Falkenberg / Elster
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Coordinates: 51 ° 35 ' N , 13 ° 14' E |
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| State : | Brandenburg | |
| County : | Elbe Elster | |
| Association municipality: | Liebenwerda | |
| Height : | 86 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 82.16 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 6315 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 77 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 04895 | |
| Area code : | 035365 | |
| License plate : | EE, FI, LIB | |
| Community key : | 12 0 62 128 | |
| City structure: | 5 districts | |
City administration address : |
Markt 3 04895 Falkenberg / Elster |
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| Mayor : | Stephan Bawey | |
| Location of the town of Falkenberg / Elster in the Elbe-Elster district | ||
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Falkenberg / Elster is a town in the Elbe-Elster district in Brandenburg , about 90 km south of Berlin , 65 km northeast of Leipzig and 80 km west of Cottbus . Falkenberg only gained greater importance from the second half of the 19th century with the development of the Falkenberg (Elster) station into a railway junction on three main lines and the place became a railway town .
City structure
The following districts belong to Falkenberg
There are also the Forsthaus Görnewitz, Kiebitz , Kleinrössen , Kölsa-Siedlung and Neuhof residential areas .
history
Falkenberg / Elster was first mentioned in 1251 as Valkenberch in a deed of donation to the Nimbschen monastery near Grimma by the margrave Heinrich von Meißen . In 1345 a knight from Rostoc is documented as the owner of the estate. His two sons killed him and divided the manor into an upper and lower court. Later owners were the von Köckeritz brothers and von Störe. From 1409 to 1662 the Hohndorf family owned the upper court, then Georg Dietrich Truchsess. In 1684, the mayor of Herzberg , Huth, bought the upper courtyard for 4,342 guilders . He had previously taken over two desolate farms in Kiebitz , which belonged to the lower farm.
With the lower court in 1419, the brothers sheepskin were invested . After their death, the Liebenwerda office took over the lower court until it was handed over to the electoral court marshal Heinrich von Schönberg in 1539 , whose son Johann Friedrich von Schönberg took over the court in 1576. In 1691, Mayor Huth took over the over-indebted lower court, with which the Falkenberg manor and the village of Kiebitz were transferred to a farm yard. Huth's son-in-law Grauschütz sold the Falkenberg estate in 1722 with proceeds of 35,000 thalers to Mr. von Zaschnitz, who had owned Schmerkendorf since 1719 . Commercial failure led then 1748 for sale to the Saxon District Chief Peter von Hohenthal , who also took Schmerkendorf.
Hohenthal, who exercised the function of senior consistorial vice- president and was later elevated to count, organized agriculture and forestry according to modern, strict rules. Harvest results and livestock were recorded in lists. He published treatises on the development of agriculture and forestry as well as on the problems of river regulation . He dealt progressively with the school and poor system. The later lieutenant general Heinrich Samuel Gottlieb von Schaper bought the manor in 1834. In 1911 the Falkenberg municipal administration bought the manor from the von Schaper family for a price of 1.3 million marks .
During the Schmalkaldic War , the decisive turning point in the Battle of Mühlberg took place here on April 24, 1547 . In a wood near Falkenberg / Elster, Spanish and Hungarian hussars surrounded the Saxon electors together with heavy Neapolitan riders . He struggled, fought valiantly and was wounded in the face by a blow from the saber, then taken prisoner and first brought before the Duke of Alba , and finally before the Emperor himself.
Falkenberg was an insignificant street village until the railway junction was built . In 1848 Falkenberg got a station on the Jüterbog – Riesa railway line . When the rail cross with the Leipzig / Halle (Saale) –Eilenburg – Falkenberg– Cottbus line went into operation, the town experienced strong growth.
Many other companies settled there as a result of the railway , including the many ancillary businesses of the railway and the Reichspost . In 1898 the private small railway line Falkenberg - Uckro opened the Niederlausitzer Eisenbahn , which was extended in 1901 to Beeskow ( Niederlausitzer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft ). The new school was completed in 1910 and the new Protestant church was consecrated in 1913 . 1908 took place in Liebenwerdaer Gasthof Zum Weißen Roß the establishment of cross-country center instead Liebenwerda based (from 1911) in Falkenberg. Other companies settled in or were newly founded, such as the Imprägnierwerk Kupsch und Seidel GmbH Berlin in 1914 or the sand-lime brickwork Hartsteinwerk GmbH in 1922. The excavation pond, today's Kiebitz recreation area , was created. In 1928 the water tower and water supply were built. On December 9, 1936, the Alt-Lönnewitz air base was inaugurated, which was further expanded and used by the Red Army after the war . Due to its strategic importance as a transport hub, the city was badly damaged by bombing raids during World War II.
On October 17, 1962, Falkenberg / Elster received town charter .
In March 2019, the city council decided that Falkenberg / Elster would merge with Bad Liebenwerda , Mühlberg / Elbe and Uebigau-Wahrenbrück (all districts of Elbe-Elster) to form the community of Liebenwerda on January 1, 2020 .
Since May 25, 2009, the city has had the title “ Place of Diversity ” awarded by the German government .
