King's Mark

This article describes the place Königsmark . For the German athlete see Varg Königsmark .

King's Mark Hanseatic City of Osterburg (Altmark)
Coordinates: 52 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  N , 11 ° 50 ′ 36 ″  E
Height :	22 m above sea level NHN
Area :	34.21 km²
Residents :	211  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	6 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	July 1, 2009
Postal code :	39606
Area code :	039390
Location in Saxony-Anhalt
Evangelical Church in Königsmark (2016)

Königsmark is a town and part of the Hanseatic city of Osterburg (Altmark) in the Stendal district in Saxony-Anhalt .

geography

Village church in Rengerslage

Church in Wolterslage

Manor house in Wolterslage

Königsmark, a scattered settlement with a church, is located six kilometers east of Osterburg and about 22 kilometers north of Stendal in the Altmärkischen Wische conservation area, a flat area between the Elbe and Biese rivers .

The district of Königsmark, which roughly encompasses the area of ​​the districts of Königsmark and Wasmerslage, is roughly bounded in the west by the Cositte and in the east by the Seegraben Iden (large watering) or the Beverlake.

Neighboring places are Maierbusch in the west, Meseberg in the northwest, Wolterslage in the north, Wasmerslage in the northeast, Iden and Rohrbeck in the southeast and Uchtenhagen in the south.

Local division

The locality of Königsmark includes the four districts of Königsmark (with the Packebusch residential area ), Rengerslage , Wasmerslage and Wolterslage (with the Blankensee and Rethhausen residential areas ).

history

In 1225 a Heinrici de Kungesmarck was mentioned as a Ministerialer when selling a meadow Prinzlowe .

The village of Königsmark was first mentioned in 1328 as in villa, que Konigesmarke nuncupatur , when Anna , Duchess of Breslau and wife of Arneburg, gave a bishop a farm in the village as a fief. Anna was the widow of Margrave Herrmann von Arneburg . Further mentions are 1541 Konigsmarck , 1542 Königsmarck , 1687 Königsmarck and 1804 village and estate Königsmark with windmill, forge, brickyard and jug.

First mentioned in 1164

The chronicler Christoph Entzelt announced in 1579 that a Heinricus, son of Count Werner II of Osterburg, had built the churches in Königsmark and Calberwisch in 1164 . The chronicler Beckmann and other authors also referred to it. The historian Corrie Leitz points out that the year 1164 cannot be historically proven.

Origin of the place name

The first part of the name contains a proper name, derived from the Old High German "chunni" for "gender" or from "chunnig" or "konig" for a "man of noble sex". The syllable "mark" stands for "border" or "area".

prehistory

A few fragments found in the village indicate a likely Old Slavic settlement from the 9th or 10th century. The Landwehr near Königsmark, a rampart, is undated.

Incorporations

On 25 July 1952, the municipality of King Mark was out of the district Osterburg in the district Osterburg reclassified. On January 1, 1974, the communities Rengerslage and Wolterslage (with Blankensee and Rethausen) were incorporated into the municipality of Königsmark. On January 1, 1990 the district Wasmerslage was assigned to the municipality of Königsmark. On July 1, 1994, the municipality of Königsmark was assigned to what is today the district of Stendal .

The municipal councils of the municipalities of Ballerstedt (on November 24, 2008), Düsedau (on November 12, 2008), Erxleben (on November 10, 2008), Flessau (on November 27, 2008), Gladigau (on November 26, 2008), Königsmark (on November 25, 2008), Krevese (on November 12, 2008), Meseberg (on November 19, 2008), Rossau (on November 10, 2008), Walsleben (on November 10, 2008) and the Hanseatic City Osterburg (Altmark) (on November 6, 2008) decided that their communities should be dissolved and united into a new unified community called the Hanseatic City of Osterburg (Altmark) . This contract was approved by the county as the lower local supervisory authority and came into effect on July 1, 2009.

Following the implementation of the territorial change agreement of the previously independent municipality of Königsmark, Königsmark, Rengerslage, Wasmerslage and Wolterslage will become districts of the new Hanseatic city of Osterburg (Altmark). For the included municipality, the local constitution according to §§ 86 ff. Of the municipality code of Saxony-Anhalt is introduced. The incorporated municipality of Königsmark and the future districts of Königsmark, Rengerslage, Wasmerslage and Wolterslage will be part of the new Hanseatic city of Osterburg (Altmark). A local council with six members including the local mayor is formed in the municipality that has been incorporated and is now the village of Königsmark.

