Osterfeld (Saxony-Anhalt)
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Coordinates: 51 ° 5 ' N , 11 ° 56' E |
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| State : | Saxony-Anhalt | |
| County : | Burgenland district | |
| Association municipality : | Wethautal | |
| Height : | 250 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 27.61 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 2447 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 89 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 06721 | |
| Area code : | 034422 | |
| License plate : | BLK, HHM, NEB, NMB, WSF, ZZ | |
| Community key : | 15 0 84 375 | |
| Association administration address: | Corseburger Weg 11 06721 Osterfeld |
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| Mayor : | Hans-Peter Binder ( CDU ) | |
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Osterfeld is a town in the Burgenland district in Saxony-Anhalt . It is the seat of the Wethautal community .
geography
Osterfeld is located in the south of Saxony-Anhalt, southeast of Naumburg (Saale) directly on the state border with Thuringia . Neighboring communities are Mertendorf , Stoß , Meineweh and Droy says in the Burgenland district and the Thuringian communities of Schkölen and Heideland in the Saale-Holzland district .
City structure
The districts belong to Osterfeld:
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climate
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The average air temperature in Osterfeld is 8.3 ° C, the annual precipitation 552 millimeters.
history
The history of the city goes back to the Middle Ages. A Slavic hill fort from the 6th century has been found at the location of Osterfeld Castle . In the 11th and 12th centuries the facility was expanded extensively. The old castle keep (popularly known as the Matzturm ), the surrounding walls and the remains of the ramparts have been preserved. The castle was the seat of the Counts of Osterfeld, who are mentioned for the first time with Hermann I in 1215.
In a certificate issued on September 14, 1114, today's district of Lissen is named as "Lizni" for the first time.
In 1198, in a document from Margrave Dietrich von Meißen for the Lausnitz monastery, Osterfeld was first mentioned, derived from the name of the Volkramus de Ostervelt named in the document . The castle and castle chapel, in which the provost of Lissen is supposed to worship, are first mentioned in 1280. In 1335 the city and the castle, Castrum et oppidum Ostirvelt , appear together in a Naumburg document.
The current district of Pitzschendorf is first mentioned in 1349 as "Buczendorf", in other documents from this time the name "Butkindorf" is also included.
The oldest seal and the first documented mention of the market are proven to be for the year 1515. In 1565, Emperor Maximilian II gave the city the right to hold two additional annual markets.
In 1566 the city was hit by a plague epidemic.
On April 1, 1938, Lissen and Pitzschendorf were incorporated into the city of Osterfeld; after a 3-month transition period, the Osterfeld local law comes into force there on July 1.
Osterfeld belonged in the GDR to the Zeitz district , which was incorporated into the Halle district. The place had the community number 082023. By 1972 the population of Osterfeld had grown to 2,077.
On January 1st, 2010 the communities Goldschau , Heidegrund and Waldau were incorporated into the city of Osterfeld.
Attractions
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- The castle Osterfeld is located high above the city in an area where already in the 6th century there was a Slavic hill fort.
- The market square with the historic town hall and the Evangelical Luther Church are located in the city center.
- Baroque mansion with bat dormers
- House on Rinnegasse
- Pond at the junction of the road to Waldau
- In Thälmann-Park there is a memorial stone for the victims of fascism .
politics
City council
The city council of Osterfeld consists of 14 council members. After the local elections on May 25, 2014, they were distributed among the individual nominations as follows, with a turnout of 54.8%:
| Party / list | Share of votes | Seats | Change seats |
| CDU | 39.4% | 6th | −1 |
| SPD | 23.5% | 3 | ± 0 |
| FDP | 0.9% | 0 | ± 0 |
| Groups of voters | 25.5% | 3 | −1 |
| Individual applicants | 10.6% | 2 | +2 |
| total | 100% | 14th |
mayor
The honorary mayor Hans-Peter Binder was elected on March 13, 2016.
coat of arms
Blazon : “In silver two nimbly saints facing each other, in front Peter in blue robe, a golden key in his right hand and a red book in his left, behind in green regalia a bishop with miter, a red staff in his right hand and a golden crook holding in the left, at the feet of the two saints a silver shield with a red eagle inside. "
The city coat of arms, created from seals of the 16th century, shows Saint Peter (patron saint of the Naumburg diocese) and a bishop (patron saint of the chapel of Osterfeld Castle) behind an eagle shield.
flag
The flag of the city of Osterfeld shows the colors green and yellow.
