Rauden (Boxberg)

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Municipality Boxberg / OL
Coordinates: 51 ° 20 ′ 5 ″  N , 14 ° 29 ′ 15 ″  E
Height : 137 m above sea level NN
Area : 1.92 km²
Residents : 86  (Dec 31, 2008)
Population density : 45 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : April 1, 1938
Incorporated into: Mönau
Postal code : 02943
Area code : 035728

Rauden , Upper Sorbian Rudej ? / i , is a district in the southwest of the Saxon community Boxberg / OL in the district of Görlitz . The place is part of the official Sorbian settlement area in Upper Lusatia . Audio file / audio sample

geography

Rauden - a street village in Lausitz
War memorial at the eastern exit of the village

Together with the neighboring village of Mönau to the northeast, Rauden is a street village in the middle of the Upper Lusatian Heath and Pond Landscape Biosphere Reserve on the road from Uhyst (Spree) to Milkel . The Driewitz-Milkeler Heiden , one of the largest contiguous forest areas in Upper Lusatia, extend to the west .

Surrounding villages are Drehna in the north, Uhyst in the northeast, Teicha in the southwest and Driewitz in the northwest.

history

Rauden is mentioned in documents relatively late. The earliest known point is on a document from the Bautzen Cathedral Monastery Archive from 1542. There the place is already mentioned with its current spelling. A preliminary work of the Mönau manor is documented for the 18th century.

As a result of the Wars of Liberation and the subsequent Congress of Vienna in 1815, the new Saxon-Prussian border was drawn south-east along the village. First, Rauden was assigned to the Prussian-Brandenburg district of Spremberg , before the district of Hoyerswerda was detached from it in 1825 and incorporated into the Prussian province of Silesia . As early as 1823, Rauden was parried from Milkel in Saxony to Uhyst.

The one-class school established in 1810 received a new building in 1900, in which students from Mönau and Lieske were also taught.

On April 1, 1938, Rauden was incorporated into Mönau, with the municipal administration remaining in Rauden.

After the Second World War , the Silesian part of Upper Lusatia , which lies west of the Lusatian Neisse, is rejoined to the state of Saxony.

Due to the administrative reform of 1952 , Rauden is in the southern part of the now smaller district of Hoyerswerda . In the same year, school lessons are relocated to Uhyst.

On March 1, 1994 the community of Mönau was incorporated into Uhyst. Since the district of Hoyerswerda only exists until December 31, 1995, citizens in the community are asked whether they would prefer to belong to the district of Kamenz or the Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia district with the district seat of Niesky . With the exception of the lip district , the majority of the community is in favor of a move to the Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia District on January 1, 1996. Almost 12 years later, on October 1st, 2007, the municipality of Uhyst joins the municipality of Boxberg.

Population development

year Residents
1825 105
1871 151
1885 130
1905 140
1925 143
1999 107
2007 90
2008 86

In 1777 there were 9 possessed men , 1 gardener and 8 cottagers in Rauden .

Between 1825 and 1871 the population increased from 105 to 151. Then it fell to 130 in 1885. At that time, according to Arnošt Muka's statistics, the population is entirely Sorbian . Until the second half of the 20th century, the Sorbian language survived much better here than in other villages in the region. In 1956, Ernst Tschernik still had a Sorbian-speaking population of 82% in Mönau-Rauden. The language change to German did not take place until the second half of the 20th century.

By 1925 the population increased again slightly to 143. In terms of population, Rauden is slightly larger than Mönau. Around 80 years later, Rauden only has around 110 inhabitants, the number of which fell again after the turn of the millennium.

Rauden has a volunteer fire brigade

Place name

The name Rauden is derived from the West Slavic word ruda 'Eisenstein, red earth'. He indicates that there must have been lawn iron stone in Rauden earlier .

Sources and further reading

literature

  • From the Muskauer Heide to the Rotstein. Home book of the Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia District . Lusatia Verlag, Bautzen 2006, ISBN 978-3-929091-96-0 , p. 271 f .

Footnotes

  1. ^ Rauden in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
  2. ↑ Von der Muskauer Heide zum Rotstein , p. 271.
  3. ↑ Ernst Tschernik: The development of the Sorbian population . Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1954.
  4. ^ Ludwig Elle: Language policy in the Lausitz . Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 1995, p. 249 .

Web links

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