Laucha on the Unstrut

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	Coordinates: 51 ° 13 '  N , 11 ° 41'  E
Basic data
State :	Saxony-Anhalt
County :	Burgenland district
Association municipality :	Unstruttal
Height :	110 m above sea level NHN
Area :	31.14 km 2
Residents:	2831 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	91 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	06636
Area code :	034462
License plate :	BLK, HHM, NEB, NMB, WSF, ZZ
Community key :	15 0 84 285
City administration address :	Markt 1 in 06636 Laucha on the Unstrut
Website :	www.stadt-laucha.de
Mayor :	Michael Bilstein
Location of the city of Laucha an der Unstrut in the Burgenland district

Laucha an der Unstrut (pronunciation ~ Unschtrut ~) is a town in the Burgenland district in southern Saxony-Anhalt (Germany). It belongs to the Unstruttal community based in the city of Freyburg (Unstrut) .

geography

The city on the Unstrut is located in the Saale-Unstrut wine-growing region on the B 176 between Bad Bibra and Freyburg and on the Unstrut Railway from Naumburg (Saale) to Artern . Laucha is part of the Saale-Unstrut-Triasland nature park . To the north and south of the valley rise the mountains, the subsoil of which consists of shell limestone and those above of red sandstone . The northern slope edges are used as a fruit and wine growing area. Already in 1402 there was a reference about viticulture in the Lauchaer Flur. The slopes in the south are wooded.

The districts of Burgscheidungen , Dorndorf , Kirchscheidungen , Plößnitz and Tröbsdorf belong to Laucha an der Unstrut .

history

Laucha is a former street village on the old military road Langensalza - Freyburg - Merseburg . However, prehistoric finds indicate a settlement from the Neolithic Age. The name of the city comes from the Slavic ( Lochow , Lochowo , Luchow , Luchowe , Luchowa , Luchonwe , Lachaw , Lauchau and Luchau , Laucha ) and means something like "swampy terrain" or "swampy meadow" . This points to a former swamp of the Unstrut area. The Unstrut forms the northern limit of the place.

For the first time 926 Luchau is mentioned with a Freihof. Laucha does not appear again until 1124. Laucha - a rich, prosperous city - received city ​​rights through the vassal King Wenzel of Bohemia , Landgrave Duke Friedrich the Younger of Meißen . However, the city has often been pillaged and pillaged by war hordes. In addition, over the centuries, Laucha suffered great damage not only from wars but also from natural disasters. The place recovered economically again and again. Despite repeated fires, a number of valuable historical buildings can still be found.

A knightly family named themselves after the place, the nobles von Laucha , who were related to the von Hessler and von Burkersroda families in tribal and coat of arms.

Until 1815 Laucha belonged to the Wettin , later Electoral Saxon office of Freyburg . The decisions of the Congress of Vienna led to Prussia and in 1816 the county Querfurt in the administrative district of Merseburg of the Province of Saxony assigned to which it belonged until the 1944th

On October 1, 1889, the Unstrutbahn Naumburg – Artern began operating, which is why previous freight transports on the Unstrut steadily declined. In 1914, the Prussian State Railroad opened the Laucha-Kölleda line . The Laucha station , now a separation station, experienced a significance that was previously unknown. The sugar and canning factories, among others, benefited from this. In 1890 the city fathers of Laucha intended to demolish the "Obertor" of Laucha, an architectural rarity, for traffic reasons. Fortunately, this was not allowed by the Prussian administrative and monument protection authorities. The gate was thoroughly renovated by 1897.

In 1914, the Prussian State Railroad opened the Kölleda – Laucha line in three sections.

On April 12, 1945, American fighter-bombers attacked the city with bombs and on-board weapons, even though it was already partially occupied by US ground forces. A number of houses were badly damaged; 11 residents died, mostly women and children.

On July 1, 1950, the previously independent community of Dorndorf was incorporated.

On July 1, 2009, the formerly independent communities Burgscheidungen and Kirchscheidungen were incorporated.

politics

Since the local elections on May 25, 2014, the city council has 16 members as follows:

• CDU : 7 seats (43.4%)
• Free voters: 3 seats (19.9%)
• NPD : 2 seats (11.9%)
• SPD : 2 seats (10.3%)
• The left : 1 seat (8.9%)
• Individual applicants: 1 seat (3.8%)

The turnout was 54.6%.

Attractions

Laucha town hall, next to it the town church

Laucha's town church St. Marien

One of the city's sights is the Laucha Bell Museum , which was founded as a bell foundry under master bell founder Ulrich in 1732 and operated as such until 1911. More than 5000 bronze bells were cast during this period.

Worth mentioning is the town church of St. Marien , a late Gothic building from the 15th century, with Romanesque remains ( block friezes on the southeast side of the church), which was rebuilt on April 13, 1731 after the devastating town fire. Also special are the scratch marks or grooves on the church wall, probably made out of superstition, which can also be found on many of the town's portals.

Furthermore, the town hall from 1543 with the double-barreled, covered outside staircase and old portals on the town houses.

The 1112 meter long city ​​wall surrounds the historic city center and is still well preserved with one of three gates. In this gate - the Obertor - a home parlor was set up in the former gatehouse.

The Unstrut, navigable since the Middle Ages, was once the center of commerce. Goods were still transported on it until 1950. Today there is the possibility to drive on the Unstrut with paddle boats, row boats, canoes and motor boats. Excursion steamers were available for a trip on the Unstrut until 2016.

In Dorndorf, the former Reichsegelflugschule deserves special mention, in Burgscheidungen the castle with the baroque garden.

• town hall
• Evangelical town church St. Marien
• City wall with Zwingtor (cultural monument)
• Upper gate
• Bell Museum (technical monument)
• medieval buildings and portals

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  View with town church

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  Laucha town hall

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  Laucha Bell Museum

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  Upper gate

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  Laucha on the Unstrut from the northeast

economy

Today there are numerous companies in the trade, craft and service sectors in Laucha, which ensure economic and urban growth. Since the fall of the Wall, the historic old town has been the focus of a large-scale renovation program with the aim of preserving architecturally valuable building fabric as much as possible and creating an attractive, small-town atmosphere.

Burgenland-Gymnasium Laucha

The Burgenland-Gymnasium Laucha was founded in 1991 and a new school building was handed over in 1993. The high school bears the title School against Racism - School with Courage . The grammar school is a member of the business academy of the Herzog-August-Stiftung zu Weißenfels. The high school has its own vineyard on Edelacker in Freyburg / Unstrut; Viticulture is taught and there are collaborations with the companies Rotkäppchen Mumm Sektkellereien Freyburg , Lafarge Zement Karsdorf , the Gleina agricultural cooperative and the Freyburg wine cooperative. A license can be purchased in the aerospace subject with the gliding course.

There are school partnerships with the Scholengemeenschap "Willem de Zwijger" Schoonhoven ( Netherlands ), the Mastrop-Masztosh School in Yerevan ( Armenia ), the polytechnic high school in Nizhniy Tagil ( Russia ), the Eshel Hanassi School in Lehavim ( Israel ) and since 2012 with the Gymnasium No. 9 from Szczecin .

Personalities

→ Main article : List of personalities from the city of Laucha an der Unstrut

literature

• Gottfried Rühlmann: Historical letter on the origin, growth and devastation of the high ducal town of Weißenfels in Laucha in Thuringia on the Unstrut , EEWW Rath written there and sent by Gottfried Rühlmannen / von Laucha, printed by Christian Gozen, Leipzig 1703, (4 sheets), reprint In : New Museum for Saxon History Literature and Political Science , Leipzig 1804, 3rd vol. 2nd issue, pp. 41–54 digitized
• Heinrich Gottlieb Francke : Diplomatarium Lauchense and Dis sint freyheite, Statuta unde Gerechtigkeit Laws (of the city of Laucha), In: New contributions to the history of the state, feudal and private rights of the lands of the Chur and Princely House of Saxony , 1st part, Altenburg 1767, pp. 5-113. digitized
• Carl Gründler: Chronicle of the city of Laucha a. Unstrut and the post office along with statistical information , with reprint of Diplomatarium Lauchense , printing and publishing house J. Herm. Heise, 1888, Laucha
• Artur Vollmann: The finances of the city of Laucha a. U. from 1561 to 1920 . Phil. Dissertation, Jena 1921.
• Carl Friedrich Stephan: From Laucha's past , In: Home calendar for the district of Querfurt 1, 1922.

Web links

Commons : Laucha an der Unstrut  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Laucha in the Topographia Superioris Saxoniae (Matthäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

• Official website of the city of Laucha

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt, population of the municipalities - as of December 31, 2019 (PDF) (update) ( help ).
2. ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 34 f.
3. ↑ The district of Querfurt in the municipal directory 1900
4. ↑ Jürgen Möller: End of the war on Saale and Unstrut. April 1945 . Rockstuhl Verlag, Bad Langensalza 2013. ISBN 978-3-86777-456-7 . Pp. 126-127
5. ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 2nd to December 31st, 2009
6. ↑ State Statistical Office