Hohenroda (Schönwölkau)
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Hohenroda
Community of Schönwölkau
Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 55 " N , 12 ° 25 ′ 41" E
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| Height : | 106 m |
| Area : | 53 ha |
| Residents : | 455 (Jan 1, 2004) |
| Population density : | 858 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 1995 |
| Postal code : | 04509 |
| Area code : | 034295 |
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Hohenroda is a district of the community Schönwölkau in the district of North Saxony in Saxony . It consists of the places Hohenroda and Mocherwitz.
geography
Hohenroda is located between the cities of Eilenburg and Delitzsch on the district road 7442, which connects the place with the state road 4 and the federal road 2 . Mocherwitz, south of Hohenroda, belongs to the district of Hohenroda. To the south, the Halle – Cottbus railway line runs past the place where the Hohenroda stop is located.
history
Hohenroda is a square village in terms of the type of settlement . The place was first mentioned in 1349 as Rode . The name refers to the term clearing . Hohenroda and Mocherwitz belonged to the electoral office of Delitzsch until 1815 . As a result of the resolutions of the Congress of Vienna , both places became part of Prussia and in 1816 were assigned to the Delitzsch district in the Merseburg administrative district of the province of Saxony , to which they belonged until 1952. In the course of the district reform in the GDR in 1952, Hohenroda and Mocherwitz were assigned to the Delitzsch district in the Leipzig district, which was added to the Delitzsch district in 1994 .
On December 1, 1973 the place Mocherwitz was incorporated into Hohenroda. On January 1, 1995 Hohenroda merged with four other communities to form the community of Schönwölkau.
Population development
| year | Residents |
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| 1818 | 165 |
| 1895 | 329 |
| 1925 | 354 |
| 1939 | 320 |
| year | Residents |
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| 1946 | 569 |
| 1950 | 563 |
| 1964 | 479 |
| 1990 | 533 |
The population of Hohenroda was 165 in 1818. Until the outbreak of the Second World War , the population rose with slight fluctuations to 320. After the end of the war, the population almost doubled. In 1946 there were 569 inhabitants, which was the historical high of the population. During the time of the GDR , the population decreased until 1964. By 1990 the population rose again to over 500.
Attractions
- Church in Hohenroda
The brick church in Hohenroda dates from 1861, making it the youngest church in the Krostitz parish. A previous building was demolished to the ground because it was in disrepair. The inventory includes an altar with a baptismal font and a pulpit, which the Hohenroda community bought after it was expanded in Delitzsch. The organ from 1860 comes from the Eilenburg master organ builder Conrad Geißler. The clockwork on the church tower is wound daily.
- Church in Mocherwitz
The Romanesque village church in Mocherwitz dates from the 11th century. The church tower and nave are the same width. The church has three bronze bells; the oldest bell is from the 14th century, the other two are from 1881. The inventory includes a font from 1600, a wooden altar wall from 1892 and a baroque organ from 1721.
- Post mill
In 1722 a post mill was built by Gottfried Christoph Leine , which was operated by various owners as an oil and grain mill by wind turbine until 1913. An electric motor was then installed. In 1958 the milling operation ended. The building, which had fallen into disrepair due to the weather, was dismantled in 1997 and moved to its current location. It is owned by the municipality and can be viewed as a technical monument. In addition to the mill itself, there is also a historic oven, an exhibition of old agricultural machinery and agricultural equipment and a small animal enclosure.
Infrastructure
There is a hotel in Hohenroda.
Web links
- Hohenroda in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
Individual evidence
- ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 56 f.
- ^ The district of Delitzsch in the municipality register 1900
- ↑ Municipalities 1994 and their changes since January 1, 1948 in the new federal states , Metzler-Poeschel publishing house, Stuttgart, 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , publisher: Federal Statistical Office
- ↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities of Germany, see 1995
- ↑ Information on the history of Hohenroda in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
- ↑ a b Eilenburg Church District: Traces in the Stone - Churches in the Eilenburg Church District , Leipzig 1997, ISBN 3-00-001722-4
- ↑ Hohenroda on the pages of the community Schönwölkau ( Memento from October 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Website of the German Society for Milling Customers , accessed on June 2, 2015
