Elsteraue
coat of arms | Germany map | |
---|---|---|
Coordinates: 51 ° 5 ' N , 12 ° 12' E |
||
Basic data | ||
State : | Saxony-Anhalt | |
County : | Burgenland district | |
Height : | 143 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 79.96 km 2 | |
Residents: | 8108 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 101 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 06729 | |
Primaries : | 034424, 03441 | |
License plate : | BLK, HHM, NEB, NMB, WSF, ZZ | |
Community key : | 15 0 84 130 | |
LOCODE : | DE ETA | |
Address of the municipal administration: |
Hauptstrasse 30 06729 Elsteraue |
|
Website : | ||
Mayor : | Andreas Buchheim | |
Location of the municipality of Elsteraue in the Burgenland district | ||
The municipality of Elsteraue is located on the White Elster in the Burgenland district in the south of Saxony-Anhalt .
geography
The municipality of Elsteraue is located east or northeast of the city of Zeitz in the triangle between Saxony, Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt. As the name suggests, the community is largely located in the floodplain of the White Elster. The Schnauder flows through the southern village of Spora, which is separated from the rest of the local area by the territory belonging to the city of Zeitz . The municipality is located in the central German lignite district . While the north with the active Profen open-cast mine is located in the Zeitz-Weißenfels lignite district , the southern area of the village of Spora is part of the Meuselwitz-Altenburg lignite district .
history
The community emerged on July 1, 2003 from the voluntary amalgamation of the previously independent communities Bornitz , Draschwitz , Göbitz , Könderitz , Langendorf , Profen , Rehmsdorf , Reuden , Spora (with the district Oelsen ) and Tröglitz . The joint administrative headquarters are in Alt-Tröglitz in the administrative building of the Zeitz chemical and industrial park. This arose from the old industrial site " Hydrogenation plant Zeitz".
During the Second World War , a satellite camp of the Buchenwald concentration camp was set up towards the end of 1944 in what is now the Gleina district and later in Rehmsdorf . The prisoners were used in the reconstruction of the destroyed hydrogenation plant of BRABAG (lignite-gasoline AG). 33 victims of this forced labor were buried in the Gleina local cemetery.
The community of Elsteraue is characterized by medium-sized companies. Furthermore, agriculture through the "Agricola Rehmsdorf Agricultural Cooperative" plays an important role, as does the lignite mining of the Mitteldeutsche Braunkohlengesellschaft mbH in the "Schwerzau" mining area of the Profen open-cast mine , which will dredge large parts of the Bornitzer, Draschwitzer, Reudener and Predeler field areas.
politics
Municipal council
The Elsteraue community council is made up of 20 volunteer members.
The election to the municipal council on May 26, 2019 brought the following result:
Party / group of voters | Share of votes | Seats | +/- | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) | 36.2% | 7th | - 2nd | |
Alternative for Germany (AfD) | 15.1% | 3 | + 3 | |
The left | 11.1% | 2 | - 1 | |
Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) | 5.8% | 1 | ± 0 | |
Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 2.0% | 1 | + 1 | |
National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) | 1.5% | 0 | - 1 | |
Elsteraue citizens' list (BLE) | 14.6% | 3 | ± 0 | |
Free group of voters (FWG) | 8.6% | 2 | + 1 | |
Elsteraue Citizens' Association (BVE) | 5.2% | 1 | ± 0 | |
Turnout: 60.6% |
mayor
In June 2010 Manfred Meißner was elected mayor with 57.3 percent of the vote, on September 24, 2017 Andreas Buchheim was elected as his successor with 54.38 percent.
coat of arms
Blazon : "Five golden ears of corn placed in a fan-like pattern in blue, below a golden miner's toughness, the whole covered with ten seven-pointed golden stars, one on each side in the upper corner, the remaining 8 in the lower half of the shield placed side by side."
The coat of arms was created by the Magdeburg local heraldist Jörg Mantzsch . The colors of the municipality are: yellow-blue.
Community structure
Localities | Districts |
---|---|
Bornitz | Bornitz |
Draschwitz | Draschwitz |
Goebitz | Göbitz, Maßnitz, Torna |
Koenderitz | Könderitz, Etzoldshain, Minkwitz, Traupitz |
Langendorf | Langendorf, Döbitzschen, Staschwitz |
Profen | Profen, Beersdorf, Lützkewitz |
Rehmsdorf | Rehmsdorf (with Rumsdorf), Krimmitzschen, Sprossen |
Regrets | Reuden, Predel, Ostrau |
Spora | Spora, Nißma , Oelsen, Prehlitz-Penkwitz |
Troglitz | Tröglitz, Alt-Tröglitz, Kadischen, Burtschütz, Stocksdorf, Gleina, Techwitz |
Attractions
- Landscape protection area "Elsteraue" with Elster cycle path and old pollinated willows
- Profen Church , built in 1495
- “Schwerzau” opencast mine lookout point on the “Green Magistrale” in the Profen opencast mine
- Church in Gleina, one of the oldest sacred buildings in the Burgenland district
- Group of half-timbered houses in Tröglitz, district of Kadischen
- Slate church spire in Predel, visible from Bundesstraße 2
- elaborately designed half-timbered houses in almost all districts
- Church in Spora, probably built around 1200
- Game reserve between Profen and Auligk
- classical church in Burtschütz from 1836
- Manor with a manor house built in 1750 in Rehmsdorf
- former weaver's house in Krimmitzschen
- Dreiherrenstein at the border triangle just under two kilometers east of Langendorf
- Memorial stone for the victims of the “Wille” subcamp (1944–45) opposite the station building in Rehmsdorf and on the old cemetery at the church in Gleina
- Exhibition and documentation center about the “Wille” subcamp in the community center Rehmsdorf on Brunnenplatz
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
In the district of Profen there is a train station on the Leipzig – Probstzella railway line . Further stops on this route were Reuden and Bornitz until 2010. Local initiatives are trying to reactivate the breakpoints as a need stop.
The districts of Tröglitz and Rehmsdorf are on the Zeitz – Altenburg railway line . Passenger traffic has been discontinued since 2002. Between 1901 and 1970 the districts of Oelsen, Spora and the devastated district of Wuitz had train stations on the Gera-Pforten – Wuitz-Mumsdorf railway line .
The federal highways 2 and 180 run through the municipality.
education
There are two large schools in the community. A comprehensive school was set up in Reuden, which is attended by students in grades 5–10. In the district of Tröglitz, the former primary and secondary school building on Friedensplatz was converted into a pure primary school for grades 1–4 of all students in the individual locations, so that the school location Tröglitz in the building erected between 1950 and 1953, which is also a listed building in its elaborate design with its main portal stands, remains.
economy
The Zeitz chemical and industrial park is located in Elsteraue .
Sons and daughters of the church
- Gottlob Bachmann (1763–1840), composer and organist, born in Bornitz
- Johann Christian Jörg (1779–1856), gynecologist and pediatrician, born in Predel
- Otto Rohland (1828–1899), member of the Reichstag and Landtag, born in Etzoldshain
- Manfred Riedel (1936–2009), philosopher, born in Etzoldshain
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt, population of the municipalities - as of December 31, 2019 (PDF) (update) ( help ).
- ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2003
- ↑ Elsteraue municipality, municipal council election 2019, preliminary final result , accessed on November 26, 2019
- ↑ Elsteraue chooses Manfred Meißner . Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, June 20, 2010, accessed on January 1, 2018.
- ↑ Iris Richter: Election in Elsteraue: The new mayor is called Andreas Buchheim . Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, September 25, 2017, accessed on January 1, 2018.