Genzien

Genzien City of Arendsee (Altmark) Coordinates: 52 ° 53 ′ 10 ″ N , 11 ° 31 ′ 31 ″ E
Height :	29 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	95 (December 31, 2017)
Incorporation :	1st August 1973
Incorporated into:	Arendsee (Altmark)
Postal code :	39619
Area code :	039384

Genzien

Location of Genzien in Saxony-Anhalt

The Genzien church was built from field stones in the 13th century, the half-timbered bell storey was built in the 17th century.

Genzien is a district of the locality and unitary community of the city of Arendsee (Altmark) in the Altmarkkreis Salzwedel in Saxony-Anhalt .

geography

The Altmark church village of Genzien is east of the Arendsee and 25 kilometers east of the district town of Salzwedel on the B 190 . To the north is Faule See, which is drained by a system of ditches.

history

The first documentary mention of Genzien is the mention of Ghentzin in 1349, when von Garthow left possessions in the village to the Arendsee Monastery . In the Landbuch der Mark Brandenburg from 1375 the place is listed as a gensin .

In the south of the village there was still a windmill south of the railway line in the 20th century .

Incorporations

On July 1, 1950, the municipality Gestien was incorporated into Genzien. On July 25, 1952, the community of Genzien from the Osterburg district was incorporated into the Seehausen district. On July 2, 1965, the community was reclassified to the Osterburg district . On December 1, 1973 Genzien was incorporated into the town of Arendsee (Altmark). Thus Genzien and Gestien became districts of Arendsee.

Population development

year	Residents
1801	134
1818	090
1840	128
1885	117
1892	143
1900	169

year	Residents
1910	181
1925	192
1939	188
1946	328
2011	108
2012	107

year	Residents
2013	111
2014	105
2015	102
2016	097
2017	095

As of 2011 as of December 31 of the respective year

religion

The Protestant parish of Genzien originally belonged to the combined parish of Genzien ( mater combinata ), which belonged to the parish of Arendsee. Today, the church belongs to the parish "Am Arendsee" in the parish area Arendsee the church district Stendal in Propst Sprengel Stendal Magdeburg of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

Culture and sights

In Genzien there is a three-part stone church , which was probably built at the beginning of the 13th century.

Economy and Infrastructure

Genzien is on the B 190 . Genzien station was on the Salzwedel – Geestgottberg railway line, which was closed in 2004 .

literature

Wilhelm Zahn: Local history of the Altmark . Edited by Martin Ehlies based on the bequests of the author. 2nd Edition. Verlag Salzwedeler Wochenblatt, Graphische Anstalt, GmbH, Salzwedel 1928, p. 178 .
JAF Hermes, MJ Weigelt: Historical-geographical-statistical-topographical handbook from the administrative districts of Magdeburg . Topographical part. Ed .: Verlag Heinrichshofen. tape 2 , 1842, p. 370 ( digitized version ).
Official directory of municipalities for the German Reich . In: Statistisches Reichsamt (Hrsg.): Statistics of the German Reich . 2nd Edition. tape 550 . Publishing house for social policy, economy and statistics, Paul Schmidt, 1941, ZDB -ID 223601-1 , p. 99 .
Government of the German Democratic Republic, Central Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Systematic and alphabetical directory of the municipalities of the German Democratic Republic (territorial status January 1, 1952) . Berlin 1952, p. 29 .

Web links

Commons : Genzien (Arendsee) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Adolph Friedrich Riedel : Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis : Collection of documents, chronicles and other source documents . Main part 1st volume 22 . Berlin 1862, p. 51 ( digitized version ).
^ Ernst Fidicin: Emperor Karl IV. Landbuch der Mark Brandenburg (1375) . according to the handwritten sources. Ed .: Berlin. Guttentag, 1855, p. 187 ( digitized version ).
↑ Federal Statistical Office (Ed.): Municipalities 1994 and their changes since 01.01.1948 in the new federal states . Metzler-Poeschel, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , pp. 357, 361 .

^ Haase, Hilbert: Parish Almanach or the Protestant clergy and churches of the province of Saxony in the counties of Wernigerode, Rossla and Stolberg . 19th year, 1903, ZDB -ID 551010-7 , p. 26 ( wiki-de.genealogy.net [accessed January 2, 2018]).

↑ Parish Arendsee. Retrieved January 7, 2018 .

↑ Thomas Hartwig: All Altmark churches from A to Z . Elbe-Havel-Verlag, Havelberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-9814039-5-4 , p. 145 .

[Riedel-22-1] Adolph Friedrich Riedel : Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis : Collection of documents, chronicles and other source documents . Main part 1st volume 22 . Berlin 1862, p. 51 ( digitized version ).

[Landbuch-2] Ernst Fidicin: Emperor Karl IV. Landbuch der Mark Brandenburg (1375) . according to the handwritten sources. Ed .: Berlin. Guttentag, 1855, p. 187 ( digitized version ).

[Metzler-Poeschel-3] Federal Statistical Office (Ed.): Municipalities 1994 and their changes since 01.01.1948 in the new federal states . Metzler-Poeschel, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , pp. 357, 361 .

[Almanach1903-4] Haase, Hilbert: Parish Almanach or the Protestant clergy and churches of the province of Saxony in the counties of Wernigerode, Rossla and Stolberg . 19th year, 1903, ZDB -ID 551010-7 , p. 26 ( wiki-de.genealogy.net [accessed January 2, 2018]).

[5] Parish Arendsee. Retrieved January 7, 2018 .

[Altmarkkirchen-6] Thomas Hartwig: All Altmark churches from A to Z . Elbe-Havel-Verlag, Havelberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-9814039-5-4 , p. 145 .