Groß Schacksdorf-Simmersdorf

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	Coordinates: 51 ° 41 ′  N , 14 ° 38 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Brandenburg
County :	Spree-Neisse
Office :	Döbern country
Height :	85 m above sea level NHN
Area :	25.17 km 2
Residents:	927 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	37 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	03149
Area code :	035695
License plate :	SPN, FOR, GUB, SPB
Community key :	12 0 71 153
Office administration address:	Forster Strasse 8 03159 Döbern
Mayor :	Wolfgang Katzula
Location of the community of Groß Schacksdorf-Simmersdorf in the Spree-Neisse district

Groß Schacksdorf-Simmersdorf ( Lower Sorbian Tśěšojce-Žymjerojce ) is a municipality in the Spree-Neisse district in Brandenburg (Germany). It is administered by the Döbern-Land office, which is based in the city of Döbern .

geography

The municipality is located in the southeast of the state of Brandenburg in Niederlausitz on the border with Poland , about 5 km south of the district town of Forst (Lausitz) in the historical, but not in the official settlement area of ​​the Sorbs / Wends . Groß Schacksdorf is surrounded by 23 ponds, in the vicinity of which a rich animal world has settled.

The Preschen airfield is located south of Groß Schacksdorf . Access to this former military airfield is via the Groß Schacksdorf-Ost district, the former NVA housing estate.

Community structure

Districts of the community are Groß Schacksdorf (Sorbian Tśěšojce ) and Simmersdorf ( Žymjerojce ). The inhabited district of Waldsiedlung (until 2012 Schacksdorf-Ost) belongs to the Groß Schacksdorf district, while the settlement area belongs to Simmersdorf .

history

Groß Tzschacksdorf was first mentioned in a document in 1346 in the registry of the Meißner Stift . On October 18, 1937, the name was changed to Groß Schacksdorf.

Groß Schacksdorf and Simmersdorf belonged to the Sorau district in the Prussian province of Brandenburg since 1816 and to the Forst district in the GDR district of Cottbus from 1952 . Since 1993 the places have been in the Brandenburg district of Spree-Neisse.

On December 31, 2001 the voluntary amalgamation of the previously independent community of Groß Schacksdorf and Simmersdorf took place.

Population development

year	Groß Schacksdorf	Simmersdorf		year	Groß Schacksdorf- Simmersdorf		year	Groß Schacksdorf- Simmersdorf
1875	562	197		2001	1 386		2015	1 233
1910	513	306		2005	1 109		2016	1 114
1939	434	379		2010	1 070		2017	1 025
1946	567	414		2011	1 098		2018	980
1950	571	419		2012	1 138		2019	927
1971	1 287	355		2013	1 123
1990	1 445	291		2014	1 220
1995	1 221	303
2000	1 153	321

Territory of the respective year, number of inhabitants: as of December 31 (from 1991), from 2011 based on the 2011 census

The population, which fluctuated sharply between 2013 and 2017, is due to the temporary accommodation of refugees.

politics

Community representation

The community council of Groß Schacksdorf-Simmersdorf consists of 10 community representatives and the honorary mayor. The local election on May 26, 2019 resulted in the following distribution of seats:

Voter group	Seats
Independent voter community Spree-Neisse	4th
Garage community Groß Schacksdorf	2
Fire protection friends	2
Friends of tradition	1
Active sports fans of TSV Groß Schacksdorf	1

mayor

• since 2003: Wolfgang Katzula

Katzula was elected in the mayoral election on May 26, 2019 with 58.8% of the valid votes for a further term of five years.

Attractions

Gross Schacksdorf Church

• Groß Schacksdorf Castle, built in the 18th century
• Groß Schacksdorf village church , late Gothic field stone building from the 14th / 15th centuries century

see also: List of architectural monuments in Groß Schacksdorf-Simmersdorf and list of ground monuments in Groß Schacksdorf-Simmersdorf

traffic

Groß Schacksdorf-Simmersdorf is located on federal highway 115 between Forst (Lausitz) and Döbern . The A 15 motorway ( Spreewald triangle - Polish border) runs through the municipality. The forest junction is in the immediate vicinity of the community.

Simmersdorf station was on the Weißwasser – Forst railway line , on which passenger traffic was discontinued in 1996.

Personalities

• Christoph Gabriel Fabricius (1684–1757), born in Tzschacksdorf, Lutheran theologian
• Heinrich Sigismund von der Heyde (1703–1765), born in Tzschacksdorf, officer and fortress commander
• Paul Thumann (1834–1908), born in Groß-Tzschacksdorf, illustrator and portrait painter
• Max Bär (1855–1928), born in Groß-Tzschacksdorf, historian

References

1. ↑ Population in the State of Brandenburg according to municipalities, offices and municipalities not subject to official registration on December 31, 2019 (XLSX file; 223 KB) (updated official population figures) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Welcome to the Döbern-Land office. (PDF; 699 KB) Simmersdorf. Office Döbern-Land, June 2015, accessed on August 20, 2017 . 
3. ^ Service portal of the state administration Brandenburg. Groß Schacksdorf-Simmersdorf community
4. ↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2001
5. ↑ Historical municipality register of the state of Brandenburg 1875 to 2005. District Spree-Neisse . Pp. 18-21
6. ↑ Population in the state of Brandenburg from 1991 to 2017 according to independent cities, districts and municipalities , Table 7
7. ^ Office for Statistics Berlin-Brandenburg (Ed.): Statistical report AI 7, A II 3, A III 3. Population development and population status in the state of Brandenburg (respective editions of the month of December)
8. ^ Result of the local election on May 26, 2019
9. ↑ Brandenburg Local Election Act, Section 73 (1)
10. ^ Result of the mayoral election on May 26, 2019

Web links

Commons : Groß Schacksdorf-Simmersdorf  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Groß Schacksdorf-Simmersdorf community on Amt-Doebern-Land.de