Kuckeland

Kuckeland Large district town of Grimma Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 49 "  N , 12 ° 50 ′ 4"  E
Height :	206 m
Residents :	49  (Nov 2010)
Incorporation :	1st January 1973
Incorporated into:	Leipnitz
Postal code :	04668
Area code :	03437
Location of Kuckeland in Saxony

Kuckeland is a village in the Leipzig district in Saxony . Politically, the place has belonged to Grimma since the beginning of 2011 . It is located on the K8331 between Papsdorf and Leipnitz .

Kuckeland was first mentioned in a document in 1234 as "Kugelandt, Kogelant, Kokeilant". Further mentions were:

• 1245: Cuggeilant
• 1254: Kokeylant
• 1378: Kukeland, Gukelant
• 1386: Kuckeland
• 1551: Kukulannt
• 1590: Cuculandt

The older story is almost the same with Frauendorf , both places are usually mentioned together.

Development of the population

year population 1548/51 6 possessed men , 5 residents , 10 hooves 1764 6 possessed men, 3 cottagers , 10 hooves 1834 77 1871 81

year population 1890 77 1910 69 1925 68 1939 1 224

year population 1946 1 340 1950 1 317 1964 1 216

¹ with Frauendorf and Papsdorf

Web links

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

• Kuckeland in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
• Kuckeland in the Repertorium Saxonicum of the ISGV , Amtserbbuch Kloster Buch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ districts of Zschoppach on grimma.de , accessed on April 8, 2014
2. ↑ Cf. Kuckeland in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony