Märkische Heide

This article deals with the Brandenburg community. See also: Märkischheide or Märkische Heide, Brandenburg sand .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 52 ° 3 '  N , 14 ° 3'  E
Basic data
State :	Brandenburg
County :	Dahme-Spreewald
Height :	45 m above sea level NHN
Area :	211.55 km 2
Residents:	3894 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	18 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	15913
Primaries :	035471, 035473 (Alt-Schadow, Glietz, Groß Leine, Groß Leuthen, Kuschkow, Pretschen)
License plate :	LDS, KW, LC, LN
Community key :	12 0 61 329
Community structure:	17 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Schlossstrasse 13a 15913 Märkische Heide
Website :	www.maerkische-heide.de
Mayoress :	Annett Lehmann (Pro Märkische Heide)
Location of the municipality of Märkische Heide in the Dahme-Spreewald district

Leibchel Church, lead drawing by an unknown painter, 1889

Märkische Heide , Markojska góla in Lower Sorbian , is a municipality in the Dahme-Spreewald district in Brandenburg . The municipality of Märkische Heide in Niederlausitz, with over 200 km², is one of the largest in Germany and is partly part of the recognized settlement area of ​​the Sorbs / Wends .

Community structure

Märkische Heide consists of the following districts and inhabited districts:

• Alt-Schadow ( Lower Sorbian Stary Škódow )
• Biebersdorf ( Njacyna )
• Dollgen ( Dołgi )
• Dürrenhofe ( Dwóry )
• Glietz ( Zglic )
• Gröditsch ( Groźišćo )
• Big Leash ( Wjelike Linje )
• Groß Leuthen ( Lutol ) with the municipality part of Klein Leuthen ( Lutolk )
• Hohenbrück-Neu Schadow ( Wusoki Móst-Nowy Škódow ) with the districts of Hohenbrück and Neu Schadow
• Small Leash ( Małe Linje )
• Krugau ( Dubrawa )
• Kuschkow ( Kuškow )
• Leibchel ( Lubochol )
• Plattkow ( Błotko )
• Pretschen ( Mrocna )
• Schuhlen-Wiese ( Skulin-Łuka ) with the municipal parts of Schuhlen (until November 2, 1937 Skuhlen) and Wiese
• Wittmannsdorf-Bückchen ( Witanojce-Bukowka ) with the municipality parts Wittmannsdorf and Bückchen

In addition, there are the residential areas Birkenhainchen ( Brjazynka ), Botta ( Błota ), Bush houses ( Pśi krjach ), Forsthaus Marienberg ( Golnica Marijna Gora ), Grenz ( Granica ), Hüttenplatz ( Hutownja ), Neu Bückchen ( Nowa Bukowka ), Neukrug ( Nowa Kjarcma ) and Vorwerk Amalienhof.

history

The community was created on October 26, 2003 from the amalgamation of 17 previously independent communities, which today form the districts.

The districts of Dollgen, Groß Leuthen, Klein Leine and Pretschen are part of the official settlement area of ​​the Sorbs / Wends.

Population development

year Residents 2003 4 841 2004 4 772 2005 4 760 2006 4 684 2007 4,585 2008 4,464 2009 4 396

year Residents 2010 4,313 2011 4 137 2012 4,067 2013 4 002 2014 3,989

year Residents 2015 3,954 2016 3,915 2017 3880 2018 3 893 2019 3 894

Territory of the respective year, number of inhabitants: as of December 31, from 2011 based on the 2011 census

politics

Community representation

The community council of Märkische Heide consists of 16 community representatives and the full-time mayor. The local election on May 26, 2019 resulted in the following distribution of seats:

Party / group of voters	Seats
Voting group Pro Märkische Heide	4th
SPD	4th
AfD	2
CDU	2
Voting group for citizens close to Märkische Heide	1
Initiative future	1
Individual applicant Matthias Lehmann	1
Alliance 90 / The Greens	1

mayor

• 2003–2006: Horst Theile
• 2006–2014: Dieter Freihoff (SPD)
• since 2014 Annett Lehmann (independent)

Lehmann was elected in the mayoral election on September 28, 2014 with 53.1% of the valid votes for a term of eight years (voter turnout 64.1%).

coat of arms

Blazon : "With a green border in gold covered with seventeen gold discs, three black pine apples are placed against the fallen three-pass and covered at the intersection by three green acorns with the three-pass."

