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Prösen is the largest town in the Röderland community in the Elbe-Elster district in the south of Brandenburg .

The village of Prösen has about 1900 inhabitants. It is located directly on the Zeithain – Elsterwerda railway line and close to the Berlin – Dresden railway line and the 101 and 169 federal highways . The Elsterwerda-Grödel raft canal flows through the village .

history

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Already in the 3rd / 4th In the 19th century, there was a larger Germanic settlement in the area of ​​what is now the Prösener home settlement "Am Fuchsberg". During several months of archaeological excavations in 1999 and 2000, the remains of long houses and pit houses, rows of posts, wells and garbage pits were uncovered. The finds include ceramics, including turntable items and a replica of a Roman glass vessel, bronze fibulae, a Roman coin and iron slag.

Prosen was first mentioned in a document in 1140. The name is probably derived from the Slavic "Brasa" (the birch) . The residents practiced mainly arable farming.

In 1835 the place was largely destroyed by a fire. At that time the village had 62 houses with 134 inhabitants. 39 horses, 333 cattle, 2 goats and 52 pigs were counted.

The Prösener school is the oldest in the Stolzenhain parish . With the beginning of industrialization , many residents worked in the factories in Elsterwerda and in the Gröditz ironworks . The place is on the left bank of the raft canal and on the Elsterwerda – Dresden and Riesa – Elsterwerda railway lines , on the course of which a breakpoint with general cargo traffic was set up. Therefore, a metal foundry, a locksmith's shop, a factory for the production of agricultural machinery and an electric mill were able to establish themselves in Prösen.

The church in the middle of the elongated village was built in 1751. A chapel is mentioned in 1539. In 1903 Prösen got its own pastor and formed its own parish. In 1912, the first high-voltage line in Europe along the Elsterwerda-Grödel raft canal was built and put into operation.

On October 26, 2003, Prösen merged with five other previously independent municipalities of the Röderland Office to form the new municipality of Röderland . Today Prosen is the largest part of the municipality and at the same time its administrative seat.

Population development

Population development of Prösen from 1875 to 2002
year Residents year Residents year Residents year Residents year Residents
1875 800 1946 3304 1989 2510 1995 2353 2001 2271
1890 800 1950 3126 1990 2475 1996 2374 2002 2257
1910 1000 1964 2777 1991 2395 1997 2350
1925 1656 1971 2846 1992 2351 1998 2334
1933 2204 1981 2595 1993 2371 1999 2307
1939 2650 1985 2578 1994 2365 2000 2299

Culture and sights

Village church Prösen

The social life of the village is primarily shaped by the local associations (Heimatverein Grossenhainer Straße eV, local fire brigade association Prösen, sports association 1919 Prösen, small animal breeders association). Both a village festival and a sports festival are held every year.

economy

Some commercial and agricultural businesses have settled in the village. Prösen is the seat of ALGATEC Solar AG, a medium-sized company that manufactures solar modules from crystalline cells. A significant expansion of production capacity to 175 MW is planned for 2009; In addition, the creation of a further 190 jobs has been announced. On October 1, 2009, the AG took over the majority of shares in the listed Sunline Solar AG in Fürth, Bavaria . The company, which was founded in 1985 and filed for bankruptcy, is considered one of the pioneers in the German solar industry.

Personalities

  • Reinhard Höppner (1948–2014), politician and author, son of the village pastor Franz Höppner
Ralf Minge (center) in a game against Hansa Rostock in 1989

Footnotes and individual references

  1. ↑ District page of the Röderland community , accessed on April 27, 2015
  2. ↑ Rainer Mülling: Researched plot by plot: news from the late Germanic settlement in Prösen, Elbe-Elster district. In: Archeology in Berlin and Brandenburg 2000. Archaeological Society in Berlin and Brandenburg eV in cooperation with the Brandenburg State Museum for Prehistory and Early History and the Berlin State Archaeological Office. Stuttgart 1999, pp. 80-81.
  3. ^ Dirk Westendorf: An imperial settlement of Prösen, district of Elbe-Elster. In: Insights. Archaeological contributions for the south of Brandenburg in 1999. Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum. Wünsdorf 2000, DNB 95916314X .
  4. ↑ Dirk Westendorf: The small finds of the rescue excavation in 1999 on the Germanic settlement on the "Fuchsberg" in Prösen, Elbe-Elster district. In: Insights. Archaeological contributions for the south of Brandenburg 2000. Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum. Wünsdorf 2001, ISBN 3-910011-22-5 .
  5. ↑ Susanne Hanik: Animal bones of the Germanic settlement in Prösen, Elbe-Elster district. In: Insights. Archaeological contributions for the south of Brandenburg 2000. Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum. Wünsdorf 2001, ISBN 3-910011-22-5 .
  6. ^ Emilia Crome: The place names of the Bad Liebenwerda district. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1968, DNB 456303359 .
  7. ↑ Overview of the population and the cattle stock in 1835. In: Die Schwarze Elster - Our home in words and pictures. Bad Liebenwerda No. 596, 1985, pp. 8-10.
  8. ^ O. Bornschein, OF Gandert: Local history for the Liebenwerda district. Verlag C. Ziehlke, 1929, DNB 572768133 .
  9. ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2003
  10. ^ Historical municipality directory 2005 for Brandenburg Online as a PDF file
  11. ^ Club homepage of the sports club 1919
  12. ↑ Lausitzer Rundschau . October 7, 2009, p. 9.

Web links

Commons : Prösen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 51 ° 26 '  N , 13 ° 30'  E