Grand bather
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Grand bather
City of southern Anhalt
Coordinates: 51 ° 43 '53 " N , 12 ° 1' 37" E
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| Height : | 80 m above sea level NN | |
| Area : | 11.19 km² | |
| Residents : | 472 (Apr 13, 2016) | |
| Population density : | 42 inhabitants / km² | |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 2010 | |
| Postal code : | 06369 | |
| Area code : | 03496 | |
Location of large bathers in Saxony-Anhalt |
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 Church bathing guest
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Großbadegast is a district of the city of Southern Anhalt in the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district in Saxony-Anhalt .
geography
Großbadegast borders on Köthen (Anhalt) to the northwest .
history
Bather was first mentioned in 1162. In 1370 bather was divided into large and small bather, earlier also written large and small bather. In Großbadegast there was a manor that belonged to the Duke of Anhalt-Köthen . In Kleinbadegast there was a manor and sheep farm belonging to the Baron von Salmuth.
Until the new formation of the unified community of Southern Anhalt on January 1, 2010, Großbadegast was an independent community in the administrative community of Southern Anhalt with the associated districts of Kleinbadegast and Pfriemsdorf. The last mayor of Großbadegast was Sören Friedrich.
Culture and sights
Buildings
Church in Großbadegast with a two-winged altar from the 16th century and the high altar from 1862. In 2019 it received new church windows designed by the well-known artist Tony Cragg .
graveyard
- Common grave in the old cemetery for four 1,944 perished unknown Soviet prisoners of war , during the World War II victims of forced labor were
monument
- Memorial from 1962 in memory of the KPD chairman Ernst Thälmann , who was murdered in Buchenwald concentration camp in 1944
Economy and Infrastructure
To the west of Großbadegast, federal highway 183 from Bitterfeld-Wolfen to Köthen (Anhalt) runs in the immediate vicinity .
Personalities
- Franz Krüger (1797–1857), German painter and graphic artist
- Otto Theodor von Seydewitz (1818–1898), German politician
