Gatersleben
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Gatersleben
City of Zealand
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| Height : | 112 m above sea level NN |
| Area : | 16.15 km² |
| Residents : | 2272 (Dec. 31, 2009) |
| Population density : | 141 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | September 1, 2010 |
| Postal code : | 06466 |
| Area code : | 039482 |
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Gatersleben is a district of the city of Seeland in the Salzlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt . Since the dissolution of the administrative community of Zealand on July 15, 2009, the independent place was co-administered by the city of Zealand and compulsorily assigned to September 1, 2010.
geography
Gatersleben is located in the northern Harz foreland . The Selke flows through the municipality .
history
The area around Gatersleben was already inhabited in the Stone Age. The place is named for the Neolithic Gatersleben culture , which is widespread in Central Germany and is counted among the Epi-Rössen groups. The pottery of this era was found here for the first time.
The place Gatersleben is mentioned for the first time in 964 in a document (see also Burg Gatersleben ), in which it is written that Margrave Gero gave the Gernrode Monastery, which he founded, three hooves in "antiquo Gatersleve" among other goods .
On September 30, 1928, the Gatersleben manor district was combined with the Gatersleben rural community.
coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved on March 20, 1995 by the Magdeburg Regional Council.
Blazon : "Divided by a silver stripe in green at the top, seven golden ears next to each other, at the bottom in blue over three wavy silver lines a left-facing silver pike with black fins."
Historical coat of arms
The coat of arms was awarded on October 10, 1938 by the President of the Province of Saxony.
Blazon : “Divided; above in gold 10 green cane stalks with black pistons next to each other; below in blue a silver pike with golden fins. "
The coat of arms was designed by the Magdeburg State Archives Councilor Otto Korn .
partnership
Gatersleben has had a partnership with the Delligsen district in the Holzminden district in Lower Saxony since 1990 .
Culture and sights
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- The "Oberhof" of the former Prussian state domain with its park, the remains of Gatersleben Castle with the castle keep (Pallas) and the manor house, now used as the town hall, with its beautiful restored Art Nouveau halls and the home parlor
- The Protestant St. Stephen's Church in Gatersleben with the churchyard with well-preserved quarry stone walls as a boundary and the 400-year-old parish farm, which is under monument protection, together with the pigeon tower and the former stable building that has been converted into a community center
- The fish ponds in the catchment area of the Selke and the hedge pond in the center of the village on the Mühlgraben
memorial
The burial place in the cemetery for a Pole known by name who was a victim of forced labor during the Second World War.
Economy and Infrastructure
On December 31, 2008 the number of companies in the community of Gatersleben was almost 130 with over 1,600 employees. These are mainly small and medium-sized companies as well as the two largest companies - Novelis Deutschland GmbH and Joseph Cyril Bamford (JCB for short) Vibromax GmbH. The Leibniz Institute for Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research has around 500 employees. It has its origins in the Institute for Cultivated Plant Research founded in Vienna by the Kaiser Wilhelm Society in the last few years of the Second World War . After the war it was built on the north-eastern edge of the Harz in Gatersleben and expanded into a large research center for genetics and crop research. In 1969 it was renamed the Central Institute for Genetics and Crop Plant Research. The JCB (short: JCB) Vibromax GmbH has its origins in founded in 1907 A. Heucke steam plow locomotive factory Gatersleben and its successor VEB Construction Gatersleben which to combine belonged Baukema in Leipzig. In 2014 Vibromax closed the factory in Gatersleben, some of the buildings of which are still used by other companies.
Transport links
Gatersleben is served by the regional express trains Halle – Halberstadt (–Goslar) of Abellio Rail Central Germany every hour. In addition, the Aschersleben – Halberstadt regional train stops every two hours.
Gatersleben can also be reached by the Harzer Verkehrsbetriebe bus from / to Quedlinburg and the Salzland roundabout company from / to Aschersleben.
The traffic connections via the road network are ideal thanks to the four-lane federal motorway 36 . This runs from the federal highway 39 in Lower Saxony to the highway 14 in Saxony-Anhalt.
The Magdeburg-Cochstedt Airport is also located nearby.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the place
- Adolf Friedrich von Oppen (1762–1834), Prussian lieutenant general
- Philipp August Klein (1788–1875), Prussian major general
- Monika Hohmann (* 1959), member of the state parliament (Die LINKE).
People related to the place
- Käthe Schulken (* 1891 in Vegesack, † 1974 in Gatersleben), teacher and local writer.
literature
- Jan Lichardus : Rössen - Gatersleben - Baalberge. A contribution to the structure of the Central German Neolithic and the emergence of the funnel cup cultures (Saarbrücker Contributions to Classical Studies Volume 17). Bonn 1976; Review by Ulrich Fischer in: Germania Volume 56, 1978, pp. 574-581.
- Erhard Teichfischer: Chronicle 964−1989. 1025 years of Gatersleben history in chronological order. Published by: Council of the Community & Village Club, Gatersleben 1989.
- Ute Bednarz, Folkhard Cremer and others (arrangement): GEORG DEHIO. Handbook of German Art Monuments. Saxony-Anhalt I. Munich, Berlin 2002, pp. 245–247.
- Peter Apel, Werner Tübke: 1040 years of Gatersleben , Gatersleben 2004.
- Klaus Müntz , Ulrich Wobus : The Gatersleben Institute and its history. Berlin / Heidelberg 2012.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 01 to December 31, 2010
- ↑ Administrative region of Magdeburg (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Government of Magdeburg . 1928, ZDB -ID 3766-7 , p. 214 .
- ↑ Marion Pocklitz and Marko Jeschor: JBC Vibromax in Gatersleben: Employees are in demand after closure. In: mz-web.de. March 31, 2015, accessed September 28, 2017 .
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