Lehnin
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Lehnin
Lehnin monastery community
Coordinates: 52 ° 19 ′ 9 ″ N , 12 ° 44 ′ 42 ″ E
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| Height : | 55 m above sea level NHN |
| Area : | 45.99 km² |
| Residents : | 3106 (Jan 1, 2014) |
| Population density : | 68 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | April 1, 2002 |
| Postal code : | 14797 |
| Area code : | 03382 |
Lehnin [ləˈniːn] is a district of the municipality of Kloster Lehnin in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district in the state of Brandenburg . Until it was incorporated on April 1, 2002, Lehnin was an independent municipality administered by the Lehnin Office.
geography
Lehnin is located about fifteen kilometers southeast of the city of Brandenburg an der Havel , twenty kilometers southwest of the state capital Potsdam and twenty kilometers northeast of the district town of Bad Belzig in the Zauche region . Neighboring towns are the villages of Michelsdorf in the west, Nahmitz in the north-west, Damsdorf in the north, Emstal in the south-east and Rädel in the south , which are also part of the municipality . Lehnin lies on the canal-like Emster River , which flows north to the Havel. Furthermore, the village is located on the Klostersee , through which the Emster flows. In the village, the state roads 88 cross from the federal road 102 near Brandenburg in the north-west to the federal road 246 in Beelitz in the southeast, and the state road 86, which leads from the federal road 1 in Groß Kreutz in the north to the federal road 102 in Golzow in the south-west.
history
The village of Lehnin was first mentioned in 1193 as Lenin . The place name is derived from the Slavic personal name Len , which means lazy . According to a legend , the name is based on the Slavic term for doe , which originated from a folk etymological explanation of the name.
Already in 1180, several years before the first mention Lehnins, the Marquis was on the instructions of Otto I of Brandenburg , the Lehnin founded. This belonged to the order of the Cistercians . The construction of the monastery was completed by around 1260. In 1542, under Elector Joachim II, the monastery and all its possessions were secularized and withdrawn in the immediate and wider area in the course of the Reformation . In the 17th century, Elector Friedrich Wilhelm had the already dilapidated Konversen building converted into a hunting lodge.
Lehnin was founded in its current form in 1415 from a market founded by the monks of the Lehnin monastery. In 1667, 13 craftsmen and their families were settled in Lehnin, presumably because the Electors of the Mark Brandenburg often stayed in the area. For the year 1750 104 fireplaces were recorded, around 1800 there were 152 fireplaces. In 1733 Lehnin lost its market rights to the city of Werder (Havel) and regained it in 1805.
The municipality of Lehnin has always been part of the Kingdom of Prussia and from 1817 at the latest belonged to the district of Zauch-Belzig in the administrative district of Potsdam . After the end of the Second World War , Lehnin became part of the Soviet occupation zone in the course of the Yalta Conference and, from 1949, the GDR . During the district reform on July 25, 1952, the community was assigned to the Brandenburg-Land district in the Potsdam district . After the fall of the Wall , the municipality of Lehnin was in the Brandenburg district in Brandenburg and became part of the Lehnin office on July 3, 1992. During the district reform in December 1993, Lehnin was assigned to the newly formed district of Potsdam-Mittelmark . On April 1, 2002, the office of Lehnin was dissolved and the municipality of Lehnin was incorporated together with 13 other municipalities into the newly formed municipality of Kloster Lehnin .
Attractions
The most important architectural monument is the old monastery complex. The old post office, the Hotel zur Post, the Klostermühle and the Diesterweg School are also listed buildings. The comprehensive list of architectural monuments can be found under the list of architectural monuments in Kloster Lehnin .
Protected areas
Various protected areas have been designated around the village of Lehnin. The Lehniner Mittelheide nature reserve and headwaters of the Emster are located to the south . This is also protected as an FFH area . Another FFH area is the Kolpinsee and Mückenfenn area north of Lehnin. The areas to the north, east and south of the town are located in the conservation area Lehniner forest and lake area. Two protected landscape components have been identified to the north . These are the Klosterwiesen Lehnin and the Knüppeldämme Lehnin. There are also a large number of protected biotopes and several natural monuments .
Personalities
- Heilgard Asmus (* 1958) is a theologian and general superintendent for the Potsdam district of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia. She was born in Lehnin.
- Henriette Paula Häberlin (1882–1968) was a German-Swiss painter who was born as Henriette Paula Baruch in Lehnin.
- Waltraud Kretzschmar (1948-2018) was a handball player and was born in Lehnin.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger (1816–1890) was a Protestant theologian and educator and wrote the Christmas carol Sweetie the bells never ring. He was born in Lehnin.
- Vollrad Kuhn (* 1956) is a Berlin city councilor and engineer and was born in Lehnin.
- Siegfried Lietzmann (* 1951) is a former member of the state parliament and parliamentary group chairman and entrepreneur. He was born in Lehnin.
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Loebell (1855–1931) was a member of the Reichstag, Upper President of the Province of Brandenburg and the owner of the manor. He was born in Lehnin.
- Thilo Götze Regenbogen (1949–2015) was an artist, art historian, cultural scientist and author.
- Wolfgang Schmidt (* 1966) is a serial killer who was born in Lehnin and known as the "Pink Riese".
- Maria Seidemann (1944–2010) was a writer who lived and died in Lehnin.
- Dagmar Seume (* 1964) is a film director and was born in Lehnin.
- Hermann von Stein (1854–1927) was a Prussian general and minister of war and died in Lehnin.
- Karl Weber (1885–1945) was a member of the Prussian state parliament and district administrator in Verden for the NSDAP. He was born in Lehnin.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reinhard E. Fischer : The place names of the states of Brandenburg and Berlin: age - origin - meaning . be.bra Wissenschaft, 2005, p. 102 .
- ↑ Lehnin Monastery . brandenburg-info.com; accessed June 18, 2014.
- ^ Lehnin in the historical index of places. Retrieved April 13, 2018 .
- ↑ List of monuments of the State of Brandenburg: District of Potsdam-Mittelmark (PDF) Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum
- ^ Map of protected areas in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, sub-area northwest. ( Memento of August 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF) accessed October 16, 2013.
