Great Klessow

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Coordinates: 51 ° 50 ′ 10 ″  N , 13 ° 57 ′ 0 ″  E
Height : 55 m above sea level NN
Area : 4.76 km²
Residents : 277  (Jul 17, 2017)
Population density : 58 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : October 26, 2003
Postal code : 03222
Area code : 03542

Groß Klessow , Klěšow in Lower Sorbian , is a district of the city of Lübbenau / Spreewald in the northern part of the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district in southern Brandenburg . Currently, around 380 people live in the village and its parts of the municipality.

location

Groß Klessow is located in Niederlausitz, northeast of the Niederlausitzer Landücken nature park and south of the Spreewald . The community part of Klein Klessow and the residential area Redlitz belong to the place . To the south is the former Seese-West opencast mine .

In the north, Groß Klessow borders on Lübbenau. To the east follow the districts of Boblitz and Groß Lübbenau . To the south of the village are Bischdorf , the districts of Redlitz and the districts of the city of Calau Mlode and Buckow . In the west are the districts of Kittlitz , Groß Beuchow and Zerkwitz and the municipality of Klein Klessow.

history

Local history

Groß Klessow was first mentioned in 1315 as the magnum Clessow . In 1511 it was named as Clessaw , and in the course of the 16th century as Groß Klessow . Lower Sorbian name variant was in 1761 as Klėschow and 1843 Klješow called. The meaning of the place name goes back to the Old Sorbian klęs- for depression or depression . There are similar words with klesati in Czech and klęsnąć in Polish . A connection to the personal name Kleš is also possible - similar to the Czech place name Klešice . Arnošt Muka creates a connection with the word klěkati for kneeling or limping . The linguist Eichler excludes a connection to the Lower Sorbian word klěšć for bream .

As a result of the Congress of Vienna , Groß Klessow came with the entire Lower Lusatia to the Kingdom of Prussia and belonged to the district of Calau . On January 1, 1926, Klein Klessow and Redlitz were incorporated into Groß Klessow. With the Brandenburg district reform in 1950, Groß Klessow and other communities left the Calau district, which was converted into the Senftenberg district, and was incorporated into the Lübben (Spreewald) district. In 1952 the places came to the newly founded district of Calau . The Lübbenau power plant was built in 1957 . From the 1960s, lignite was mined in the area around Groß Klessow . As a result of the Seese-West opencast mine , areas south of the town on the town hall were used. On October 26, 2003, Groß Klessow with Klein Klessow and Redlitz and the places Boblitz , Kittlitz , Bischdorf , Groß Beuchow , Hindenberg , Groß Lübbenau , Klein Radden , Leipe and Ragow in Lübbenau / Spreewald were incorporated as districts.

Groß Klessow belongs to the Lower Lusatia church district .

Population development

Population development in Groß Klessow from 1875 to 2002
year Residents year Residents year Residents year Residents year Residents year Residents year Residents
1875 236 1933 257 1964 278 1989 248 1993 234 1997 317 2001 380
1890 212 1939 268 1971 258 1990 240 1994 251 1998 342 2002 381
1910 217 1946 360 1981 225 1991 234 1995 273 1999 373
1925 207 1950 353 1985 233 1992 234 1996 294 2000 383

Culture and sights

There is a volunteer fire brigade in Groß Klessow. There is also a riding stables south of the village.

Economy and Infrastructure

Groß Klessow is located east of the Spreewald motorway triangle , where the federal motorway 15 , which runs directly north of the town, merges with the federal motorway 13 . The A 15 runs between Groß and Klein Klessow. The place is connected to the motorway via the Kittlitz junction.

Personalities

Gottfried Welk, father of the writer Ehm Welk , was born in Groß Klessow in 1847.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arnost Muka: Serbski zemjepisny słowničk. Budyšin, 1927, p. 69 ( digitized version ).
  2. ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2003
  3. ↑ Brandenburg Statistics (PDF)

literature

  • Ernst Eichler : The place names of Niederlausitz . VEB Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 1975.
  • Municipalities in 1994 and their changes since 01.01.1948 in the new federal states . Metzler-Poeschel, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 (published on behalf of the Federal Statistical Office).

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