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Großkugel is a district of the municipality of Kabelsketal in Saxony-Anhalt . It has about 2380 inhabitants. The village of Großkugel consists of the places Großkugel and Beuditz .
location
Großkugel is located between Halle (Saale) and Leipzig , southeast of Gröbers not far from the state border of Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony . To the northeast of the village is the Schkeuditzer Kreuz motorway junction , and federal road 6 runs to the south . District road 2146 runs through Großkugel. To the north runs the Magdeburg – Leipzig railway line . To the northeast of the location is the Großkugel S-Bahn stop of the Central German S-Bahn .
The Beuditz district to the east also belongs to the village of Großkugel. The Kabelskebach flows north of the village from east to west .
history
Großkugel is of Sorbian origin, which is indicated by the place name and the layout of the village. The town center has the shape of a round shape open to the east . In old documentary mentions, the place names Großkubel and Großkaubel are used , which is understood to mean Stutendorf.
Großkugel belonged to the Giebichenstein office in the hall circle of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg . In 1680 this came under Brandenburg-Prussian rule as the Duchy of Magdeburg . With the Peace of Tilsit in 1807, Großkugel was incorporated into the Kingdom of Westphalia and assigned to the Halle district in the Saale department. The place belonged to the canton of Dieskau . After Napoleon's defeat and the end of the Kingdom of Westphalia, Napoleon's allied opponents liberated the Saalkreis in early October 1813. During the political reorganization after the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the place was attached to the administrative district of Merseburg in the Prussian province of Saxony and assigned to the Saalkreis.
Großkugel was the end point of the first Prussian State Show built in 1788 , which led from Magdeburg via Halle (Saale) to the state border with Saxony. Originally the place was dominated by agriculture. The rail link between Halle and Leipzig was established in the 1840s. Due to its location in the Halle / Leipzig conurbation, close to motorways and major railway lines, the area around the town is now primarily characterized by commercial activities.
On January 1, 1957, Beuditz was incorporated. In the period after the political change in 1989 , several commercial and residential areas were created in the vicinity of the place. In 2001 the local Bikerfreunde Großkugel eV was founded. Since January 1st 2004 Großkugel belongs to the municipality Kabelsketal.
Buildings and facilities
The Protestant St. Martini Church is located in the village . Like the other cultural monuments in the area, it is entered in the local register of monuments. The Großkugel post mill existed at least until the 1990s . At the southern exit of the village is the historic stone cross Russenstein .
There is a volunteer fire brigade and a library in Großkugel . The active sports club in the area is the Sportgemeinschaft Großkugel eV
politics
The local mayor is (as of 2015) Mike Maßdorf (CDU). In the six-member local council, the CDU is represented with 2, the UWK electoral community with 2, the SPD with one and the Left Party with one member.
Personalities
The biologist and teacher Otto Schmeil (1860-1943) and the soccer player Bernd Hobsch (* 1968) were born in Großkugel . A street in Großkugel was named after Schmeil.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mention of the place in the book "Geography for all Stands", p. 125
- ^ Description of the Saale Department
- ^ The hall circle in the municipality register 1900
- ↑ Beuditz on gov.genealogy.net
- ↑ Homepage Bikerfreunde Großkugel eV ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ' N , 12 ° 9' E