Gorden-Staupitz

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	Coordinates: 51 ° 32 '  N , 13 ° 38'  E
Basic data
State :	Brandenburg
County :	Elbe Elster
Office :	Plessa
Height :	103 m above sea level NHN
Area :	28.51 km 2
Residents:	924 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	32 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	03238
Area code :	035325
License plate :	EE, FI, LIB
Community key :	12 0 62 177
Community structure:	2 districts
Office administration address:	Steinweg 6 04928 Plessa
Website :	www.gorden.staupitz.de
Mayor :	Fred Wickfeld ( SPD )
Location of the municipality of Gorden-Staupitz in the Elbe-Elster district

Gorden-Staupitz is a municipality in the Elbe-Elster district in southern Brandenburg . The place is located about 13 kilometers northeast of Elsterwerda and 12 kilometers south of Finsterwalde in the Niederlausitzer Heidelandschaft nature park . The community belongs to the office of Plessa .

geography

Climate diagram of Gorden (average 1961–1990)

climate

With its humid climate, Gorden-Staupitz lies in the cool-temperate climate zone , but a transition to the continental climate is noticeable. The nearest weather stations are to the north in Doberlug-Kirchhain , southwest of the town in Torgau and south in Oschatz and Dresden .

Community structure

Districts of the community are Gorden and Staupitz. There is also the Forsthaus Oppelhainer Pechhütte residential area .

history

Since 1816 Gorden belonged to the Liebenwerda district , Staupitz to the Luckau district in the province of Brandenburg . In 1952 Gorden was incorporated into the Bad Liebenwerda district , Staupitz into the Finsterwalde district (both in the GDR district of Cottbus ). Since 1993, the places have been in the Elbe-Elster district of Brandenburg.

Gorden-Staupitz was created on December 31, 2001 from the voluntary amalgamation of the previously independent municipalities of Gorden and Staupitz.

District of Gorden

→ Main article : Gorden

Gorden was first mentioned in 1297 in a document from the Dobrilugk monastery under the name Gordan . The first massive church was built in 1749.

Staupitz district

→ Main article : Staupitz

In 1955, two well-preserved graves from the Bronze Age were discovered in Staupitz. These graves were surrounded by boulders arranged in a circle. One of the graves contained 14 urns (some of them humpback urns), the size of which reached a height of approx. 30 cm and a diameter of approx. 40 cm. In terms of their design, they belonged to the Lausitz culture and came from around 1200 BC ( Bronze Age ).

In 1231 Staupitz was first mentioned under the name "Stupozke" in the "Document Book of the Dobrilugk Monastery and its possessions". "The villagers of the Dobrilugk monastery area according to the land register of 1546" probably contains the oldest register of inhabitants of the place, which at that time lists 19 farmers and six gardeners.

In 1643, at the time of the Thirty Years' War , six farms were reported to have burned down in the village. The Staupitz Church was completely renovated in 1685 due to its age. In 1723 the community had 16 hofners , six gardeners and six cottagers. On June 9, 1759, there was a major fire in the village, which also destroyed the church and the inn. The church was rebuilt in 1786. The foundation stone for the separate church tower was laid on July 29, 1889 and its topping-out ceremony was celebrated on October 14, 1889.

On April 22, 1945, Staupitz was occupied by Red Army troops. In the afternoon of the following day there was fighting, as isolated units of the Wehrmacht passed through the town on their way to the west.

Population development

year	Gorden	Staupitz		year	Gorden- Staupitz		year	Gorden- Staupitz
1875	600	331		2001	1 209		2015	957
1910	700	496		2005	1 148		2016	955
1939	813	616		2010	1 059		2017	954
1946	1 119	731		2011	1 044		2018	956
1950	1 034	751		2012	1 016		2019	924
1971	873	647		2013	987
1990	720	591		2014	972
1995	675	573
2000	650	564

Territory of the respective year, number of inhabitants: as of December 31 (from 1991), from 2011 based on the 2011 census

politics

Community representation

The community council of Gorden-Staupitz consists of 10 community representatives and the honorary mayor. The local election on May 26, 2019 resulted in the following distribution of seats:

Party / group of voters	Seats
SPD	3
Voting group Freiwillige Feuerwehr Staupitz	2
Voting group Dorfclub Gorden	2
CDU	2
Voting group sports club Schwarz-Weiß Staupitz	1

mayor

Term of office	Surname
1993 to 2008:	Cornelia Thor
since 2008:	Fred Wickfeld

Wickfeld (SPD) was confirmed in the mayoral election on June 16, 2019 with 64.7% of the valid votes for a further term of five years.

Attractions

In the list of architectural monuments in Gorden-Staupitz and in the list of ground monuments in Gorden-Staupitz are the cultural monuments entered in the list of monuments of the state of Brandenburg.

A grave with a memorial plaque in the cemetery in the Staupitz district commemorates a Wehrmacht soldier who was publicly executed in April 1945 for refusing to continue military service .

traffic

Gorden-Straupitz lies on the national roads L 62 between Elsterwerda and Finsterwalde and L 63 between Staupitz and Lauchhammer .

Personalities

• Erich Walther (1903–1948), Major General of the Air Force in World War II, born in Gorden

Web links

Commons : Gorden-Staupitz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Community website
• Website of the Staupitz district
• Website of the Gorden Village Club ( Memento from March 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
• Link catalog on the topic of Gorden-Staupitz at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population in the State of Brandenburg according to municipalities, offices and municipalities not subject to official registration on December 31, 2019 (XLSX file; 223 KB) (updated official population figures) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Geoclimate 2.1
3. ^ Service portal of the state administration Brandenburg. Community of Gorden-Staupitz
4. ↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2001
5. ↑ The history of the village of Gorden on the website of the Dorfclub Gorden e. V. Archived from the original on March 16, 2010 ; Retrieved April 13, 2009 . 
6. ↑ Source: R. Lehmann: Document book of the Dobrilugk monastery and its possessions, first part. Teubner-Verlag, Leipzig 1941.
7. ↑ Historical municipality register of the state of Brandenburg 1875 to 2005. Elbe-Elster district . Pp. 18-21
8. ↑ Population in the state of Brandenburg from 1991 to 2015 according to independent cities, districts and municipalities , Table 7
9. ^ Office for Statistics Berlin-Brandenburg (Ed.): Statistical report AI 7, A II 3, A III 3. Population development and population status in the state of Brandenburg (respective editions of the month of December)
10. ^ Result of the local election on May 26, 2019
11. ↑ Stay close to the people. In: Lausitzer Rundschau , July 12, 2006
12. ↑ Local elections in the state of Brandenburg on September 28, 2008. Mayoral elections , p. 8
13. ↑ Section 73 of the Brandenburg Local Election Act
14. ^ Result of the mayoral election on June 16, 2019