Falkenberg belonged to the district of Liebenwerda from 1817 to 1952 (until 1947 in the Prussian province of Saxony , from 1947 to 1952 in the state of Saxony-Anhalt ). 1952–1993 the city was part of the Herzberg district (until 1990 in the GDR - Cottbus district , 1990–1993 again in the state of Brandenburg). Since the district reform in 1993 , Falkenberg has been in the Elbe-Elster district.
Incorporations
On December 31, 2001, the previously independent localities of Beyern, Großrössen, Kölsa and Rehfeld were incorporated. Schmerkendorf was added on October 26, 2003.
Population development
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Territory of the respective year, number of inhabitants: as of December 31 (from 1991), from 2011 based on the 2011 census
The strong increase in the number of inhabitants in 2001 and 2003 is due to incorporations.
politics
City Council
The city council of Falkenberg / Elster consists of 18 city councilors and the honorary mayor. The local elections on May 26, 2019 led to the voting result shown on the right and the following distribution of seats:
| Party / group of voters | Seats |
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| SPD | 5 |
| Free Voters Falkenberg: Independent Responsible Local Policy | 4th |
| CDU | 4th |
| The left | 2 |
| FDP | 2 |
| Agriculture, environment and nature, local group Falkenberg and surroundings | 1 |
mayor
- 2001–2020: Herold Quick (independent)
- since 2020: Stephan Bawey (Independent Responsible Local Policy)
Quick was elected in the mayoral election on September 24, 2017 with 83.3% of the valid votes for a further term of eight years. In 2020 he moved to the newly founded community of Liebenwerda as mayor .
Bawey was elected the new honorary mayor by the city council on January 23, 2020.
coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved on February 28, 1994.
Blazon : "In green over a red wheel with golden wings, a silver high-voltage pylon with golden ears of corn."
Former coat of arms
After obtaining town charter in 1962, a design competition for the Falkenberg / Elster coat of arms was announced. This was won by the design of the vocational school teacher at the time, Willy Heidemann, who received a bonus of 50 marks for it. The Falkenberg city coat of arms was confirmed in 1963.
The coat of arms contained the symbols of the three main economic bearers of the city, a high-voltage steel lattice mast for the location of an energy supply company , two stylized ears of corn on the right and left for the importance of agriculture and in the lower area the impeller of the Deutsche Reichsbahn , which at that time with up to 2,500 employees in seven departments was one of Falkenberg's most important employers.
Town twinning
A town partnership exists with the Hanseatic city of Warburg in North Rhine-Westphalia .
Association municipality
In March 2019, the city council decided that Falkenberg / Elster would merge with Bad Liebenwerda , Uebigau-Wahrenbrück and Mühlberg / Elbe (all districts of Elbe-Elster) to form the community of Liebenwerda on January 1, 2020 .
Sights and culture
In the list of architectural monuments in Falkenberg / Elster and in the list of ground monuments in Falkenberg / Elster are the cultural monuments entered in the monuments list of the state of Brandenburg.
Buildings
- Jesus Christ Church : Church of the evangelical Jesus Christ community, built in Art Nouveau style
- Train station : The Falkenberg passenger train station was built as a tower train station, in which several lines cross on different levels.
- Water tower
- Brick houses : The city center of Falkenberg is largely characterized by brick houses, which were built by the railway company around 1900 as a home for the enormous influx of railway workers. The entire Friedrich-Engels-Strasse, parts of Heinrich-Zille-Strasse and parts of Ludwig-Jahn-Strasse are built with multi-family houses made of red brick.
- Barrows : In the nature reserve Schweinert near Falkenberg there is the barrow field "Schweinert" , the largest Bronze Age barrow field in Central Europe with 642 burial mounds.
Parks
The city park in the middle of the city is characterized by very old oak trees.
Museums
- Natural history parlor on the market square
- Brandenburg Railway Museum at the lower depot (old canteen)
- Historic steam locomotive of class 52 (No .: 52 5679). It was the steam locomotive that had lived in Falkenberg for the longest time and after its external refurbishment was erected in 1989 at the lower depot as a technical monument .
music
- "Falkenberg Youth Brass Orchestra" and the "Original Falkenberg Brass Musicians" are known.
- "Mini Brass Band", a brass band of young musicians
- Anarcho-punk band "Die Opposition", metal bands "Tears Of Night" and "War AD"
- Psychedelic blues rock band "The EG's"
Regular events
- Beach party at the Kiebitzsee on the first weekend in August
- Christmas market on the second weekend of December. A small attraction is the original Erzgebirge Christmas pyramid, which was donated by the twin town Ehrenfriedersdorf .
- Concerts and performances at Christmas time by the Youth Brass Orchestra Falkenberg e. V. , the Falkenberger Tanzmäuse e. V. and through the high school.
Economy and Infrastructure
Established businesses
The major companies in Falkenberg include:
- HELLER Elektro-Hausgeräte GmbH
traffic
Road traffic
Falkenberg is on the L 60 regional roads between Döbrichau in Saxony and Uebigau , L 67 to Herzberg (Elster) and L 672 to Marxdorf .
