Höfgen (Lower Fläming)
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Höfgen
Niederer Fläming municipality
Coordinates: 51 ° 54 ′ 51 ″ N , 13 ° 8 ′ 58 ″ E
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| Height : | 93 m above sea level NHN |
| Area : | 3.2 km² |
| Residents : | 13 (Dec. 31, 2019) |
| Population density : | 4 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | January 11, 1962 |
| Incorporated into: | Welsickendorf |
| Postal code : | 14913 |
| Area code : | 033746 |
Höfgen is a district of the Niederer Fläming municipality in the south of the Teltow-Fläming district in Brandenburg . The place belongs to the Amt Dahme / Mark and was until December 31, 1997 a district of Welsickendorf .
location
Höfgen is ten kilometers southeast of Jüterbog in a valley basin in the Fläming . The district of the town is bordered to the north by Borgisdorf , on the east by Gräfendorf and in the south and to the west Welsickendorf . Other neighboring towns, whose district does not directly border Höfgen, are Werbig in the northeast and the district of Langenlipsdorf in the municipality of Niedergörsdorf in the west.
From Höfgen, an old paved road leads to the federal highway 101 (Jüterbog – Schönewalde), which is about a kilometer west of the village.
history
The round village Höfgen was first mentioned in 1183, when the villagers had to pay taxes to the nunnery Jüterbog. The place was called Thumehoue in the 13th century and later Hove , before the name Höfchen and later Höfgen prevailed at the beginning of the 16th century . The place name comes from Middle Low German and describes a settlement belonging to a farm. During the Thirty Years' War the whole place burned down and was not rebuilt until 1660. Höfgen was an official village in the Zinna office . In 1841, 52 residents lived in what was then known as Höfchen .
Until 1952 Höfgen was in the district of Luckenwalde (until 1946 Jüterbog-Luckenwalde ), after the GDR district reform, the municipality belonged to the district of Jüterbog in the Potsdam district . On January 11, 1962, Höfgen was incorporated into Welsickendorf . Since the fall of the Wall and the Brandenburg district reform in December 1993, Höfgen has belonged to the Teltow-Fläming district . On December 31, 1997, the community of Welsickendorf and its districts were merged with 13 other communities to form the new community of Niederer Fläming .
Attractions
- The listed village church Höfgen is a small brick building that was completed in two years from 1877. The equipment of the church comes from the construction time. In 1929 and 1967 the roof and tower of the church were renovated. Höfgen has been a church village since 1606, the first church in the village was destroyed in the Thirty Years War. The construction of a new church began in 1706 and was eventually replaced by the current one.
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b districts - Höfgen. Niederer Fläming municipality, accessed on January 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Reinhard E. Fischer : The place names of the states of Brandenburg and Berlin. Age - origin - meaning . be.bra Wissenschaft, Berlin 2005, p. 78 .
- ^ GF Reimer (ed.): Topographical-statistical overview of the government district of Potsdam and the city of Berlin. Verlag der Ganderchen Buchhandlung, Berlin 1841, p. 109.
- ^ Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments : Brandenburg. Edited by Gerhard Vinken and others, reviewed by Barbara Rimpel. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-422-03123-4 , p. 479.
- ↑ Höfgen Church. Niederer Fläming municipality, accessed on January 12, 2019 .
- ^ Historical municipality register of the State of Brandenburg 1875 to 2005. (PDF; 331 KB) District Teltow-Fläming. State Office for Data Processing and Statistics State of Brandenburg, December 2006, accessed on January 12, 2019 .