Leipa (Jessen)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leipa
Coordinates: 51 ° 50 ′ 3 ″  N , 12 ° 56 ′ 32 ″  E
Height : 76 m above sea level NN
Area : 7.78 km²
Residents : 79  (June 1, 2017)
Population density : 10 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1999
Postal code : 06917
Area code : 03537
Leipa (Saxony-Anhalt)
Leipa

Location of Leipa in Saxony-Anhalt

Leipa is a district of the town of Jessen (Elster) in the Wittenberg district of Saxony-Anhalt .

Location and accessibility

Leipa is about 5 km north of the city of Jessen and is connected to it via the K 2235.

history

Leipa was first mentioned as a Wendish settlement in documents in 1376 under the name Lipe , which is derived from the Sorbian word lipa for "linden tree". The first evidence of settlement comes from the year 1271, which possibly formed the basis for the later establishment of the Leipa district.

As part of the National Socialist Germanization of Sorbian place names, the district administrator of the Schweinitz district had applied in 1937, with the consent of the municipality, to rename Leipa to "Lindeck" and thus to erase the Sorbian name. Unlike in other regions , however, the renaming failed here due to the rejection of the responsible district president.

The population of Leipzig rose to 169 for a short time after the Second World War due to the relatively large number of resettlers. With around 100 inhabitants today, Leipa is one of the smaller districts of Jessen.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.jessen.de/stadtportal/ortsteile/leipa.html
  2. ^ Gero Lietz: On dealing with the National Socialist place-name legacy in the Soviet Zone / GDR. Leipzig 2005, p. 176ff.
  3. ↑ Leipa. In: jessen.de. Retrieved March 27, 2015 .