Kletzen (Krostitz)

Kletzen community Krostitz Coordinates: 51 ° 27 ′ 10 ″ N , 12 ° 24 ′ 59 ″ E
Height :	123 m above sea level NHN
Area :	48 ha
Residents :	279 (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density :	581 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 1994
Incorporated into:	Kletzen-Zschölkau
Postal code :	04509
Area code :	034294

Kletzen on a map from 1839

Kletzen is a district of the municipality of Krostitz in the Saxon district of North Saxony in Germany .

geography

Kletzen is located southwest of the main town Krostitz in the triangle of the cities of Leipzig , Eilenburg and Delitzsch . There are local connections to Hohenossig , Beuden , Rackwitz and to Bundesstraße 2 . In the hallway of the place are the Ortswüstungen Leina and Zocklitz .

history

Until 1815, Kletzen belonged to the Electoral Saxon office of Delitzsch . As a result of the resolutions of the Congress of Vienna , the place became part of Prussia and was assigned to the Delitzsch district in the Merseburg administrative district of the province of Saxony in 1816, to which it belonged until 1952. On July 1, 1950, the place Beuden was incorporated into Kletzen. In the course of the district reform in the GDR in 1952, Kletzen was assigned to the newly tailored Delitzsch district in the Leipzig district, which was added to the Delitzsch district in 1994 . From 1994 to 1998, Kletzen and Zschölkau formed an independent community called Kletzen-Zschölkau. Since January 1, 1999, Kletzen has been part of the municipality of Krostitz.

Population development

year	Residents
1818	129
1895	220
1925	279
1939	268

year	Residents
1946	466
1950	700
1964	551
1990	346

The population of Kletzen was just over 100 in 1818. Until the outbreak of World War II , the population more than doubled to 268 in 1939. After the end of the war, the population continued to rise. In 1946 there were 466 residents in Kletzen, four years later the number had risen to 700. During the times of the GDR , the number of inhabitants decreased again continuously. In 1990 there were still 346 people living in Kletzen.

Attractions

church

The village church in Kletzen dates from the 12th century. It is the oldest building in town. The oldest part of the church is the steeple. This is followed by the Romanesque hall in the same width. The choir was changed in the Gothic period, the apse is in Romanesque style. On the north side of the choir is the patron's box , in the south the sacristy . The galleries date from the 17th century, the pulpit , the seating and the organ are from the 19th century. The only bell in the church comes from Leipzig and was cast in 1689.

Web links

Commons : Kletzen - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Kletzen in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
Kletzen on the pages of the municipality of Krostitz

Individual evidence

^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 56 f.
^ The district of Delitzsch in the municipality register 1900
↑ Information on the history of Kletzen in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
↑ Kirchenkreis Eilenburg: Traces in the Stone - Churches in the Kirchenkreis Eilenburg , Leipzig 1997, ISBN 3-00-001722-4

[1] Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 56 f.

[2] The district of Delitzsch in the municipality register 1900

[3] Information on the history of Kletzen in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony

[Kirchenkreis_Eilenburg-4] Kirchenkreis Eilenburg: Traces in the Stone - Churches in the Kirchenkreis Eilenburg , Leipzig 1997, ISBN 3-00-001722-4