Krauschwitz (Saxony)
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Coordinates: 51 ° 31 ' N , 14 ° 43' E |
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| State : | Saxony | |
| County : | Goerlitz | |
| Height : | 119 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 106.83 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 3469 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 32 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 02957 | |
| Primaries : | 035771, 035775 | |
| License plate : | GR, LÖB, NOL, NY, WSW, ZI | |
| Community key : | 14 6 26 250 | |
| Community structure: | 7 parts of the community | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Geschwister-Scholl-Strasse 100 02957 Krauschwitz id OL |
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| Mayor : | Tristan Mühl ( Free Voters ) | |
| Location of the municipality of Krauschwitz id OL in the district of Görlitz | ||
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Krauschwitz , in Upper Sorbian , official name Krauschwitz id OL , is a Saxon community in the district of Görlitz . It is located in the Sorbian settlement area of Upper Lusatia in northeast Saxony on the German-Polish border .
geography
The municipality of Krauschwitz is located in the Muskauer Heide in the northeastern part of the district, about five kilometers northeast of Weißwasser . In the east of the village of Krauschwitz the Lausitzer Neisse flows , along which the districts are located upstream to the southeast:
- Sagar ( Zagor )
- Skerbersdorf ( Skarbišecy )
- Pechern ( Pěchč )
- Werdeck ( Wjertko )
- Podrosche ( Podroždź )
- Little Priebus ( Přibuzk )
Except in the center of Krauschwitz and Sagar, the telephone code is 035775.
history
Krauschwitz was first mentioned as Kruswica in 1400 in the Bautzen council files , the neighboring town of Keula was documented as early as 1268. The name Krauschwitz comes from Sorbian and means "pear village". In 1771 the first school was founded. A forest fire in 1775 almost completely destroyed the place. With the construction of the Prussian state road (today's federal road 115 ) from Görlitz to Cottbus in 1830, the community was connected to the national transport network. In 1938 the former towns of Krauschwitz and Keula were combined to form the Krauschwitz community. Keula was bigger at that time, Krauschwitz was the better known place for its ceramic products.
On January 1, 1994, the communities of Klein Priebus (with the districts Podrosche and Werdeck), Pechern, Sagar and Skerbersdorf merged with Krauschwitz. On June 17, 2005 the world record was set in the middle school of Krauschwitz in backward running as a mass relay over 1,000 × 100 m and 100 × 200 m for men and 100 × 200 m for women.
By decision of June 7, 2017, the Görlitz District Office approved the addition of the municipality name at the request of the municipality. The official name of the community is now "Krauschwitz id OL"
Due to the poor financial situation of the Krauschwitz community, a merger with Bad Muskau was sought. On November 11, 2018, the majority voted against the draft of the unification agreement in a referendum.
Population and language
Krauschwitz had a Sorbian-speaking majority of the population until the beginning of the 20th century. For his statistics on the Sorbian population in Upper Lusatia, Arnošt Muka determined a population of 258 in the 1880s, including 222 Sorbs (86%) and 36 Germans. The language change took place in the course of rapid industrialization mainly in the first half of the 20th century. In 1956 Ernst Tschernik counted a Sorbian-speaking population of only 3.7% or a total of 119 speakers.
politics
mayor
- Gerd Slabke
- Frank Stupka (until 2005)
- Rüdiger Mönch (2005-2020)
- Mönch was re-elected in June 2012, but the district of Görlitz declared the election to be invalid. In February 2013, the election was repeated and Mönch received the citizens' trust again. However, since he continued the office in June 2012, this date was considered the beginning of the 7-year term of office, which led to irritation towards the end. Mönch did not run again.
- Tristan Mühl was elected the new mayor of the Krauschwitz community on November 24, 2019 by the voters in the first ballot. He took office in early February 2020.
Municipal council
Since the municipal council election on May 26, 2019 , the 14 seats of the municipal council have been distributed among the individual groups as follows:
- CDU : 6 seats
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AfD : 2 seats
- A third seat assigned to the party remains vacant due to a lack of applicants.
