Kochka

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Kochka
City of Elsterwerda
Coordinates: 51 ° 27 ′ 10 ″  N , 13 ° 30 ′ 26 ″  E
Height : 90 m
Incorporation : April 1, 1974
Postal code : 04910
Area code : 03533

Kotschka (until 1937 Kotzschka ) is a district of the city of Elsterwerda in the Elbe-Elster district in the state of Brandenburg not far from the border with Saxony .

Until the district reform in Brandenburg in 1993, Kotschka belonged to the Bad Liebenwerda district . The place is at the confluence of the Pulsnitz in the Black Elster and on the Elsterwerda-Grödel-Raft Canal .

history

Kochka

Origin of name

There are different interpretations of the place name:

  1. Old Slavic : Kočka - cat
  2. Kuckow from the personal name Kucek
  3. Polish : kucki - small heap

Local history

The place was first mentioned in 1456 as Gutzschkaw . He belonged to the parish of Frauenhain . 1590 wrote the place Gotzschka . It was described as a single-row village with seven farms . Swedish horsemen ravaged and plundered the village in 1641. Kotschka belonged to the Lords of Maltitz in the 17th century , was later sold to the Lords of Elsterwerda from Rohr and in 1891 came to Parochie Elsterwerda upon application.

In 1740 there were reports of a rebellion by Kotschka farmers against the hunting services for a capercaillie and black grouse shooting by the Dresden court in the area. The ringleader was farmer Christian Peschel. Hofjägermeister von Leubnitz demanded interrogation, arrest and the building of a fortress for this and other ringleaders for inciting the subjects . In 1748 the Grödel-Elsterwerda raft canal was ceremoniously opened, which leads directly past the site.

During the Wars of Liberation from September 28th to 30th, 1813 about 30,000 men of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher's corps were encamped in Elsterwerda and Kotschka.

Former location of the railroader's house

The small town grew slowly. In 1818 Kochka had 30 houses and 179 residents. The size of Kotschka's corridor in the 19th century was put at 1,499 acres and 81 square rods. In a census on December 1, 1880, 62 years later, there were 216 inhabitants. Nevertheless, in 1916 the place already had its own school and an inn. In 1929 there were 315 inhabitants. These were mainly employed in agriculture and in the factories in Elsterwerda . According to the residents' register for the Liebenwerda district from 1926/27, there was a cycling and men's club and the Holzhof restaurant in Kotschka .

On April 1, 1974, the town was incorporated into Elsterwerda by a resolution of the city ​​council . In 1984 the Kotschka Elster Bridge was built and put into operation.

The place became a little known through a house of the Deutsche Reichsbahn situated between the tracks of the two long-distance lines Berlin – Dresden and Berlin – Chemnitz . The press and television reported several times about the special situation. The Reichsbahn employees who operated the barrier posts lived there. The house, which was built around 1900, was demolished in 1998.

Population development

Population development in Kotschka from 1875 to 1971
year Residents year Residents
1875 200 1939 338
1890 200 1946 316
1910 250 1950 344
1925 316 1964 293
1933 300 1971 298

literature

  • Luise Grundmann, Dietrich Hanspach: The Schraden. A regional study in the Elsterwerda, Lauchhammer, Hirschfeld and Ortrand area . Ed .: Institute for Regional Geography Leipzig and the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig. Böhlau Verlag, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-412-10900-2 .
  • Eberhard Matthes, Werner Galle: Elsterwerda in old views . Ed .: European Library. Zaltbommel 1993, ISBN 90-288-5344-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Public tourisches info sheet of the city Elsterwerda 550 years Kotschka
  2. ↑ Home calendar for the Liebenwerda district (1958)
  3. ↑ Historical community directory of Brandenburg (online as PDF file)

Web links

Commons : Kotschka  - collection of images, videos and audio files