Polenzko

Polenzko City of Zerbst / Anhalt
	Coordinates: 52 ° 0 ′ 38 ″ N , 12 ° 15 ′ 15 ″ E
Area :	19.92 km²
Residents :	296 (Dec. 31, 2008)
Population density :	15 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 2010
Postal code :	39264
Area code :	039248
Location of Polenzko in Saxony-Anhalt

Polenzko is a district of the city of Zerbst / Anhalt in the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district in Saxony-Anhalt (Germany).

Until December 31, 2009 Polenzko was an independent municipality with the associated districts Bärenthoren and Mühro. 296 inhabitants lived on a municipal area of 19.92 km² (December 31, 2008). On January 1, 2010 the incorporation into Zerbst / Anhalt took place .

geography

The village of Polenzko near the sources of the (middle) Nuthe on the edge of the Hohe Fläming is about 15 kilometers northeast of Zerbst and about 22 kilometers north of Dessau-Roßlau . The wooded area east of Polenzko reaches heights of up to 136 m above sea level. NHN ( vineyards ).

history

On July 1, 1950, the previously independent municipality of Mühro was incorporated.

politics

mayor

The last mayor of the Polenzko community was Ruth Buchmann.

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved by the Dessau Regional Council on December 6, 2000 and registered in the Magdeburg State Archives under the coat of arms roll number 41/2000.

Blazon : "A diagonal blue wavy bar in gold, topped by a green linden leaf, below by a green oak leaf, both leaves structured in black and rising diagonally to the right."

The linden leaf as well as the oak leaf symbolically show the tree species characteristic of this area. The wave bar should point to the Nuthe river, which crosses the hallways of the municipality.

The coat of arms was designed by the Heraldic Society "Black Lion" Leipzig.

flag

The flag is striped green and yellow. The municipality's coat of arms is placed in the middle of the flag.

Attractions

Bärenthoren Castle

The village of Bärenthoren belonged to the Polenzko municipality until 2009. Then it became part of the city of Zerbst / Anhalt . The village became famous for the Bärenthorener pine industry , which the forest scientist Friedrich von Kalitsch founded in 1884 and which today forms a forest cultural monument with an area of 193 hectares.

The village church, built in the 12th century, is one of a number of planned themed churches of the Zerbst Evangelical Church District. The Polenzko Church is designed as a Christmas church all year round . The oversized nativity scene figures Maria and Josef were created by the Zerbst wood sculptor Horst Sommer from poplar trunks. On the 3rd Sunday of Advent in 2009, the church received a baby Jesus around one and a half meters long and weighing several hundred kilograms . Further nativity figures like the shepherds as well as ox and donkey are to follow. Advent and Christmas customs are documented on information boards.