Drosa

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Drosa
Municipality of Osterienburger Land
Coat of arms of Drosa
Coordinates: 51 ° 48 ′ 59 ″  N , 11 ° 54 ′ 28 ″  E
Height : 66 m
Area : 10.57 km²
Residents : 629  (Dec. 31, 2008)
Population density : 60 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 2010
Postal code : 06386
Area code : 034979

Drosa is a district of the municipality Osternienburger Land in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld in Saxony-Anhalt . The landmark of the place is the " Teufelskeller ", a prehistoric large stone grave ( passage grave ).

history

In 1844 there were 418 people in Drosa.

On January 1, 2010, the previously independent communities of Drosa, Chörau , Diebzig , Dornbock , Zabitz , Elsnigk , Großpaschleben , Kleinpaschleben , Libbesdorf , Micheln , Osternienburg , Reppichau , Trinum and Wulfen merged to form a unified community of Osternienburger Land. At the same time, the administrative community Osternienburg , to which these communities belonged, was dissolved.

References

The area around Drosa is rich in prehistoric soil monuments, which have either already been examined or recognized on aerial photographs. This includes:

  • Bronze Age burial grounds
  • partly still undated circular moats
  • a settlement and a burial ground from the Iron Age

The megalithic complex Großsteingrab Drosa called "Teufelskeller" is also located in the district . During the expansion of the gravel mining area south of the village in 2001, a small but double stone box (east chamber 37 × 30 cm: west chamber 75 × 55 cm) was found in a circular trench about 6 m in diameter at the southern end of the Küsterberg .

  • View of Drosa

  • Drosa village church

  • Great stone grave Drosa

politics

coat of arms

Blazon : "A silver, black contoured barrow in blue."

The coat of arms was designed by the Magdeburg municipal heraldist Jörg Mantzsch .

flag

The flag of the former municipality is striped white and blue. The coat of arms is placed in the middle of the flag.

Culture and sights

Sports

The SG Drosa eV operates the sports tennis, soccer, bowling and dancing.

Regular events

  • "Children's and local festival" (end of June)

Personalities

Herbert Niemann (born December 12, 1935 in Bernburg , † February 19, 1991 in Berlin ), first European judo champion from GDR, grew up in Drosa. In 1964 he was the first East German Olympic starter in the all-German judo Olympic team.

traffic

The Magdeburg – Halle railway line runs on the edge of the district. The next train station is Wulfen (Anhalt) , only about one kilometer east of the center of Drosa.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Günther Hoppe: Domains, Drescher and Kossaten. Köthen 1983, p. 30.
  2. ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 01 to December 31, 2010
  3. ↑ 60 years of the German Judo Association ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2016 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. Source: http://www.judobund.de/ page 20 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / referenzen.frehner-consulting.de

literature

  • A. Siegl: A new stone box grave of the Saale estuary group near Drosa . In: Archeology in Saxony-Anhalt. Hall 1.2002.02. ISSN  1439-4618

Web links

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