Großkrausnik

Großkrausnik City of Sonnewalde Coordinates: 51 ° 44 ′ 1 ″  N , 13 ° 37 ′ 43 ″  E
Height :	107 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.72 km²
Residents :	167  (Jan 1, 2012)
Population density :	25 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	May 1, 2002
Postal code :	03249
Area code :	035323
Location of Großkrausnik in Brandenburg
Place view

Großkrausnik (until October 30, 1937 Großkrausnigk , Wjelika Kšušwica in Lower Sorbian ) is a district of the town of Sonnewalde in the Elbe-Elster district in Brandenburg .

Geography and transport links

Großkrausnik located north of the city core Sonnenwalde to the district roads K 6237 and K 6234. East extends the B 96 and southwest of the country road L 703. Southwest extends around the 328 ha large protected area Lugkteichgebiet with the Lugkteich . Not far to the north is the border with the Dahme-Spreewald district .

The district of Großkrausnik borders in the north on Wehnsdorf , in the east on Weißack , in the south on Pahlsdorf and Zeckerin and in the west on Kleinkrausnik .

history

Großkrausnik was first mentioned as Crussenick in 1439. Other traditional forms of place names are Crusnigk in the copies of the Meißner diocese articles from 1495 and Groß Kraussnig in 1753. The place name means settlement in the pear orchard and is derived from the Sorbian word kšušwa = "pear". The place was subordinate to the registrar of Sonnewalde and thus belonged to the Electorate of Saxony until 1806 . After the Congress of Vienna , the Kingdom of Saxony had to cede the area to the Kingdom of Prussia .

From 1816 Großkrausnik belonged to the Luckau district in the Prussian province of Brandenburg . On October 30, 1937, the name of the place was changed by the National Socialists in order to delete the ending, which indicates a Sorbian origin of the name. The renaming was not reversed later. Since the GDR district reform in July 1952, Großkrausnik belonged to the Finsterwalde district in the Cottbus district . After reunification , the community was only in the Finsterwalde district , which was opened up in 1993 in the Elbe-Elster district. On May 1, 2002, Großkrausnik was incorporated into Sonnewalde.

Culture and sights

Großkrausnik village church

• The Großkrausnik village church was built around 1400 and was expanded to include a roof turret during the Baroque period . In the interior there is, among other things, a baroque altarpiece from around 1700. It comes from the Doberlug cabinetmaker Abraham Jäger .

Personalities

• Benedictus Gotthelf Teubner (1784–1856), bookseller and founder of the publishing house
• Johannes Schultze (1881–1976), historian and archivist

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Müller's Large German Local Book 2012: Complete local dictionary. 33. revised and exp. Ed., Walter de Gruyter, Berlin and Boston 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-027420-2 , online at Google Books , p. 479
2. ↑ "Wjelika Kšušwica" entry in the Lower Sorbian place names database on dolnoserbski.de
3. ↑ Reinhard E. Fischer: The place names of the states of Brandenburg and Berlin: age - origin - meaning . be.bra Wissenschaft, 2005, p. 96 .