Gnadau

Gnadau City of Barby Coordinates: 51 ° 58 ′ 33 ″  N , 11 ° 46 ′ 46 ″  E
Height :	49 m above sea level NN
Area :	3.63 km²
Residents :	523  (December 31, 2009)
Population density :	144 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	September 1, 2010
Postal code :	39249
Area code :	03928
Location of Gnadau in Barby

Gnadau, aerial photo (2015)

Gnadau cemetery

Gnadau is a district of the town of Barby in the Salzlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt (Germany).

geography

Gnadau is located on the south-eastern edge of the Magdeburg Börde not far from the Elbe and in the middle of the city triangle Schönebeck (Elbe) -Barby- Calbe (Saale) . The area around Gnadau is largely flat, and the arable land is very productive, as is the case in the whole of the bordering region.

history

Gnadau common room, side facing Zinzendorfplatz

In contrast to the other places in the region, Gnadau is relatively young. The planned village development took place in 1767 on the Vorwerk Döben by the Moravian Brethren , a Christian faith movement that emerged from Pietism and the Czech Reformation. In the spring of 1789, Alexander von Humboldt visited Gnadau and praised the Moravian complex.

The houses and the village church are grouped around a central square that bears the name of the founder of the Brethren : Zinzendorfplatz.

A significant event for religion and politics was the founding of the Friends of Light Movement in Gnadau on June 29, 1841 by Leberecht Uhlich , a community committed to theological rationalism .

From May 22nd to 24th, 1888, the Whitsun Conference of the community movement took place in Gnadau . It was a decisive meeting for the community movement, from which the Gnadauer Verband emerged , which was formally founded on October 27, 1897 in Berlin under the name of the German Association for Evangelical Community Care and Evangelism .

The place was known nationwide through the Gnadau educational institutions founded by the Herrnhutern , from which a girls' school with boarding school emerged. Schoolgirls from all over Germany were taught here until 1944. After the school was closed, the institution building was used as a church retirement and nursing home from 1951. The European Continental Province , a province of the worldwide Brethren Unity , acts as the sponsor of the Gnadauer Anstalten .

On September 1, 2010 Gnadau was incorporated into Barby with the district Döben .

Gnadau is called "Parkgemeinde Gnadau" because of the numerous green spaces.

Buildings and monuments

The Gnadau common hall , the local church built in 1780 with an adjoining cemetery, the Gnadau brothers' house , the Gnadau sister house and the new asylum house should be highlighted .

In the district of Döben is the village church Döben , which is no longer used as a church today. There are also several manor buildings there.

Sports

The riding club organizes one of the sporting highlights of the year with its annual ring riding. The local football club was founded in 1973 (today SG Gnadau 73 eV).

Transport links

Gnadau stop

Gnadau is directly connected to Barby, Calbe (Saale) and Schönebeck (Elbe) by country roads.

The Gnadau stop has been on the Magdeburg – Halle (Saale) line since 1839 . There are hourly connections to these two largest cities in the country. The platforms were renewed from 2015 to 2017, which has made barrier-free boarding possible since then.

The Schönebeck-Zackmünde airfield is located directly north of Gnadau. It is used by glider pilots, parachutists and private pilots. The ICAO code for this aerodrome is EDOZ .

Personalities

Born in Gnadau:

• Johann Gustav Grunewald (1805–1878), German-American painter
• Woldemar Friedrich (1846–1910), painter and illustrator
• Walter Gammert (1902–1996), businessman and factory director
• Herwig Hafa (1910–2000), Protestant theologian and publicist

Connected to Gnadau in other ways:

• Christoph Kersten , a missionary in Suriname, died in Gnadau in 1796.
• Adolf Mittag (1833–1920), entrepreneur and patron. Before 1853 he attended the trade school in Gnadau.
• Maria Heyde , a missionary in India, died in Gnadau in 1917.
• Paul König (1867–1933), captain, died in Gnadau in 1933.

Web links

Commons : Gnadau  - Collection of Images

• Virtual tour through Gnadau

Individual evidence

1. ^ Other information 1766: Peter Findeisen, Dehio, Sachsen-Anhalt I, p. 271.
2. ^ Ilse Jahn and Fritz G. Lange (eds.): The youth letters of Alexander von Humboldt 1787–1799 . Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1973, p. 53 .
3. ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 01 to December 31, 2010
4. ↑ Saxony-Anhalt station program. Retrieved November 7, 2017 .