Population development

year Residents 1734 137 1775 149 1789 149 1798 203 1801 246

year Residents 1818 182 1840 254 1864 351 1871 329 1885 320

year Residents 1892 [00]335 1895 302 1900 [00]327 1905 309 1910 [00]339

year Residents 1925 408 1939 304 1946 509 1964 332 1971 313

year Residents 1981 565 1993 551 2006 516 2011 [00]227 2012 [00]219

year Residents 2018 [00]198 2019 [00]211

Source if not stated:

religion

The Protestant parish of Königsmark used to belong to the parish of Königsmark near Osterburg in the Altmark. The parish of Königsmark is now looked after by the parish of Königsmark in the parish of Stendal in the provost district of Stendal-Magdeburg of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

The oldest surviving church records for Königsmark come from the year 1652.

politics

mayor

Rainer Moser is the local mayor of Königsmark. The last mayor of the municipality of Königsmark was Dieter Werner.

Local council

The local council election on May 26, 2019 resulted in the following result:

• 4 seats: party-independent community of voters Königsmark (PUW) (50.4 percent)
• 1 seat: CDU (24.1 percent)
• 1 seat: SPD (14.7 percent)
• without a seat: FPD (10.9 percent)

A PUW local councilor and five local councilors were elected. The turnout was 56.4 percent.

coat of arms

Blazon : "Split of green and silver, in front three silver lilies in stakes, three left red tips at the back of the gap."

The colors of the former municipality are - derived from the coat of arms and the shield color of the heraldic front half of the shield - silver (white) / green.

The heraldic left side of the shield shows three red tips on a silver (white) background. This part of the coat of arms relates to the von Königsmark family or to the place itself. The heraldic right side of the shield symbolizes the three districts with three silver lilies on a green background, the green standing for the natural surroundings. The coat of arms was created by the municipal heraldist Jörg Mantzsch .

flag

The flag is white - green (1: 1) striped (horizontal shape: horizontal stripes, longitudinal shape: vertical stripes) and is centered with the municipal coat of arms.

Culture and sights

→ Main article : List of cultural monuments in Osterburg (Altmark)

• The Protestant village church of Königsmark , a Romanesque brick building from the 12th century, was originally a three-aisled basilica. The side aisles were removed in the 17th century and the arcades were walled up.
• Local cemetery at the church
• The former manor house is a listed building.

Economy and Infrastructure

Agriculture traditionally has a strong presence in the typical wiping landscape. There is a day-care center with after-school care in Königsmark. The culture and sports association Königsmark organizes events in the village community center and the annual village festival. The remedial education facility of the Diakoniewerk Osterburg eV uses the former manor house.

Transport links

Königsmark is located on the L9 state road from Osterburg (Altmark) to Sandau (Elbe) (via an Elbe - Gierseilfähre in Sandauerholz ). The next train station is in Osterburg on the Magdeburg – Wittenberge line .

literature

• Peter P. Rohrlach: Historical local lexicon for the Altmark (Historical local lexicon for Brandenburg, Part XII) . Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-8305-2235-5 , pp. 1226-1230 .
• Wilhelm Zahn : Local history of the Altmark. Edited by Martin Ehlies based on the bequests of the author. 2nd Edition. Verlag Salzwedeler Wochenblatt, Graphische Anstalt, Salzwedel 1928, DNB  578458357 , OCLC 614308966 , p. 171 .
• JAF Hermes, MJ Weigelt: Historical-geographical-statistical-topographical handbook from the administrative districts of Magdeburg . Topographical part. Ed .: Verlag Heinrichshofen. tape 2 , 1842, p. 375 , 78. Königsmark ( digitized versionhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3DHB4_AAAAcAAJ%26pg%3DPA375~IA%3D~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3D~ double-sided%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D ).

Web links

Commons : Königsmark  - Collection of images

• Hanseatic City of Osterburg: The town of Königsmark introduces itself. In: osterburg.eu. June 30, 2019 . 
• Corrie Leitz: The district of Königsmark introduces itself. In: osterburg.eu. 2017 . 
• Königsmark in the historical directory of the association for computer genealogy

