Grand saga

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Grand saga
City of Gera
Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 58 ″  N , 12 ° 5 ′ 12 ″  E
Height : 258 m
Residents : 424  (Jan 1, 2009)
Incorporation : July 1, 1950
Incorporated into: Aga
Postal code : 07554
Area code : 036695
Großaga, aerial photo (2018)
Großaga, aerial photo (2018)

Großaga , together with Kleinaga , Lessen , Reichenbach and Seligenstädt, forms the 16.38 km² district of Aga in the city of Gera in Thuringia with a total of 1734 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011).

geography

Großaga is located in the north of the city of Gera in the middle of forests and streams. It borders north on Lonzig in the Burgenland district in Saxony-Anhalt .

Place view

history

According to the sources, Großaga is a German follow-up to the older Sorbian settlement of Kleinaga. The oldest known documentary mention found it in 1248 with a Heinricus de Ogau , belonging to the knighthood of the Reuss junior line . In later documents the place is found as Grossen Agow (1364), Agowe (ditto), Agaw (1518), great agaw or major agaw (1533). In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the spellings Groß Agau and Groß Aga are also common.

Aga Castle was located on the site of the former chamber property. Slits in the cellar of the southern front of the property are still preserved. A moat with a drawbridge protected the extended facility. In 1259 a Heinrich von Aga is notarized in a document of the burgrave of Kirchberg. Until 1712 the place was a knight's seat, the last lord on Großaga is Hans Friedrich von Wolframsdorf . In 1715 Heinrich XIII. Reuss the completely indebted property from the heirs, from now on it is Russian chamber property.

Over the centuries, Großaga was also the parish for Kleinaga, Lessen and Reichenbach, and later also for Seligenstädt. Since 2003 it has been the parish vicarie of the Evangelical Parish of Langenberg . The parish of Großaga used to have annual market rights, which also included sermons of indulgence, so that the name "Agaischer Ablassmarkt" (Appelsmarkt) was coined for this market . He was widely known, but even if a hallway was named Tetzelscher Markt until 1870 , there is no evidence of an appearance by this infamous indulgence preacher in Aga. In addition, because of the long-standing adherence to the Catholic faith of the manor owner at the time, Krieg von Etzdorf Aga was the last community in the Russian region to be reformed according to Lutheran principles. In the end, Aga could not hold its own against the markets of the surrounding larger towns and cities of Gera , Langenberg and Zeitz .

After devastating fires, the parishes of the parish of Großaga acquired a joint fire engine as early as 1812. In 1922 a cinema was set up in Henschel's inn.

Under his last tenant before the expropriation in 1945, the Großaga estate, which has meanwhile been merged with the Kleinaga estate, becomes a model economy for seed and livestock farming. From 1945 to 1990 it was run as a people's own property (VEG), and ditto it received high government awards from the GDR . In addition to the estate, several other large farms had established themselves over the centuries; they are summarized as LPG in GDR times .

On July 1, 1950, Großaga, Kleinaga, Lessen, Reichenbach and Seligenstädt formed the new municipality of Aga, which was incorporated into Gera on April 1, 1994.

Since the reprivatisation in 1990, there have been two large farms that have farmed in and around Großaga on their own and on reprivatised leased land. Some farms have now been carefully renovated, others torn down or left to decay.

Church from the 13th century

Attractions

Church. - Going back to a building from the 13th century, the church has undergone considerable changes over the centuries. The crowning of the tower with a tail dome and pointed helmet dates back to the 19th century, the last major interior renovation took place in 1966/1967.

politics

Großaga with Kleinaga , Seligenstädt , Reichenbach and Lessen has been incorporated into the city of Gera since April 1, 1994. Since then, the places together form the Aga district of the city of Gera with its own local constitution and district council (until II / 2009 local council) . The district mayor has been Bernd Müller (CDU) since 1994.

Development of the population

year 1827 1864 1939 2002 2009
Residents 457 788 783 434 424
Village square

traffic

The place is located north of the federal highway 4 and can be reached via the nearby federal highway 2 .

In public transport Großaga is via the bus line 228, the RVG regional transport Gera / country tied every hour to Gera. The closest train station is Gera- Langenberg .

Culture

The Schützengesellschaft, which already existed in 1872, was re-established in 1997 as Schützengesellschaft Großaga eV ; annual shooting festivals tie in with the old tradition. A shawm chapel has existed since 1951 and is widely known. The traditional high point of the year is setting the maypole. Since 1880 there has also been a pedigree poultry breeding association , since 1998 the Heimatverein Aga eV

Sports

Based on the BSG Aga founded in 1949 and the BSG Traktor Aga from 1952, the SV Aga eV was established in 1993 with the departments of football, volleyball, table tennis, martial arts, gymnastics and women's football. The sports field, which was built in 1952 and has since been expanded to include tennis courts, is halfway between Großaga and Kleinaga and has a combined sports club and fire station .

education

The closest children's facility is the

  • “Grasshopper” day-care center on Reichenbacher Strasse in Kleinaga.

The responsible primary school is

  • State primary school "Astrid Lindgren" in Gera-Langenberg

The closest regular school is the

  • State regular school 12 in Bieblach -Ost.

literature

  • Brodale, Klaus and Heidrun Friedemann: That was Gera in the 20th century. Gudensberg 2002.
  • Cannabich, Johann Günther Friedrich: Latest news from Baden, Nassau, Hohenzollern, Lippe, Waldeck, Anhalt and the Reussian countries. Weimar 1827.
  • Hahn, Ferdinand: History of Gera and its immediate surroundings. Gera 1855.
  • Klotz, Johann Christoph: Description of the rule and city of Gera. Schleiz 1816.
  • Köhler, August Ernst: Popular custom, superstition, sagas and other old traditions in the Vogtlande. Leipzig 1867.
  • Mues, Siegfried: Gera. A historical walk. Horb 1993.
  • Rosenkranz, Heinz: place names of the Gera district. Greiz 1982.
  • Thuringian Pestalozziverein (Hrsg.): Thuringia in words and pictures. Berlin 1900. (Reprint; Augsburg 1997.)
  • oA: Court and state calendar for the Principality of Reuss jL. Gera 1864.
  • Announcements of the history and antiquity research association. Altenburg; div.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gera city administration, FD 1200
  2. ↑ Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces. Jenzig-Verlag 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , p. 47
  3. ↑ Municipalities 1994 and their changes since January 1, 1948 in the new federal states , Metzler-Poeschel publishing house, Stuttgart, 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , publisher: Federal Statistical Office
  4. ↑ Gera City Archives