Kunrau

Kunrau City blocks
Coordinates: 52 ° 33 ′ 58 ″  N , 11 ° 1 ′ 6 ″  E
Height :	58 m above sea level NHN
Area :	22.98 km²
Residents :	835  (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	36 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 2010
Postal code :	38486
Area code :	039008

Kunrau

Location of Kunrau in Saxony-Anhalt

Kunrau is a village and part of the town of Klötze in the Altmarkkreis Salzwedel in Saxony-Anhalt .

geography

The village of Kunrau is 12 kilometers southwest of Klötze in the west of the Altmark and near the Drömling wetland . The locality lies geologically on the Calvörder plaice and the Ohre flows not far to the west of it.

Local division

In addition to the Kunrau district with the residential areas Belfort , Hahnenberg , Colony I and Colony II, there is the Rappin district in the north of the village .

history

View from the castle tower to Kunrau

Kunrau is a Wendish foundation. The name comes from the old Slavic konĭ and means something like "horse place".

The first documentary mention of the village of Kunrau was in 1472 as dat wüsten dorp Gimrou in a loan letter from Elector Albrecht Achilles for Werner and Gebhard von Alvensleben . Further mentions are 1502 Cunrou , 1506 Kunnerou , 1646 and 1655 Cunraw , 1687 Kunrow , 1775 Cunrau or Currau .

Around 1850, Kunrau had around 350 residents, 48 ​​residential buildings, a school building with a teacher, five farms, 32 landowners, 30 residents as well as a jug , windmill, sheep farm, distillery, brewery and brickyard.

In 1889 Kunrau was connected to the railway network via the Salzwedel – Oebisfelde railway line . In 2002 this line was closed and a corresponding bus line was set up for passenger traffic.

The spelling fluctuated between "Cunrau" and "Kunrau", until on October 2, 1937 the spelling of the community Kunrau with "K" was determined.

Kunrau has a lively club life (seniors, sports, equestrian sports, choir). Many buildings have been modernized, a housing estate has been built, trees have been planted and borders with greenery have been created.

Agriculture

Kunrau's main occupation is and was agriculture. Until the middle of the 19th century, the local soil was unproductive due to the hard-to-cultivate bog soil. Theodor Hermann Rimpau bought the Kunrau estate in 1847. After long trials since 1861 and based on his experiences in the Netherlands, he developed the Rimpau moorland culture, named after him , which led to a significant increase in yield. Kunrau became a model property. Gross agricultural yields were high, but daily wages were also high.

During the land reform in 1946, 1,567.4 hectares were expropriated. 1548 hectares went to 322 settlers. In 1948 there were reports of 205 buyers from the land reform, of which 52 were new settlers who had received land from the former manor. In 1952 the first type III agricultural production cooperative, the LPG "Ernst Thälmann", was established.

Incorporations

On September 30, 1928 was Gutsbezirk Kunrau associated with the rural community Cunrau. On July 1, 1950, the municipality Kunrau was from the district Salzwedel in the district Gardelegen reclassified. On July 25, 1952, Kunrau came to the Klötze district . With its dissolution, the community came to the Altmarkkreis Salzwedel on July 1, 1994 .

By means of an agreement to change the area, the municipality council of the municipality of Kunrau decided on January 9, 2009 that the municipality of Kunrau should be incorporated into the town of Klötze. This contract was approved by the county as the lower local supervisory authority and came into effect on January 1, 2010.

After incorporation of the previously independent community of Kunrau, Kunrau and Rappin become districts of the city of Klötze. For the incorporated municipality, the local constitution was introduced according to §§ 86 ff. Of the municipality code of Saxony-Anhalt . The incorporated community of Kunrau and future districts Kunrau and Rappin became the locality of the receiving city of Klötze. A local council with nine members, including the local mayor, was formed in the incorporated municipality and now the village of Kunrau.

Population development

local community

year Residents 1734 046 1774 076 1789 149 1798 065 1801 161 1818 160

year Residents 1840 348 1864 337 1871 412 1885 432 1895 571 1905 660

year Residents 1925 1091 1939 0938 1946 1294 1964 1126 1971 1122 1981 1022

year Residents 1993 956 2006 920 2017 797 2018 835

Manor

year Residents 1798 092 1864 187 1871 164

year Residents 1885 153 1895 232 1905 300

religion

The Protestant Christians of the parish Kunrau used to belong to the parish of Steimke. Today they are looked after by the parish Steimke-Kusey in the parish of Salzwedel in the Provostspengel Stendal-Magdeburg of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

The oldest surviving church records for Steimke date from 1706. They can be found in the parish of Brome, to which Kunrau and Steimke belonged until 1854.

politics

mayor

The last mayor was Horst Wienecke. Uwe Bock has been the local mayor since 2010.

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on July 15, 1999 by the Magdeburg Regional Council.

Blazon : “In gold, a black horse soaring; on the right a green flank, covered in stakes with a golden, stained, silver daisy between two rising silver willow leaves. "

The main motif - horse in the levade - refers to the Slavic origin of the place name (Kon = horse). The green flank with the silver willow leaves symbolizes the forest and pasture land ( Drömling ) around Kunrau. The silver daisy was taken from the old seal of the manor.

The colors of Kunrau - derived from the coat of arms - are black - gold (yellow).

The coat of arms was designed by the heraldist Ernst Albrecht Fiedler .

flag

The flag is black and yellow (1: 1) striped (hoisting flag: stripes from top to bottom; cross flag: stripes running from left to right) with the coat of arms of the former municipality. The flag can have the shape of the hoist flag, the cross flag, the hanging flag, the banner and the pennant.

