Holzwerder
The Holzwerder is a stretch of land on the right bank of the Elbe opposite the villages of Salbke and Westerhüsen . In historical times, the forest area Praepositurholz was in this area .
location
The Werder extends between the banks of the Elbe and the water of Kuhlenhagen further east . The Kreuzhorst connects to the east . In the south the area extends to the Westerhüsen ferry . To the south of this is the Kapitelwerder . Today the northern part of the site belongs to the Kreuzhorst district of Magdeburg , the southern part to the Randau-Calenberge district . There is also currently a forest in parts of the area, although the designation Praepositurholz or Praepositurwald is no longer used for this and is not yet shown on conventional maps. Since the forest is also located in the corresponding district, it is usually included in the Kreuzhorst. Otherwise, the area is characterized by extensive meadows. Since there was no embankment, the area is often affected by floods from the Elbe.
history
The name Praepositurholz came from Propst ( Praepositus ), the administrator of secular affairs in a monastery. For a long time the forest was owned by the Magdeburg Monastery of St. Sebastian . Its southern border to Kapitelholz located on Kapitelwerder was marked by a border ditch . Moritz Sangerhausen , who lived in the forester's house in Kuhlenhagen , is recorded as the forester of the forest around 1600 . Due to the remote location, the destruction and damage caused by the Thirty Years' War are said to have been limited. However, on May 6, 1631 , Tilly and his troops crossed the Elbe at the Westerhüsen ferry, so that larger troop units stayed in the wood for some time. In addition, there were two ski jumps in the immediate vicinity, Trutz Tilly and Magdeburger Succurs , where fighting also broke out.
Later the Magdeburg monastery of Our Dear Women , which was also the owner of the Kreuzhorst, acquired the rest of Kuhlenhagen. In connection with the reconstruction of Magdeburg after its destruction in 1631, the forest population is likely to have declined significantly.
Disputes between administrators of preposition and chapter wood
The forester of the preposition wood was in a long and deep dispute with the forester of the Kapitelholz, Joachim Schnauke , so that there were constant attacks on both sides, in which unauthorized ways were cut from the other wood or a meadow was mowed. It is said that after a mistake by Moritz Sangerhausen's servant, his cows grazed south of the border. Schnauke first drove the cows into his stable and then demanded a fine. Often Praepositus Heinrich von Troßkau and the canons as owners of the southern area had to intervene.
After Schnauke died around 1631, the Kapitelholz was also transferred to Sangerhausen. After his early death in 1632, the monastery named Peter Voigt as his successor . After Voigt's death, the monastery and the canons fought over the right to appoint the forester. In the case of the monastery, due to the chaos of war, it was forgotten that the forester managed only part of the monastery property, the rest of the property of the canons. The files were largely destroyed, the older residents dead. Therefore, after Voigt's death, the monastery claimed the right to appoint the forester, while the cathedral chapter made its own claims. On site visits on July 27th and August 8th, 1659, three older residents of Westerhüsen were asked about their previous ownership. David Koch from Westerhüsen was able to provide specific information and show where the old border ditch ran. The Sebastian monastery thereupon recognized the claims of the cathedral chapter.
On March 17, 1739, Leopold II. Maximilian von Anhalt-Dessau sold the wood of the Praepositurwerder for 13,000 thalers . At that time, it belonged to the dean's office of the cathedral chapter. Both the cathedral chapter and the Saint Sebastian chapter had previously approved the sale. The Praepositurwerder was made into meadow wax . The money was later used to purchase goods for the deanery. Greifenwerder, further south, was also bought.
literature
- Friedrich Großhennig, Ortschronik von Westerhüsen in the Magdeburg-SO district , manuscript in the Magdeburg city archive, signature 80 / 1035n, Part I, page 96 ff.
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl Friedrich Pauli , Lives of great heroes of the present war , Volume 3, by Christoph Peter Francken, Halle 1759, page 299
Coordinates: 52 ° 4 ′ 24 ″ N , 11 ° 41 ′ 5 ″ E