Klessin

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Klessin
community Podelzig
Coordinates: 52 ° 27 ′ 34 ″  N , 14 ° 33 ′ 14 ″  E
Residents : 53  (2006)
Incorporation : 1946
Postal code : 15326
Area code : 033601
Klessin (Brandenburg)
Klessin

Location of Klessin in Brandenburg

Klessin is a place in the district of Märkisch-Oderland in Brandenburg and is part of the municipality of Podelzig .

history

Germanic and Slavic body burials could be detected in the location. In 1254 Klessin ( Knutschin of Slavic origin) was first mentioned in a document. From 1824 to 1874 Louis von Gansauge was the tenant of Klessin.

The last owner of the estate in 1945 was Otto von Albedyll . On February 4, 1945, a Volkssturm battalion was in town. Later the first units of the Panzer Grenadier Division "Kurmark" arrived and strengthened the Volkssturm unit from Munich. On March 22nd, Klessin had to be abandoned. The place was completely destroyed by the heavy and costly battles and large parts (castle with town center) were not rebuilt. In 2009 and 2010, the voluntary helpers of the Association for the Rescue of Fallen in Eastern Europe (VBGO) were able to recover a further 13 fallen German soldiers. So far only a small part of the estimated 300 German dead has been rescued.

After the war, a state-owned estate was established in Klessin.

Since 2008, the cycling race around the Zeisigberg has been organized locally by the Frankfurter Radsport-Club 90 (FRC) from Frankfurt (Oder) . The circuit consists of a 4.5-kilometer route with a steep 800-meter ascent and a no less long descent and leads around the towns of Klessin and Wuhden .

Population development

year 1875 1890 1910 1925 1933 2006
population 133 136 137 166 151 53

literature

  • Lebus home district (ed.): A long-suffering country: The Brandenburg district of Lebus in the turmoil of 1945–1952 . Self-published Heimatkreis Lebus, 1992.
  • Richard Lakowski: Seelow 1945. The decisive battle on the Oder . Siegler Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-87748-634-7 .
  • Tony LeTissier: Breakthrough on the Oder. The advance of the Red Army in 1945 . Ullstein Hc, 1995, ISBN 3-550-07072-1 .
  • Gerald Ramm (adaptation), Mathias Hiller (adaptation): God with us: War experiences from Brandenburg and Berlin . Verlag Gerald Ramm, ISBN 3-930958-11-2 , ISBN 978-3-930958-11-5 .
  • Klaus Stieger: Historical views from the Lebus district: 1857–1945 . Findling Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-933603-36-6 , p. 140.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archaeological Society in Berlin and Brandenburg (ed.): Yearbook Archeology in Berlin and Brandenburg from 1995–1996 , p. 83
  2. ↑ Wolf Thieme: The last days of Klessin . ( Memento from December 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 138 kB) bildungswerk-jks.de - Stern, 2005
  3. ↑ Richard Lakowski: Seelow 1945. The decisive battle on the Oder , p. 35
  4. ↑ Florian Stark: Klessin Fortress 1945 - soldiers, students, Volkssturm men were burned here . Welt Online , November 16, 2018.
  5. ↑ Heimatkreis Lebus (Hrsg.): A long-suffering country: The Brandenburg district of Lebus in the turmoil of 1945–1952 . Self-published Heimatkreis Lebus, 1992, p. 31 ff.
  6. ↑ Tony LeTissier: Breakthrough on the Oder. The advance of the Red Army in 1945 . P. 106 ff.
  7. ↑ A carpet of flowers for the fallen comrades . In: Märkische Oderzeitung , April 25, 2006.
  8. ↑ Rusted and still dangerous . In: Märkische Oderzeitung , November 1, 2008.
  9. ↑ Back to the battlefield. A war veteran from Zeuthen helps in the search for dead / depressing memories . (PDF; 34 kB) In: Märkische Allgemeine , November 28, 2009
  10. ↑ 13 war dead found in Klessin . (PDF; 34 kB) In: Märkische Oderzeitung , November 28, 2009
  11. ↑ A touch of Paris-Roubaix . In: Märkische Oderzeitung , August 12, 2008.
  12. ^ The Genealogical Place Directory: Klessin