Gottow

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Gottow
Municipality Nuthe-Urstromtal
Coordinates: 52 ° 5 ′ 30 ″  N , 13 ° 15 ′ 46 ″  E
Area : 5.6 km²
Residents : 305  (December 31, 2017)
Population density : 54 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 6, 1993
Postal code : 14947
Area code : 033731
Luppe at Hammerfließ
Luppe at Hammerfließ

Gottow is a part of the municipality Nuthe-Urstromtal in the Teltow-Fläming district in Brandenburg .

Geographical location

Gottow is located southwest of the community center and is essentially surrounded by other parts of the community. In the north this is Schöneweide , followed - clockwise - by Schönefeld , Dümde , Stülpe , Jänickendorf , the city of Luckenwalde and the district of Woltersdorf . The majority of the district is forested or used for agriculture. The Hammerfließ and the Flotte Graben flow in a northwest and northeast direction through the place. The residential area Moldenhütten to the west belongs to the district . It is crossed by the Lausebach and Eiserbach in a south-north direction.

History and etymology

Ruins of the chemical-physical and atomic test site

The settlement founded by Slavs was first mentioned in 1160 as coti and gocd (for Slavic forest or forest floodplain ) when it was owned by the bishops of Brandenburg an der Havel . It remained there until 1173. It was a border fortress on the Bischofsweg from Baruth / Mark to Zossen . An ironworks was built in 1421 under the direction of the Cistercian monks from the Zinna monastery in Jüterbog , who took over the place in 1397 . The existence of a grinding mill on the Hammerfließ is recorded from 1506, which is said to have attacked Hans Kohlhase in 1538 . In 1547 the Brandenburg rulers erected a border fence, called the Landwehr, on the Hammerfliess. A customs post was established to regulate the flow of goods between the Archdiocese of Magdeburg in the west, the Electorate of Brandenburg in the north and the Electorate of Saxony in the east. In the Thirty Years' War the hammer fell almost desolate except for a water mill .

In the 18th century, geologists discovered ore in the region . As a result of the discovery, in 1753 who founded Royal Prussian Ironworks Gottow that on May 1, 1754 the first blast furnace operation on the hammer resumed. The grinding mill was rebuilt and produced the coveted material from lawn iron stone. From this, among other things, weapons for the Seven Years' War were produced. This was destroyed by Austrian troops in 1757, but rebuilt in 1760. In 1764 a company was added that manufactured Zain . In 1775 craftsmen built a pitch hut. From 1818 copper was produced. In 1835 the place was in economic prosperity; 295 inhabitants lived in the place. Gottow became the seat of a royal iron and steel office as well as the local iron and steel court of the administrative district of Potsdam. Two looms and a windmill have survived from 1837. In World War II was in the wake of the German uranium project the west Heeresversuchsanstalt Kummersdorf the Chemical-PHYSICAL and nuclear-testing site Gottow the Wehrmacht established. The plant was largely dismantled after the end of the war.

Gottow was incorporated into the new Nuthe-Urstromtal community on December 6, 1993.

Attractions

War cemetery

Economy, politics and infrastructure

In addition to agriculture and some handicrafts, e.g. B. a stove manufacturer, there are tourist offers.

The mayor is Ulf Neugebauer.

The Landstraße Am Hammerfließ leads in a west-east direction through the district and connects the place with Luckenwalde and Schönefeld. To the north, the village road connects the place with Scharfenbrück. The Teltow-Fläming transport company connects the district with lines 752 and 770 to Luckenwalde, Stülpe and Zossen .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Changes in the municipalities of Germany, see 1993 StBA, accessed on May 4, 2018.

Web links

Commons : Gottow  - collection of images, videos and audio files