Koßwig

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Coordinates: 51 ° 46 ′ 36 ″  N , 14 ° 1 ′ 45 ″  E
Height : 64 m above sea level NN
Area : 8.03 km²
Residents : 231  (December 31, 2017)
Population density : 29 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : October 26, 2003
Postal code : 03226
Area code : 035752

Koßwig (until 1937 Kosswigk ), Kósojce in Lower Sorbian , is a district of the town of Vetschau / Spreewald in the northeast of the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district in southern Brandenburg . Koßwig lies in the official settlement area of ​​the Sorbs / Wends .

location

Koßwig is located in Niederlausitz, east of the Niederlausitzer Landücken nature park . North of Koßwig lies Belten, a part of the municipality of Vetschau / Spreewald and the district of Göritz . In the northeast and east follow the city of Vetschau / Spreewald and Lobendorf . In the south the place borders on Repten , also a district of Vetschau / Spreewald, on Erlenau and Buckow , a district of Calau , and Reuden . To the west are the Calau districts of Saßleben and Kalkwitz . In the northwest of the Koßwiger district Dubrau, which lies on the Bischdorfer See .

history

The street village of Koßwig was first mentioned in a document in 1312. The name is derived from the Old Sorbian Kosovik , which means place where blackbirds occur . The Lower Sorbian word for blackbird is Kos . In 1420 the place was called Koswig and in 1517 as Koßwigk . The Sorbian name variants Koßojze and Kosojce were mentioned in 1761 and 1843. In the Lower Sorbian place name variant , the Old Sorbian ending -ovik has been changed based on other place names -ojce . The place belonged to the parish Vetschau.

After the Congress of Vienna , Koßwig and the entire Lower Lusatia came to the Kingdom of Prussia and belonged to the Calau district . After the Second World War, Koßwig belonged to the Calau district, which was newly founded in 1952 . The neighboring town of Dubrau was incorporated on October 1, 1966, Dubrau was to be devastated by the Seese-Ost open- cast lignite mine and the inhabitants had already been resettled. Dubrau was revived when it turned away from lignite mining. Koßwig belongs to the parish of Niederlausitz . On October 26, 2003 the village was incorporated into Vetschau / Spreewald with the places Missen , Lassow and Raddusch .

Population development

Population development in Koßwig from 1875 to 2002
year Residents year Residents year Residents year Residents year Residents year Residents year Residents
1875 209 1933 263 1964 321 1989 240 1993 188 1997 230 2001 264
1890 241 1939 260 1971 402 1990 223 1994 197 1998 238 2002 271
1910 260 1946 353 1981 357 1991 200 1995 203 1999 242
1925 256 1950 364 1985 340 1992 189 1996 224 2000 255

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Development of the population of the city of Vetschau / Spreewald. In: vetschau.de. City of Vetschau, accessed on May 10, 2018 .
  2. ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2003
  3. ↑ Brandenburg Statistics (PDF)

literature

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

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