Merzdorf (Elbe-Elster)

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	Coordinates: 51 ° 24 '  N , 13 ° 32'  E
Basic data
State :	Brandenburg
County :	Elbe Elster
Office :	Schradenland
Height :	100 m above sea level NHN
Area :	12.78 km 2
Residents:	832 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	65 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	04932
Area code :	03533
License plate :	EE, FI, LIB
Community key :	12 0 62 336
Office administration address:	Großenhainer Straße 25 04932 Val Gardena
Website :	www.amt-schradenland.de
Mayor :	Andreas Fiebak
Location of the municipality of Merzdorf (Elbe-Elster) in the Elbe-Elster district

Merzdorf is a municipality in the Elbe-Elster district in the south of Brandenburg . It belongs to the Schradenland office based in the municipality of Val Gardena .

geography

Merzdorf is the smallest of the four Schradenland communities and is located in the southeastern part of the Elbe-Elster district in the immediate vicinity of the city of Elsterwerda . The Seifertsmühl residential area belongs to Merzdorf .

history

Merzdorf, formerly also called Mertensdorf, was first mentioned in 1406 as Mertinsdorff. The name means village of Martin / Mertin.

In 1580, the manor in Merzdorf, which was originally owned by the von Köckritz family , was sold to Mr Pflugk zu Frauenhain. In 1610 it came into the possession of the von Milckau family , in 1703 it was acquired by Carl Gottfried Bose. Other owners were Hans Ramanus von Kirchbach (1703–1708), Heinrich Ehrenfried von Biesenroth (1708), Philipp Heinrich von Witzleben (1708–1708) and then the Schmidt family, who kept the estate until 1819. Then Karl Oberweg bought it, but in 1844 he sold it to Baron von Rochow.

The re-parish of Val Gardena requested in 1725 was rejected. Ecclesiastically, Merzdorf and Seifertsmühl belonged to the Frauenhain five kilometers away . The children of Merzdorf and Seifertsmühl were taught by two teachers in Merzdorf.

In 1827 the maintenance plans were distributed among the 27 owners. For the use of wood in the Schradenwald , each Hüfner received 9½ acres of land in the Merzdorfer Busch when these rights were redeemed . There were major fires in 1832 and 1833.

On January 1, 1935, the neighboring Seifertsmühl was incorporated into Merzdorf. The Vorwerk Karlsborn was also called half a mile because it is just as far from Merzdorf.

Merzdorf has belonged to the Liebenwerda district in the province of Brandenburg since 1816 and to the Bad Liebenwerda district in the GDR district of Cottbus from 1952 . The community has been in the Elbe-Elster district in Brandenburg since 1993

Population development

year Residents 1875 400 1890 450 1910 500 1925 553 1933 578 1939 891 1946 1 207 1950 1 154

year Residents 1964 1 130 1971 1 117 1981 1 112 1985 1 163 1989 1 155 1990 1 129 1991 1 102 1992 1 081 1993 1 083 1994 1 076

year Residents 1995 1 075 1996 1 072 1997 1 066 1998 1 053 1999 1 046 2000 1 030 2001 1 029 2002 996 2003 988 2004 982

year Residents 2005 962 2006 952 2007 947 2008 935 2009 912 2010 904 2011 878 2012 863 2013 862 2014 858

year Residents 2015 825 2016 824 2017 817 2018 832 2019 832

Territory of the respective year, number of inhabitants: as of December 31 (from 1991), from 2011 based on the 2011 census

politics

Community representation

The municipality of Merzdorf consists of 10 municipal representatives and the honorary mayor. The local election on May 26, 2019 resulted in the following distribution of seats:

Party / group of voters	Seats
Volunteer Fire Brigade voter group	3
CDU	3
Sports voters group	2
Voting group Heimatverein Merzdorf	1
Voting group senior citizens' association Merzdorf	1

mayor

• 1998-2019: Hartwin Zirm (CDU)
• since 2019: Andreas Fiebak (volunteer fire brigade voter group)

Fiebak was elected in the mayoral election on May 26, 2019 with 62.0% of the valid votes for a term of five years.

Attractions

Bell tower

In the list of architectural monuments in Merzdorf and in the list of ground monuments in Merzdorf (Elbe-Elster) are the cultural monuments entered in the monuments list of the state of Brandenburg.

Economy and Infrastructure

Agriculture has always been the main source of income for the place. Merzdorf and Seifertsmühl were still producing 1,000 t to 3,000 t of onions per year in the early 2000s, which were mainly sold to cities in Saxony. But cucumbers and carrots were also grown.

traffic

Merzdorf is on the national road 59 between Gröditz and Ortrand .

The closest train stations are Prösen Ost and Frauenhain on the Berlin – Dresden railway line . They are served by the regional train line RB 31 Elsterwerda-Biehla - Dresden .

Sports

In Merzdorf there is an outdoor swimming pool , which is the only one in the vicinity that has been preserved since its construction. It was created in 1967/1968 on the site of a bog. Despite the difficulties that the muddy and boggy subsoil brought with it year after year, the outdoor pool was repeatedly repaired and further developed.

Sons and daughters of the church

• Ernestine Lutze (1873–1948), trade unionist
• Otto Julius Hönicke (1847–1943), musician, conductor and Kapellmeister

literature

• Luise Grundmann, Dietrich Hanspach (author): The Schraden. A regional study in the Elsterwerda, Lauchhammer, Hirschfeld and Ortrand area . Ed .: Institute for Regional Geography Leipzig and the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig. Böhlau Verlag, Cologne, Weimar, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-412-10900-2 .

Web links

Commons : Merzdorf (Elbe-Elster)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Schradenland office
• Heimatverein Merzdorf, history of the place
• Merzdorf in the RBB program Landschleicher on August 6, 2006
• Link catalog on Merzdorf at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )

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. ^ Service portal of the state administration Brandenburg. Merzdorf municipality
3. ^ The place names of the Bad Liebenwerda district Emilia Crome, Akademie-Verlag Berlin, 1968
4. ^ Historical municipality register 2005 for Brandenburg, p. 35 online as a PDF file
5. ↑ Historical municipality register of the state of Brandenburg 1875 to 2005. Elbe-Elster district . Pp. 22-25
6. ↑ Population in the state of Brandenburg from 1991 to 2015 according to independent cities, districts and municipalities , Table 7
7. ^ 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)
8. ^ Result of the local election on May 26, 2019
9. ↑ Results of the municipal elections in 1998 (mayoral elections) for the Elbe-Elster district ( Memento of the original from April 21, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ↑ Section 73 of the Brandenburg Local Election Act
11. ^ Result of the mayoral election on May 26, 2019
12. ↑ German Biographical Encyclopedia L
13. ↑ German National Library