Merzdorf (Baruth / Mark)

Merzdorf City of Baruth / Mark Coordinates: 52 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ N , 13 ° 24 ′ 50 ″ E
Height :	134 m above sea level NN
Residents :	190 (Apr. 24, 2014)
Incorporation :	December 31, 1999
Incorporated into:	Petkus
Postal code :	15837
Area code :	033745
	Merzdorf village church

Merzdorf is a district of the town of Baruth / Mark in the Teltow-Fläming district in Brandenburg , Germany.

geography

The Angerdorf Merzdorf is located around 45 kilometers from the southern border of the city of Berlin and around eight kilometers southwest of Baruth, close to the Golmberg , the highest point in the Lower Fläming . Neighboring towns of Merzdorf are (clockwise, starting from the west) Petkus , Kemlitz and Groß Ziescht (also districts of Baruth) and Damsdorf (part of the municipality of Steinreich ). Merzdorf is on the federal highway 115 between Baruth and Jüterbog .

history

Merzdorf was mentioned in a document in the 14th century as Mertenstorp . This name is said to go back to a German man named Martin , who is said to have directed the settlement of the village. The village belonged to the Kingdom of Saxony and the Baruth rule until 1815 .

On December 31, 1999, the previous communities of Ließen , Merzdorf and Petkus merged to form a new community of Petkus.

On December 31, 2001, Petkus was again incorporated into the city of Baruth together with Dornswalde , Klasdorf , Paplitz and Schöbendorf .

Buildings

Former windmill house located outside of the village (1977)

In the village center of Merzdorf is located on the road between Baruth and Petkus the village church . It was built in the 15th century as a late Gothic stone building and rebuilt in the 17th century in baroque style. In 1930 the massive rectangular west tower was added.

A building that was probably designed as a morgue in 1834 now serves as a fire station .

Web links

Commons : Merzdorf - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Information from the residents' registration office in Baruth / Mark
↑ Formation of a new community from the communities Ließen, Merzdorf and Petkus - announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of December 20, 1999 . In: Minister of the Interior of the State of Brandenburg (Hrsg.): Official Journal for Brandenburg - Common Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg . 11th year, no. 1 . Brandenburgische Universitätsdruckerei and Verlagsgesellschaft Potsdam mbH, Potsdam January 11, 2000, p. 2 ( brandenburg.de [PDF; 248 kB ; accessed on July 4, 2015]).
↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2001.

[1] Information from the residents' registration office in Baruth / Mark

[2] Formation of a new community from the communities Ließen, Merzdorf and Petkus - announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of December 20, 1999 . In: Minister of the Interior of the State of Brandenburg (Hrsg.): Official Journal for Brandenburg - Common Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg . 11th year, no. 1 . Brandenburgische Universitätsdruckerei and Verlagsgesellschaft Potsdam mbH, Potsdam January 11, 2000, p. 2 ( brandenburg.de [PDF; 248 kB ; accessed on July 4, 2015]).

[3] StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2001.