Goosefurth
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Goosefurth
City of Hecklingen
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| Height : | 62 m above sea level NN | |
| Incorporation : | 1919 | |
| Postal code : | 39444 | |
| Area code : | 03925 | |
Location of Gänsefurth in Saxony-Anhalt |
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Gänsefurth is a small district of the city of Hecklingen near Staßfurt in the Salzlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt .
geography
Gänsefurth is only about 1.5 kilometers north of the Heckling city center in the Salzlandkreis at 62 m above sea level. NN . The Bode flows northeast of the village . This river begins in the Harz and flows into the Saale at Nienburg . Along the Bode there are also partly heavily forested areas, otherwise Gänsefurth is surrounded by arable land that is used for agriculture . The district road 1306 leads directly past Gänsefurth, it connects the Heckling city center with its district Groß Börnecke . Apple Street branches off from this street and leads first through an industrial park and then into the town center. Behind a large farm it joins the county road again.
Around Gänsefurth are the places Löderburg (zu Staßfurt) in the north, Staßfurt in the east, Hecklingen in the south and Groß Börnecke in the north-west. A little west of Löderburg is the Löderburger See , which offers water skiing, among other things .
history
Gänsefurth was previously known as "Gansevorthe" and was first mentioned in 1159. Later the name forms "Genssenvorthe", "Gensevorde" and "Gensfort" were used. In 1307 the place was called "Gaensefurth".
The place became an imperial fiefdom of Anhalt in 1299. Klaus von Trotha acquired the manor and the castle in 1461 . The castle and the church were destroyed in 1525. Horse trams were built in 1856 . Thilo von Trotha founded the first lime works in Gänsefurth in the Weinbergsgrund in 1875 . In 1912 it was leased to the lime and marl works. The place Gänsefurth was incorporated into the former municipality of Hecklingen in 1919 . Hecklingen received town charter in 1928. After the Second World War , the area became part of the GDR . Hecklingen and its districts became part of the Staßfurt district . The quarry was closed in 1968. In 1975 the lime works was closed due to large losses.
After reunification and reunification , Hecklingen and its districts came to the state of Saxony-Anhalt and in 1994 to the Aschersleben-Staßfurt district , which was merged into the Salzland district in 2007.
Attractions
Claus von Trotha acquired from Prince Bernhard VI in 1461. von Anhalt for 12,000 Rhenish guilders the 12th century castle Gänsefurth with lands. In 1571 the family also acquired the nearby former Augustinian convent in Hecklingen . Christoph and his son Franz von Trotha built the castle in Gänsefurth in the Renaissance style. Friedrich Lebrecht von Trotha began building the late baroque part of the palace in 1755, which has a rococo hall that is well worth seeing. The coats of arms and names of Friedrich Lebrecht and his wife Dorothea Marie, b. von Wulffen, as well as the year 1757. The Gänsefurther Castle, which today is the namesake of the beverage brand, was sold in 1919, used as a home for the disabled after the Second World War and is now a historical monument . In 2010 a member of the von Trotha family bought the castle back.
Beverage brand
Gaensefurther Schloss-Quelle belongs to the Wüllner mineral fountain group from Bielefeld . With around 130 employees, 435 million liters were filled in 2012. The company offers around 30 mineral water products. The development of the Gänsefurther fountain began in 1886, and in 1949 the company became part of a state- owned property in the GDR and was therefore not part of the GDR beverage company. After the fall of the Wall, it was privatized in 1991 and sold to the Wüllner Group.
People (selection)
- Franz Ulrich von Trotha (1806–1860), landowner and politician
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Hecklingen. City of Hecklingen, accessed on March 7, 2013 .
- ↑ Gänsefurther Castle Source. Retrieved March 7, 2013 .
- ↑ The history of the Trothas in Hecklingen and Gänsefurth
- ↑ Goose we: Facts & Figures. Archived from the original on December 18, 2012 ; Retrieved March 7, 2013 .