Oppin

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Oppin
City of Landsberg
Coat of arms of Oppin
Coordinates: 51 ° 33 ′ 4 ″  N , 12 ° 1 ′ 59 ″  E
Height : 119 m
Area : 15.74 km²
Residents : 1430  (Oct. 2012)
Population density : 91 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 2010
Postal code : 06188
Area code : 034604
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Location of Oppin in Landsberg

Oppin is a village in the town of Landsberg in the Saalekreis in Saxony-Anhalt (Germany). It consists of the districts of Oppin, Harsdorf , Freiheit, Pranitz, Inwend, Obermaschwitz and Untermaschwitz .

Until it was incorporated into Landsberg on January 1, 2010, Oppin was an independent municipality in the administrative community of the Eastern Hall District with the associated district of Maschwitz . The last mayor of Oppin was Bernd Frischmuth.

geography

Oppin Castle around 1860, Alexander Duncker collection

Oppin is 7 km northeast of Halle . The vineyard , which rises not far from the northern development boundary, flows through the village .

history

Oppin was first mentioned in a document in 952 when King Otto I exchanged it with Billing for places near Göttingen . In 966 the place was given to the Moritzkloster Magdeburg . Around 1237, Oppin was the seat of a German ministerial family named after the place. 1370 Heino von Oppin is documented as ministerial at Giebichenstein Castle . In 1371 Hardingstorp (Harsdorf), Wenden (Inwend) and Prawenitz (Pranitz) were mentioned. The Giebichenstein office set up the administration of the Oppiner care in 1633. In 1680, Oppin and its current districts with the ore monastery of Magdeburg came under the rule of Brandenburg-Prussia as the Duchy of Magdeburg . They belonged to the hall circle . Between 1807 and 1813 Oppin was the capital of the canton Oppin in the Halle district of the Saale department in the Kingdom of Westphalia . Harsdorf, Inwend and Pranitz also belonged to the canton of Oppin, while Ober- and Untermaschwitz belonged to the canton of Neumarkt . From 1815, Oppin and its current districts belonged to the Saalkreis in the administrative district of Merseburg in the Prussian province of Saxony .

In 1921 the towns of Oppin, Freiheit-Oppin, Inwend, Pranitz and Harsdorf were combined to form the municipality of Oppin. Ober- and Untermaschwitz united on April 1, 1938 to form the municipality of Maschwitz, which was incorporated into Oppin on July 1, 1950. From 1993 Oppin belonged to the Saalkreis-Ost administrative association , which was merged on January 1, 2005 with the Landsberg administrative association to form the new Eastern Saalkreis administrative association .

On January 1, 2010, Oppin was incorporated into the city of Landsberg with Maschwitz.

Buildings

The cultural monuments of Oppin are registered in the local register of monuments, including the church of St. George and Elisabeth, built in the 13th century .

memorial

A Polish prisoner of war , unknown by name , who was a victim of forced labor during the Second World War, was buried in the local cemetery .

Economy and Infrastructure

Established businesses

Many companies are based at the Halle-Oppin airfield or in the neighboring industrial park. At the airfield is:

  • the company Air Lloyd - Luftfahrt Technik GmbH
  • the company Air Lloyd - Deutsche Helicopter Flugservice GmbH
  • a helicopter yard . Helitec
  • an air rescue helicopter base from the HSD company
  • the aviation company Lips Flugdienst GmbH
  • the Löffler flight school

in the associated commercial area (Aeropark-Oppin) are u. a. located:

  • Switchgear construction
  • Electric machine service

Transport links

Oppin is east of the A 14 (Halle-Tornau junction) and immediately west of the Halle-Oppin airfield .

Personalities

The Prussian civil servant and temporary President of the Province of Posen, Carl Moritz von Beurmann (1802-1870), died in Oppin. The Lutheran theologian, church historian and university professor Wilhelm Ernst Möller (1827-1892) was the pastor of the place.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Oppin village , accessed on June 26, 2016
  2. ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 01 to December 31, 2010
  3. ^ DO I, No. 152
  4. ^ The Giebichenstein Office in the book "Geography for all Stands", p. 123f.
  5. ^ Description of the Saale Department
  6. ↑ Oppin on gov.genealogy.net
  7. ^ Maschwitz on gov.genealogy.net

Web links

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