Möhlau
|
Möhlau
City of Graefenhainichen
|
|
|---|---|
 |
|
| Height : | 77 m above sea level NHN |
| Area : | 24.77 km² |
| Residents : | 1961 (December 31, 2009) |
| Population density : | 79 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 2011 |
| Postal code : | 06772 |
| Area code : | 034953 |
 Late Romanesque stone church
|
|
Möhlau is a district of the city of Graefenhainichen in the district of Wittenberg in Saxony-Anhalt . Möhlau is around 8 km from Graefenhainichen.
General information
Möhlau is a place that is very much characterized by lignite mining . In Möhlau there are 3 remaining opencast mining holes (Möhlauer See, Alte Grube, Grube 3), which are now flooded and used as bathing lakes. These open-cast mines were built to supply the Zschornewitz power plant , which is only a few kilometers away . There is also an outdoor pool in Möhlau. Adjacent to the outdoor pool is a recreation area with numerous holiday apartments and a nature campsite. Many clubs are also located in Möhlau. The village's carnival club is well known in the region. A soccer and bowling club, as well as a fishing club and the Möhlau gymnastics group are at home in Möhlau.
geography
geology
Lignite mining began in the middle of the 19th century. In the core area of the deposits around Golpa, a first large open pit mine was opened in 1846 east of Großmöhlau with the so-called coal mine 9 . The construction of the Zschornewitz power plant in 1915 and the associated opening of further opencast mines had a great influence on the development of Möhlaus and the spacious surroundings.
Volcanic activities brought acidic volcanic rocks (“ porphyry ”) to the surface ( Hallescher Porphyry Complex ) about 300 million years ago . Porphyry was quarried for several centuries. Most of the old houses in the area have Möhlauer porphyry in their foundations. In Wörlitzer Park , too, a lot of work was done with porphyry for practical and aesthetic reasons. The quarries in Möhlau were transformed into a park in 1935 with lakes and steep rock faces, pavilion and bridge and are still worth seeing today.
Structure of the district
The district is divided into Golpa, Rothehaus, Möhlau and Kleinmöhlau.
history
The place Möhlau goes back to a Slavic settlement. He was first mentioned in a document on December 12, 1200 at the inauguration of the church in Wörlitz, about 25 kilometers away .
The places Großmöhlau and Golpa belonged to the electoral office of Bitterfeld until 1815 . The decisions of the Congress of Vienna they came to Prussia and were in 1816 the district Bitterfeld in the administrative district of Merseburg of Saxony Province allocated to which they belonged to the 1944th Kleinmöhlau, however, has historically always been part of Anhalt .
On July 1, 1950, Großmöhlau, Kleinmöhlau and Golpa merged to form the municipality of Möhlau.
On January 1, 2011 Möhlau was incorporated into the city of Graefenhainichen.
After years of protests by refugees, which were also perceived nationwide, the refugee accommodation in Möhlau was closed at the end of 2012.
Attractions
- Late Romanesque stone church
- Möhlauer See with lido and holiday apartments
politics
coat of arms
The coat of arms designed by the local heraldist Jörg Mantzsch was approved by the district on February 3, 2009.
Blazon : “Square of blue and gold; Field 1 and 4: a golden ear of wheat, field 2: a green tiled stove with a black base and curved black top, field 3: a black miner's tooth . "
flag
The flag is black-yellow-black (1: 4: 1) striped (horizontal shape: stripes running horizontally; lengthwise shape: stripes running vertically) and centered with the coat of arms.
Economy / transport
- Bahnbedarf Möhlau GmbH and the sleeper warehouse are located on the road between Möhlau and Zschornewitz.
- The nationwide operating and independent energy supplier, the gas and energy cooperative Ost- und Mitteldeutschland eG (GEG), is located at Hauptstraße 1.
- The nearest Deutsche Bahn train stations are in Graefenhainichen and Burgkemnitz on the Berlin – Halle line . The Zschornewitzer Kleinbahn has been shut down.
Memorials
- Locomotive in memory of the mining industry
- Tombs on the local cemetery for three known by name Italian military internees who during the Second World War, victims of forced labor were
- Memorials for those who fell in World War I in Klein Möhlau in the cemetery and in Groß Möhlau near the electric locomotive
- Monument to the forester Rudolf Stubenrauch in the Rothehaus district
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ GemNeuglG WB
- ↑ mdr.de: The Zschornewitzer and their power plant. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 26, 2016 ; Retrieved August 26, 2016 . 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.
- ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 22 f.
- ↑ The Prussian district of Bitterfeld in the municipality register 1900
- ^ The Anhalt district of Köthen in the municipality register 1900
- ↑ Großmöhlau on gov.genealogy.net
- ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 1st to December 31st, 2011
- ↑ Refugee home in Möhlau will be closed mz-online on December 27, 2012
- ↑ Official Journal of the District No. 4/2009 Page 5 ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 405 kB)
