Mass Lower Lusatia

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	Coordinates: 51 ° 39 '  N , 13 ° 44'  E
Basic data
State :	Brandenburg
County :	Elbe Elster
Office :	Kleine Elster (Niederlausitz)
Height :	108 m above sea level NHN
Area :	76.09 km 2
Residents:	1866 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	25 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes :	03238.03246 (Babben)
Primaries :	03531, 035324 (Babben)
License plate :	EE, FI, LIB
Community key :	12 0 62 333
Community structure:	6 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Turmstrasse 5 03238 Massen
Mayor :	Lutz Modrow ( SPD )
Location of the community of Massen-Niederlausitz in the Elbe-Elster district

Massen-Niederlausitz ( Lower Sorbian Mašow ) is an official municipality in the Elbe-Elster district in southern Brandenburg and the administrative seat of the Kleine Elster (Niederlausitz) office .

geography

Massen-Niederlausitz is located in the south-eastern part of the Elbe-Elster district in the immediate vicinity of the town of Finsterwalde .

The largest cities in the area are Finsterwalde, which borders directly on Massen to the west, Senftenberg 32 km southeast, Lauchhammer 26 km south and Lübbenau 42 km north. The next big city is Cottbus , which is 52 km northeast of the village of Massen.

Neighboring communities

The community of Massen-Niederlausitz borders on the following communities and cities:

Community type Surname border district local community Crinitz N EE city Luckau NO LDS city Calau O OSL local community Bronkow O OSL local community Sallgast O EE local community Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf S. EE city Finsterwalde SW EE city Sonnewalde W. EE

Community structure

According to its main statute, the community is divided into six districts:

• Babben (Lower Sorbian Babin )
• Beds ( Butyń )
• Gröbitz ( Grobice )
• Lindthal
• Masses ( mašow )
• Ponnsdorf ( Bónojce )

as well as the residential areas Buschmühle, Gröbitz Siedlung, Obermühle, Rehain ( Rydań ), Siedlung Erika and Tanneberg .

history

The current districts of the community belonged to the district of Luckau since 1816 and from 1952 to the district of Finsterwalde in the GDR district of Cottbus . Since 1993 they have been in the Elbe-Elster district of Brandenburg.

In the course of the formation of offices in Brandenburg in 1992, the Kleine Elster office was established on July 21, 1992, and was renamed the Kleine Elster office (Niederlausitz) in 1995 . A total of 14 municipalities were united in an administrative association. On April 3, 1995, the seat of the office was moved from Betten to the community of Massen. The community of Massen-Niederlausitz was created on December 31, 1997 through the merger of the previous municipalities of Babben, Betten, Lindthal and Massen. On December 31, 2001, Gröbitz and Ponnsdorf were added.

Population development

year Residents 1997 1 885 1998 1 939 1999 2 012

year Residents 2000 2,017 2001 2 429 2002 2,382 2003 2,362 2004 2,350

year Residents 2005 2 309 2006 2 236 2007 2 214 2008 2 190 2009 2 129

year Residents 2010 2 093 2011 2 066 2012 2,044 2013 2,017 2014 1 981

year Residents 2015 1 962 2016 1 919 2017 1 892 2018 1,898 2019 1,866

Territory of the respective year, number of inhabitants: as of December 31, from 2011 based on the 2011 census

politics

Community representation

The community council of the community of Massen-Niederlausitz consists of 12 community representatives and the honorary mayor.

Party / group of voters	Seats
CDU	4th
Independent voter community masses	3
SPD	3
Community of voters Ponnsdorf	1
Single applicant Liane Pötzsch	1

(As of: local election on May 26, 2019)

mayor

• 2003–2014: Wilfried Klähr
• since 2014: Lutz Modrow (SPD)

Modrow was elected in the mayoral election on May 26, 2019 with 60.5% of the valid votes for a further five-year term.

Attractions

In the list of architectural monuments in Massen-Niederlausitz and in the list of ground monuments in Massen-Niederlausitz are the cultural monuments entered in the list of monuments of the state of Brandenburg

• Village church crowds from the 13th century
• Memorial from 1967 in the forest cemetery , which commemorates the perished French and Polish forced laborers and prisoners of war who lived in two camps during the Second World War and had to work for Finsterwalder Maschinen GmbH .
• Black woman from masses , sculpture by the sculptor Frieder Preis in the village center

This legendary figure, originally cast from bronze and unveiled on the village green on May 1, 2005 , was stolen in November 2012. The figure symbolizes a legend known in Lusatia about the black woman , whose emaciated and ugly appearance is said to have driven the Swedes out of the town in the Thirty Years War . The landmark of the small town, which had cost 8,500 euros to manufacture  , could only be recognized by its footprints. - The theft was not solved, but a short time later a copy made of polyester was found in the same place . This figure was damaged by an arson attack in December 2014. Apparently, some residents find the negatively connoted subject of a black woman unsuitable for the location or the depiction is simply too ugly, because already in January 2018 one prong of the fork was broken off and the second bent. An appraisal should determine the amount of damage, after which the municipality decides whether another renewal should be carried out.

