Kötschlitz

Kötschlitz City of Leuna Coordinates: 51 ° 21 ′ 19 ″  N , 12 ° 10 ′ 12 ″  E
Height :	97 m
Area :	5.4 km²
Residents :	995  (Jun 30, 2017)
Population density :	184 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 2009
Postal code :	06237
Area code :	034638
Location of Kötschlitz in Leuna

Kötschlitz is a district of the city of Leuna in the Saalekreis in Saxony-Anhalt (Germany).

geography

The west end of the canal

Mural

Kötschlitz, including the former districts of Möritzsch and Zschöchergen, lies between Merseburg and Leipzig north of the Elster-Saale Canal , with Günthersdorf connected to the south .

The western end of the canal is a few hundred meters west of Kötschlitz.

history

Until 1815, Kötzschlitz, Möritzsch and Zschöchergen belonged to the Schkeuditz Office of Merseburg , which had been under Electoral Saxon sovereignty since 1561 and belonged to the secondary school principality of Saxony-Merseburg between 1656/57 and 1738 . As a result of the resolutions of the Congress of Vienna , Kötzschlitz, Möritzsch and Zschöchergen and the western part of the Schkeuditz office were ceded to Prussia in 1815. In the new political order Prussia they were in 1816 the county Merseburg in the administrative district of Merseburg of the Province of Saxony allocated to which they belonged to the 1952nd

On October 26, 1937, as part of the Germanization of place names, the spelling Kötzschlitz was changed to Kötschlitz . On July 1, 1950, Möritzsch and Zschöchergen were incorporated into Kötschlitz. During the district reform in the GDR in 1952, Kötschlitz was assigned to the Merseburg district in the Halle district, which came to the Merseburg-Querfurt district in 1994 and to the Saale district in 2007 . On October 1, 1965, the previously independent neighboring communities Horburg and Maßlau were incorporated. On May 6, 1990 they were released into self-employment as the Horburg-Maßlau community .

From 2006 to 2009 Kötschlitz was part of the Leuna-Kötzschau administrative community . Until December 30, 2009, Kötschlitz was an independent municipality with the associated districts of Möritzsch and Zschöchergen. On December 31, 2009, Kötschlitz was incorporated into the city of Leuna . The last mayor of the municipality of Kötschlitz was Andreas Stolle.

badges and flags

Kötschlitzer coat of arms

Blazon : "In gold between two blue flanks three sinking red-armored blue falcons in stakes."

The municipality of Kötschlitz comprised three villages that were previously independent. These are Kötschlitz, Zschöchergen and Möritzsch. In the local literature and descriptions of the 19th century it is mentioned that the region was home to many falcons, which had ideal hunting and living conditions in the extensive meadows and fields. There were and are numerous headwaters. The three villages mentioned are therefore symbolized as three falcons in the municipal coat of arms. The blue flanks in the shield represent the water.

The coat of arms was designed in 2000 by the Magdeburg municipal heraldist Jörg Mantzsch and included in the approval process.

Kötschlitz carries a blue and yellow striped flag with the coat of arms placed in the middle.

Culture and sights

Annenkapelle Kötschlitz and gate of the former manor

Canal bridge at Möritzsch

Canal bridge at Kötschlitz

Buildings

• Annenkapelle, built in 1516 in the late Gothic style with a shrine altar. Hans Christoph von Zweymen abolished the service in this chapel and instead had a prayer room built in the church in Zweimen in 1746 at his own expense.
• Elster-Saale Canal

Regular events

The Whitsun Beer is celebrated in the paddocks of the manor.

Economy and Infrastructure

The Nova shopping center with around 76,000 m² of retail space as well as restaurants and a cinema belongs to the neighboring district of Günthersdorf.

The local school closed in 1977, and the children have been using the school in Zöschen ever since .

The hotel of the Holiday Inn chain has 89 rooms and 8 conference rooms.

Transport links

The federal highway 9 and the federal highway 181 cross 1000 meters southeast of Kötschlitz.

The Merseburg-Leipzig and Merseburg-Günthersdorf bus routes operate on the B 181.

The Merseburg – Leipzig railway , which was completed in 1931, had a stop in town. In 1998, however, the line was closed.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas , Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 , p. 84 f.
2. ^ The district of Merseburg in the municipal directory 1900
3. ↑ Statistics of the German Reich, Volume 450: Official municipality directory for the German Reich, Part I, Berlin 1939; Page 261
4. ↑ Kötschlitz and its districts on gov.genealogy.net
5. ↑ Municipalities 1994 and their changes since January 1, 1948 in the new federal states , Metzler-Poeschel publishing house, Stuttgart, 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , publisher: Federal Statistical Office
6. ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 2nd to December 31st, 2009

Web links

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