The 17 districts are symbolized by a board with 17 golden discs. The predominant mixed forest is represented by pine apples and acorns, each a typical Brandenburg conifer and deciduous tree, each in a three-pass.

flag

The flag of the municipality - when hung in a cross piece of wood - consists of three longitudinal strips of green-yellow-green in a ratio of 1: 2: 1 and bears the municipality's coat of arms in the middle.

Partnerships

• Partner municipality Gmina Tuczno
• Partner region Kop van Overijssel

Attractions

In the list of architectural monuments in Märkische Heide and in the list of ground monuments in Märkische Heide are the cultural monuments entered in the list of monuments of the state of Brandenburg. In particular, these are:

• Groß Leuthen Castle , several times rebuilt Renaissance castle on the foundation walls of a moated castle from the 12th century
• Soviet memorial from 1946 in the cemetery of the Krugau district for 42 perished women, men and children who had to do forced labor in an armaments factory during the Second World War
• The core of the village church Groß Leine was built in the 15th century and extensively rebuilt from 1906 to 1910. The church furnishings include an altar from the 3rd quarter of the 17th century, in which parts of an older altar from the first half of the 15th century are embedded.
• The village church Krugau is a field stone church from the 15th century. Inside there is a pulpit altar from the beginning of the 18th century.

traffic

In the municipality, the federal highways B 179 from Königs Wusterhausen and B 320 from Guben meet the B 87 Lübben - Beeskow .

The Krugau , Großleuthen-Gröditsch , Bückchen and Wittmannsdorf stops were on the Lübben – Beeskow West railway line , on which passenger traffic was discontinued in 2008.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Hermann Matschenz (1848–1901), stenographer, born in Krugau
• Hans von Gronau (1850–1940), general, born in Alt-Schadow
• Christoph-Heinrich von Houwald (1879–1941), free landlord on Straupitz , member of the Prussian mansion , born in Leibchel
• Otto Lukas (1881–1956), local poet, born in Leibchel
• Erich Röhn (1910–1985), violinist, born in Groß Leuthen
• Bernd Pittkunings (* 1960), Sorbian songwriter, born in Dollgen

Personalities associated with the community

• Hans Albrecht von Barfus (1635–1704), Brandenburg-Prussian field marshal, acquired the feudal estates Wiese and Plattkow in 1702
• Johann Ludwig von Hordt (1719–1798), Prussian lieutenant general, buried in Groß Leuthen
• Ferdinand Dinse (1811–1889), organ builder, created the organ in the village church in Groß Leuthen
• Emil von Gutzmerow (1821–1906), landlord, member of the Prussian manor house, lived in Groß Leuthen
• Karl von Trebra (1834–1905), major general, lord of Pretschen with Amalienhof
• Hans von Willisen (1837–1905), general, member of the Prussian House of Representatives , died in Glietz
• Otto Riemann (1850–1925), clergyman and writer, 1876–1879 pastor in Neu-Schadow
• Bodo Ebhardt (1865–1945), architect, architectural historian and castle researcher, restored and expanded Groß Leuthen Castle
• Jürgen von Woyski (1929–2000), sculptor and painter, created the tower stele with dove of peace in Gröditsch
• Gerhard Knabe (1936–2005), painter, lived in Gröditsch
• Thomas Jacob (* 1943), director and screenwriter, lives in Glietz
• Sylvia Lehmann (* 1954), politician (SPD), MdL Brandenburg, lives in Dollgen
• Kathrin Schneider (* 1962), politician (SPD), state minister in Brandenburg, lives in Dürrenhofe
• Axel Schreiber (* 1980), actor, grew up in Groß Leuthen
• Christian Lillinger (* 1984), drummer, composer and percussionist, grew up in Kuschkow
• Robert Lillinger (* 1990), conductor, pianist and composer, grew up in Kuschkow

