Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 52 ° 2 '  N , 13 ° 51'  E
Basic data
State :	Brandenburg
County :	Dahme-Spreewald
Office :	Unterspreewald
Height :	50 m above sea level NHN
Area :	54.79 km 2
Residents:	582 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	11 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	15910
Primaries :	035472, 035473
License plate :	LDS, KW, LC, LN
Community key :	12 0 61 265
Office administration address:	Hauptstrasse 41 15938 Golßen
Website :	www.unterspreewald.de
Mayor :	Toni Schoan
Location of the municipality of Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg in the Dahme-Spreewald district

Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg ( Lower Sorbian Kšušwica-Wódowy Grod ) is a municipality in the Dahme-Spreewald district in Brandenburg . It is administered by the Unterspreewald Office.

geography

In the middle of the wooded municipality of Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg rise the Krausnick Mountains (also called Bergspreewald ), which are at a maximum of 144 m above sea level. NHN ( Wehlaberg ) are about 100 meters above the adjoining Unterspreewald to the east . In the north of the community (in the United Wasserburg) of the branches edge channel of the River Spree (Wasserburger Spree) and leads in Baruth glacial valley for Köthener See who over the Dahme Flood Relief Canal with the River Dahme is connected. The community is located about 60 km southeast of Berlin .

Community structure

The community includes the districts of Krausnick and Groß Wasserburg as well as the Forsthaus Brand and Forsthaus Meierei residential areas .

history

Krausnick and Groß Wasserburg belonged to the Beeskow-Storkow district in the province of Brandenburg since 1816 and to the Lübben district in the GDR district of Cottbus from 1952 . Since 1993, the places have been in the Dahme-Spreewald district of Brandenburg.

The community was created on December 31, 2001 from the voluntary merger of the previously independent communities Krausnick ( Lower Sorbian Kšušwica ) and Groß Wasserburg ( Lower Sorbian Wódowy Grod ).

Krausnick district

see main article Krausnick

Krausnick is first mentioned in a document as Krusenigk in 1376. The name is derived from the Sorbian ksuswica = wild pear tree.

Church in Krausnick

Main street in Krausnick

Groß Wasserburg district

see main article Groß Wasserburg

The first mention of the place in 1554 is in connection with the enfeoffment of Wasserburg by Margrave Johann von Brandenburg . At that time, Groß Wasserburg was a Vorwerk of Krausnick. In 1728 the area of ​​today's municipality was sold to Friedrich Wilhelm I , who used it as a royal hunting ground.

Village street in Groß Wasserburg

Barge lock on the "Groß Wasserburger Spree"

Population development

year	Krausnick	Great moated castle		year	Krausnick- Groß Wasserburg	year	Krausnick- Groß Wasserburg
1875	871	241		2001	618	2015	600
1910	646	252		2005	632	2016	599
1939	723	245		2010	619	2017	595
1946	927	306		2011	616	2018	590
1950	815	287		2012	602	2019	582
1971	591	262		2013	589
1990	466	228		2014	589
1995	428	200
2000	416	207

Territory of the respective year, number of inhabitants: as of December 31 (from 1991), from 2011 based on the 2011 census

politics

Community representation

The community council of Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg consists of eight community representatives and the honorary mayor. The local election on May 26, 2019 resulted in the following distribution of seats:

Party / group of voters	Seats
For Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg	4th
Independent civic association Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg	2
"WE" for Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg	2

mayor

• 2003–2019: Gerhard Buschick
• since 2019: Toni Schoan (For Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg)

In the mayoral election on May 26, 2019, Schoan was elected unopposed with 78.1% of the valid votes for a further term of five years.

Attractions

Tropical Islands

The monuments list includes the Krausnick half-timbered cross church built in 1728 and the village community center, the former village school in Krausnick. The soil monuments are listed in the list of soil monuments in Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg .

About six kilometers west of the center of Krausnick, behind the municipality boundary with Halbe , is the Tropical Islands leisure pool . It was created in the world's largest self-supporting hall, which was built as a production facility for Cargolifter .

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

The economic profile of the community is determined by agriculture, forestry and tourism (riding stables, boat rental, nearby leisure pool “ Tropical Islands ”).

traffic

The community is on the L 71 state road between Dahme and Leibsch . The federal motorway 13 Berlin – Dresden with the junctions Freiwalde and Staakow runs about ten kilometers southwest of the community .

The nearest train stations are Schönwalde (Spreewald) and Brand, Tropical Islands on the Berlin – Cottbus line . They are served by the regional train line RB 24 Eberswalde - Berlin - Senftenberg .

Personalities

• Reiner Schwalme (* 1937), cartoonist, lives in Groß Wasserburg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population in the State of Brandenburg according to municipalities, offices and municipalities not subject to official registration on December 31, 2019 (XLSX file; 223 KB) (updated official population figures) ( help on this ).
2. ^ Service portal of the state administration Brandenburg. Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg community
3. ↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2001
4. ↑ Historical municipality register of the State of Brandenburg 1875 to 2005. Landkreis Dahme-Spreewald , pp. 18–21
5. ↑ Population in the state of Brandenburg from 1991 to 2015 according to independent cities, districts and municipalities , Table 7
6. ^ Office for Statistics Berlin-Brandenburg (Ed.): Statistical report AI 7, A II 3, A III 3. Population development and population status in the state of Brandenburg (respective editions of the month of December)
7. ^ Result of the local election on May 26, 2019
8. ↑ Local elections October 26, 2003. Mayoral elections , p. 23
9. ↑ Brandenburg Local Election Act, Section 73 (1)
10. ^ Result of the mayoral election on May 26, 2019

Web links

Commons : Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• www.gross-wasserburg.de
• Contribution to the RBB program Landschleicher on May 19, 2013