Güldengossa

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Güldengossa
Großpösna municipality
Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 23 "  N , 12 ° 26 ′ 42"  E
Height : 150 m
Residents : 394  (Dec. 31, 2014)
Incorporation : 1st October 1973
Incorporated into: Störmthal
Postal code : 04463
Area code : 034297
Güldengossa between the edge of the opencast mine and the motorway (2017)

Güldengossa is a village belonging to the municipality of Großpösna in the Saxon district of Leipzig . The town, southeast of Leipzig , has 387 inhabitants (2007) and is located on the north bank of the Störmthaler See , a residual hole from the former Espenhain open-cast lignite mine .

For centuries Güldengossa was shaped by its manor , whose owners had a representative castle built in the baroque style in the 18th century. The castle dominates the place to this day. The second striking building is the village church, which is also baroque.

Location and traffic

Güldengossa is the westernmost of the districts of Großpösna. The location extends over a kilometer in an east-west direction in a slight depression on the northern bank of the Störmthal lake. The village of Störmthal is just under two kilometers to the southeast ; The A38 motorway runs along the northern edge of Güldengossa and the Auenhain settlement , which belongs to Markkleeberg , borders to the west . A large part of the Güldengossa corridors fell victim to lignite mining and disappeared in the now flooded open pit.

Güldengossa is connected to long-distance traffic via the Leipzig-Südost junction about two kilometers away on the A38 . There are bus connections to Borna and Großpösna and, less often on the day, to Liebertwolkwitz and Wachau .

history

The good

The castle around 1860
The castle 2009
Castle, aerial photo (2017)

A first reference to a manor comes from the year 1285, in which a "Theodoricus de Ghozowe" is mentioned. Then a knight Heinrich von Cossowe is mentioned in 1350. The fief of the Erdmannsdorf brothers is only guaranteed in 1473. In 1594 Friedrich von Burkersroda was feudal lord on Güldengossa, then his heirs. In 1719, Augustus the Strong is said to have offered Güldengossa to his Oberrittmeister and chamberlain Friedrich I. Vitzthum von Eckstädt , where the name "Gülden Gossa" appeared for the first time (previously only Gossa, but often also later). However, this apparently refused, because as early as 1720, after a purchase for 28,000 guilders, Johann Ernst Kregel von Sternbach was heir, feudal lord and court lord of the manor . He was a wealthy Leipzig merchant and councilor , which made it possible for him to have the manor of the estate re-listed as a baroque building, so that from then on one can speak of a castle . He also had a representative park laid out to the east. In 1731 his son of the same name inherited the estate.

The next owner from 1761 was the Leipzig Dr. jur. Carl Friedrich Brehme. In 1785 it was bought by the Leipzig merchant Johann Heinrich Küstner. Küstner was a member of the Gewandhaus directorate. In 1807 he wrote the "General Fire Regulations for Villages and Manor" and introduced it on his estate and in the community of Güldengossa. In 1814 the new owner of Güldengossa was called District Inspector Victor August Schoch. The Welter family (1880–1943) made significant changes towards the end of the 19th century. They enlarged the property by buying up farms and relocated the entire farm to the other side of the southern boundary road of the park. This and a neoclassical extension with a balcony over the entrance in 1900 gave the castle an even more representative character.

The restored garden room

The initially last private owner Theodor Volkmar-Frenzel, a nephew of the Welter family, was expropriated in 1945 as part of the land reform , and the KPD sub-district leadership in Leipzig received the entire property for use. Then the farm and the castle were separated. The property was divided between 27 new farmers and 28 small settlers and the company buildings z. T. used elsewhere. In 1950 the castle became an FDGB rest home and from 1951 a trade union school for the IG Druck und Papier . In 1968 VEB Kombinat Espenhain took over the castle and used it as an apprentice dormitory until 1990. The park served z. T. as a sports field in the home.

1993 acquired the company for employment promotion, employment and further education mbH. Leipzig (ABW) the castle. After the ABW had failed with its operator concept, it was almost empty from 1997 and was only used sporadically for cultural events. In 2006 the Geiger family of precious metals from Baden-Württemberg bought the palace and park, renovated both in an exemplary manner within two years and relocated the headquarters of their trading company here; from 2010 the family also renovated the Wiederau Castle . The historical network of paths has been restored in the park, which is open to the public. The castle also serves cultural events and can be visited on guided tours.

The village

The church around 1840
The Church 2009

Practically nothing is known about the beginnings of the village. The type of settlement of the square village does not allow any conclusions to be drawn as to whether it is a German or a Slavic foundation, because both the German East settlers and the long-established Slavs created such villages. The name tends to be more Slavic. The village of Güldengossa is referred to in writing for the first time in 1350 in a feudal letter in which the knight Heinrich von Cossowe is assured of compulsory labor and interest from the submissive farmers of the place. Furthermore, the development of the village was of course more or less linked to that of the estate.