Web links

Commons : Märkische Heide  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population in the State of Brandenburg according to municipalities, offices and municipalities not subject to official registration on December 31, 2019 (XLSX file; 223 KB) (updated official population figures) ( help on this ).
2. ^ Service portal of the state administration Brandenburg. Märkische Heide community
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q} place names Niederlausitz ;
   see also: Sophie Wauer, Klaus Müller, Kerstin Kirsch: The place names of the Beeskow-Storkow district (= Brandenburg name book, part 12). Steiner, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-515-08664-1 , pp. 226-228
4. ↑ Arnost Muka : Serbski zemjepisny słowničk. Budyšin 1927, p. 73 ( digitized version ).
5. ↑ Statistics of the German Empire. Volume 450: Official directory of municipalities for the German Reich. Part I, Berlin 1939, p. 250
6. ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2003
7. ↑ Historical municipality register of the State of Brandenburg 1875 to 2005. Landkreis Dahme-Spreewald , pp. 26–30
8. ↑ Population in the state of Brandenburg from 1991 to 2015 according to independent cities, districts and municipalities , Table 7
9. ^ Office for Statistics Berlin-Brandenburg (Ed.): Statistical report AI 7, A II 3, A III 3. Population development and population status in the state of Brandenburg (respective editions of the month of December)
10. ^ Result of the local election on May 26, 2019
11. ↑ Local elections October 26, 2003. Mayoral elections , p. 23
12. ↑ Dieter Freihoff is mayor. In: Lausitzer Rundschau , October 30, 2006
13. ↑ Brandenburg Local Election Act, Section 74
14. ^ Result of the mayoral election on September 28, 2014
15. ↑ Main statute of the municipality of Märkische Heide ( Memento from December 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 57 kB), § 3 coat of arms, flag and official seal (§ 10 BbgKVerf)
16. ↑ partner community. Märkische Heide community (märkische-heide.de), accessed on March 25, 2013 . 
17. ↑ on Hermann Matschenz see: Richard Wrede and Hans von Reinfels (eds.): Das Geistige Berlin. An encyclopedia of the intellectual life of Berlin. Volume 1. Storm [u. a.], Berlin 1897, Volume 3, 1898; Dr. Johnen: Matschenz, Hermann. In: Anton Bettelheim: Biographisches Jahrbuch and German Nekrolog. Volume 6, Reimer, Berlin 1904, pp. 136-137 and col. 70 *; Rudolf Bonnet: Men of Shorthand. 572 Outlines of the lives of pioneers and leaders of the shorthand movement. Winkler, Darmstadt 1935
18. ↑ on Christoph-Heinrich von Houwald see: Herrmann AL Degener : Who is it? 4th edition, Degener, Leipzig 1909; Genealogical manual of the nobility. Volume 82, Count's Houses. Volume 11, Starke, Limburg an der Lahn 1983, p. 121
19. ↑ on Erich Röhn see: Wilibald Gurlitt (Hrsg.): Riemann Musik Lexikon. Person part L – Z. 12th edition, Schott, Mainz 1961, p. 525; The violinist Erich Röhn has died. ( Memento of July 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: Hamburger Abendblatt, August 7, 1985; Friedrich Herzfeld (Ed.): The New Ullstein Lexicon of Music. Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main [et al.] 1993; Entries on Erich Röhn in the catalog of the German National Library
20. ↑ on Bernd Pittkunings see: Peter Becker: Sorbian cultural ambassador from passion. In: Lausitzer Rundschau . May 29, 2010
21. ↑ on Karl Albrecht von Trebra see: Anton Bettelheim: Biographisches Jahrbuch und deutscher Nekrolog. Volume 10, 1905, Reimer, Berlin 1907, Col. 262 *; Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Nobeligen Huser. German nobility. Justus Perthes, Gotha 1926, p. 704; Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 10, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1942], DNB 986919810 , pp. 415-416, no. 3298.
22. ↑ on Hans von Willisen see: Anton Bettelheim (Hrsg.): Biographisches Jahrbuch und deutscher Nekrolog. Volume 10, 1905, Reimer, Berlin 1907 ?; Bernhard Mann : Biographical Handbook for the Prussian House of Representatives (1867-1918) (= Handbooks on the History of Parliamentarism and Political Parties, Volume 3). Droste, Düsseldorf 1988, p. 418
23. ↑ on Otto Riemann see: Franz Brümmer : Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present. Volume 5, Leipzig 1913, pp. 470-471; Otto Fischer: Evangelical pastor's book for the Mark Brandenburg. List of clergymen in alphabetical order. Berlin 1941, p. 698 (there date and place of death); Wilhelm Kosch : German Literature Lexicon. 3rd edition, volume 12. Francke Verlag, Bern and Stuttgart 1990, column 1227; Peter Walther (Ed.): Muses and Graces in the Mark. 750 years of literature in Brandenburg. Volume 2: A historical dictionary of writers. Lukas-Verlag, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-931836-69-X , p. 133
24. ↑ on Gerhard Knabe see: Gerhard Knabe ( Memento from August 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive )