Raddusch

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Coordinates: 51 ° 49 ′ 6 ″  N , 14 ° 2 ′ 19 ″  E
Height : 55 m above sea level NHN
Area : 19.81 km²
Residents : 679  (December 31, 2017)
Population density : 34 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : October 26, 2003
Postal code : 03226
Area code : 035433

Raddusch , Raduš in Lower Sorbian , is a place in the Spreewald biosphere reserve and part of the town of Vetschau / Spreewald in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district in Brandenburg . Raddusch lies in the official settlement area of ​​the Sorbs / Wends .

location

View of the place

Raddusch is located in Niederlausitz in the Oberspreewald, which is part of the Spreewald biosphere reserve . Surrounding villages are the Lübbenau districts of Lehde and Leipe in the north, the Burger district of Burg-Kolonie in the northeast, Stradow in the east, Göritz in the southeast, Koßwig in the south and the districts of Bischdorf in the southwest, Groß Lübbenau in the west and Boblitz, which in turn belong to the city of Lübbenau and Lübbenau in the northwest.

In the corridor of Raddusch are the Kossa pond in the north and the Bischdorfer See and the Kahnsdorfer See in the south. The latter two are residual lakes from the Seese-West open- cast lignite mine . North of the village flows the river Spree , several smaller leveling also flow through Raddusch.

The state road 49 from Lübbenau to Cottbus and the federal motorway 15 run through the Raddusch district . The closest junction, Vetschau, is five kilometers away. To the south-west of the village in the direction of the Kahnsdorfer See is the Radduscher Ziegelei residential area on the two national roads, and the Radduscher Kaupen residential area to the northeast near the Kossa pond .

history

Buschmühle Raddusch

The Niederlausitzer place was first mentioned in 1294 as Raddets or Raddiß . In 1312 the spelling was changed to Radisch , 1460 to Rads , 1542 Radiß , 1700 to Radusch and 1727 to the current one. The Lower Sorbian form of the name was called Raduš in 1843 . The place name is derived from a Slavic personal name with the stem Rad- . The settlement history is much older, which can be proven in the more than 1000 year old Slavic castle Raddusch .

Raddusch was and is still partially inhabited by the Wends ( Sorbs ), a West Slavic people with their own culture, language and tradition. In 1884, Arnošt Muka determined a total of 869 inhabitants, including 854 Sorbs and only 15 Germans, for his population statistics for Lusatia. Due to the increased assimilation of the Sorbian-speaking inhabitants in the first half of the 20th century , the proportion of the Sorbian / Wendish population had fallen to 22.1% by 1956, which means that Raddusch in the area between Vetschau and Lübbenau is still part of those villages with the highest proportion of Sorbian speakers. The number of speakers has continued to decrease up to the present. However, the women's Spreewald costumes are still particularly striking . Street names and signs are often bilingual. Several mills were in operation for centuries, including the Radduscher Buschmühle .

The place name could be derived from the Slavic personal name Radoslaw (in German: love of fame or from "be happy" - glad place), since Raddusch used to be a rich farming village. The sources of income included agriculture and fishing. Cucumbers, horseradish, onions, pumpkins, as well as tobacco and flax were grown . The boat was an important means of transport in Raddusch for a long time. It was of particular importance in agriculture, because the fodder often had to be brought from far away meadows to the village stables. This work was mostly done by the women. With the barge and vegetables, cereals and potatoes were up by Berlin punted . These trips took about a week and were very strenuous.

economy

House of the tourism association
Spreewaldkremser
Boat trip

Today tourism is an important economic factor. Thousands of guests visit the Spreewald every year and also spend the night in Raddusch's hotels and guest houses. On extended boat trips, often in combination with the Spreewald kremser and the carriage, the guests experience the cultural landscape of the UNESCO- protected biosphere reserve. Raddusch is connected to the Spreewald waterway network via the Radduscher Kahnfahrt .

In terms of infrastructure, Raddusch is one of the best developed Spreewald locations. It is only a five-minute walk from the train station to the port, and around five kilometers from the Vetschau and Boblitz motorway exits on the federal motorway 15 .

Companies have settled in the industrial area, such as the Spreewald vegetable market and a fish smokehouse. This is also the seat of the Spreewald Tourist Association. The Radduscher Heimatstube gives a good insight into the village life of Wendish and German families.

Buildings

The Radduscher Buschmühle with the old lock and weir system 37 and the residential building with the community room at Dorfplatz 4 are registered as architectural monuments .

literature

Web links

Commons : Raddusch  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Development of the population of the city of Vetschau / Spreewald. In: vetschau.de. City of Vetschau, accessed on May 10, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Ernst Tschernik: The development of the Sorbian population. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1954, p. 67.
  3. ^ Ludwig Elle: Language policy in the Lausitz. Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 1995, p. 256.