Oppelhain

Paltrock windmill Oppelhain

Oppelhain is a district of the municipality of Rückersdorf in Elsterland the district Elbe-Elster in Brandenburg . Approx. 485 inhabitants (2003) live on an area of ​​17.4 km² .

location

Oppelhain is located in Niederlausitz in the middle of the "Niederlausitzer Heidelandschaft" nature park, 2 km from the Berlin – Dresden railway line (Rückersdorf-Oppelhain station). From Bad Liebenwerda , Doberlug-Kirchhain or Finsterwalde , the place can be reached via a country road through the heath.

history

Replica of a historical pitch furnace in Oppelhain Pechhütte

The first written mention of the place comes from the year 1297 . From that time until 1541 the village belonged to the Dobrilugk Monastery . Some historians assume that the name Oppelhain comes from the Slavic word opaliti , which would indicate a joint Germanic-Slavic settlement of the village.

In the Liebenwerdaer Heide one is in 1667 for the first time unlucky called hut from which the present-day district Oppel Hainer Pechhütte emerged.

After Oppelhain became Prussian in 1815, it came to the Finsterwalde district in the Cottbus district in 1952 .

In 1996, Brandenburg's Prime Minister Manfred Stolpe stayed in town to inaugurate the Oppelhain herb garden.

politics

The municipality of Oppelhain lost its independence on December 31, 2001 and was incorporated into the municipality of Rückersdorf.

coat of arms

Blazon : "Diagonally divided by silver over red, above a red gold-armored rooster, below a golden church building."

Culture and sights

Oppelhainer Feldsteinkirche

• Oppelhain village church

→ Late medieval stone church with baroque painted wooden ceiling and late Gothic winged altar

• Watermill built in 1863 and in operation until 1967 .
• Paltrock windmill Oppelhain
• Oppelhain herb garden
• Max and Moritz way
• Barefoot path

societies

• Football club "SV Aufbau Oppelhain eV"
• Volunteer firefighter
• Seniors Association
• Youth club
• Heimatverein Oppelhain eV

Web links

Commons : Oppelhain  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the community
• Office Elsterland / Oppelhain
• Photos from Oppelhain ( Memento from January 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ StBA Area: changes from 01.01. until December 31, 2001

Coordinates: 51 ° 33 '  N , 13 ° 36'  E