Leitzkau

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Leitzkau
City of Gommern
Leitzkau coat of arms
Coordinates: 52 ° 3 ′ 27 ″  N , 11 ° 57 ′ 6 ″  E
Height : 107 m above sea level NHN
Area : 36.97 km²
Residents : 873  (December 31, 2017)
Population density : 24 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 2005
Postal code : 39279
Area code : 039241
Leitzkau (Saxony-Anhalt)
Leitzkau
Leitzkau
Location of Leitzkau in Saxony-Anhalt
View of the collegiate church of Sancta Maria in Monte (left) and St. Peter (right)
Former collegiate church of the Premonstratensian Monastery of Leitzkau , then castle church
Leitzkau Castle

Leitzkau is a district of the city of Gommern in the district of Jerichower Land in Saxony-Anhalt , Germany.

geography

Leitzkau is about 100 meters above sea level on a southwestern plateau of the Fläming and is surrounded by agricultural land. The place is located between the castle complex with the former collegiate church of Sancta Maria in Monte and the village church of St. Peter located on a smaller hill. Today, as for so long in its history, the place is characterized by agriculture. Two agricultural companies are based there.

In terms of natural space , the place belongs to the Zerbster Land , an arable, open cultural landscape and 536 km² main unit of the superordinate main unit group of the Fläming in the north German lowlands . The Zerbster Land forms the southwestern roof of the Fläming to the Elbe and belongs to the catchment area of ​​this river.

Leitzkau is connected to Gommern by federal highway 184 . The next rail connection is in Prödel, three kilometers away, on the Magdeburg - Dessau line.

history

middle Ages

In Leitzkau there was a Slavic settlement, which probably belonged to the area of ​​the Morazianen. The first documentary mention, "Liezka", took place on August 18, 995 by the German King Otto III. At the end of the 10th century, Leitzkau became the assembly point of the German imperial armies for their campaigns against the East Elbe Slavs and the Poles. So started Otto III. From here in 995 his fight against the Slavic Liutizen and Obotriten , Heinrich II. began his campaign against the Polish Duke Boleslaw Chrobry in Leitzkau in 1005 and in 1029 Konrad II set out to fight Mieszko II Lambert of Poland at the same place .

In 1114 the stone St. Petri Church was built in place of a previous wooden building, as the oldest known stone church east of the Elbe. After 1138, the Leitzkau Premonstratensian Monastery settled there , and in 1155 it was moved to the mountain with the Marienkirche.

In 1535 the monastery was secularized. In 1564 it was acquired by the von Münchhausen family from Lower Saxony , who owned it until 1945. She converted the convent building into the Leitzkau Castle .

On January 1, 2005, Leitzkau was incorporated into the city of Gommern.

The district of Hohenlochau belonged to the former community .

Population development

In 1965 Leitzkau had 1,600 inhabitants, in 2014 there were 910.

politics

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on June 9, 1994 by the Dessau Regional Council.

Blazon : “Split by blue and silver; in front a golden bishop's staff with a tassel, behind a red bowl, the beard on the right and above, the keeper square. "

The community colors are gold (yellow) - blue.

The golden crosier stands as a reminder of the foundation of the Premonstratensian Canons ( Prämonstratenserstift Leitzkau ), this order had two crossed bishops in the coat of arms, and the key reminds of the bishops of Brandenburg, who had their seat here temporarily and brought the Premonstratensian monastery into being.

The coat of arms was designed by the Heraldic Society "Black Lion" Leipzig.

Parish partnership

Since March 8, 1990 Leitzkau maintains a community partnership with the community Jesteburg in the district of Harburg (Lower Saxony).

Memorials and sights

Thälmann memorial

A memorial stone from 1962 on the castle commemorates the KPD chairman Ernst Thälmann , who was murdered in the Buchenwald concentration camp in 1944 .

Personalities

literature

  • Boje E. Schmuhl / Konrad Breitenborn (ed.): Schloss Leitzkau. Halle / Saale 2005.
  • Heinrich L. Nickel: Parish Church and Collegiate Church in Leitzkau. ( Large architectural monuments , booklet 456), 3rd edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1996.
  • Christian Scholl: The former Premonstratensian Church of St. Mary in Leitzkau - shape and interpretation. Dissertation 1999 University of Göttingen and TENEA Verlag für Medien Berlin, ISBN 3-932274-23-7 .

Web links

Commons : Leitzkau  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ City of Gommern - residents' registration office (ed.): Population figures for the unit municipality of Gommern - as of December 31, 2017 . January 28, 2019.
  2. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  3. ↑ Regest ( Memento of the original from July 7, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Regesta Imperii @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.regesta-imperii.de
  4. ↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2005