Elversdorf

Elversdorf City of Tangerhütte Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 51 ″  N , 11 ° 52 ′ 26 ″  E
Height :	31 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	66  (Feb. 18, 2012)
Incorporation :	July 1, 1950
Incorporated into:	Demker
Postal code :	39517
Area code :	039365
Location in Saxony-Anhalt
Road sign in the direction of Demker

Aerial view of Elversdorf during the 2002 flood

Field work near Elversdorf in 1956

Elversdorf is a district of the town of Tangerhütte in the south of the Stendal district in Saxony-Anhalt .

geography

Before the incorporation of the city of Tangerhütte on May 31, 2010, Elversdorf belonged to the municipality of Demker .

history

Originally, Elversdorf was laid out as a Wendish Rundling and was mentioned in a document as early as 1022.

The place name changed from Eilerdestorp in 1022 via Elverstorp 1375 and Elverstorff 1428 to today's Elversdorf. The name comes from Old Saxon and means "village of an Egilhard" (the tough guy).

Around 1837 Elversdorf was a "royal parish village". 128 inhabitants lived in 18 houses, 9 farms, 5 kossats and 12 grants. The place had a school house and a jug (inn) next to the church. The town's patron was the Prussian king.

At the end of June / beginning of July 1846 there was a devastating major fire in Elversdorf. Probably caused by arson, flames blazed throughout the village and destroyed cattle and houses. Except for two buildings, the place burned down completely. The two houses spared from the fire were demolished and rebuilt over the years. One of the two houses was completely rebuilt in 1972. The other was demolished by the owner and was supposed to be rebuilt, but has been waiting for completion since around 2000. On April 16, 1748, nine farms had already burned down. But it wasn't until the major fire of 1846 that the appearance of the place changed fundamentally.

On July 1, 1950, Elversdorf was incorporated into Demker .

From 1951 to August 1990 the small town had a consumption . The location varied, but was continuously in operation. A specialty shop for motorcycles was opened at the last location some time after the store closed. There was also a small branch of the Deutsche Post. When this was also closed in 1992, the shop expanded to include the space that had now been vacated. But this shop was also closed a little later. The village community center is currently located in the named premises.

Until the 1960s, teaching was in Elversdorf. The school building still stands today and has been used privately ever since. In the meantime structural changes have been made. The original windows are just as recognizable as traces of old overpainting on the house wall.

Flood

It was only through the use of agricultural vehicles that residents and urgently needed goods could be transported back and forth between the buildings enclosed by the flood and the “mainland”

Due to the dike breach near Bittkau on February 18, 1941 at around 10:00 p.m. due to piling up ice masses, Elversdorf was also affected by the floods in February 1941. In the summer of 1954, the place was hit again by a strong flood, also in 1958. In 2002, the village was completely enclosed by the " flood of the century ". The residents of the village could only be supplied with the bare essentials by using agricultural vehicles.

Due to the flooding of the Elbe , announced again in 2006, the ground for the ring dike surrounding the village was built within two days.

When the Pretziener weir is pulled, the flood meadows around Elversdorf are flooded within a few hours. The village is therefore in great danger with every flood. The time of the flood in 2013 was very easy to limit, when Tangier (approx. 1.9 km as the crow flies from Elversodrf) overflowed its banks at 8:00 a.m. sharp and reached the lower edge of the dike at 12:00 p.m. sharp.

Elversdorf Church 2010

Population development

year	population
1837	128
1840	127
1864	150
1885	110
1892	124
1900	93
1910	98
2012	66
2014	55

politics

Elversdorf has a joint local council with Demker.

Petra Fischer is the local mayor.

Culture and sights

• The Protestant village church of Elversdorf is of Romanesque origin and was probably built at the end of the 12th century. In 1732 it was rebuilt. In the church there is a bronze bell cast by Claus Backmester in 1510 .
• The grave of the unknown soldier reminds u. a. to an event in early April 1945 when two German fighters were shot down near the Demker train station . On the grave of one of the pilots there is still a steel helmet and a piece of his aircraft that had melted as a result of the crash.
• The legend Die Papenkuhle describes the following event: Once only a narrow footbridge led across the river Tangier between Elversdorf and Köckte . A pastor, who was no longer able to correctly assess the width of the footbridge due to his tipsy condition, now crossed it at dusk, soon lost his balance and died miserably in the water.
• The stork's nest on the church tower was built in 1928 by some villagers on the top of the church. Since 2011 you can now and then observe how wild geese settle in the stork's nest.

year	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Number of young animals	2	3	0	1	3	4th	4th	3	2	3

year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Number of young animals	4th	3	2	4th	3	0	3	0	0	0

year	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Number of young animals	1	3	1	3	0	2	1	0	0	0

Motive of the volunteer fire brigade Elversdorf for fire fighting sport

Economy and Infrastructure

Despite the low population of currently 66 inhabitants, many young and experienced residents of the village still participate in the local volunteer fire department .

Village festivals are also often organized by the fire brigade and other community activities, such as the annual fires (burning Christmas tree, Easter bonfires, etc.), are actively supported.

Web links

Commons : Elversdorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Village Demker with Elversdorf on the pages of the unified municipality of the city of Tangerhütte

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Official Gazette for the district of Stendal dated May 30, 2010 (PDF; 2.0 MB)
2. ^ Newspaper Der Altmärker of February 26, 1993, p. 11
3. ↑ Grave of the unknown soldier in Elversdorf
4. ↑ Hanns HF Schmidt: The great book of legends. P. 70.
5. ↑ Notice at the cemetery gate