Peickwitz

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City of Senftenberg
Coordinates: 51 ° 27 ′ 49 ″  N , 13 ° 58 ′ 55 ″  E
Height : 102 m
Residents : 375  (Jan. 1, 2019)
Incorporation : December 31, 2001
Postal code : 01945
Area code : 035756
coat of arms

Peickwitz , Lower Sorbian Tśikojce , Upper Sorbian Čikecy , in the northern Oberlausitz is a district of Brandenburg county town of Senftenberg in Oberspreewald-Lausitz .

geography

The most south-westerly district of Senftenberg is located south of the Senftenberger See . Neighboring districts are Niemtsch in the north and Hosena in the southeast. In the southwest lies Schwarzbach (Lausitz) and in the northwest its district Biehlen .

The railway line Węgliniec – Roßlau runs to the south and the railway line Lübbenau – Kamenz runs to the east , both of which meet in the southeastern Hosena station .

history

Interpretation and development of the place name

Peickwitz was first mentioned as Pykicz in 1455 . In 1529 the settlement was named Peikwitzsch . In 1604 the name Peuckwitz was used.

Founding legend

Originally the village is said to have been laid out elsewhere. According to a legend, the kikeriki of a rooster attracted the residents to the current location.

timeline

War memorial

Peickwitz was first mentioned in 1455 in the royal fiefdom of the Ruhland rule . The village was laid out as a street perch village and, like most places in the area, was mostly inhabited by Sorbs . From 1622 until the end of the 19th century was a Peickwitz Vorwerk of the manor to Hohenbocka . In 1884/85 half of the population was Sorbian.

With the beginning of industrialization through the mining of glass sand in Hosena and Hohenbocka, the glassworks and open-cast mining , the living conditions also changed. In addition to agriculture, industrial work came to the fore as a source of income. During the GDR era, Peickwitz had the largest milk production facility in the Senftenberg district .

From 1992 to the end of 2001 Peickwitz was part of the Am Senftenberger See office . On December 31, 2001, Peickwitz was incorporated into Senftenberg.

The Peickwitz coat of arms depicts a pushing stick (a wooden cart) in a field. Above it is the sun in the left corner.

Population development

Population development in Peickwitz from 1875 to 2000
year Residents year Residents year Residents year Residents year Residents year Residents year Residents
1875 250 1933 692 1964 729 1989 442 1993 405 1997 426
1890 270 1939 741 1971 393 1990 417 1994 413 1998 419
1910 400 1946 752 1981 426 1991 395 1995 422 1999 426
1925 560 1950 849 1985 429 1992 392 1996 423 2000 415 2014 522

Attractions

signpost

There is a stone signpost on the old Peickwitz – Senftenberg – Niemtsch road; it is one of the architectural monuments in Senftenberg .

On the village green there is a war memorial for the fallen of the First World War with an additional plaque for the fallen of the Second World War .

literature

  • Isolde Rösler, Heinz Noack (editor of the Senftenberg district museum ): Senftenberger See Historical walks through Buchwalde, Kleinkoschen, Großkoschen, Hosena, Peickwitz, Niemtsch, Brieske, Colony Marga , 1993, Geiger-Verlag Horb am Neckar, ISBN 3-89264-872-7

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Märkische Oderzeitung, Nov. 6, 2006, p. 9
  2. ↑ Ernst Tschernik: The development of the Sorbian population . Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1954.
  3. ↑ a b Historical municipality directory of the state of Brandenburg 1875 to 2005. (PDF; 331 kB) District Oberspreewald-Lausitz. State Office for Data Processing and Statistics State of Brandenburg, December 2006, accessed on April 21, 2015 .
  4. ↑ StBA Area: changes from 01.01. until December 31, 2001

Web links

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