Economy and Infrastructure

Massen owns an extensive commercial and industrial park, which is located directly on Bundesstraße 96 . One of the largest newly established companies is the Canadian car accessories manufacturer INTIER, which belongs to the Austrian-Canadian Magna group. In 2006, the INTIER company invested 40 million euros in the construction of a new branch in the municipality of Massen-Niederlausitz. INTIER produces plastic and interior parts for numerous car manufacturers such as BMW . Production started in March 2007 with 48 employees. Up to 200 employees will work here in the future.

traffic

The federal road 96 between Finsterwalde and Senftenberg runs through Massen-Niederlausitz . The connection points Bronkow and Grossraeschen the highway 13 ( Berlin - Dresden ) are 17 km and 18 km away.

The closest train station is Finsterwalde on the electrified Halle – Cottbus railway line . As part of the partial reactivation of the so-called Schippchenbahn , a stop was set up next to the old train station . This only applies to special trips from Finsterwalde to the visitor mine overburden conveyor bridge F60 and back.

Local public transport is served by buses from VerkehrsManagement Elbe-Elster GmbH from Finsterwalde.

education

Massen has a primary and a high school .

Sports

The TSV Germania Massen (gymnastics and sports club Germania Massen e.V.) is a sports club in the district of Massen. The club was founded in 1902 as the Germania gymnastics club and today has around 150 members. The association is divided into the departments handball , fistball , carnival , soccer and women's gymnastics.

Personalities

• Martin Kaschke (1610–1727), the oldest man who has lived in Germany so far, was born en masse

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population in the State of Brandenburg according to municipalities, offices and municipalities not subject to official registration on December 31, 2019 (XLSX file; 223 KB) (updated official population figures) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Main statutes of the community of Massen-Niederlausitz from March 9, 2009 PDF
3. ^ Babin → Arnošt Muka : Lower Sorbian names of cities and villages ; 1911-1928, Sorbian Institute
4. ↑ butyne → Arnost Muka: Lower Sorbian names of the towns and villages ; 1911-1928, Sorbian Institute
5. ↑ Grobice → Arnost Muka: Lower Sorbian names of the towns and villages ; 1911-1928, Sorbian Institute
6. ^ Mašow → Arnošt Muka: Lower Sorbian names of cities and villages ; 1911-1928, Sorbian Institute
7. ↑ Bónojce → Arnost Muka: Lower Sorbian names of the towns and villages ; 1911-1928, Sorbian Institute
8. ^ Service portal of the state administration of the state of Brandenburg - community of Massen-Niederlausitz
9. ↑ Change of name and relocation of the seat of the Kleine Elster office. Announcement of the Minister of the Interior of March 27, 1995. Official Gazette for Brandenburg - Joint Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 6, Number 30, April 12, 1995, p. 374.
10. ↑ Amalgamation of the municipalities of Babben, Betten, Lindthal and Massen (Kleine Elster (Niederlausitz)) to form the new municipality of Sallgast. Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of December 18, 1997. Official Gazette for Brandenburg Common Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 9, Number 2, January 22, 1998, p. 25.
11. ↑ Incorporation of the communities of Gröbitz and Ponnsdorf into the community of Massen-Niederlausitz. Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of December 10, 2001. Official Journal for Brandenburg Common Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 12, 2001, Number 52, December 27, 2001, p. 894 PDF
12. ↑ Historical municipality register of the state of Brandenburg 1875 to 2005. Elbe-Elster district . Pp. 22-25
13. ↑ Population in the state of Brandenburg from 1991 to 2015 according to independent cities, districts and municipalities , Table 7
14. ^ Office for Statistics Berlin-Brandenburg (Ed.): Statistical report AI 7, A II 3, A III 3. Population development and population status in the state of Brandenburg (respective editions of the month of December)
15. ^ Result of the local election on May 26, 2019
16. ↑ Local elections October 26, 2003. Mayoral elections , p. 24
17. ^ Result of the mayoral election on May 25, 2014
18. ↑ Section 73 of the Brandenburg Local Election Act
19. ^ Result of the mayoral election on May 26, 2019
20. ↑ Black woman from masses will be rehabilitated in spring. In: Lausitzer Rundschau , February 18, 2015.
21. ↑ Stolen, smashed, sawed up, dismembered in www.lausitzer-rundschau.de; accessed on January 14, 2019.
22. ^ Another attack on the black woman of masses , Lausitzer Rundschau online; accessed on January 14, 2019.
23. ↑ Homepage TSV Germania Massen

Web links

Commons : Massen-Niederlausitz  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Link catalog on the subject of Massen-Niederlausitz at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )