Lehelitz

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Lehelitz
community Krostitz
Coordinates: 51 ° 28 ′ 18 ″  N , 12 ° 27 ′ 36 ″  E
Area : 35 ha
Residents : 131  (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density : 374 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : July 1, 1950
Postal code : 04509
Area code : 034295

Lehelitz is a district of the municipality of Krostitz in the Saxon district of North Saxony in Germany .

geography

Lehelitz is located north of the main town Krostitz between the cities of Eilenburg and Delitzsch . The place is not on a classified road, but there are local connections to Krostitz and to Bundesstraße 2 , which leads past the place to the west. In the corridor of Lehelitz lies the Seereisen deserted area .

history

Lehelitz is a street village in terms of the type of settlement . The place belonged to the electoral office of Delitzsch until 1815 . He came to Prussia through the resolutions of the Congress of Vienna and in 1816 was assigned to the Delitzsch district in the Merseburg administrative district of the province of Saxony , to which he belonged until 1952.

On July 1, 1950, the rural community of Lehelitz was incorporated into Krostitz and has been part of the community ever since. In the course of the district reform in the GDR in 1952, Krostitz and Lehelitz were assigned to the newly tailored Delitzsch district in the Leipzig district, which was added to the Delitzsch district in 1994 .

In 1966 the Catholic Church "Maria Königin" was built and on October 8, 1967 it was consecrated by Auxiliary Bishop Friedrich Maria Rintelen . From November 1, 2007, the Lehelitz Curate belonged to the Bad Düben - Delitzsch - Eilenburg - Löbnitz - Lehelitz community that was founded at the time , from which today's Parish Delitzsch emerged in May 2010. On October 8, 2011, the church was closed again and the building was sold to private customers.

Population development

year Residents
1818 127
1880 143
1895 149
year Residents
1925 139
1939 144
1946 202

The population of Lehelitz was a little over 100 in 1818. In 1895 there was a small difference with 149. Until the outbreak of the Second World War , the population rose to almost 140. After the end of the war, the population rose sharply. In 1946 just over 200 people lived in Lehelitz.

Culture

Every year on the first weekend in July, a folk festival called Lechelzer Abbels , the Lehelitz indulgence market, takes place in Lehelitz . This custom goes back to a legend from the 14th century.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 56 f.
  2. ^ The district of Delitzsch in the municipality register 1900
  3. ↑ Establishment of the community association on the website of the Diocese of Magdeburg , accessed on March 31, 2016
  4. ↑ History of the Church on the Delitzsch parish website ( Memento of the original from March 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.katholisch-delitzsch.de
  5. ↑ Church closure on the website of the Leipziger Volkszeitung , accessed on March 31, 2016
  6. ↑ Information on the history of Lehelitz in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
  7. ↑ Information on the Lehelitz indulgence market on the website of the municipality of Krostitz