Kalkwitz

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City of Calau
Coordinates: 51 ° 46 ′ 30 ″  N , 13 ° 59 ′ 31 ″  E
Height : 68 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 82  (Jun 1, 2020)
Incorporation : 1st February 1974
Incorporated into: Saßleben
Postal code : 03205
Area code : 03541

Kalkwitz , Kałkojce in Lower Sorbian , is part of the municipality of Saßleben and thus part of the city of Calau in the northern part of the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district in southern Brandenburg .

location

Kalkwitz is located in Niederlausitz, east of the Niederlausitzer Landücken nature park .

To the northwest of Kalkwitz lies the Lübbenau district of Bischdorf and in the north of Dubrau , which is part of the municipality of Vetschau / Spreewald . In the north is the Bischdorfer See , which was formed from the former Seese-Ost opencast mine . Belten , Koßwig , Repten , Reuden and Bolschwitz follow from the northeast to the southeast . In the south, Kalkwitz borders on Saßleben and in the south the city of Calau follows. To the west of the village is Mlode with its Rochusthal community and the Groß Jehser district of Calau .

history

Local history

In 1495, Kalkwitz was first mentioned in a Meißner diocese register as Kolkewitz . It is believed that it belonged to the Köckritz and Zieckau families as early as 1460 . The place name can be traced back to the personal name Kołk , as is also possible with Kulkwitz near Leipzig. The derivation, as in the case of the place name Calau from Kał for swamp to Kałk , encounters educational difficulties. In 1761 the place was called Kalkojze and in 1843 Kałkojce .

The Kalkwitz manor was almost completely destroyed in the Thirty Years War . In 1756 the place burned down to three houses. Until the Congress of Vienna , the margravate Niederlausitz belonged to the Electorate of Saxony . Until 1816, Kalkwitz formed a Brandenburg enclave of the Kottbus rule in the Saxon margraviate that came to Prussia.

After that it belonged to the district of Calau . The Counts of Lynar took over the estate in 1829. After the Second World War, Kalkwitz belonged to the Calau district, which was newly founded in 1952, and was incorporated into Saßleben on February 1, 1974. In the mid-1980s, Kalkwitz was in the mining protection area and was threatened by the planned Calau-Nordost opencast mine . The place belongs to the church district Niederlausitz . On October 26, 2003, Saßleben was incorporated with Kalkwitz as well as with the towns of Mlode , Groß Mehßow , Kemmen , Bolschwitz and Werchow in Calau.

Population development

Population development in Kalkwitz from 1875 to 1971
year Residents year Residents
1875 175 1890 182
1910 137 1925 155
1933 146 1939 133
1946 180 1950 178
1964 166 1971 148

Culture and sights

The originally Gothic village church in Kalkwitz was built in the early 15th century. Wall paintings and the floor made of reading stones have been preserved from the time it was built. In the 18th century the church was rebuilt in the Baroque style and received its current appearance. The tower was added later. Except for the foundation, it is made entirely of wood and is covered with larch shingles. From the 1980s onwards, the church was threatened with decay and could no longer be used. On May 7, 1995, it was re-inaugurated after four years of construction. The church is one of the monuments of the city of Calau .

Economy and Infrastructure

Federal motorway 13 runs west of the village and federal motorway 15 runs north .

Fruit plantations were operated in Kalkwitz until the 1990s. Today there is an asparagus farm in the village.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information from the residents' registration office of the city of Calau from June 18, 2020.
  2. ↑ Brandenburg Statistics (PDF)

literature

  • Ernst Eichler : The place names of Niederlausitz . VEB Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 1975.

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