Ogroses

Ogrosen ; Hogrozna City of Vetschau / Spreewald Coordinates: 51 ° 42 ′ 51 ″ N , 14 ° 2 ′ 21 ″ E
Height :	73 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.84 km²
Residents :	212 (December 31, 2017)
Population density :	27 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 2002
Postal code :	03226
Area code :	035436

Ogrosen , Hogrozna in Lower Sorbian , is a small village in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district in the south of the state of Brandenburg (Germany) with 270 inhabitants. Ogrosen is part of the town of Vetschau / Spreewald and is in the traditional settlement area of the Sorbs / Wends .

geography

Ogrosen is located on the southern edge of the Spreewald, southeast of the former district town of Calau and south of the small town of Vetschau / Spreewald.

history

Local history

Ogrosen manor around 1860, Alexander Duncker collection

The old street village was first mentioned in a document in 1346 in the official church directory as Ogroze . The name was mentioned in 1449 as zcu Ogrosen and in 1570 as Oggroß . The Lower Sorbian name variant was mentioned in 1761 as Hogrzna and in 1843 in the same form and as Ogrozna . The Sorbian name for Ogrosen - Hogrozua - is the Old Sorbian name for a hill, a fence with a braided fence.

The tower of the village church dates from the middle of the 13th century. An early German defense system was built in Ogrosen as early as the 10th century.

On December 31, 2002, Ogrosen and Suschow were incorporated into Vetschau.

Population development

Population development in Ogrosen from 1875 to 2001
year	Residents	year	Residents	year	Residents	year	Residents	year	Residents	year	Residents	year	Residents
1875	316	1933	262	1964	328	1989	272	1993	242	1997	265	2001	279
1890	298	1939	252	1971	275	1990	256	1994	239	1998	278
1910	278	1946	397	1981	248	1991	256	1995	235	1999	278
1925	283	1950	367	1985	232	1992	257	1996	267	2000	280

Culture and sights

The village has a church, a large park and numerous ponds. There is also an estate in Ogrosen with associated stables and barns, which are still managed today. Both the church and the estate are among the architectural monuments of the city of Vetschau . Next to the church is a war memorial for those who fell in the First World War.

The German painter David Lorenz was born in Ogrosen.

Economy and Infrastructure

Agriculture characterizes the district, especially direct marketing and organic farming. The two wind turbines that can be seen from afar are distinctive for Ogrosen.