In 1539 the Reformation was introduced in Güldengossa as in the rest of Albertine Saxony. A year later, the Güldengossa church is mentioned as a parish church. The independence of the parish was lost in 1580, and Güldengossa became a subsidiary church of Liebertwolkwitz for a few decades . Only at the time of the Thirty Years War did the place have its own pastor again. In 1636 the church as well as the village and the manor were set on fire by marauding Swedish troops, but were soon rebuilt. Nothing has survived from the presumably simple building from the 17th century. In 1721 the lord of the manor Johann Ernst Kregel von Sternbach had the church rebuilt in the Baroque style from his own resources and expanded to the east. He also donated the altar and pulpit as well as two bells, which had to be given as a metal donation by the German people during the Second World War . In August 2017, the church was due to an estate two new Bronze - church bells , which are rung electrically. They replace the two previous chilled cast iron bells . Today Güldengossa forms a common parish with Probstheida , Störmthal and Wachau.

Russian-Prussian monument, in front of it the Apelstein No. 2

In the battles of the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig in October 1813, Güldengossa was within the southern battlefield. It was taken several times by both parties and almost completely destroyed. The Russian-Prussian monument north of Güldengossa commemorates the beginning of the fighting. Here, Prince Eugene of Württemberg , who commanded the Russian troops, and Colonel Klüx and the Prussian troops opened the battle of Wachau against Napoleon on October 16, 1813 . A soldier's grave in the park of the castle, which served as a hospital , indicates the sad end of the battle for many soldiers .

In 1815 the church, rectory and school were rebuilt. Until 1856, Güldengossa was part of the Electoral Saxon or Royal Saxon District Office in Leipzig . In 1856 patrimonial jurisdiction was abolished and Güldengossa belonged to the Leipzig I court office . In 1875 the place came under the administration of Leipzig . In 1910 the parsonage was rebuilt at the cost of the landlord and the old one was used as a children's institution. In 1921, the previously independent manor was incorporated into Güldengossa.

At the end of the 1940s, the administration building of the now dissolved manor was converted into a primary school. Two teachers' apartments and a culture room for the community were also built. The school was closed again in 1986. In 1952 the collectivization of agriculture began in Güldengossa . The first LPG brought together seven farms.

In 1973 Güldengossa was incorporated into the neighboring Störmthal. In 1996 both places came to the community of Großpösna. Since the local elections in 2009, they have been represented in its municipal council by a member of the Free Voters Störmthal-Güldengossa . An industrial area was created between Güldengossa and Störmthal. The best known of the over forty companies based there is the Blüthner piano factory .

The development of the population of Güldengossa
year 1834 1871 1890 1910 1925 1939 1950 1964 2009
Residents 296 348 374 343 371 378 423 416 389

Attractions

  • The castle can be visited all year round with pre-arranged tours; it is also used for cultural events.
  • The five-hectare castle park with orangery, ponds, an ornamental garden with a fountain and numerous sculptures is open to the public.
  • The Russian-Prussian monument on the road to Liebertwolkwitz about one kilometer north of Güldengossa.

Personalities

  • Michael Ranft (1700–1774) was a son of the pastor of the same name from Güldengossa. He was also a clergyman, Enlightenment vampirism researcher, historian and writer.
  • Johann Christian August Bauer (1766–1813), preacher and author. He was a pastor in Güldengossa from 1795 to 1812 and a popular and historical writer who was well-known in his time. B. Entertaining anecdotes from the eighteenth century. Vol. 1–6, Leipzig 1802–1804 or Alexander Selkirch's strange fates on water and on land (4 volumes)

additional

In the past, Güldengossa owned seven ponds, three of which are still there. The vocal residents of these ponds earned the place the nickname "Frog Gutter".

literature

  • In the Pleisse and Göselland between Markkleeberg, Rötha and Kitzscher - published by PRO LEIPZIG eV, Leipzig 1999.
  • GA Poenicke (ed.), Album of the manors and castles in the Kingdom of Saxony I. Section: Leipziger Kreis, Leipzig (around 1860).
  • Saxony's Church Gallery , ninth volume: The Leipzig and Grimma inspections, Verlag Hermann Schmidt Dresden 1837–1845.
  • Cornelius Gurlitt : Güldengossa. In:  Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 16. Issue: Amtshauptmannschaft Leipzig (Leipzig Land) . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1894, p. 44.
  • Henriette Krahnstöver: Between Rüben and Güldengossa, from the memoirs of the castle gardener Reinhold Hofmann in the Leipzig area , Verlag Pro Leipzig, 2012, ISBN 978-3-936508-78-9 , pp. 108–117 Rittergut and Dorf Güldengossa as well as from the memoirs of Reinhold Hofmann, Part II - The time in Güldengossa 1903-1920 , pp. 118–143.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In the Pleisse and Göselland between Markkleeberg, Rötha and Kitzscher - published by PRO LEIPZIG eV, Leipzig 1999, p. 88
  2. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Chronicle of the Heimatverein@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.heureka-leipzig.de
  3. ↑ Gewandhausmagazin No. 67, summer 2010, p. 50
  4. ↑ Geiger Edelmetalle AG website
  5. ↑ They were cast in the art and bell foundry Lauchhammer as L 856 (323 kilograms, diameter 827 millimeters) and L 857 (200 kilograms, diameter 692 millimeters). Both sound as a B major third.
  6. ↑ Bells for Güldengossa , article in the Leipziger Volkszeitung , print edition, 23 August 2017, page 22.
  7. ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 60 f.
  8. ↑ Güldengossa in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
  9. ↑ Großpösna website
  10. ^ General literary newspaper
  11. ↑ At Güldengossa . In: August Schumann : Complete State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony. 3rd volume. Schumann, Zwickau 1816, p. 643.