Gutenberg (Petersberg)

Gutenberg Municipality Petersberg
Coordinates: 51 ° 32 ′ 50 ″  N , 11 ° 58 ′ 16 ″  E
Height :	100 m
Area :	4.11 km²
Residents :	1081  (March 7, 2019)
Population density :	263 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 2010
Incorporated into:	Petersberg
Postal code :	06193
Area code :	034606
Location of Gutenberg in Petersberg

Gutenberg is a village in the Saalekreis in Saxony-Anhalt ( Germany ). 1081 inhabitants live in the place (as of 2019). The formerly independent municipality had been part of the municipality of Götschetal since July 1, 2006 . Since January 1, 2010, Gutenberg has been part of the Petersberg community .

geography

The Gute Berg (or Hohe Berg) in the center of the village

Geographical location

Gutenberg is four kilometers north of Halle (Saale) at 114 m above sea level in a side valley of the Götsche on the connecting road from Halle (Saale) to Köthen .

history

The original Germanic name of the settlement Godeberg was translated in the 7th century by immigrant West Slavic , Sorbian settlers as "Guter Berg" in Dobra gora and was also carried over to the place. Both by the early Germanic and the Slavic colonists were u. a. Urns and wall remains (Kirchberg) found in the Gutenberg area. After the places Neutz and Lettewitz, the local Sorbs then called themselves Neletici. They were loyal allies of the Franks from the start.

The hill fort on the Kirchberg was built on the orders of a Frankish king or, at the latest, under King Heinrich I, to secure the military road from Halle to Ostrau and to the Aken Elbe River. It was occupied by Sorbian warriors, provided it was occupied as a hill fort at all in peacetime. The deep and long ravine south of the village, which was formed by the carts when climbing the Seebener mountains, shows this old military and trade route to this day. The place and the surrounding area were in royal possession until King Otto I exchanged Thobragora with Count Billing for other property in 952 . This exchange, however, was reversed in 966 and on October 23, 966 was Dobrogora (with the east of it lying goods Niemberg , Brachstedt and Oppin ) of Otto I the monastery of St. Moritz in Magdeburg transferred from which two years later the archbishopric formed has been. After Emperor Otto I's death in 973, King Otto II confirmed the donation again. Besides Giebichenstein and Radewell , Dobragora was referred to as civitas , which at the time meant a castle town . Thus, Wallburg and central function in the Burgwards district are clearly confirmed for Gutenberg.

For the 13th and 14th centuries those von Gutenberg are occasionally mentioned, whose residence a. U. was a no longer existing moated castle on Schlossberg . After the von Gutenburg family died out , the goods changed hands several times. B. enfeoffed the von Hacke family with property in Gutenberg. Gutenberg belonged to the Office Giebichenstein in Saalkreis of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg . With its annexation to Prussia, the place belonged to the Brandenburg-Prussian Duchy of Magdeburg from 1680 .

In the 17th century the plague first appeared in Gutenberg, between February and December 1611 162 people died, about half of the population at that time. Also for 1626 and for the last time in 1636 68 and 61 plague victims are documented. During the Thirty Years War, the place suffered repeatedly from billeting and devastation. In 1759 the village was sacked by Austrian and Württemberg troops during the Seven Years' War . In addition, Gutenberg was given a high contribution .

With the Peace of Tilsit in 1807 Gutenberg was incorporated into the Kingdom of Westphalia and assigned to the Halle district in the Saale department. It belonged to the canton of Neumarkt . 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, Gutenberg was attached to the Merseburg administrative district of the Prussian province of Saxony in 1816 and assigned to the Saalkreis.

politics

mayor

The last honorary mayor was Hans Hauke ​​(September 14, 2003 - June 30, 2006).

Coat of arms of the former municipality

Blazon : "In silver, a pear-shaped green tip removed from each rising green plane tree leaf, topped from the lower edge of the shield with a black structured silver field stone tower with a gable roof and angular pointed turrets as well as two black double-arched windows side by side over two smaller rectangular black windows one below the other."

The colors of the municipality were - derived from the coat of arms - green - silver (white).

flag

The community of Gutenberg carried a flag: green-silver (white) striped (hoisting flag: stripes vertical, cross flag stripes running horizontally) with the coat of arms of the community.

Culture and sights

St. Nicolai Church

Museums

The Saalkreis art gallery is located in Gutenberg.

Buildings

The Gutenberg Church was built in the early Gothic style on a mountain that rises 25 m above the valley floor. The church dates from the second half of the 13th century and has an inner door with wrought iron fittings from 1769.

On the school building at Sennewitzer Straße 6 is the listed relief From the life of Friedrich Engels . Further cultural monuments of the place are registered in the local monument register.

literature

• Siegmar von Schultze-Galléra : Walks through the Saalkreis (Volume 1), Halle 1913

Web links

Commons : Gutenberg (Petersberg)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the place

Individual evidence

1. ↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2006
2. ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 01 to December 31, 2010
3. ^ MGH, DD OI, Hanover 1884, No. 152 and 329
4. ^ MGH, DD O II / III, Hannover 1893, No. 31.
5. ↑ Mention of the place in the book "Geography for all Stands", p. 125
6. ^ Description of the Saale Department
7. ^ The hall circle in the municipality register 1900
8. ↑ Britta Schulze-Thulin: Hiking Guide for Central Germany , Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 22.