Reichenbach (Guben)

Reichenbach City of Guben Coordinates: 51 ° 57 ′ 45 "  N , 14 ° 40 ′ 43"  E
Height :	61 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	900  (2011)
Incorporation :	July 1, 1950
Postal code :	03172
Area code :	03561
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Reichenbach ( Rychbach in Lower Sorbian ) is a residential area in the town of Guben in the Spree-Neisse district in the east of Brandenburg . Reichenbach was an independent municipality until July 1, 1950.

location

Reichenbach is located in Niederlausitz , about two kilometers west of the border with Poland as the crow flies . Surrounding villages are Gros Breesen in the north, the Polish part of the city Guben in the East, the German Guben to the southeast, the district Sprucke in the south and to the municipality Schenkendöbern belonging districts Schenkendöbern and Wilschwitz the west and Grano in the northwest.

South of Reichenbach, the federal highway 320 runs from Lübben to the Polish border, which forms the border between Reichenbach and Sprucke. The Schwarze Fließ flows between Reichenbach and the core town of Guben .

history

The village of Reichenbach was first mentioned in 1441 with its current spelling. The place name is a transfer of the name of the village of Langenreichenbach in the Saxon district of North Saxony . The name of Reichenbach refers to the location on a water-rich stream.

According to the topographical-statistical overview of the administrative district of Frankfurt ad O. from 1844, there were 20 residential buildings in Reichenbach that year, the place then had 132 inhabitants. From an administrative point of view, Reichenbach belonged to the city of Guben and was also parish off to Guben. In 1867 Reichenbach had 176 inhabitants in 21 residential buildings. The residents visited the Guben monastery church for church services .

At the Congress of Vienna in 1815, after the defeat of the Kingdom of Saxony, it was decided to assign territories to the Kingdom of Prussia , which also affected Reichenbach. After that, the community was in the district of Guben in the administrative district of Frankfurt in the province of Brandenburg . After the end of the Second World War, Reichenbach became part of the Soviet occupation zone and later the GDR , where the place was incorporated into the city of Guben on July 1, 1950 . During the district reform on July 25, 1952, the village came to the district of Guben in the Cottbus district . After reunification , the Guben district was renamed the Guben district . In the course of the Brandenburg district reform in 1993 , the town of Guben and its former districts became part of the newly established Spree-Neisse district .

Monuments

The Catholic Church of Mary, Mother of Christendom, is located in Reichenbach . It was built between 1967 and 1971 as a massive plastered building with a gable roof based on a design by the architect Egon Körner . The building was consecrated on October 17, 1971. The church is listed as an architectural monument in the list of monuments of the state of Brandenburg .

Population development

Population development in Reichenbach from 1875 to 1946
year	Residents	year	Residents	year	Residents
1875	194	1925	248	1946	775
1890	200	1933	315
1910	270	1939	498

proof

1. ↑ Reichenbach gets its local chronicle. In: lr-online.de. Lausitzer Rundschau , October 5, 2012, accessed on July 14, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Reinhard E. Fischer : The place names of the states of Brandenburg and Berlin. Age - origin - meaning . be.bra Wissenschaft, Berlin 2005, p. 141 .
3. ↑ Topographical-statistical overview of the administrative district of Frankfurt ad O. 1844, p. 87 ( bsb-muenchen.de ).
4. ↑ Statistical Bureau of the Royal Government of Frankfurt a. O .: Topographical-statistical manual of the government district of Frankfurt a. O. Verlag von Gustav Harnecker u. Co., Frankfurt ad O. 1867, online at Google Books , p. 95
5. ^ Reichenbach in the historical index of places. Retrieved July 14, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Database of the Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and the State Archaeological Museum , accessed on July 14, 2018.
7. ↑ Historical municipality register of the state of Brandenburg 1875 to 2005. (PDF; 331 KB) District Spree-Neisse. State Office for Data Processing and Statistics State of Brandenburg, December 2006, accessed on July 14, 2018 .