Low couple

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Low couple
City of Meissen
Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 15 ″  N , 13 ° 29 ′ 30 ″  E
Height : 140 m above sea level NN
Incorporation : January 1, 1908
Postal code : 01662
Area code : 03521
View from Oberspaar over the houses of Niederspaar (above the vineyards ) to Albrechtsburg
View from the old town of Meißner to the railway bridge , behind it Cölln with the tower of the Johanniskirche. The houses on the hill in the background belong to the Low Couple.

Niederspaar is a district of Meißen in the district of Meißen , Saxony .

geography

Niederspaar is located in the district of the same name in the southeast of the Meissen city area. It is surrounded by the other districts or districts belonging to Meissen, Cölln in the north-west and Oberspaar in the east, as well as by Siebeneichen on the other side of the Elbe in the south-west.

The district is located on the heights of the Spaargebirge , a massif separated from the Meißner highlands on the left by the Elbe . The largest part of the Niederspaar corridors is between 130 and 150  m above sea level. NN . The terrain slopes steeply to the north-west towards Cölln and south-west towards the Elbe. The steep drop to the south near Oberspaar serves as a vineyard .

From small gardens interspersed small settlements characterize the district. It stretches uphill along Rote Gasse. Other streets in Niederspaar are Beethovenstrasse, Grundmannstrasse and Winzerstrasse, Roter Weg, Hohe Strasse, Berglehne, Niederspaarer Strasse and Mittelberg. Dresdner Strasse and the Elbe Cycle Path run in the Elbe Valley . Niederspaar is located on the Saxon Wine Route and the Saxon Wine Hiking Trail . The district is connected to public transport by bus lines A and B operated by the Meißen transport company .

history

A document from 1345 mentions "the vineyards vmb den Sparo". This is the oldest known name of "Spaar", but not as a place name, but as a field name. From the 14th to the 16th century, other mentions are documented, including “vf dem Sparsperge”, “das holcz Sparaw”, “holcz in der Sporaw”, “die Sparwiesen” and “am Spaar”. In 1696, the name “Spaar” also appears as a place name. As early as 1724 a distinction was made between low and high pairs. The place name is probably of German origin. On the one hand, a derivation from the Middle High German "spore", which means spur and characterizes the striking shape of the mountain, comes into question . The Middle High German "spör" / "sper" offers a second possibility of interpretation. It stands for "hard before drought, rough" and also applies to the granite mountain range. A derivation from Old Sorbian * spar, which in neighboring Slavic languages generally refers to swampy places or waters, can not be completely ruled out .

The village of Niederspaar , which has always been a parish of Cölln, consists of rows of houses that extend over a 35-hectare, fragmented parcel corridor. Its residents mainly cultivated wine . The manorial rule was exercised by the owners of the nearby Siebeneichen manor . The administration of the place was incumbent on the Meissen Hereditary Authority . In 1856, the lower couple belonged to the Meißen court office and then joined the Meißen district administration , from which the district of the same name emerged. On the basis of the rural community code of 1838 , the lower couple gained their independence as a rural community . It has been a district since it was incorporated into Meissen on January 1, 1908. Until 1960 there was a ferry connection to Siebeneichen. The star combo Meißen made its first appearance on September 24th, 1964 in the spa at Spaar in Niederspaar .

Population development

year Residents
1646 34 cottagers
1748 65 cottagers
1834 124
1871 231
1890 382
1910 see Meissen

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernst Eichler / Hans Walther : Historical book of place names of Saxony. Vol. 2, Berlin 2001. pp. 438f.
  2. ↑ faehren-der-oberelbe.de
  3. ↑ The figures from 1646 and 1748 apply to the lower and upper pair as a whole.

Web links

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