Grabo

Grabo City of Jessen (Elster) Coordinates: 51 ° 46 ′ 20 ″ N , 12 ° 56 ′ 8 ″ E
Height :	73 m above sea level NN
Area :	6.17 km²
Residents :	329 (Jun 1, 2017)
Population density :	53 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 1992
Postal code :	06917
Area code :	03537
Location of Grabo in Saxony-Anhalt

Grabo is a district of the town of Jessen (Elster) in the Wittenberg district of Saxony-Anhalt .

Location and accessibility

Grabo is located approx. 2 km southwest of the city of Jessen and is connected to it via the L114.

history

Grabo village church

Grabo was first mentioned as a settlement in documents in 1376 under the name Grabow . The original place name corresponds in Slavonic to the name for the hornbeam , a subspecies of the birch family . The current spelling Grabo was established in 1533.

In 1890 the place was completely flooded by a flood . Another catastrophe that struck the place is a fire on September 27, 1898, which destroyed large parts of the place. The church chronicle also fell victim to the fire.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ http://www.jessen.de/stadtportal/ortsteile/grabo.html
↑ Grabo. In: jessen.de. Retrieved March 26, 2015 .

[1] ttp://www.jessen.de/stadtportal/ortsteile/grabo.html

[2] Grabo. In: jessen.de. Retrieved March 26, 2015 .