Markersdorf (Berga)

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Markersdorf
Coordinates: 50 ° 44 ′ 54 ″  N , 12 ° 10 ′ 35 ″  E
Height : 300-340 m above sea level NN
Residents : 150
Incorporation : March 8, 1956
Postal code : 07980
Area code : 036623
Markersdorf (Thuringia)
Markersdorf

Location of Markersdorf in Thuringia
View of Markersdorf
View of Markersdorf

Markersdorf is a district of Berga / Elster in the Greiz district in Thuringia .

location

Markersdorf is located on the south-eastern outskirts of Berga on the right-hand Elsteranhöhe . The corridor of the district belongs to the Thuringian Slate Mountains .

history

The district was first mentioned in documents in 1340 and from that time the von Wolffersdorff family was also based in Markersdorf. Other possessions were the Wolfersdorf manor and Berga Castle. Hans Bastian II. Von Zehmen acquired from the family v. Wolffersdorff took over the Markersdorf manor and was able to move into it in 1686. He set up the "Fabian Sebastian Foundation" for the needy, from whose interest until 1945 socially disadvantaged people received a donation. He was also captain of the Neustädter Kreis and a deputy to the Dresden state parliament. In addition, he was appointed to the electoral secret council and served Johann Georg III. or Friedrich August I. ( August the Strong ). His descendant, the farmer Friedrich von Zehmen (1779-1851) in Markersdorf, earned services for the deep furrow that he made at home in the local area. His motto was: "Pray and work, God will help you". The last owners of Rittergut Markersdorf and Rittergut Neumühl were Moritz Bastian and Christoph von Zehmen . MB vZ played an important role in the surrender of the city of Berga to the Americans in 1945 without a fight . The family was expropriated in 1945 as part of the land reform . Land and inventory were given to resettlers and poor farmers. As early as 1953 these were collectivized in an agricultural production cooperative . From this emerged after the political change the agricultural cooperative Elstertal Markersdorf, which has its administrative headquarters in the district. After 1990 companies and commercial enterprises settled in the district. 150 people live in the district.

Economy and Infrastructure

In addition to the local Markersdorfer Fensterbau GmbH, Markersdorf is traditionally characterized by agriculture.

  • Hotel and restaurant "Herrenhaus Markersdorf"

  • Agricultural silo facility in Markersdorf

  • Dairy cattle facility of Agrar GmbH Pöltzschtal

Personalities

  • Hans Bastian II. Von Zehmen (1629–1702), Electoral Saxon Secret Council, ducal judicial councilor and deputy to the Dresden state parliament, lived in Markersdorf.

literature

  • Ilse Blam, Klaus Blam, Dr. Frank Reinhold: Berga an der Elster - From the market to the city . Zebulon Verlag, Düsseldorf 1993, pp. 1-118. Reports from Markersdorf, among others, about the farmer with the deep furrow (p. 70) and the “savior of Berga” who lived in Markersdorf (p. 27).
  • Frank Reinhold: Family book Berga, Elster near Weida with Albersdorf, Eula, Markersdorf, Pöltschen and Untergeißendorf (district of Greiz). 1571 to 1696. Working Group for Central German Family Research, Leipzig 2011.
  • Hanns-Moritz von Zehmen: Genealogical news about the Meissen nobility of Zehmen, 1206 to 1906. Wilhelm Baensch, Dresden 1906
  • Henriette Joseph, Haik Thomas Poroda: The northern Vogtland around Greiz , Landscapes in Germany, Volume 68, Böhlau Verlag GmbH & Cie., Cologne, Weimar, Vienna 2006, ISBN 978-3-412-09003-6 , explanations on Markersdorf p. 189-191

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. Rockstuhl Verlag, Bad Langensalza, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 174
  2. ↑ Berga an der Elster - From the market to the city, cf. P. 70.
  3. ↑ Berga an der Elster - From the market to the city, "Retter von Berga" who lived in Markersdorf cf. P. 27

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