Lostau
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Lostau
community Moser
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| Height : | 47 m above sea level NHN |
| Area : | 14.42 km² |
| Residents : | 2096 (Jan. 1, 2019) |
| Population density : | 145 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 2010 |
| Postal code : | 39291 |
| Area code : | 039222 |
Lostau is a village in the municipality of Möser in the Jerichower Land district in Saxony-Anhalt .
geography
The village of Lostau is located in the catchment area of the state capital Magdeburg , which can be reached after 15 kilometers via the A 2 motorway as well as the federal highway 1 . The district town of Burg is about the same distance. The Elbe flows west of the village, and its oxbow lakes reach right up to the Alt Lostau settlement . This is also where the “Umflutkanal” flows into the Elbe from the south and protects Magdeburg from flooding. To the north of the village rises the 76 meter high "vineyard", from which a wide view over the Elbe valley, the Börde and the Fläming is possible. The Lostau district is part of the "Zuwachs - Külzauer Forst" nature reserve.
In terms of its natural surroundings , the district belongs to the north German lowlands and is divided into three different landscapes. The northern and eastern parts belong to the western Fläming plateau , a heather or grassland rich forest landscape. The central and southern parts belong to the Zerbster Land , an open cultural landscape characterized by arable fields, which forms the southwestern roof of the Fläming to the Elbe. No part of Fläming is the Elbe-Elster lowland , also an open cultural landscape characterized by arable fields, to which the western parts of the place and the Alt Lostau settlement belong. The entire district is part of the Elbe catchment area.
history
Archaeological finds have shown that Germanic tribes settled in the Lostau area during the Iron Age . They were replaced by Slavs from the 5th century . With the first train of Henry I against the Slavs 927-929 the area came under German influence. In 973, the German Emperor Otto II confirmed in a document that his father Otto I had donated Loztoue to the ore monastery of Magdeburg. A Burgward is also mentioned in this document, but its location has not yet been identified. The place name Lostov can be found in a parish register from 1459.
While the inhabitants of Lostau lived mainly from fishing in the Middle Ages, agriculture and cattle breeding became more important afterwards. This was also a consequence of the Elbe regulation at the end of the 18th century, with which Lostau lost its proximity to the river. This measure was intended to avert the risk of flooding for the place, but this only partially succeeded, as particularly high water levels continued to threaten the residents. Many of them therefore gave up their houses from the middle of the 19th century and moved a few hundred meters further east, where a ridge offered better protection. Since that time Lostau has consisted of two parts of the settlement, the original settlement Alt Lostau and at the height of Klein Lostau, today Neu Lostau, which later developed into the capital.
For some time it seemed that Lostau could benefit from the industrialization that began in the 19th century. Two brick factories were built that processed the silt from the Elbe. In 1846 the Magdeburg - Potsdam railway line was completed, the route of which also touched Lostau. However, it soon turned out that the embankment was not flood-proof, so in 1870 the line was moved further east, so that Lostau lost its rail connection. The two brickworks also had to cease operations at the beginning of the 20th century.
On the other hand, the tuberculosis sanctuary opened on July 1, 1902, helped the place gain importance. In 1909 it was the first hospital to receive an X-ray machine and in 1928 it was expanded to include two large wards. The care of pregnant women suffering from tuberculosis developed into a special treatment focus, which was continued until the 1960s. Formerly founded by a Magdeburg association, the hospital was later run by a railway pension fund for a few years before it was taken over by the city of Magdeburg in 1939. From 1966 onwards, the clinic was subject to legal sponsorship in the Magdeburg district, and in 1996 it was taken over by the Evangelical Pfeiffer Foundation in Magdeburg.
At this point in time, the population of Lostau had increased significantly compared to the 1980s. In 1993, a new residential area was developed in the Neu Lostau district, on which more than 200 private homes were built. In 2002, Alt Lostau was in extreme danger when the flood of the century flooded the district. All residents had to be evacuated.
From 2005 to 2009 Lostau was part of the Biederitz-Möser administrative association . Until December 31, 2009 Hohenwarthe was an independent municipality with the associated district of Alt Lostau. The last mayor of Lostaus was Helmer Frommholz. On January 1, 2010 Lostau was incorporated into the Möser community.
coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved on January 16, 1992 by the Ministry of the Interior.
Old community seal
Seal from 1938
Seal from 1952
Buildings
The Lostau village church , located in the Alt Lostau settlement, was built between 1150 and 1200 as a fortified church using quartzite rubble from the Pretzien quarries. It is a three-part, late Romanesque building with a wide west tower, nave and choir. The altar, pulpit and gallery date from 1650. The baptismal font from the 12th century, decorated with four lions, is probably a gift from Henry the Lion to the Margrave of Brandenburg Albrecht the Bear . The tower bells date from 1715.
The Hohenwarthe post mill has been located north of the village since 1984 .
Personalities
- Peter Hesse (1944–2004), German chess player and composer
Web links
- Information about the village at www.gemeinde-moeser.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Möser municipality - registration office (ed.): Population figures in the Möser municipality including the individual districts as of 01.01.2019 . January 25, 2019.
- ↑ Main statute of the community of Möser. Möser community, July 1, 2014, accessed on January 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 01 to December 31, 2010