- Free Voters' Association Local Association Krauschwitz eV (FWK): 2 seats
- Per Kind eV (Pro): 2 seats
- LEFT : 1 seat
There is also a six-member local council for Sagar, Skerbersdorf, Pechern, Werdeck, Podrosche and Klein Priebus.
coat of arms
The coat of arms is based on the colors of Upper Lusatia with blue and yellow. There are three pears in the upper part, which refer to the Sorbian name Krušwica 'Birnendorf'. The anvil and hammer in the lower part symbolize the iron smelting, which laid the foundation stone for the founding of Keulas.
Community partnerships
Krauschwitz maintains three partnerships, with Przewóz (German Priebus ) on the opposite bank of the Neisse , with the Black Forest community of Ottersweier and, since 2011, with the Hungarian community of Szűcsi , which is located on the southwestern edge of the Mátra Mountains .
The partnership with Ottersweier came about in 1989, when the Krauschwitz community defense chief wrote a letter to the West German community with the same zip code, 7583, during the fall of the Wall. This was soon followed by mutual visits and in 2003 a circle of friends was founded. “After 18 years of wild marriage” a partnership agreement was signed on October 4, 2007.
The partnership with Przewóz has existed since April 30, 2004, after the congregations have been celebrating a day of German-Polish encounter on April 30 since 1995. The partnership is being deepened with the volunteer fire brigades and, since 2007, with the day-care centers. For the latter, it was agreed, among other things, that the other language should be taught as the language of encounter.
economy
The pre-industrial development began in Krauschwitz in 1440 with the installation of the iron hammer at Keula , one of the oldest iron foundries in Germany and the cornerstone of what would later become the Keulahütte . In 1878, the entrepreneur and inventor Ludwig Rohrmann bought a crockery pottery in Krauschwitz and expanded it into a large ceramic manufacturer, which after two mergers in 1902 and 1904 was a location of the Deutsche Ton- und Steinzeugwerke AG .
Before the fall of the Wall , Krauschwitz was a municipality that was heavily influenced by industry. The largest employers in the municipality are currently Keulahütte Krauschwitz GmbH (part of the von Roll hydro group since 2017), Kreisel Umwelttechnik GmbH & Co.KG, Tischlerei Drogoin GmbH, Tief- und Landeskulturbau GmbH Nadebor and Ostsächsische Dienstleistungs- und Service GmbH ( ODS).
traffic
The B 115 and the B 156 cross in the municipality . State roads 123, 126, 127 and 127b also run through Krauschwitz. The border crossing to Poland, opened in 2011, provides a connection to Łęknica and the Polish state road 12 . North of the municipality is the Bad Muskau – Łęknica border crossing and the Podrosche – Przewóz border crossing opened in 1994 in the southern municipality .
The Muskau forest railway (600 mm gauge) runs through Krauschwitz on its way between Weißwasser and Bad Muskau. The Weißwasser – Bad Muskau railway line, which used to run through Krauschwitz , has now been partially dismantled.
Sights and leisure facilities
A year-round pool, the Krauschwitz adventure world with a large sauna area, offers relaxation for children and adults. In the Skerbersdorf leisure center you can also use the small outdoor pool for refreshment in summer. The Sagar Museum provides information about the history of the region . There are also several scrap wood houses .
The cultural monuments are recorded in the list of cultural monuments in Krauschwitz (Saxony) .
In Krauschwitz there is an oak with a chest height of 7.75 m (2016).
On September 1st, the peace bell cast in the Keulahütte will be rung for World Peace Day.
Personalities
Honorary citizen
The entrepreneur Adolf Merckle (1934–2009) was made the first honorary citizen of Krauschwitz in 2006 in recognition of his achievements in maintaining the Keulahütte and the jobs associated with it. In 2007 the entrepreneur Markus Kreisel and in 2019 the former local chronicler Konrad Baum were honored with honorary citizenship.
Other personalities connected to the community
- Ludwig Rohrmann (1848–1909), entrepreneur and inventor
- Klaus König (* 1934), opera singer, opened a paint shop in Krauschwitz before starting his singing career
- Theodor Ickler (* 1944), Germanist born in Krauschwitz
literature
- Krauschwitz in the past and present . Editor: Local History Group. Lessing printing house, Kamenz 1994.
- From the Muskauer Heide to the Rotstein. Home book of the Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia District . Lusatia Verlag, Bautzen 2006.
