Gossa
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Gossa
Community Muldestausee
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| Height : | 97 m |
| Area : | 9.62 km² |
| Residents : | 845 (December 31, 2008) |
| Population density : | 88 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 2010 |
| Postal code : | 06774 |
| Area code : | 034955 |
Gossa is a district of the municipality of Muldestausee in the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district in Saxony-Anhalt .
Until the new formation of the unified community Muldestausee on January 1, 2010, Gossa was an independent community in the administrative community Muldestausee-Painbach . The last mayor of Gossa was Waldemar Dombek.
geography
Gossa with the district of pain (incorporated on July 1, 1950) lies between Dessau-Roßlau and Leipzig on the edge of the Dübener Heide .
history
The place belonged to the Electoral Saxon Office Bitterfeld until 1815 . The decisions of the Congress of Vienna he came to Prussia and in 1816 the district Bitterfeld in the administrative district of Merseburg of the Province of Saxony assigned to which he belonged until 1944th On July 1, 1950, the neighboring community of pain was incorporated.
coat of arms
Blazon : "In gold, three green spruces topped with a black blackbird turned to the right."
The colors are black, gold (yellow) and green.
The coat of arms was designed in 1992 by the municipal heraldist Jörg Mantzsch and included in the approval process. It reflects the etymological reference to the Slavic names of both districts: Old Sorbian Gossa (spelling gosov ) = blackbird; Pain (spelling smards ) = spruce. In 1435 the spelling of Gossa = gossaw , in 1456 of pain = smorcz .
Culture and sights
Buildings
The village church was built in the Romanesque style. It is equipped with an organ by the well-known master organ builder Johann Andreas Zuberbier . The property in pain belonged to the Altpouch- based line of the Counts of Solms-Sonnewalde .
Transport links
Bundesstraße 100 from Bitterfeld to Graefenhainichen runs directly through the village .
References
- ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 01 to December 31, 2010
- ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 22 f.
- ^ The district of Bitterfeld in the municipality register 1900
- ↑ Jörg Mantzsch : The coat of arms of the municipality of Gossa, documentation on the approval process . Filed at the Ministry of the Interior of Saxony-Anhalt in 1993 (report: State Main Archive Magdeburg)