Rail transport
The Falkenberg (Elster) Station is the hub of four railway lines. In the tower station , the Halle – Cottbus line crosses on the upper level with the Węgliniec – Roßlau and Jüterbog – Röderau lines on the lower level. In addition, the branch line of the Niederlausitzer Eisenbahn branched off into the Spreewald from the lower part of the station.
A representative station building was destroyed in the Second World War. Due to the poor structural condition of the station facilities, the crossing structure, the upper side platforms and the platform accesses were completely renovated by 2009 . Three elevators provide barrier-free access to the five platforms.
The upper platforms will be from the regional express line RE 10 Leipzig - Cottbus and the regional train lines RB 43 Falkenberg- Cottbus 49 Falkenberg-, RB Ruhland and S 4 Markham - Leipzig - Hoyerswerda operated.
Trains of the regional express line RE 3 Stralsund - Berlin - Falkenberg and the regional train line RB 51 Falkenberg - Dessau stop at the lower platforms .
Passenger traffic on the Niederlausitzer Eisenbahn was discontinued in 1998. From 2006 to 2008 Falkenberg was connected to Riesa and Mühlberg / Elbe via Schlieben with Groß Leuthen- Gröditsch by the Elbe-Spreewald-Kurier and the Elbe-Elster-Express of the non-federal railway DRE Transport GmbH on weekends .
Public facilities
- Falkenberg City Library
- House of the guest, cultural center
education
- Friedrich Stoy High School (former 1st POS Artur Becker )
- Astrid Lindgren Elementary School, brick-built school built in 1908 (former part of the 2nd POS Georgi Dobrowolski )
- Secondary school (former 2nd POS Georgi Dobrowolski)
- Upper level center (former BBS Philipp Müller of the Cottbus Energy Combine )
Sports
- Local recreation area Kiebitzer See with 70 hectares of water in good water quality and with an extensive sandy beach, adjoining campsite with ADAC certificate, dining facilities on the beach promenade, large water slide and boat rental, beach volleyball facility, mini golf course. The DRK Wasserwacht Falkenberg ensures safety in and around the water.
- Ludwig-Jahn sports facility with two grass sports fields
- Skater facility at the Kiebitzsee
- Multi-purpose hall and sports facility in Beyern (grass court, tennis, squash, bowling, table tennis, volleyball)
- The most famous sports club is the ESV Lok Falkenberg, a railway sports club, which consists of the bowling, gymnastics, hiking, chess departments and the largest department, football.
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Ernst Hildebrand (1833–1924), painter
- Emil Winkler (1835–1888), engineer
- Max Hildebrand (1839–1910), precision mechanic and entrepreneur
- Rainer Crummenerl (* 1942), writer
- Lothar Schneider (* 1943), caricaturist
- Robert Zickert (* 1990), soccer player
Personalities associated with Falkenberg
- Johann Friedrich von Schönberg (1543–1614), author of the Schildbürgerbuch
- Peter von Hohenthal (1726–1794), electoral Saxon head of the district and most recently senior consistorial vice-president
- Bruno Glatschke (1869–1944), medical councilor, founder of the cooperative of voluntary nurses (1909)
- Friedrich Stoy (1887–1978), local history researcher and teacher
- Steffen Blochwitz (* 1967), cycling world champion in four-wheelers in 1989 and vice world champion in 1986
Web links
- Website of the city of Falkenberg
- Link catalog on the subject of Falkenberg at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population in the State of Brandenburg according to municipalities, offices and municipalities not subject to official registration on December 31, 2019 (XLSX file; 223 KB) (updated official population figures) ( help on this ).
- ^ Service portal of the state administration Brandenburg. City of Falkenberg / Elster
- ^ Chronicle of the city of Falkenberg / Elster. 1st part, 2nd edition, 2007
- ↑ rbb24: New community of Liebenwerda. March 22, 2019, accessed March 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Falkenberg / Elster ( Memento from February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) on "Places of Diversity"
- ↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2001
- ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2003
- ↑ Historical municipality register of the state of Brandenburg 1875 to 2005. Elbe-Elster district . Pp. 14-17
- ↑ Population in the state of Brandenburg from 1991 to 2015 according to independent cities, districts and municipalities , Table 7
- ^ Office for Statistics Berlin-Brandenburg (Ed.): Statistical report AI 7, A II 3, A III 3. Population development and population status in the state of Brandenburg (respective editions of the month of December)
- ^ Result of the local election on May 26, 2019
- ↑ Local elections October 26, 2003. Mayoral elections , p. 24
- ↑ Brandenburg Local Election Act, Section 74
- ^ Result of the mayoral election on September 24, 2017
- ↑ The committees met at ol.wittich.de
- ↑ Coat of arms information on the service portal of the state administration of Brandenburg
- ↑ rbb24: New community of Liebenwerda. March 22, 2019, accessed March 22, 2019 .
- ^ Crossing structure Falkenberg / Elster. (PDF; 1.3 MB) SSF Ingenieure, archived from the original on February 18, 2016 ; Retrieved November 20, 2012 .
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