Mahlenzien

The village church

Mahlenzien is a district of the independent city of Brandenburg an der Havel in Brandenburg .

Dates and history

The place is 15 kilometers southwest of the city center on the southern edge of the Karower Platte, which was formed during the Ice Age . South of Mahlenziens is the Buckau valley, which forms part of the Baruther glacial valley. The motorway A2 is located about four kilometers south of the town. Slavs have already settled in the Mahlenzien area . To the west of the village is the remnant of a medieval wooden castle. Mahlenzien was first mentioned in the feudal register in 1370. From 1376 to 1470 the village belonged to the Sandau family, from 1470 to 1583 it belonged to the Garbow family. From 1583 the village belonged to the von Schierstedt family . On September 30, 1928 the manor district Mahlenzien was united with the rural community Mahlenzien. Before the end of the Second World War, Mahlenzien belonged to the province of Saxony, after the Second World War it belonged to the state of Saxony-Anhalt until 1952. From 1952 to 1993 the place was part of the Brandenburg-Land district.

On July 1, 1950, Mahlenzien was incorporated into Viesen . On December 6, 1993, Mahlenzien was reclassified to Brandenburg an der Havel.

Buildings

Mahlenzien Manor

Two architectural monuments are registered in Mahlenzien (see also the list of architectural monuments in Brandenburg an der Havel (outer areas) ) .

The village church of Mahlenzien was built in the second half of the 13th century. It is a small field stone building in the Romanesque style. The church was rebuilt in 1729, and the tower was added in that year. It is a lattice tower with a pyramid roof. There is a coat of arms of the Schierstedt family above the entrance door. The interior is from the time of the renovation. The cemetery was next to the church until 1900, after which it was moved to the northern edge of the village.

The Mahlenzien manor is west of the church in the center of town. It was built towards the end of the 18th or beginning of the 19th century. The builders were the Schierstedt family. The house is two-story, has nine axes and has a half-hip roof.

The remains of the Motte von Mahlenzien , a medieval wooden castle , are designated as a ground monument . The Burgstall is only a little outside the closed development southwest of the village.

literature

• Marie-Luise Buchinger: City of Brandenburg on the Havel. Outer districts and incorporated places. (Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany, Monuments in Brandenburg, Volume 1.2). Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 1995. ISBN 3-88462-115-7 , pages 198-202

Web links

Commons : Mahlenzien  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Administrative region of Magdeburg (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Government of Magdeburg . 1928, ZDB -ID 3766-7 , p. 224 .
2. ↑ List of the districts of the city of Brandenburg an der Havel ( Memento of the original from June 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. 
3. ↑ List of monuments of the state of Brandenburg: City of Brandenburg an der Havel (PDF) Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum

Coordinates: 52 ° 20 '  N , 12 ° 26'  E