Plötzkau

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Plötzkau
Plötzkau
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Coordinates: 51 ° 45 '  N , 11 ° 41'  E

Basic data
State : Saxony-Anhalt
County : Salzlandkreis
Association municipality : Saale-Wipper
Height : 61 m above sea level NHN
Area : 23.91 km 2
Residents: 1289 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 54 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 06425
Area code : 034692
License plate : SLK, ASL, BBG, SBK, SFT
Community key : 15 0 89 245
Community structure: 2 districts
Association administration address: Friendship Square 1
39439 Güsten
Website : www.gemeinde-ploetzkau.de
Mayor : Peter Rosenhagen
Location of the community Plötzkau in the Salzlandkreis
Barby Seeland Seeland Bördeaue Seeland Börde-Hakel Börde-Hakel Ilberstedt Borne Seeland Seeland Wolmirsleben Giersleben Seeland Güsten Plötzkau Alsleben (Saale) Nienburg (Saale) Egeln Barby Bernburg Calbe (Saale) Schönebeck (Elbe) Bördeland Könnern Hecklingen Aschersleben Staßfurtmap
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Panorama view from the castle tower to the north
Panorama view from the castle tower to the south

Plötzkau is a municipality in the Salzlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt .

geography

Plötzkau is located southwest of Bernburg (Saale) on the Saale in the Magdeburg Börde . The community belongs to the Saale-Wipper community , which has its administrative seat in the town of Güsten . The city of Alsleben (Saale) is in the immediate vicinity .

Community structure

The following districts are identified:

  • Bundle
  • Big business life

history

Plötzkau was first mentioned in a document in 1049 . Plötzkau Castle gave the county of Plötzkau its name.

From 1435 Plötzkau Castle was the seat of a branch line of the House of Anhalt , the princes of Anhalt-Plötzkau .

politics

mayor

The honorary mayor has been Peter Rosenhagen since March 1, 2008 (elected on February 10, 2008).

Municipal council seats election 2014

  • CDU: 4th
  • FDP: 1
  • The left: 3
  • Free voters Plötzkau: 4

coat of arms

Blazon : "A silver heron in green, accompanied by three silver oak leaves with an acorn on the top left and bottom right."

Earlier coats of arms from Plötzkau cannot be proven. On January 30, 1950, the community decided to use an official seal with an image of the sun, tree and sheep. In a letter that can be verified by the LHA, it says: " The trinity means that the sun gives agriculture (sheep as the most important grazing animal) and forestry prosperity. Signature: The municipality chairman, Paul Zabel. " April 1950 this picture seal.

The image used in the seal or its individual elements emerged from current conditions that have changed half a century later. For example, there were hardly any flocks of sheep left. The municipal council therefore decided on a symbolism for the newly developed coat of arms that is timeless and expresses a regional peculiarity with which the residents identify. That was the heron in connection with oak leaves, because near Plötzkau there is an approx. 400 hectare oak forest, which decisively determines the landscape portrait of the area; In addition, the gray heron is strongly represented here and is a feature of the regional fauna. Because of the natural reference, green was chosen as the shield color. The coat of arms was designed in 1994 by the municipal heraldist Jörg Mantzsch and included in the approval process.

Culture and sights

Regular events

The plum cake market takes place annually on the second weekend in September.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

South of the community is the federal road 6 , Halle (Saale) to Quedlinburg . The A 14 motorway , which leads from the Dresden area via Leipzig and Halle (Saale) to Magdeburg , is located in the west of Plötzkau, the place has its own junction. The A 14 still exists between Schwerin and Wismar, and the missing intermediate section is under construction.

landscape

To the east of the village is the Plötzkau floodplain forest, an approximately 385 hectare forest area on the Saale which is designated as an EU bird sanctuary. This is a contiguous hardwood forest in the middle of an intensively used arable landscape. Birds of prey use the forest as a breeding ground and the surrounding arable land as feeding space. Migratory bird species include gray bunting , stock dove and meadow pipit . Kingfisher , honey buzzard and merlin (bird) are just a few of the native bird species.

  • View of the inner courtyard of Plötzkau Castle

  • View of the tower in the inner courtyard of Plötzkau Castle

literature

  • Ernst Finster: The history of the old county of Plötzkau . Schuster, Baalberge 2011, ISBN 978-3-9813121-6-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt, population of the municipalities - as of December 31, 2019 (PDF) (update) ( help ).
  2. ↑ http://www.gemeinde-ploetzkau.de/cms/index.php?page=268
  3. ↑ Jörg Mantzsch : The coat of arms of the municipality of Plötzkau, documentation on the approval process , deposited with the Magdeburg Regional Council in 1994 (Expertise: State Main Archives Magdeburg)
  4. ^ [1] Profile of the Plötzkau alluvial forest at the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation

Web links

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