Lossow (Frankfurt (Oder))

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Lossow
Coordinates: 52 ° 17 ′ 6 ″  N , 14 ° 32 ′ 55 ″  E
Height : 63 m
Area : 70 ha
Residents : 597  (December 31, 2012)
Population density : 853 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1973
Postal code : 15236
Area code : 0335
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Regional division of the city of Frankfurt (Oder), Lossow's location highlighted
House and church tower in Lossow
House and church tower in Lossow

Lossow ( Listen ? / I ) is a district of the independent city of Frankfurt (Oder) . Audio file / audio sample

geography

Geographical location

Lossow is seven kilometers south of the urban area of ​​Frankfurt (Oder), four kilometers east of the Helenesee and about 102 kilometers east of Berlin .

Neighboring communities

Brieskow-Finkenheerd , a municipality in the Oder-Spree district, is five kilometers south of Lossow .

history

Lossow Castle before 1913. Photo: Hermann Schinke
Part at the church before 1913. Photo: Hermann Schinke

The place was named after the Lossow family. It was first mentioned in a document in 1290 under the name Otto de Lossowe . The place can be documented for the first time in 1328.

The Frankfurt patrician Rakow bought the Free Court and the village from the Lossow family in 1438. In 1460 the place had 64 hatches , 20 kötter , a jug and a sheep farm . Of the 64 hubs, four belonged to the pastor and two to the church, four belonged to the judge or Lehnschulzen and 34 to the judge. A customs office was first mentioned in 1473.

When the patrician von Rakow family died out in 1512 , Lossow passed into the possession of the von Beerfelde family , with whom it remained until 1806. In the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) Lossow suffered looting and arson by troops of Wallenstein and Sweden . 1741–1746 the village church was rebuilt. In the course of the Seven Years' War (1756–1763), the population suffered again from plunder and violence; In 1759 the church was sacked by Russian soldiers. 1801 Lossow had 232 inhabitants, a forge , a royal secondary customs office, a brick factory, the bush mill and a water mill.

In 1806 Gut Lossow became the property of the District Administrator Schöning and leased to Wilhelm Carl Gottfried Selle (born May 31, 1791 in Küstrin; † Feb. 21, 1827 in Lossow). Lossow received, except for the patrimonial jurisdiction , self-government. In 1811, on the occasion of fighting a major fire in Tzschetzschnow , the town's fire department was first mentioned.

To wake of the War of Liberation (1813-1815) in 1813 Tzschetzschnow, Lossow and were Markendorf 800 troops of the French army pursuing Don Cossacks quartered. As a result of the Congress of Vienna (September 18, 1814 to June 9, 1815), Lossow belonged to the Frankfurt administrative district from 1816 until it was dissolved in 1945 .

In 1844, during the construction of the Berlin – Breslau railway line, archaeological finds on the Lossow castle wall became known.

In 1900 there are 537 residents and 65 houses.

At the end of the Second World War in 1945, Lossow was 35% destroyed.

After the district reform of 1950 Lossow belonged to the district of Frankfurt (Oder) ; after the district reform of 1952 to the Fürstenberg district, which was renamed the Eisenhüttenstadt-Land district in 1961 . 1973 Lossow was incorporated into the independent city of Frankfurt (Oder).

Population development
year population
1801 232
1900 537
1986 344
2007 540
2010 502
2012 597

Culture and sights

Buildings

Village church

Village church with memorial for the fallen 2013

The church in Lossow is mentioned for the first time in the Lebuser monastery register in 1405. When it fell into disrepair in 1741, the church patron Adolph Friedrich von Beerfelde planned the construction of a new church, which was completed in 1746.

In 1759, during the Seven Years' War , the church was sacked by Russian soldiers. A lightning strike on July 13, 1885 burned out the bell cage, the bells fell and broke. In the same year, work began on rebuilding the tower, which was completed in 1886. In 1924 the church received three new bells from Apolda from the manor owner, Mr. Simon. In 1945 the church was badly damaged and burned out during World War II. The first construction work began in the 1950s. Farmers donated lumber; the tower received a roof. Funding provided in 1995 for the renovation of the tower roof and part of the church wall. With a safety net that was installed over the top of the wall in 2005, the ruin is now accessible.

Monuments

View of the Lossower Burgwall 2013, which is lined with bushes

The castle wall of Lossow is one of the most important ground monuments in the state of Brandenburg . Its use is likely to date back to 1000 BC. Chr. To 400 v. Dated. In the 19th century, during the construction of the Berlin – Wroclaw railway line, archaeological finds from the Bronze and Iron Ages as well as the Slav times were found. The wall rises about thirty meters above the western bank of the Oder ; protected by the steep wall . You can still see the up to six meter high earth-wood wall.

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

Small and medium-sized companies in the service sector characterize the economic structure of Lossow today.

traffic

Lossow is east of the B 112 in the direction of Eisenhüttenstadt on Oder-Lausitz-Straße .

fire Department

The fire brigade was first mentioned in connection with a major fire on September 8, 1811 in Tzschetzschnow, the then name of Güldendorf , a district of Frankfurt (Oder). On June 19, 1999, a contract between both volunteer fire brigades was signed with the city of Cybinka in Poland , which agreed on mutual cooperation in the area of ​​Poland and Germany.

Personalities

Trivia

According to a legend, an underground corridor is said to have led from the castle wall to near Frankfurt, where it ended in bushes.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cathrin Knop, Henry Maus: Residents with main residence - City of Frankfurt (Oder) - districts - December 31, 2012. (PDF, 26 kB) (No longer available online.) Residents' register / municipal statistics office of the city of Frankfurt (Oder), May 22, 2013, archived from the original on December 31, 2013 ; accessed on December 30, 2013 . 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.frankfurt-oder.de
  2. ↑ Underground corridors . In: Vienna Pictures . No. 44 . Vienna November 2, 1910, p. 19 ( onb.ac.at ).