Brand (Anhalt)

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Brand (Anhalt)
Coat of arms of Marke (Anhalt)
Coordinates: 51 ° 43 ′ 59 ″  N , 12 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  E
Height : 82 m
Area : 5.23 km²
Residents : 252  (June 30, 2017)
Population density : 48 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 2010
Postal code : 06779
Area code : 034906
Kriegerstein and volunteer fire brigade
Kriegerstein and volunteer fire brigade

Marke is a district of the town of Raguhn-Jeßnitz in the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district in Saxony-Anhalt .

geography

Marke is located between Dessau-Roßlau and Bitterfeld-Wolfen in the Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve .

history

Brand was first mentioned in a document as the Nauendorf brand in 1549 .

On January 1, 2010, the previously independent communities of Marke, Altjeßnitz , Retzau , Schierau , Thurland and Tornau vor der Heide as well as the cities of Jeßnitz (Anhalt) and Raguhn merged to form the city of Raguhn-Jeßnitz. At the same time, the Raguhn administrative community , to which the brand belonged, was dissolved.

badges and flags

The coat of arms was approved by the district on April 24, 2008.

Blazon : "Diagonal left divided by green over gold and covered with a six-fold red-silver slanted left bar, above a left-facing, looking silver sheep, below, like a fan, three green oak leaves covered with a silver acorn in a green capsule."

The colors of the former parish are gold (yellow) - green.

The coat of arms was designed by the Magdeburg heraldist Jörg Mantzsch .

The flag is yellow - green (1: 1) striped (horizontal shape: stripes running horizontally, longitudinal shape: stripes running vertically) and centered with the municipal coat of arms.

Culture and sights

Regular events

The village festival takes place every year at Pentecost .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

West of Marke, the federal motorway 9 from Leipzig to Berlin and the federal highway 184 (Bitterfeld - Dessau) run in the immediate vicinity . The Marke stop is on the Trebnitz – Leipzig railway line , about 1.5 kilometers north of the village and is a stop for regional trains on this route.

Substation

In brand is a 380  kV - transformer station of the network operator 50Hertz Transmission .

gallery

  • Breakpoint mark

  • Bell tower mark

  • Post mill

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Certificate of the district for the approval of the coat of arms and flags in the official gazette No. 9/2008 (PDF; 64 kB)