Infrastructure
economy
Guilds for various trades had existed in Osterfeld since the 16th century at the latest .
The Stadtsparkasse Osterfeld was founded in 1852; today the local branch is subordinate to the Sparkasse Burgenlandkreis .
From 1860 there was a postal expedition.
On October 1, 1878, the "Osterfelder Zeitung" was published for the first time.
traffic
The railway connection , which formerly extended to Camburg and was only served to Zeitz, was discontinued in 1998.
A path was paved from the old railway line between Zeitz and Schkölen, which is also part of the Saale-Elster-Unstrut-Rad-Acht between Osterfeld and Zeitz .
education
School history
Caspar Andreas was named as the first known schoolmaster in 1555. He was also the town clerk and later held the office of pastor in Goldschau .
From 1569 the city enjoyed the right to a student vacancy in Schulpforta for a native of Osterfeld.
Until 1835 cantor Carl Heinrich Gerlach, father of the philosopher Gottlieb Wilhelm Gerlach , was a teacher in Osterfeld for over 55 years.
With the incorporation of Lissen in 1938, an eight-class school with eight teachers was created; previously there had been separate facilities in Osterfeld and Lissen. As a result of the Second World War, school operations were interrupted, but resumed on September 1, 1945.
Today's educational institutions
The grounds of Burg Osterfeld are home to a primary school in which 89 students will be taught in the 2014/2015 school year.
Culture
In 1904 the city festival, which is only celebrated every 25 years, was celebrated for the first time.
religion
A chapel that existed until at least 1537 belonged to the castle complex.
The church in Lissen, first mentioned in 1216, was rebuilt in the Gothic style from 1256 to 1280 , but the basilica still has remains of the Romanesque predecessor building. In 1298 the Lissen monastery, a cell of the Reinhardsbrunn monastery , was first mentioned in a document. From this a parish church emerged after the dissolution, which was also under Reinhardsbrunn. In 1539 the parish of Lissen became Protestant in the course of the Reformation, Pastor Anton Zimmermann replaced the Catholic provost Johann Tuntz. In addition to Lissen, Osterfeld, Pitzschendorf, Pauscha and Corseburg also belonged to the parish, later only the branch in Haardorf was subordinate to the parish church . The rectory in Lissen was built in 1691 on the remains of the cellar belonging to the old monastery. Lissen was the seat of a superintendent from 1838 to 1941 .
On April 7, 1574, after almost 5 years of construction, the Osterfeld church was consecrated by Zeitz superintendent Peter Prätorius. After years of efforts, Osterfeld separated from Lissen in 1575. As a result of the city fire of 1679, a new church was built from 1682, which was inaugurated in 1735. In 1895 the building received its neo-Gothic tower.
In 1958 a Catholic rectory with a chapel was completed in the Pitzschendorf district.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the place
- David Meder (1548–1616), preacher and general superintendent in Öhringen
- Christian Schumann (1681–1744), Protestant pastor and hymn poet
- Gottlieb Wilhelm Gerlach (1786–1864), philosopher and librarian
- Adolf Emil Büchner (1826–1908), conductor, Kapellmeister and composer
- Curt Oertel (1890–1960), cameraman, film director and film producer
- Paul Schreck (1892–1948), politician (KPD), born in Haardorf
- Joachim Wünning (1898–1944), politician (NSDAP), born in Kleinhelmsdorf
- Günther Prien (1908–1941), naval officer, submarine commander ( U 47 ) in World War II,
People connected to the place
- Stephan Riccius (1512–1588), theologian, schoolmaster in Osterfeld
- Johann Siegmund von Osterhausen (1613–1679), court lord and liege lord of Osterfeld
- Alfred Pape (* 1903), politician (NSDAP), first city councilor, then mayor of the city
- Gerhard Genz (1906–1980), local history researcher, chronicler of Osterfeld
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt, population of the municipalities - as of December 31, 2019 (PDF) (update) ( help ).
- ^ German Weather Service, normal period 1961-1990
- ↑ Burg Osterfeld on burgenwelt.org, accessed on May 13, 2017.
