Oetzsch
Oetzsch was a formerly independent community south of Leipzig and has been part of the town of Markkleeberg in the Leipzig district since its foundation in 1934 . Since then it has mostly only been referred to as Markkleeberg-Mitte.
Location and local characteristics
Oetzsch is the centrally located district of Markkleeberg. It is surrounded clockwise from the north by Raschwitz , Leipzig- Dölitz , Markkleeberg-Ost, Großstädteln, Gautzsch and Leipzig- Connewitz .
Oetzsch is located on the Pleiße and is traversed from north to south by the route of the Leipzig – Hof railway line , where the place has the Markkleeberg stop . Three lines of the Central German S-Bahn have been stopping there since 2013 , so that there is a dense service to Leipzig city center and the surrounding area. The tram connection from Leipzig-Connewitz via Oetzsch to Gautzsch (“Markkleeberg West”), however, has been discontinued and has already been partially dismantled.
In Oetzsch, in contrast to other Markkleeberg districts, numerous streets are built in closed construction or block development . This Wilhelminian style development with multi-storey apartment buildings, which were upgraded thanks to extensive renovation work after the fall of the Wall , creates an urban impression. Together with the town hall and shopping opportunities, it underlines the importance of Oetzsch as an inner-city center.
history
The name of Oetzsch obviously goes back to a Slavic foundation. It was first mentioned in writing as Euschiz in 1316. The village street, which formerly ended as a dead-end street, is formally evidenced by the character of a dead-end village, but its circular course suggests an earlier round to the east of the then Jungfernlache , a former branch of the Pleiße.
The basic rule of the existing nine yards village owned the south facing of Oetzsch manor Großstädteln. It was first written down in 1551 and lasted until 1835. Ecclesiastically, Oetzsch belonged to Gautzsch, so that the Oetzsch children first went to the Gautzsch school, which had existed since 1578. Already in 1690 a tavern was mentioned in Oetzsch, which was rebuilt in 1744 and was called "Zurgrün Linde". Until 1856, Oetzsch was part of the Electoral Saxon or Royal Saxon District Office in Leipzig . From 1856 the place belonged to the court office Leipzig II and from 1875 to the administrative authority Leipzig .
On September 19, 1842 the first train of the Saxon-Bavarian Railway drove on the route to Altenburg via Oetzscher Flur, but it was not until 1889 that Oetzsch received a stop on this route.
In 1864, Oetzsch merged with Raschwitz, which at that time had 30 residents. The development of the population of Oetzsch had also been faltering up to this time. In 1764 there were still only nine farms in the village. In 1834 Oetzsch had 88 inhabitants, and in 1871 there were 196. About 40 years later, in 1910, Oetzsch already had 4,785 inhabitants. This more than twenty-fold increase was due to the strong industrialization in nearby Leipzig, but also in Oetzsch and its neighboring towns. It is also clear when you compare the two map sections. In 1885 Oetzsch received the first school, in 1897 another.
Although still a rural community, Oetzsch took on an urban character. In 1897 the place was connected to the Leipzig gas network, from 1902 a local paper appeared, the “Oetzscher Zeitung”, and on May 16, 1902 the tram connection to Leipzig was opened (“Sternbahn”). In 1902 the water tower was built, in 1904/05 the Oetzsch stop received a station building, and in 1911 the place was connected to the electricity network.
With a view to a possible predominance in the establishment of a city, Oetzsch and the village of Markkleeberg merged in 1915 to form the municipality of Oetzsch-Markkleeberg. The 1911 newly built Gasthof zur Linde was converted into the town hall in 1921. When Oetzsch-Markkleeberg and Gautzsch merged in 1934, the new town of Markkleeberg was created. This gave preference to the name of the smaller district, which was due to the Germanization efforts of the Nazi rulers . It was the first city elevation in the Third Reich .
Oetzsch 1905
from the water tower
The schools in Oetzsch
Oetzscher motifs around 1910
The gym
The "Linde"
after its renovation in 1911
Attractions
Church of St. Peter and Paul
Inhabited water tower
Since there was neither a manor nor a church in Oetzsch, there are hardly any historical sights. However, the town hall has a certain attractiveness. The building from 1911 of the former Gasthof zur Linde by architect Heinrich Mossdorf, which has largely been preserved, not only houses administrative rooms, but also represents a certain cultural center with two event halls and the Ratskeller restaurant. a. the Leipzig Symphony Orchestra regularly .
After the town of Markkleeberg was founded, the following were added to Oetzsch's territory:
- The building of the Catholic parish church St. Peter and Paul from 2001 is designed in the form of a scroll. The altar and ambo were made by the Leipzig sculptor Markus Gläser .
- In 2014, four apartments were built into the water tower, which has not been in use since 1950 .
- The former station building was restored in 2015/2016, expanded for service facilities and expanded to include a sports pool.
Personalities
- Hans Hofmann (1867–1933), cantor of the St. Pauli University Church in Leipzig, lived in Oetzsch from 1910 to 1933
- Marie Gey-Heinze (1881–1908), painter, lived in Oetzsch
- Alexander Arendt (1921–1986), physician, born in Oetzsch
- Hannes Kästner (1929–1993), organist, born in Oetzsch
- Laurent Wagner (* 1960 in Lyon) French conductor currently lives in Markkleeberg OT Oetzsch
- Momme Mommsen (1907–2001) was born at Auenstrasse 6 in Oetzsch, today Markkleeberg
Trivia
Oetzsch is part of the Saxon saying “Borne, Beesche, Budabest, Eetsch , Gautsch, Rome” (Borna, Pegau, Budapest, Oetzsch, Gautzsch, Rome), with which a particularly senseless detour is commented on in the Leipzig area.
literature
- Thomas Nabert, Andreas Berkner, Sigrun Kabisch [Red.]: In the Pleiße and Göselland between Markkleeberg, Rötha and Kitzscher , Pro Leipzig, Leipzig 1999, ISBN 3-9806474-1-2
Web links
- Oetzsch on the website of the city of Markkleeberg
- Oetzsch in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
- Oetzsch . In: August Schumann : Complete State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony. 7th volume. Schumann, Zwickau 1820, p. 781 f.
Individual evidence
- ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 60 f.
- ↑ The Amtshauptmannschaft Leipzig in the municipal register 1900
- ^ Catholic parish of St. Peter and Paul. In: Website of the city of Markkleeberg. Retrieved November 13, 2017 .
- ↑ Living in the water tower is a crowd puller. In: LVZ on September 15, 2014. Retrieved on November 13, 2017 .
- ↑ Sports pool at the train station will be 550,000 euros more expensive than planned. In: LVZ on August 19, 2016. Accessed on November 13, 2017 .
- ↑ Renaissance for Oetzsch-Gautzsch-Rom - Via Imperii ( Memento from August 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 70 kB)
Coordinates: 51 ° 17 ' N , 12 ° 23' E