Nutha

Nutha coat of arms

Nutha is a district of the city of Zerbst / Anhalt in the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district in Saxony-Anhalt (Germany).

Until December 31, 2009 Nutha was an independent municipality with the associated districts Niederlepte, Nutha-Mühle and Nutha settlement. 266 inhabitants lived on a municipal area of 9.42 km² (December 31, 2008). On January 1, 2010 the incorporation into Zerbst / Anhalt took place . The last mayor of Nutha was Sylvia Rothe.

geography

The Anhalt village of Nutha an der Nuthe is halfway between Magdeburg and Dessau-Roßlau , only a few kilometers from the cities of Zerbst / Anhalt and Barby . The terrain around Nutha is mostly flat and gradually slopes down towards the west towards the Elbe .

history

On July 1, 1950, the previously independent municipality of Niederlepte was incorporated.

Symbols

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on March 12, 1997 by the Dessau regional council and registered in the Magdeburg State Main Archives under the coat of arms roll number 18/1997.

Blazon : "In silver over a blue corrugated shield, a red, black-jointed arched bridge, in the shield head three red millstones with silver mill iron bars ."

In silver, a red arched bridge spans a blue wave shield - a symbol of the Nuthe river that gave its name to the community. It is the old stone bridge over the Nuthe, which connects the districts and was the motif of the seal picture for Nutha for decades. The three red millstones, covered with silver mill irons, in the head of the shield are reminiscent of the three former mills of Nutha and at the same time symbolize the three districts of the community.

The colors of Nuthas are red-silver (white), they document the affiliation with Anhalt.

The coat of arms was designed by the Magdeburg heraldist Erika Fiedler .

flag

The flag is red and white striped lengthways. The municipality's coat of arms is placed in the middle of the flag.

Memorials

Graves in the local cemetery for a Soviet and a Polish slave laborer who were abducted to Germany during the Second World War and were victims of slave labor. The Pole was hanged in public

Memorial for the fallen German soldiers of the two world wars from the surrounding villages on the Nuthe Bridge between Nutha, Niederlepte and Hohenlepte

Transport links

The federal highways 184 and 187a run through the city of Zerbst, which is only four kilometers away . The nearest train stations are in Zerbst and in the neighboring town of Güterglück ( Magdeburg - Dessau-Roßlau line ).