Hohenerxleben

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Hohenerxleben
City of Staßfurt
Hohenerxleben coat of arms
Coordinates: 51 ° 51 ′ 7 ″  N , 11 ° 39 ′ 11 ″  E
Height : 73 m
Area : 10.16 km²
Residents : 799  (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density : 79 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : March 1, 2003
Postal code : 39443
Area code : 03925
Hohenerxleben (Saxony-Anhalt)
Hohenerxleben

Location of Hohenerxleben in Saxony-Anhalt
Hohenerxleben Castle
Hohenerxleben Castle

Hohenerxleben is a district of the city of Staßfurt in the Salzlandkreis . Until 2003 the village on the Bode was an independent municipality.

Geography and traffic

In the north, Hohenerxleben is bordered by the Saalen tributary Bode . To the east is the wooded former palace park, while the southern and western surrounding area is characterized by agricultural land. In the south, the remaining holes from the previous salt mining are still present. The built-up area covers 54 hectares and is between 71 and 76 meters above sea level.

The district road 1304, which runs through the town, provides the connection to state road 73, via which the local administrative center Staßfurt, five kilometers away, can be reached to the west and the district town of Bernburg , twelve kilometers away, to the east . The federal motorway 14 is reached after three kilometers via the state road . Hohenerxleben is connected to the state capital Magdeburg via Schönebeck (Elbe) via Staßfurt train station .

Hohenerxleben was close to the Berlin – Blankenheim railway line , the next train station was Neugattersleben . Today is Staßfurt station on the railway line Schoenebeck-Guesten the nearest local rail terminal.

history

Hohenerxleben was first mentioned in a document from the Roman Pope Innocent III. of February 28, 1205 mentioned as Errikesleva justa Bodam . From the 13th century on, Hohenerxleben was under the government of the Anhalt ruling houses , which changed several times , most recently from 1863 to 1918 under the Duchy of Anhalt. The first manor owners were the von Freckleben family . After the von Freckleben family died out in 1435, the estate went to the von Hoym family , who first built a church on the estate in 1460. Already 31 years later, the noble von Krosigk family took over the manor as a fief in 1466 , and when it was bought by Lorenz von Krosigk in 1522, the family finally owned it. Lorenz von Krosigk made Hohenerxleben the ancestral home of the family and began building Hohenerxleben Castle . During the Thirty Years' War the place was sacked and the church burned down. It was only rebuilt in its present form in 1802.

After Napoleon had defeated the European allies in 1805, he initiated the founding of the Rhine Confederation , which was under his influence and which, in addition to several German states, was also joined by the Duchies of Anhalt from 1807. After Napoleon's defeat in the Wars of Liberation , the Rhine Confederation fell apart in 1815. In 1863 the remaining duchies of Anhalt-Bernburg and Anhalt-Dessau were combined to form the Duchy of Anhalt, and districts were formed for the first time . The place Hohenerxleben was assigned to the district of Bernburg . With the opening of the Schönebeck – Güsten railway line in 1857, Hohenerxleben found the prerequisites for industrial structures. A sugar factory was built on the estate , and salt mining created new jobs in the nearby Leopoldshall . In 1910 Hohenerxleben had 1,106 inhabitants, the number of which had decreased to 1,015 by the outbreak of World War II in 1939.

In April 1945 Hohenerxleben was taken by the US Army , but was handed over to the Red Army in July . The von Krosigk family also fell victim to the land reform carried out in the Soviet occupation zone (SBZ) between 1945 and 1946 , and the Hohenerxleben estate was expropriated. The farm was converted into a state-owned property, the castle also became state property and was used as an agricultural school. After the GDR was founded on the territory of the Soviet Zone in 1949 , it carried out an administrative reform in 1952, with which the previous states were abolished and districts were created in their place . Hohenerxleben came with the Staßfurt district to the Magdeburg district and thus lost the territorial connection to the former Anhalt area. 1964 lived in the place 1121 inhabitants.

After German reunification in 1990 , the nationally owned estate and the LPG , which had existed since the 1950s, were dissolved and the agricultural land was privatized. The castle, most recently a branch of the Technical School for Political Science Weimar, remained empty until 1997 and fell into disrepair. Then a non-profit foundation established by a member of the von Krosigk family acquired the castle, renovated it and established a hotel and cultural business. The “Alte Schenkenbreite” residential area and the “Am Kalkwerk” industrial estate were also built in the early 1990s. The school, which opened in 1829, had to close in 2001 due to a sharp drop in the number of pupils; the schoolhouse has served as a local museum ever since. On March 1, 2003 Hohenerxleben was incorporated into the city of Staßfurt.

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Commons : Hohenerxleben  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Office for Land Surveying Saxony-Anhalt: Official topographic map of Saxony-Anhalt. 2003
  2. ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2003