considered the beginning of the struggle for freedom against Napoleon's foreign rule. Schill was seen as a moral winner in German history.
The town was connected to the railroad as early as 1843. Dodendorf developed from a farming village to an industrial workers' village, but retained its rural character. In 2001 it was merged with several neighboring villages to form the municipality of Sülzetal.
politics
coat of arms
The coat of arms was awarded on August 19, 1938 by the President of the Province of Saxony.
Blazon : "In the black field a hand that carries a burning silver torch."
The coat of arms is a historical symbol: Schill, who defeated the Westphalian troops near Dodendorf on May 5, 1809, lit the torch of freedom in the deep night of foreign rule.
The coat of arms was designed by the graphic artist Willy Kluge , who lives in Osterweddingen .
Attractions
- The Protestant Sankt-Christophorus-Kirche goes back to a Romanesque church, of which the tower is still preserved.
- The Schill monument commemorates the Battle of Dodendorf in 1809.
traffic
The station Dodendorf is located on the railway line Magdeburg-Halberstadt-Thale . The regional trains from Magdeburg to Oschersleben stop every two hours. The operator is Abellio Rail Central Germany . The closest long-distance train station is Magdeburg Hauptbahnhof .
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the church
- Johann Andreas Fabricius (1696–1769), educator.
- Friedrich Aue (1896–1944), communist resistance fighter against National Socialism.
People who worked in Dodendorf
- Johann Christoph Friedrich Baumgarten (1773–1847), teacher and textbook author, was a teacher and rector in Dodendorf from 1797 to 1803.