Culture and sights

→ Main article : List of cultural monuments Klötze

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Kunrau Castle

The centrally located Kunrau Castle was built in the style of the Italian Renaissance in the 19th century. The office of the tourist association Jeetze-Ohre-Drömling eV and the library are located in the castle. The castle is also home to an "eco school" and a nature experience center. In the eco school, school classes are informed about the Drömling Nature Park with its diverse flora and fauna and can get to know and experience the secrets of nature through projects and experiments. The castle park is partly laid out as a tree park . Many old specimens of different tree species can be seen here.

church

Church in Kunrau

The Protestant village church Kunrau is a neo-Romanesque brick hall with a round apse and a square tower with an octagonal top. It was built in 1891–93 according to plans by district builder Hartmann, Salzwedel.

Local cemetery

The local cemetery is located at the southern exit of the village.

societies

• "Die Rimpauken" - Friends of the elementary school Kunrau e. V.
• Gymnastics and sports club Kunrau
• Fire brigade comradeship Kunrau e. V.
• Male choir "Concordia" Kunrau e. V.
• Riding and Driving Association Kunrau e. V.
• Gymnastics and sports club Kunrau

economy

In Kunrau there is a construction company, an agricultural cooperative and an agricultural business community.

Personalities

• Theodor Hermann Rimpau (1822–1888) lived in Kunrau, founder of the moorland culture . The primary school (former Kunrau secondary school) is named after him.

Web links

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

literature

• Wilhelm Zahn : Local history of the Altmark . Edited by Martin Ehlies based on the bequests of the author. 2nd Edition. Verlag Salzwedeler Wochenblatt, Graphische Anstalt, GmbH, Salzwedel 1928, p. 134 .
• JAF Hermes, MJ Weigelt: Historical-geographical-statistical-topographical handbook from the administrative districts of Magdeburg . Topographical part. Ed .: Verlag Heinrichshofen. tape 2 , 1842, p. 338 ( digitized versionhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3DHB4_AAAAcAAJ%26pg%3DPA338~IA%3D~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3D~ double-sided%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D ).
• Peter P. Rohrlach: Historical local lexicon for the Altmark (Historical local lexicon for Brandenburg, Part XII) . Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-8305-2235-5 , pp. 1292-1295 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ City of Klötze, residents' registration office: population on December 31, 2018 . January 9, 2019.
2. ↑ Main statutes of the city of Klötze.Retrieved on April 14, 2019.
3. ↑ District directory of the state of Saxony-Anhalt (directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality), territorial status January 2014, State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale), 2016
4. ^ Johann Dietrich Bödeker: The land of Brome and the upper Vorsfelder Werder, history of the area at Ohre, Drömling and Kleiner Aller. Braunschweig 1985, ISBN 3-87884-028-4 , p. 328.
5. ^ Adolph Friedrich Riedel : Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis : Collection of documents, chronicles and other source documents . Main part 1. Ed .: Berlin. tape 6 , 1846, pp. 142 ( digitized versionhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3D~IA%3D~MDZ%3D%0A10001022_00152~SZ%3D~ double-sided%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D ).
6. ^ ^{A b} Peter P. Rohrlach: Historical Ortlexikon für die Altmark (Historical Ortlexikon für Brandenburg, Part XII) . In: Publications of the Brandenburg State Main Archives . Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, 2018, ISBN 978-3-8305-2235-5 , pp. 1292-1295 .
7. ^ JAF Hermes, MJ Weigelt: Historical-geographical-statistical-topographical manual from the administrative districts of Magdeburg . Topographical part. Ed .: Verlag Heinrichshofen. tape 2 , 1842, p. 338 ( digitized versionhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3DHB4_AAAAcAAJ%26pg%3DPA338~IA%3D~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3D~ double-sided%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D ).
8. ↑ Administrative region of Magdeburg (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Government of Magdeburg . 1937, ZDB -ID 3766-7 , p. 171 .
9. ^ Martin Wiehle: Altmark personalities . Biographical encyclopedia of the Altmark, the Elbe-Havel-Land and the Jerichower Land. In: Contributions to the cultural history of the Altmark and its peripheral areas . tape 5 . dr. ziethen verlag, Oschersleben 1999, ISBN 978-3-932090-61-5 , p. 146-147 .
10. ^ Wilhelm Zahn : Der Drömling [reprint of the 1905 edition] . A contribution to the regional studies and history of the Altmark. 2014, ISBN 978-3-86289-072-9 , pp. 151-152 .
11. ↑ Administrative region of Magdeburg (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Government of Magdeburg . 1928, ZDB -ID 3766-7 , p. 216 .
12. ↑ Federal Statistical Office (Ed.): Municipalities 1994 and their changes since 01.01.1948 in the new federal states . Metzler-Poeschel, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , pp. 359, 363 .
13. ↑ Official Journal of the District No. 2/2009 Pages 36–38 ( Memento of November 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 397 kB)
14. ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 1 to December 31, 2010
15. ↑ Parish Almanac or the Protestant clergy and churches of the Province of Saxony in the counties of Wernigerode, Rossla and Stolberg . 19th year, 1903, ZDB -ID 551010-7 , p. 52 ( wiki-de.genealogy.net [accessed December 31, 2018]).
16. ↑ Steimke-Kusey parish area. Retrieved March 5, 2019 . 
17. ↑ Ernst Machholz: The church books of the Protestant churches in the province of Saxony (=  communications from the Central Office for German Personal and Family History . 30th issue). Leipzig 1925, p. 9 ( wiki-de.genealogy.net [accessed March 5, 2019]).
18. ↑ Thomas Hartwig: All Altmark churches from A to Z . Elbe-Havel-Verlag, Havelberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-9814039-5-4 , p. 286 .