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City of Bitterfeld-Wolfen
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| Height : | 90 m |
| Area : | 13.88 km² |
| Residents : | 2823 (June 30, 2017) |
| Population density : | 203 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | July 1, 2007 |
| Postal code : | 06808 |
| Area code : | 03493 |
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Holzweißig is a district of the town of Bitterfeld-Wolfen in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld in the southeast of Saxony-Anhalt .
geography
Holzweißig lies between Leipzig and Dessau-Roßlau on the edge of the Bitterfeld mining area , which was flooded a few years ago. To the east of the district there is a lake and forest area as a post-mining landscape that extends from the Mulde to Delitzsch . The Große Goitzschesee is the largest lake, but the closest lakes are the Holzweißiger Ost-See, the Auensee and the Ludwigsee (with bathing area).
history
The fortified church was built around 1150 as a single-nave Romanesque chapel made of field stones, and the choir and tower were added in the 17th century.
Holzweißig was first mentioned in a document on May 22, 1323. The chronicle provides the following explanation about the origin and meaning of the name Holzweißig: "Weysigk" or "Holtzweysigk" comes from the Slavic words "vysok" or "Bysoka", which mean "the high", as well as from the word "visi" "which means" village ".
The inn, built in the 16th century, also served as a post office on the Dessau - Leipzig route from the end of the 17th century . 1656 was Albertine Saxony among the four sons of John I split. As a result, Holzweißig was incorporated into the Duchy of Saxony-Merseburg in the Amt of Bitterfeld . In 1738 the entire area fell back to Kursachsen , as the Merseburg family died out. The decisions of the Congress of Vienna the place to Prussia came only in 1816 the district Bitterfeld in the administrative district of Merseburg of Saxony Province allocated to which he belonged until 1944th
Mainly farmers and occasionally traders and shopkeepers settled in Holzweißig.
Soon after the first lignite discoveries in this area, around 1804, the arable land was used as a coal field or building speculation object. The start of the brown coal economy meant that six new mines were opened in the years 1845–1850. Examples of this are the Leopold mine and the German mine. (later part of the Goitzsche opencast mine ). In a ten-year struggle for existence, Bitterfeld coal conquered the domestic market. Holzweißig and the entire narrower area have changed from the ground up due to lignite mining, as the forests and fields fell victim to mining. The further economic structure of the community was largely influenced by the chemical industry in Bitterfeld and Wolfen.
Since July 1, 2007, Holzweißig has been part of the city of Bitterfeld-Wolfen on the basis of a voluntary association.
Population development
| year | Residents |
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| 1970 | 6424 |
| 2005 | 3225 |
| 2008 | 3059 |
politics
mayor
The honorary mayor Brunhilde Geyer was first elected on May 6, 2001. On June 17th, 2008, the previous mayor was re-elected by the local council. Mr. Prässler has been an honorary local mayor since 2014.
coat of arms
The coat of arms was awarded on November 23, 1937 by the President of the Province of Saxony.
Blazon : "In silver on a green three-mountain, a green palm between two natural red-armored birds (crown pigeons) facing towards it."
The palm tree between two dove-like birds is in the seal of the community from the 18th century. The colors are shown in a glass painting in the town hall of the municipality.
The coat of arms was designed by the Magdeburg State Archives Councilor Otto Korn and edited by heraldist Jörg Mantzsch in 2001 and brought into the approval process.
Attractions
- Romanesque fortified church (around 1150) with a Jehmlich organ from 1953
- Catholic Church from 1926
- Inn from the 16th century
- Culvert towers from 1909
- Town hall, BUND information office
- Fire station from 1935
- Bitterfelder Bogen, a sculpture by the Frankfurt sculptor Claus Bury
- Lake landscape with the Holzweißiger Baltic Sea, the Auensee, the Ludwigsee and the Goitzsche guards
Catholic Church
Culvert towers
town hall
Fire station
Auensee
Memorials
- Monument in memory of mining history
- Memorial stone in front of the secondary school in Schulstrasse for the communist writer and resistance fighter Willy Sachse , who was murdered in Brandenburg-Görden in 1944 .
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The federal highways 100 and 184 run in the immediate vicinity of the municipality .
Personalities
- Inge Heyne (* 1929), FDJ functionary, trade unionist and member of the state parliament in Saxony-Anhalt
- Joachim Albrecht (1933–2015), major general and head of an administration in the Ministry for National Defense (MfNV) of the GDR
Individual evidence
- ^ The district of Bitterfeld in the municipality register 1900
- ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2007
