Großzschocher

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Großzschocher
district of Leipzig
Coordinates 51 ° 18 '2 "  N , 12 ° 19' 34"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 18 '2 "  N , 12 ° 19' 34"  E.
surface 15.5 km²
Residents 9230 (December 31, 2018)
Population density 595 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation 1922
Post Code 04249
prefix 0341
Borough southwest
Transport links
tram 3
bus 65, 162
Source: statistik.leipzig.de
Großzschocher on a map from 1828

Großzschocher is a district in the southwest of Leipzig . After the merger with Windorf in 1897, the community Großzschocher-Windorf was created, which Leipzig was incorporated into in 1922. Großzschocher is located on the White Elster . The administrative district of Großzschocher, which also includes the districts of Lauer , Mark Flickert , Windorf and parts of Knauthain , belongs to the southwest district .

history

Around 1450 Großzschocher was very important in the Leipzig area and therefore made a few expenses. Until 1856 the place belonged to the electoral or royal Saxon district office of Leipzig . In 1571 a large part of the village was destroyed after a lightning strike.

In 1582 witch hunts were carried out in Großzschocher : four people got into witch trials and were executed.

Former Schloss Großzschocher (around 1910)

The Castle Großzschocher came from the 14th century. At the end of the 16th century, the rectangular three-storey building with saddle roofs , dwarf houses and high gables was built. In 1720 it was rebuilt with baroque changes , and around 1850 it was restored. The castle was hit by bombs during the heavy air raid on Leipzig on February 20, 1944 and burned down. The remains were removed in the 1960s. The manor is still in good condition, partly in poor condition.

New building district Leipzig-Großzschocher (1967)

The last owners of the castle and manor before the expropriation in 1945 were the Counts of Wedel . One of the family's daughters was Countess Elisabeth Werthern-Beichlingen , b. von Wedel (1916–2009). She lost her husband in the French campaign in 1940, fled Großneuhausen from the Red Army with her little daughter Luisa on a trek to Westphalia in 1945 and was the managing director of the German Parliamentary Society in Bonn from 1951 to 1985 . She was a holder of the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class.

In the 1960s, prefabricated buildings were built west of Dieskaustraße .

Attractions

  • Apostle Church

  • Blackboard at the Körnerhaus

  • Grain stone

  • Water tower

  • In the center of the district is the Apostle Church , originally a Romanesque choir tower church from 1217, which, among other things, underwent a neo-baroque reconstruction of the west facade in the years 1904–1908 with the creation of two niches above the entrance portal. The two figures of the apostles Peter and Paul for the niches were created in 1926 by Johannes Hartmann (1869–1952), a student of Max Klinger (1857–1920). The church was only named Apostle Church on April 30, 1950.
  • The Körnerhaus , the former gardener's house, commemorates the poet and freedom fighter Theodor Körner (1791–1813), who was cared for one night in the house after being wounded on June 17, 1813 near Kitzen .
  • Approx. 2 km south of the Körnerhaus is the Körnerstein in the Elsteraue .
  • Anton-Zickmantel-Park . Located on the Zickmantelschen Mühlgraben between Weißer Elster and Knauthainer Elstermühlgraben , the Kleine Hutweide and the mill gardens with meadows and fruit trees were located until 1840. These bordered the mill property and extended to the weirs of the White Elster. The Mühlpark was laid out on part of the site, probably around 1870, as a private garden by the Zickmantel family. After expropriation in 1945, the park was opened to the public. A generous area of ​​water (pond with island), curved paths, pretty lines of sight and beautiful old trees (chestnut, tulip tree, silver maple, oak, beech, black walnut, ginkgo, etc.) characterize this scenic idyll. Benches invite you to linger.
  • In 1904 a waterworks was built, which made it possible to introduce domestic water pipes. The 42 meter high water tower built in this context has been Großzschocher's landmark ever since.

Surrounding area

In the area you will find the Elsteraue as part of the Leipzig alluvial forest and some artificially created lakes, which arose from the former lignite mines. The largest body of water of this type is Lake Cospuden . The Naturbad Südwest , a former gravel pit, extends between Windorf and Knautkleeberg .

Großzschocher is surrounded by numerous allotment gardens .

education

State study academy
Ruth Peacock School

In Großzschocher there is a middle school (56th middle school), a primary school (120th elementary school), the State Study Academy Leipzig and the Ruth Pfau School, a vocational school center for health and social services. The school center was given the name "Ruth Pfau" in 2010; In 2011, the Leipzig-born leprosy doctor attended the school named after her.

traffic

With the Leipzig-Großzschocher railway station, which opened in 1873 on the Leipzig – Probstzella railway line, the district was connected to local public transport from / to Leipzig main station or to Zeitz - Gera - Saalfeld (Saale) without having to change trains until mid-2011 . This station has not been served since then. The second station, opened in 1879 on the Leipzig-Plagwitz-Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz railway line , last served as a Leipzig-Kleinzschocher stop for the Leipzig S-Bahn at that time, but was closed in 2002.

There are also connections with tram line 3 and bus lines 65 , 162 and N1 of the Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (LVB).

Personalities

literature

  • Großzschocher-Windorf. From the history of a Leipzig district , published by Pro Leipzig eV, 2009, ISBN 978-3-936508-37-6
  • Cornelius Gurlitt : Grosszschocher. In:  Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 16. Issue: Amtshauptmannschaft Leipzig (Leipzig Land) . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1894, p. 39.
  • Groß Zschocher . In: August Schumann : Complete State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony. 3rd volume. Schumann, Zwickau 1816, p. 554 f.

Web links

Commons : Großzschocher  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 60 f.
  2. ↑ Manfred Wilde: The sorcery and witch trials in Kursachsen , Cologne, Weimar, Vienna 2003, pp. 531-538