Madlow

Madlow ; Módłej City of Cottbus Coordinates: 51 ° 43 '24 " N , 14 ° 20' 44" E
Height :	78 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3 km²
Residents :	1612 (Apr 30, 2020)
Population density :	537 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	July 1, 1950
Postal code :	03048-03050
Area code :	0355
	Location of Madlow in Cottbus

Madlow , Módłej in Lower Sorbian , is a district of the independent city of Cottbus in Brandenburg .

history

In 1346 the place was first mentioned as Madela . The place was named after the Priorgraben , a tributary of the Spree , flowing through it . At that time it was called "Modla". The name comes from the Sorbian language and means "weak, slowly flowing water". The large housing estate Sachsendorf-Madlow was built in 1974.

Personalities

Alfred Vogel (1875–1938), administrative lawyer and ministerial official
Arno Koselleck (1891–1977), historian
Dieter Nowka (1924–1998), composer and musicologist from Lower Sorbian

Attractions

Martinskirche
Main road
Tram depot

Web links

Commons : Madlow - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ residents by district. In: cottbus.de. City administration Cottbus - Citizen Service Department, April 30, 2020, accessed on June 12, 2020 .
↑ Reinhard E. Fischer : The place names of the states of Brandenburg and Berlin: age - origin - meaning . be.bra Wissenschaft, 2005, p. 111 .
↑ Madlow Martinskirche Askanierwelten after Dehio (1937)
↑ Martinskirche official website of the ev. Parish
^ Madlow depot

[1] residents by district. In: cottbus.de. City administration Cottbus - Citizen Service Department, April 30, 2020, accessed on June 12, 2020 .

[2] Reinhard E. Fischer : The place names of the states of Brandenburg and Berlin: age - origin - meaning . be.bra Wissenschaft, 2005, p. 111 .

[3] Madlow Martinskirche Askanierwelten after Dehio (1937)

[4] Martinskirche official website of the ev. Parish

[5] Madlow depot