Grünewalde (Lauchhammer)

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Grünewalde
City of Lauchhammer
Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 54 ″  N , 13 ° 42 ′ 36 ″  E
Height : 106 m
Residents : 1289  (December 31, 2016)
Incorporation : December 6, 1993
Postal code : 01979
Area code : 03574

Grünewalde ( Zeleny Gózd in Lower Sorbian ) is a district of the town of Lauchhammer in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district in southern Brandenburg . It is located about 3 kilometers northwest of the city center on Landesstraße 63 in the Niederlausitzer Heidelandschaft nature park .

history

Welkmühlen memorial stone

Grünewalde was first mentioned in 1418 in a loan document of the Margrave of Meißen and later Elector of Saxony Friedrich IV. As "Grunenwald". The place name is probably to be interpreted as "to the green forest" or "at the green forest". Later versions of the place name are Grunewalt (1497), Grunewalde (1540), Grünewalda (1676) and finally Grünewalde (1791). Seln Drewo was used as the dialectal Sorbian place name form, cf. Lower Sorbian zelene drjewo , "green wood".

Originally laid out as an anger village, it was once surrounded by numerous lakes and ponds. The residents of Grünewald were busy fishing and the fishermen were part of a company of fish and eel traders. Fish and crabs were delivered to the court of Electoral Saxony in Dresden , about 60 kilometers to the south . In 1898, the Mückenberg landowner, Rittmeister von Wentzky and Petersheyde, had additional fish ponds set up near the place and the “Welkmühle” became the fishery administration.

The place was once subservient to Countess Benedicta Margareta von Löwendal, who was sitting on Mückenberg , and industrialization began in Grünewalde at the beginning of the 18th century. The reason was a rod hut built in 1729, a branch of the blast furnace company in Lauchhammer. Using the abundant water power available here, three tail hammers were operated in Grünewalde to produce, among other things , tine iron, tire iron and plows.

When lignite was discovered in the Mückenberger area at the beginning of the 19th century , lignite mining gained in importance. The advancing mining industry deprived the area around Grünewalde of water and pond management finally had to be given up. Opencast mines were opened in the immediate vicinity of the place, which should change the landscape significantly. The “Koyne” opencast mines to the north were operated from 1921 to 1954 and “Grünewalde” from 1950 to 1982, as well as the “Plessa-Lauch” opencast mine to the west, from which the Grünewalder Lauch recreation area finally emerged , from 1956 to 1966. The village of Neusorge near Gründewalde was devastated by the Koyne opencast mine .

On December 6, 1993, Grünewalde was incorporated into the town of Lauchhammer.

In 1999, 2005 and 2012 Grünewalde was named “Nature Park Community of the Year” by the “Naturpark Niederlausitzer Heidelandschaft” and can therefore permanently bear the title “Excellent Nature Park Community”.

For the 600th anniversary on 11th – 13th May 2018 Grünewalde was festively decorated. A stage and a large marquee were set up on the festival meadow. Many buildings had been provided with historical explanations beforehand and some were open for inspection. The highlight was a pageant with 55 images from local history on May 12th .

Population development

Population development in Grünewalde since 1875
year Residents year Residents year Residents
1875 635 1946 2632 1989 1486
1890 822 1950 2436 1990 1476
1910 459 1964 1972 1991 1438
1925 1663 1971 1896 1992 1432
1933 1925 1981 1653 2007 1554
1939 2006 1985 1558 2010 1420

Culture and sights

Bell tower with home parlor

To the west of the village is the Grünewalder Lauch recreation area . Here there is an approximately one hundred hectare bathing lake, which was created by the flooding of the former “Plessa-Lauch” open-cast mine. At the lake there is a campsite with over two hundred parking spaces, restaurants and a boat rental.

In the Protestant church there are 2 memorial plaques for the Grünewalders who fell in 1914–1918.

The "Grünewalder Heimatstube" has been located in a building built around 1890 since 1997, which was once intended as a chapel.

The “Mühlenhofmuseum” has been located in the four-sided courtyard of the old Grünewald village mill since 1996, where rural life and cultural heritage are maintained by the local heritage association. In addition to thematic exhibitions, restored agricultural technology and farm household items, a bakery, a spinning room, a village blacksmith's shop with a country locksmith's shop, a carpentry shop and a herb garden give an insight into the former working and living conditions of the former rural population in the area.