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Nico Maß: Only four digits left . In: Osterburger Volksstimme . January 21, 2020, DNB  1047269554 , p. 13 .
2. ^ ^{A b} Hanseatic City of Osterburg (Altmark): Main Statute of the Hanseatic City of Osterburg (Altmark), § 15 Local Constitution of July 3, 2019. July 5, 2019, accessed on April 10, 2020 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Peter P. Rohrlach: Historical local lexicon for the Altmark (Historical local lexicon for Brandenburg, Part XII) . Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-8305-2235-5 , pp. 1226-1230 .
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Saxony-Anhalt viewer of the State Office for Surveying and Geoinformation ( notes )
5. ^ Hermann Krabbo: Regesta of the Margraves of Brandenburg from Ascanic house . Ed .: Association for the history of the Mark Brandenburg. 1. Delivery. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1910, p. 124 , No. 581 ( uni-potsdam.de ).
6. ^ Adolph Friedrich Riedel : Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis : Collection of documents, chronicles and other source documents . Main part 1st volume 17 . Berlin 1859, p. 480 ( digitized version ).
7. ^ Johann Christoph Becmann , Bernhard Ludwig Beckmann: Historical description of the Chur and Mark Brandenburg . tape 2 . Berlin 1753, 5th part, 1st book, 5th chapter, column 57 ( uni-potsdam.de ).
8. ^ JAF Hermes, MJ Weigelt: Historical-geographical-statistical-topographical manual from the administrative districts of Magdeburg . Topographical part. Ed .: Verlag Heinrichshofen. tape 2 , 1842, p. 375 , 78. Königsmark ( digitized versionhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3DHB4_AAAAcAAJ%26pg%3DPA375~IA%3D~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3D~ double-sided%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D ).
9. ^ Friedrich Wilhelm August Bratring : Statistical-topographical description of the entire Mark Brandenburg . For statisticians, businessmen, especially for camera operators. tape 1 . Berlin 1804, p. 316 ( digitizedhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3D~IA%3D~MDZ%3D%0A10000735~SZ%3D00338~ double-sided%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D ).
10. ^ Hermann Bohm (Ed.): Christoph Entzelts Altmärkische Chronik . Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1911, p. 111 , chapter 67 ( uni-potsdam.de ).
11. ^ Johann Christoph Becmann , Bernhard Ludwig Beckmann: Historical description of the Chur and Mark Brandenburg . tape 2 . Berlin 1753, Part 5, Book 1, Chapter VII, Column 22 ( uni-potsdam.de ).
12. ↑ ^{a b} Corrie Leitz: The district of Königsmark introduces itself. In: osterburg.eu. 2017, accessed May 9, 2020 . 
13. ↑ Ernst Haetge: The circle Osterburg (=  The art monuments of the Province of Saxony . Band 4 ). Hopfer, Burg near Magdeburg 1938, DNB  361451652 , p. 171-175 .
14. ↑ Barbara Fritsch: Cities - Villages - Cemeteries. Archeology in the Altmark. Volume 2. From the high Middle Ages to modern times . Castle ramparts, stone crosses and large stone graves. Ed .: Hartmut Bock (=  contributions to the cultural history of the Altmark and its peripheral areas . Volume 8 ). dr. ziehten Verlag, Oschersleben 2002, ISBN 978-3-935358-36-1 , p. 508 .
15. ↑ ^{a b} Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Municipalities 1994 and their changes since 01.01.1948 in the new federal states . Metzler-Poeschel, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , pp. 343, 346 .
16. ↑ The historian Peter P. Rohrlach says in the entry on Königsmark (p. 1226) that Wasmerslage was only incorporated in 1993. In the entry on Wasmerslage (p. 2366) he also mentions 1990.
17. ↑ Landkreis Stendal: Territorial change agreement for the formation of the new municipality of Hanseatic City of Osterburg (Altmark) . In: Official Journal for the district of Stendal . 19th year, no. 2 , January 28, 2009, ZDB -ID 2665593-7 , p. 13–19 ( landkreis-stendal.de [PDF; 512 kB ; accessed on April 18, 2020]).
18. ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 2nd to December 31st, 2009
19. ^ ^{A b c} Wilhelm Zahn : Local history of the Altmark. Edited by Martin Ehlies based on the bequests of the author. 2nd Edition. Verlag Salzwedeler Wochenblatt, Graphische Anstalt, Salzwedel 1928, DNB  578458357 , OCLC 614308966 , p. 171 .
20. ↑ ^{a b} How many inhabitants count the individual places . In: Volksstimme Magdeburg, local edition Osterburg . January 12, 2013 ( volksstimme.de [accessed April 11, 2020]).
21. ↑ Parish Almanac or the Protestant clergy and churches of the Province of Saxony in the counties of Wernigerode, Rossla and Stolberg . 19th year, 1903, ZDB -ID 551010-7 , p. 125 ( wiki-de.genealogy.net [accessed May 9, 2020]).
22. ^ Parish area Königsmark. Retrieved April 11, 2020 . 
23. ↑ Ernst Machholz: The church books of the Protestant churches in the province of Saxony (=  communications from the Central Office for German Personal and Family History . 30th issue). Leipzig 1925, p. 19 ( wiki-de.genealogy.net [accessed May 9, 2020]).
24. ^ Hansestadt Osterburg: The town of Königsmark introduces itself. In: osterburg.eu. June 30, 2019, accessed May 9, 2020 . 
25. ↑ Hanseatic City of Osterburg (Altmark): Election results of the local elections on May 26, 2019 in Osterburg. Retrieved April 18, 2020 . 
26. ↑ Thomas Hartwig: All Altmark churches from A to Z . Elbe-Havel-Verlag, Havelberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-9814039-5-4 , p. 273 .