Pratzschwitz

Pratzschwitz City of Pirna Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 5 ″  N , 13 ° 53 ′ 50 ″  E
Height :	118 m above sea level NN
Residents :	665  (December 31, 2011)
Incorporation :	May 1st 1973
Incorporated into:	Birkwitz-Pratzschwitz
Postal code :	01796
Area code :	03501

Pratzschwitz on a map from the 19th century

Pratzschwitz is a district of Pirna , the district town of the Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains district . Together with Birkwitz it forms the village of Birkwitz-Pratzschwitz .

geography

Pratzschwitz is located in the Elbe valley , directly on the orographically right bank of the Elbe in the north-west of the city. Neighboring districts of Pirna are Birkwitz in the northwest and Copitz in the east. On the opposite bank of the Elbe are Heidenau-Süd in the west and the Heidenau district of Großsedlitz in the south. The old town of Pirna is three kilometers east of Pratzschwitz, also on the other side of the Elbe. The center of Pratzschwitz is located between the gravel and bathing lake Birkwitz and the confluence of the Wesenitz with the Elbe. In the north of the district is the Pirna-Pratzschwitz airfield .

history

Pratzschwitz was first mentioned in 1350 with the forms "Prautschicz", "Bratschicz" and "Praschicz". Many other spellings were later used, including "Bratewicz", "Brattschwitz", "Pratzsch", "Braytzschitz", "Bratzewitz" and "Brotschwitzsch". The village center is an advanced over the centuries Rundling . Around him was a corridor which in 1900 had an area of ​​about 441 hectares.

In 1547 the inhabitants of the village were liable to pay interest to the cathedral chapter in Meißen . At that time, a desolate Vorwerk was also mentioned in the village, but it was intact again in 1610. In the course of the 17th century, a manor developed in Pratzschwitz , the owners of which exercised the manorial rule . In the 18th century it was again a Vorwerk that was under the owners of the manor in Schönfeld . A chamber property is attested for 1875 . The administration of the place was incumbent on the Dresden office from the 16th century , in 1856 the Pirna court office was responsible. On the basis of the rural community code of 1838 , Pratzschwitz gained independence as a rural community. In 1875 it was part of the Pirna Authority ; in the time of the GDR it belonged to the Pirna district . On May 1, 1973 the community merged with its neighboring town to form the new Birkwitz-Pratzschwitz community, which was incorporated into Pirna on January 1, 1999 .

Development of the population

year	Residents
1547/51	23 possessed men , 12 residents
1764	27 possessed men, 7 gardeners, 3 cottagers
1834	298
1871	385
1890	483
1892	547
1910	450
1939	597
1946	677
1950	647
1964	646

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Municipalities 1994 and their changes since January 1, 1948 in the new federal states , Metzler-Poeschel publishing house, Stuttgart, 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , publisher: Federal Statistical Office
2. ↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 1999

literature

• Pirna and its surroundings (= values ​​of the German homeland . Volume 9). 1st edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1966.
• Förderverein Birkwitz-Pratzschwitz eV: Ortschronik Birkwitz-Pratzschwitz. Pirna 2016
• Alfred Meiche : Historical-topographical description of the Pirna administration. Dresden 1927.

Web links

• Pratzschwitz in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony