Petersberg (Petersberg)

Petersberg Municipality Petersberg
Coordinates: 51 ° 35 ′ 37 ″  N , 11 ° 57 ′ 7 ″  E
Height :	188 m
Area :	10.89 km²
Residents :	242  (March 7, 2019)
Population density :	22 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 2010
Location of Petersberg in Petersberg

The Petersberg with church, transmission tower, Bismarck tower and television tower from the southwest

Petersberg is a village in the municipality of the same name in the Saalekreis in Saxony-Anhalt . The formerly independent municipality Petersberg is since 1 January 2010, a town in the municipality unit Petersberg . Until the formation of the Petersberg unified community on January 1, 2010, the small community of 10.89 km² with 685 inhabitants (2008) was a member of the Götschetal-Petersberg administrative community , which dissolved in favor of the new formation of the Petersberg unified community.

geography

The village of Petersberg is about ten kilometers north of Halle (Saale) on the 250 m high Petersberg .

history

12th to 16th centuries

In 1124 the Augustinian Canon Monastery Petersberg was founded on the Petersberg . This was part of the Margraviate of Meissen and arrived at the Leipzig division of Saxony Electorate in 1485 to the Albertine Duchy of Saxony. In the course of the introduction of the Reformation in 1538/40, the monastic property was secularized and transformed into the lordly office of Petersberg . Thereby Nehlitz became a direct subject village, which bordered on scattered villages of the manor Ostrau belonging to the electoral office of Delitzsch . Furthermore, the exclave Spröda east of Delitzsch belonged to the office. At that time there were monastic economic and living spaces on the Petersberg.

16th to 18th century

As a result of the Schmalkaldic War and the Wittenberg surrender in 1547, the Albertine Duchy of Saxony was elevated to the status of Electorate of Saxony, making the Petersberg office a part of Electoral Saxony for the next 150 years. With the sale of the office to Brandenburg-Prussia in 1697, it was incorporated into the Saalkreis in the Duchy of Magdeburg , while the neighboring towns belonging to the Ostrau manor (including Frößnitz , Westewitz and Drehlitz ) remained in the hands of the Electorate of Saxony. In 1826 the Prussian bailiff moved the office building to the foot of the Petersberg. In 1737 the sheep farm and the construction of civil servants' apartments took place on the official site, since the subject villages Nehlitz and Spröda were too far away. Stones from the Petersberg monastery ruins were used for other residential buildings, so that only the parish and the schoolhouse remained intact on the mountain. Since the office needed workers who lived near the mountain, 16 houses and homesteads for agricultural workers were built between 1740 and 1760. Furthermore, the official inn was built, which was given in lease in 1764. After the end of the Seven Years' War (1756–1773), 19 so-called colonist houses were built. At that time, "colonies" were called villages without real estate, the arable residents were given a sixteen-year tax exemption. In 1785, the village of Petersberg consisted of 23 scattered houses with 183 inhabitants who were subject to service and tax at the office. The population rose to 259 by 1790. A judicial officer exercised jurisdiction over the village and the office.

19th century

In 1806, Petersberg was occupied by French troops. Under Napoleon , the Petersberg office was dissolved in 1806 and a domain was formed, which was incorporated into the Kingdom of Westphalia through the Peace of Tilsit in 1807 . As part of the Saalkreis, the Petersberg office with Petersberg, Nehlitz and the Spröda exclave was assigned to the Halle district in the Saale department. Petersberg and Nehlitz came to the canton of Löbejün with some Freihöfe in the Electoral Saxon towns of Schrenz , Werben and Löbersdorf , while the exclave Spröda to the canton of Oppin .

After Napoleon's defeat and the end of the Kingdom of Westphalia, Napoleon's allied opponents liberated Petersberg in early October 1813. Under the renewed Prussian rule, the status of the former office was retained as a domain. However, from 1815 a political and legal reorganization took place. Legally, Petersberg came to the district court in Halle , whereby the bondage relationship to the office expired. With the acquisition of royal Saxon territories by the Congress of Vienna in 1815, a political restructuring of the Prussian territory was necessary. As a result, from 1816 the places Petersberg and Nehlitz with the former Saxon villages Frößnitz, Westewitz and Drehlitz belonged to the administrative district of Merseburg of the Prussian province of Saxony . While Petersberg, Nehlitz and the former Saxon exclaves Frößnitz and Westewitz came to the Saalkreis, Drehlitz became part of the Bitterfeld district. In 1820, four houses with 20 residents belonged to the Petersberg domain, while 25 houses with 146 residents belonged to the Petersberg area.

20th century to the present

On April 1, 1938, Frößnitz was incorporated. Drehlitz followed on July 1, 1950, which moved to the Saalkreis. During the district reform in the GDR in 1952, Petersberg came to the reduced hall circle in the Halle district .

When the unified community Petersberg was formed on January 1, 2010, the small community Petersberg with 685 inhabitants (2008) became part of the larger community. The Götschetal-Petersberg administrative community , to which the small community of Petersberg belonged, also dissolved on January 1, 2010.

politics

Local councils and local mayors are elected in the localities. Petersberg, Frößnitz and Drehlitz belong to the locality of Petersberg.

badges and flags

Blazon : "In silver on a silver contoured black hill a black contoured red church with black arched window openings and black arched portal opening, on the tower and the roof turret each a black cross."

The flag of the Petersberg district has red and white stripes with the Petersberg coat of arms.

Culture and sights

The outstanding building is the collegiate church of St. Petrus . The Petersberg Museum shows the history of the hall circle and often special exhibitions on various topics. The Petersberg animal park is also worth seeing and from the Bismarck tower you have a wonderful view of the city of Halle (Saale) and beyond.

A summer toboggan run and flea markets held several times a year are of regional importance.

The quarry is used by organized rock climbers for training.

Transport links

The village is on the connecting road from Halle (Saale) to Köthen . The A 14 motorway , which runs from Leipzig to Magdeburg, runs 3.3 km south of Petersberg in a north-west-south-east direction.

telecommunications

At 51 ° 35'43 "north latitude and 11 ° 57'26" east longitude there is a 119 meter high telecommunications tower built in the 1960s.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Streiflichter from the history of the Petersberg office (1) by Dr. Werner Dietrich ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ^ Description of the Saale Department
3. ^ The hall circle in the municipality register 1900
4. ↑ The district of Bitterfeld in the municipality register 1900
5. ^ Streiflichter from the history of the Petersberg office (2) by Dr. Werner Dietrich
6. ↑ Frößnitz on gov.genealogy.net
7. ↑ Drehlitz on gov.genealogy.net