Geisendorf (Neupetershain)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Place name sign of the abandoned town of Geisendorf

The place Geisendorf , Gižkojce in Lower Sorbian , was demolished in 2001. 41 residents were relocated to Neupetershain . In contrast to the original plans, the Geisendorf estate , which is a listed building, has been preserved.

Detail of the table sheet 1919

location

Until its demolition in 2001, Geisendorf was in Niederlausitz, northeast of Neupetershain . It was used by the Welzow-Süd opencast mine .

history

Geisendorf Manor 2012

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1455. In 1844 Geisendorf was given 158 inhabitants. Well over half of them were Sorbs ( Wends ). On the outskirts of the village there were three ponds that were used as horse troughs, carp breeding and as a castle pond. The ponds dried out as early as the 1950s due to the large-scale water subsidence caused by the Welzow-Süd opencast mine . Geisendorf was a street village with two mills, but without a church. The residents went to the church in Steinitz . The manor house of the Geisendorf estate was the only building in the former village to be preserved.

Geisendorf manor house

Plastic on the farm yard 2012
View of the Welzow-Süd opencast mine on the edge of the estate, 2012

The mansion dates from the 17th century. Multiple extensions resulted in stylistic changes. At present, baroque and classicist forms predominate. The last heir to the estate was Alfred von Muschwitz (1858–1937). He left the estate to Hansen Burscher von Saher zum Weißenstein, who owned it until 1945. In the course of the land reform he was expropriated.

The manor house was acquired and renovated in 1996 by Lausitzer Braunkohle AG . Since then, the Kulturforum has had its place in the building. In 2009 the pre-cut excavator from the Welzow-Süd opencast mine reached Gut Geisendorf. It is now right on the edge of the open pit.

See also

literature

  • Archive of Disappeared Places (Ed.): Documentation of mining-related resettlements. Forest 2010.
  • Vattenfall (Hrsg.): Gut Geisendorf - The cultural forum of the Lausitz brown coal.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archive of Disappeared Places (ed.): Documentation of mining-related resettlements. Forst 2010, p. 159
  2. ↑ List of monuments of the state of Brandenburg: District Spree-Neiße (PDF) Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum
  3. ↑ Archive of Disappeared Places (ed.): Documentation of mining-related resettlements. Forst 2010, p. 158
  4. ^ Vattenfall (ed.): Gut Geisendorf - The cultural forum of the Lausitz brown coal.

Coordinates: 51 ° 37 '  N , 14 ° 11'  E