Prödel (Markkleeberg)

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Prödel with Zöbigker on a map from 1907

Prödel is the name of a former village in the Leipzig district that belonged to Markkleeberg from 1937 and had to give way to open- cast lignite mining in the 1970s .

location

Prödel was about ten kilometers south of the center of Leipzig on the then road from Markkleeberg to Zwenkau , which was also the trunk road from Leipzig to Nuremberg . It was on the right high bank of the meadow of the White Elster , which was interspersed with ponds, small wooded areas and meadows.

history

Prödeler sculpture from the school of Balthasar Permoser on Sachsenplatz in Leipzig, 1973
At this point was Prödel, Neue Harth at Zöbigker

In the year 1378 the place was mentioned as Predel , about Predil and Predellen the name finally developed to Prödel in 1750 . In 1551 there was a manor here . On Prödelscher Flur there was also the settlement Mückenhain , which was also mentioned as early as 1378 and then in 1469 belonged to the Vorwerk Göltzschen, which was about eight kilometers to the south-west and was later a district of Magdeborn . In 1564 Mückenheim was desolate .

From the end of the 16th century Prödel gained in importance when the so-called small raft ditch was branched off from the Elster raft ditch to supply Leipzig with firewood . This new timber transport route touched Prödel, and a timber pile area (raft place) was created. In 1764 Prödel belonged to the Zöbigker manor . It also retained its rural character except for a brick factory that was built at the beginning of the 19th century. This obtained its clay from the Elsteraue and had good sales opportunities with nearby Leipzig. Until 1856, Prödel was in the electoral or royal Saxon district office of Leipzig . From 1856 the place belonged to the court office Zwenkau and from 1875 to the administrative authority of Leipzig .

The population of Prödel developed from 179 inhabitants in 1834, over 280 in 1890 to 431 shortly before its incorporation in Zöbigker, which took place in 1926. When Zöbigker joined Markkleeberg in 1937, Prödel also became part of this town. Ecclesiastically it always belonged to the neighboring Zöbigker.

Prödel was considered the north-western gateway to the Harth , a large forest area between the meadows of Weißer Elster and Pleiße , mainly consisting of conifers . The Harth was a popular destination for the people of Leipzig. But the meadow landscape stretching to the west of Prödel was also attractive. Here, a little south of Prödel, at the end of the 19th century, the Leipzig publisher Edgar Herfurth had his "Landhaus Prödel" built, a small castle in a historic building with a spacious park that he used as his summer residence. The Leipzig banker Herbert Frege , who was related to him, also stayed in Prödel during the summer. After the Second World War , these villas were expropriated and, like the former Hartheck mental hospital, used as a sanatorium .

Prödel was in the apron of the brown coal mine in Zwenkau, which was advancing north and west . In 1971/72 the residents of Prödel were relocated and in 1974 the location was dredged over. Some art objects from the park of the Herfurth Villa, including works from Balthasar Permoser's school, were saved and are now in the Museum of Applied Arts (Grassi Museum) in Leipzig.

Park decorations from the Herfurth villa

  • Column and fountain surround

  • Minerva

  • vase

  • Mercury

  • Putto

Situation today

Prödeler Strasse in Zöbigker

After the recultivation of the opencast mining area, there is now a newly reforested mixed forest, the Neue Harth , at the former site of Prödels, southeast of the Cospudener See . No landmarks or the like are reminiscent of Prödel. However, the city of Markkleeberg has already made efforts to remember the name of the place. This is the name of a street in the new development area on the edge of Zöbigker Prödeler Straße today. A circular hiking trail has been laid out in the Neue Harth, which leads to the former location. Information boards in the forest convey historical information about the lost places of Prödel, Cospuden and parts of Zöbigkers.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Markkleeberger Stadtjournal, Issue 9/2009, p. 4.
  2. ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 60 f.
  3. ↑ The Amtshauptmannschaft Leipzig in the municipal register 1900

Web links

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

Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 18 "  N , 12 ° 20 ′ 44.5"  E