The “Fishing Monument”, the memorial stone for the former Welkmühle, is a monument in Lauchhammer .

In the post-mining landscape of the former “Koyne” open-cast mine, the “Rinderhof Grünewalde” can be found, where rare and endangered domestic animal breeds are bred.

There is also a 600-meter-long nature and geology educational trail in Grünewalde, which was expanded in 2000 to include a rock educational trail with boulders from the former open-cast mines in the area.

In Grünewalde 6 English oaks and a winter linden are protected as natural monuments (No. 0207-1 to 0207-7)

Regular events

The Mühlenhofsingen takes place every summer on the Mühlenhof , to which choirs from the region meet at the invitation of the Heimatverein Grünewalde and the United Male Choirs Lauchhammer / Grünewalde / Ruhland.

The annual harvest festival (2017 for the 24th time) starts near the Mühlenhof with a pageant and ends on the farm.

Literature (selection)

  • Collective of authors: Mining history in the Lauchhammer district . Ed .: Traditionsverein Braunkohle Lauchhammer e. V. Lauchhammer 2003.

Periodicals

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Community and district directory of the state of Brandenburg. Land surveying and geographic base information Brandenburg (LGB), accessed on June 17, 2020.
  2. ^ Zeleny Gózd - Arnošt Muka, Lower Sorbian place and field names, 1911–1928
  3. ^ Grünewalde , website of the city of Lauchhammer; accessed on July 11, 2019.
  4. ↑ Paul Vogel: Detailed textbook of the pond management: A guide for agriculture and forestry, prospective and experienced pond farmers, dedicated to the Association of German pond farmers . tape 2 , 1900, p. 51 .
  5. ^ Author collective: Mining history in the Lauchhammer district . Ed .: Traditionsverein Braunkohle Lauchhammer e. V. Lauchhammer 2003.
  6. ↑ Grünewalde district page on the Lauchhammer website
  7. ↑ a b Info sheet: Grünewalde Nature Park Community
  8. ↑ a b Historical municipality directory of the state of Brandenburg 1875 to 2005. (PDF; 331 kB) District Oberspreewald-Lausitz. State Office for Data Processing and Statistics State of Brandenburg, December 2006, accessed on April 19, 2015 .
  9. ↑ Veit Rösler (vrs1): Lauchhammer awards honorary prize - Dr. Siegfried Thomas awarded / City recognizes tireless commitment in voluntary work in: Lausitzer Rundschau , Senftenberg edition, June 4, 2013 ; accessed on August 29, 2017
  10. ↑ Reinhard Lanzke / (red.): Grünewalde celebrates its anniversary in: Lausitzer Woche , 12./13. May 2018 ; accessed on May 13, 2018
  11. ↑ (red): All of Grünewalde is on its feet for the 600th birthday of the village in: Lausitzer Rundschau , May 13, 2018 ; accessed on May 13, 2018
  12. ↑ Torsten Richter-Zippack: Grünewald history rolls through the village in: Lausitzer Rundschau online , May 13, 2018 ; accessed on May 14, 2018
  13. ↑ Numbers and facts ( Memento from January 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) City of Lauchhammer
  14. ↑ Numbers and facts ( Memento from September 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) City of Lauchhammer
  15. ^ Website of the Camping Park Grünewalder Lauch
  16. ↑ a b c d Homepage of the Grünewalder Heimatverein
  17. ↑ Grünewalde owns a lined winter linden article in the Lausitzer Rundschau from July 17th, 2010
  18. ↑ Mirko Sattler (sam1): summer singing in Mühlenhof museum; A dance of choirs from the region delights numerous guests in Grünewalde . In: Lausitzer Rundschau , Senftenberg edition, August 18, 2015, accessed on September 23, 2017
  19. ↑ Manfred Feller: Grünewalde celebrates its harvest festival . In: Lausitzer Rundschau , Senftenberg edition, September 26, 2015, accessed on September 23, 2017
  20. ↑ Mirko Sattler (sam4) / red .: Harvest Festival in Grünewalde ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Lausitzer Woche , Senftenberg edition, p. 1, accessed on September 23, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lausitzer-woche.de
  21. ↑ (red / br): When the roosters crow and the harvest wagons roll . In: Lausitzer Rundschau , Senftenberg edition, September 22, 2017, accessed on September 23, 2017

Web links

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