Franzenburg

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City of Cuxhaven
Franzenburg coat of arms
Coordinates: 53 ° 48 ′ 44 "  N , 8 ° 40 ′ 5"  E
Height : 14 m above sea level NHN
Area : 3.21 km²
Residents : 1252  (1950)
Population density : 390 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : July 1, 1968
Incorporated into: Altenwalde
Postal code : 27478
Area code : 04723
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Location of Franzenburg within the village of Altenwalde
Aerial photo (2012)
Aerial photo (2012)

Franzenburg ( Low German Franzenborg ) is part of the Altenwalde district of Cuxhaven in the north of Lower Saxony .

location

The North Sea is nine kilometers to the west and seven kilometers to the northeast. The from Cuxhaven to Bremerhaven leading Federal Highway 27 runs east three kilometers away.

history

The Franconian- Carolingian Altenwalder Castle was built around 797 on the raised area above an Old Saxon burial ground from the 3rd to the 8th century.

In 1590, Duke Franz II of Lauenburg (1581–1619) built a castle with a rectangular rampart south of Altenwalde . Their remains can still be seen today. The castle was in 1632 by imperial troops occupied and after only 50 years in the course of the Thirty Years' War destroyed . It is the origin of today's Franzenburg district. The 357-hectare Franzenburg domain was built as the fortress in 1591/1593. The gatehouse was built in 1786 and is shown in the coat of arms.

On July 1, 1972, the district together with Altenwalde was umgemeindet to Cuxhaven.

Population development

year 1910 1925 1933 1939 1950
Residents 284 356 378 670 1252

(Sources: 1910, 1925–1939, 1950)

politics

Local councilor and mayor

Franzenburg is represented by the local council of the Altenwalde district of Cuxhaven.

coat of arms

Franzenburg coat of arms
 Blazon : "In gold on green ground, a red gate building with a red tower , black gate, roof and tower roof."
Reasons for the coat of arms: The coat of arms represents the entrance to the Franzenburg domain. It is the only building of the castle complex "Franzenburg" built by the Saxon-Lauenburg Duke Franz II, who gave the place its name, that has been preserved to the present day.

Culture and sights

→ See: List of architectural monuments in Franzenburg

  • From the fortress and domain of Franzenburg from 1590 onwards, the brick gatehouse from 1786 has been preserved and shown in the Franzenburg coat of arms.

Web links

Commons : Franzenburg  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Federal Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Official municipality register for the Federal Republic of Germany . Final results according to the September 13, 1950 census. Volume 33 . W. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart / Cologne August 1952, p. 49 , col. 1 ( digital version [PDF; 26.4 MB ; accessed on April 15, 2019] Landkreis Land Hadeln, p. 58).
  2. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p.  241 .
  3. ^ Ulrich Schubert: Register of local authorities in Germany 1900 - Hadeln district. Information from December 1, 1910. In: www.gemeindeververzeichnis.de. February 3, 2019, accessed April 15, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Landkreis Land Hadeln (→ see under: No. 12 ). (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  5. ^ Rudolf Lembcke: Land Hadeln district. Past and present . Ed .: District of Hadeln. Buchdruckerei Günter Hottendorff, Otterndorf 1976, p. 23 (coat of arms).