- ^ Heimatverein Osterfeld eV (Ed.): From the Chronicle of the City of Osterfeld , 2nd revised edition 2004, p. 8
- ↑ Heimatverein Osterfeld eV (Ed.): Osterfelder Kultur- und Heimatblatt 36. 900 years of Lissen , Osterfeld 2004, p. 2
- ↑ Hans Patze and Josef Dolle: Document book of the Hochstift Naumburg part 2 . Ed .: Hans K. Schulze. Cologne, Weimar, Vienna 2000, pp. 520 .
- ^ Heimatverein Osterfeld eV (Ed.): Osterfelder Kultur- und Heimatblatt 37.1349-2015. 666 years of Pitzschendorf , Osterfeld 2004, p. 4
- ↑ Jürgen K. Fischer: Middle Ages Central Germany. Events and place names , JKF Selbstverlag Elsteraue, Elsteraue 2016, ISBN 978-3-9815211-2-2 , p. 298
- ↑ Heimatverein Osterfeld eV (Ed.): Osterfelder Kultur- und Heimatblatt 36. 900 years Lissen , Osterfeld 2004, p. 13
- ↑ a b Heimatverein Osterfeld eV (Ed.): From the Chronicle of the City of Osterfeld , 2nd revised edition 2004, pp. 14 & 21
- ↑ a b Heimatverein Osterfeld eV (Ed.): Osterfelder Kultur- und Heimatblatt 36, 900 years of Lissen , Osterfeld 2004, p. 24
- ↑ Heinz Adomeit (Ed.): Local dictionary of the German Democratic Republic , State Publishing House of the German Democratic Republic , Berlin 1974, p. 317
- ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 1 to December 31, 2010
- ↑ Osterfeld main statute (PDF; 136 kB)
- ↑ Heimatverein Osterfeld eV (Ed.): Osterfelder Kultur- und Heimatblatt 36, 900 years of Lissen , Osterfeld 2004, p. 12
- ↑ a b c Heimatverein Osterfeld eV (Ed.): From the Chronik der Stadt Osterfeld , 2nd revised edition 2004, p. 34
- ↑ https://www.sparkasse.de/filialen/o/sparkasse-burgenlandkreis-geschaeftsstelle-osterfeld/113463.html , accessed on October 25, 2019
- ^ Heimatverein Osterfeld eV (Ed.): From the Chronicle of the City of Osterfeld , 2nd revised edition 2004, p. 38
- ↑ Heimatverein Osterfeld eV (Ed.): From the Chronicle of the City of Osterfeld , 2nd revised edition 2004, p. 15
- ↑ Primary School Osterfeld ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on March 21, 2015
- ↑ Heimatverein Osterfeld eV (Ed.): From the Chronicle of the City of Osterfeld , 2nd revised edition 2004, p. 41 ff.
- ↑ a b Heimatverein Osterfeld eV (Ed.): From the Chronicle of the City of Osterfeld , 2nd revised edition 2004, p. 13
- ^ Heimatverein Osterfeld eV (Ed.): From the Chronik der Stadt Osterfeld , 2nd revised edition 2004, pp. 8–9
- ↑ "Matzturm" Monument Funding Association (ed.): The monuments of the city of Osterfeld , 1st edition 2004, p. 27
- ↑ Lissen Church Book, 1609–1685
- ↑ "Matzturm" Association for the Promotion of Monuments (ed.): The monuments of the city of Osterfeld , 1st edition 2004, p. 28
- ↑ Heimatverein Osterfeld eV (Ed.): Osterfelder Kultur- und Heimatblatt 36. 900 years Lissen , Osterfeld 2004, p. 12 & 24
- ^ Heimatverein Osterfeld eV (Ed.): From the Chronicle of the City of Osterfeld , 2nd revised edition 2004, pp. 14-15
- ^ Heimatverein Osterfeld eV (Ed.): From the Chronicle of the City of Osterfeld , 2nd revised edition 2004, p. 21
- ↑ "Matzturm" Association for the Promotion of Monuments (ed.): The monuments of the city of Osterfeld , 1st edition 2004, p. 9
- ^ Heimatverein Osterfeld eV (Ed.): Osterfelder Kultur- und Heimatblatt 37.1349-2015. 666 years of Pitzschendorf , Osterfeld 2004, p. 14
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