Quosdorf
Quosdorf is a deserted area in the " Königsbrücker Heide " nature reserve on the site of the former Königsbrück military training area in Saxony .
geography
location
The village of Quosdorf, surrounded by meadows and fields, was located five kilometers northwest of Königsbrück on the southern edge of the Krakauische Heide and the Otterschützer Heide in the foothills of the Lausitzer Platte . The square village with a striped corridor similar to a gelänge was located at the northern foot of the Königshöhe ( 195 m ) in the basin of the Quosdorfer Graben on a path leading from Krakow to Schmorkau . The village was surrounded by several peaks: to the northeast the Steinbruchshöhe ( 151 m ), to the southeast the Lämmerberg ( 170 m ) and the Ziegenberg ( 175 m ), to the south the Königshöhe, to the west the Kiefernberge ( 166 m ).
Neighboring places
| ( Krakow ) † | ( Rohna ) †, Zeisholz | ( Otterschütz ) † |
| Röhrsdorf , ( Sella ) † |
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( Zietsch ) † |
| ( Bohra ) † | ( Steinborn ) † | Schmorkau , Weissbach |
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history
Quossdorff was first mentioned in 1447. Other forms of name were Quoßdorf (1527), Quasdorf (1555) and Quoosdorf (1875).
Quosdorf lay in the northwest of the kingdom of Bohemia belonging Oberlausitz near by the passage of Pulsnitz marked limit to Meissen . The village had been under the rule of Königsbrück since 1527 , and from 1562 to the state rule of Königsbrück . From 1540 Quosdorf was parish in Cracow. As a result of the Peace of Prague , Quosdorf was ceded to the Electorate of Saxony in 1635, together with all other places in the two Lusatia . Administratively, Quosdorf belonged to the Bautzen district since 1777 and to the Bautzen district court from 1843.
With the reorganization of the Saxon administrative structures, Quosdorf was assigned to the Königsbrück court office in 1856 and to the Kamenz administration in 1875 . Grauwacke was mined in smaller quarries in the area. At the beginning of the 20th century, the sparsely populated heath areas offered themselves as the location of a new military training area for the Saxon army because of their proximity to the garrison town of Königsbrück . The military training area Königsbrück was 1906 for the XII. (I. Royal Saxon) Army Corps formally established. At the end of 1907, the municipalities of Quosdorf, Otterschütz and Zietsch located in the heath were dissolved. The properties were bought by the German Reich and the 63 residents of Quosdorf were resettled. The 308 hectare parish corridor became part of the military training area.
The isolated village of Quosdorf initially remained undestroyed. On August 27 and 28, 1932, the 25-year reunion of the former residents of Zietsch, Otterschütz and Quosdorf took place at the military training area, which ended with a historical parade in Krakow on August 28.
After the end of the Second World War, the military training area was seized by the Soviet occupying forces . The village was later shot to death. In 1992 the last Soviet troops withdrew, the area became a nature reserve Koenigsbrücker Heide , but is only accessible to a very limited extent due to the high load of ammunition. The village of Quosdorf is now overgrown by the heather forest.
Population development
| year | Residents |
|---|---|
| 1560 | 9 Hufner ("possessed man") |
| 1777 | 8 farmers, 1 cottage owner |
| 1834 | 60 |
| 1871 | 60 |
| 1890 | 50 |
| 1907 | 63 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.koenigsbrueck.de/truppenuebungsplatz.html
- ↑ https://www.koenigsbrueck.de/tuep-ab-1919.html
- ↑ Quosdorf in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
Coordinates: 51 ° 18 ' N , 13 ° 52' E