Jahna (Ostrau)

Jahna Ostrava municipality Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 25 ″ N , 13 ° 10 ′ 52 ″ E
Height :	131 m
Incorporation :	September 15, 1961
Incorporated into:	Jahna-Pulsitz
Postal code :	04749
Area code :	034324

St. Gotthard village church

Jahna is a district of Ostrau in the district of central Saxony .

history

The place name is said to be due to the old Slavic rampart Gana , which was first mentioned by Widukind von Corvey in his Res gestae Saxonicae ( Saxon history ) written around 965 with the conquest campaigns of King Henry I (Eastern Franconia) in 929 .

In 1929 Jahna celebrated its 1000th anniversary.

On July 1, 1950, the previously independent municipality of Binnewitz was incorporated.

Culture and sights

Jahna Church, built in 1677

literature

Cornelius Gurlitt : Jahna. In: Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 27. Booklet: Oschatz Official Authority (Part I) . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1905, p. 140.

Web links

Commons : Jahna - collection of images, videos and audio files

Jahna in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony

Individual evidence

↑ Widukind von Corvey : Res gestae Saxonicae ( Saxon history ): When he [King Heinrich I] with this city [Brennaburg] had also seized the whole area [the Heveller], he turned against Daleminzien, he had to fight it Father had left. He besieged a castle called Gana and took it on the 20th day. The booty made in the castle was left to the warriors; the adults were all killed, and boys and girls were taken away into captivity. (Quoted from: Burg Gana. In: Landesverein Sächsischer Heimatschutz Dresden, Mitteilungen Heft 1–3, Dresden 1932.)

[1] Widukind von Corvey : Res gestae Saxonicae ( Saxon history ): When he [King Heinrich I] with this city [Brennaburg] had also seized the whole area [the Heveller], he turned against Daleminzien, he had to fight it Father had left. He besieged a castle called Gana and took it on the 20th day. The booty made in the castle was left to the warriors; the adults were all killed, and boys and girls were taken away into captivity. (Quoted from: Burg Gana. In: Landesverein Sächsischer Heimatschutz Dresden, Mitteilungen Heft 1–3, Dresden 1932.)