Paradise (Hörlitz)
Paradies ( Lower Sorbian Raj ) was a settlement in Niederlausitz in what was then the Calau district . The settlement was a few kilometers north of the original Hörlitzer village, northwest of the town of Senftenberg in the Hörlitzer vineyards. In 1925 and 1926, the excavation for the Meuro opencast mine took place . Until 1990 the remaining streets belonged to Senftenberg-West , from which today's municipality of Hörlitz emerged .
history
The development of the settlement goes back to a wine colony of Senftenberg Castle . The original life was therefore shaped by viticulture. Hunting, livestock and agriculture, as well as pond farming and fishing were also commissioned. Just like the residents of Jüttendorf and Buchwalde , the residents of Paradies had to do their service for the lords of the castle.
The source areas of Rainitza and Wolschinka were not far from the wine-growing areas .
With the lowering of the groundwater level through lignite mining, a central water supply was to be built in Niederlausitz. Between 1912 and 1914 the Niederlausitzer Wasserwerkgesellschaft mbH Senftenberg built a water tower on the Paradiesberg. This was inaugurated as the Bismarck Tower in April 1914. In 1965 this tower was blown up again because the surrounding area was covered by the Meuro opencast mine. In 2004, the Schipkau administration opened an observation tower at almost the same location.
In the Paradies settlement there was, among other things, the entrance to the Meurostolln and the briquette factory of the same name, which went into operation in 1889 and ceased operations in 1995 and was closed.
Churches
Catholic Barbara Church
Evangelical Church of the Savior
Individual evidence
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^ Raj (Paradise near Senftenberg) ; Arnošt Muka : Lower Sorbian place and field names, 1911–1928. Sorbian Institute, Cottbus
Filip Rězak : German-Wendish encyclopaedic dictionary of the Upper Lusatian language. Bautzen 1920, p. 725
Coordinates: 51 ° 32 ' N , 13 ° 57' E