- Robert Pohl : Heimatbuch des Kreis Rothenburg O.-L. for school and home . Buchdruckerei Emil Hampel, Weißwasser O.-L. 1924.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population of the Free State of Saxony by municipalities on December 31, 2019 ( help on this ).
- ^ Krauschwitz in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
- ↑ Area changes from January 1, 1994 to December 31, 1994. (PDF; 64 kB) State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony , p. 17 , accessed on December 25, 2012 .
- ↑ Recordholders.org
- ↑ Announcement of the Görlitz District Office on the approval of the application of the Krauschwitz community for the addition of the name “id OL” to the community name “Krauschwitz id OL” from June 20, 2017. (PDF; 1.6 MB) In: Saxon Official Gazette. No. 28/2017. Saxon State Chancellery, July 13, 2017, p. 26 , accessed on July 14, 2017 .
- ↑ Regina Weiß, Christian Köhler: Congregational marriage : With a “no” it doesn't get any easier. In: Lausitzer Rundschau . November 9, 2018, accessed February 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Christian Köhler, Regina Weiß: Gemeindeehe: For the time being, everyone continues to do theirs. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. November 11, 2018, accessed February 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Regina Weiß: Community merger : do facts or emotions decide? In: Lausitzer Rundschau. June 29, 2018, accessed February 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Ernst Tschernik : The development of the Sorbian population . Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1954, p. 118 .
- ^ Ludwig Elle: Language policy in the Lausitz . Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 1995, p. 255 .
- ^ The history of local politics in Saxony, page 478
- ↑ Regina Weiß: 984 Krauschwitzer choose Rüdiger Mönch. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. February 3, 2013, accessed February 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Christian Köhler: The date for the mayoral election is set: The mayor who is actually no longer a mayor. August 31, 2019, accessed February 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Constanze Knappe: The new mayor of Krauschwitz is sworn in. In: Saxon newspaper . February 5, 2020, accessed February 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Results of the 2019 municipal council elections
- ^ Regina Weiß, Christian Köhler: Local election: We for Rietschen gets two thirds of the seats. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. May 27, 2019, accessed February 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Martina Hanold: In the beginning there was the 7583. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. October 6, 2007, accessed February 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Martina Hanold: The partnership should be of mutual benefit. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. October 11, 2007, accessed on February 6, 2020 (interview with Rüdiger Mönch).
- ^ Entry in the directory of monumental oaks . Retrieved January 10, 2017
- ↑ Pharma billionaire Adolf Merckle is dead. In: Lausitzer Rundschau . January 7, 2009, accessed January 26, 2020 .
- ↑ Krauschwitz has a new honorary citizen. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. August 22, 2007, accessed January 26, 2020 .
- ^ Ortschronist becomes an honorary citizen posthumously. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. July 24, 2019, accessed January 26, 2020 .
Little Priebus (Přibuzk) | Pechern (Pěchč) | Podrosche (Podroždź) | Sagar (Zagor) | Skerbersdorf (Skarbišecy) | Werdeck (Wjertko)
Bad Muskau (Mužakow) | Beiersdorf | Bernstadt ad Eigen | Bertsdorf-Hörnitz | Boxberg / OL (Hamor) | Dürrhennersdorf | Ebersbach-Neugersdorf | Gablenz (Jabłońc) | Goerlitz | Groß Düben (Dźěwin) | Großschönau | Großschweidnitz | Chickens | Hainewalde | Herrnhut | Hohendubrau (Wysoka Dubrawa) | Horka | Jonsdorf | Kodersdorf | Königshain | Kottmar | Krauschwitz (Krušwica) | Kreba-Neudorf (Chrjebja-Nowa Wjes) | Lawalde | Leutersdorf | Löbau | Markersdorf | Mittelherwigsdorf | Mücka (Mikow) | Neißeaue | Neusalza-Spremberg | Niesky | Oderwitz | Olbersdorf | Oppach | Ostritz | Oybin | Quitzdorf am See | Reichenbach / OL | Rietschen (Rěčicy) | Rosenbach | Rothenburg / OL | Loop (slepo) | Schönau-Berzdorf ad Eigen | Schönbach | Schöpstal | Seifhennersdorf | Trebendorf (Trjebin) | Vierkirchen | Forest hooves | White chisel (Wuskidź) | White water (Běła Woda) | Zittau