Ressen (New Zealand)

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New Zealand municipality
Coordinates: 51 ° 37 ′ 50 ″  N , 14 ° 7 ′ 50 ″  E
Height : 105 m
Area : 3.9 km²
Residents : 145  (December 31, 2016)
Population density : 37 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : February 1, 2002
Postal code : 03103
Area code : 035751
Village church in Ressen
Village church in Ressen

Ressen , Rašyn in Lower Sorbian , is a place in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district in southern Brandenburg . The place is part of the municipality of New Zealand , which belongs to the Altdöbern office and is part of the official settlement area of ​​the Sorbs / Wends .

geography

Ressen is located in Lower Lusatia. The place is the northern part of the municipality of New Zealand. In the east and southeast, the place borders on Neupetershain . The Greifenhain district of the city of Drebkau is to the north and the Pritzen district of Altdöbern to the northwest . In the west and south-west, the municipal parts of New Zealand Lubochow and Bahnsdorf join.

history

The first written mention of Ressen comes from 1582 with the name we know today.

The village church dates from the 15th century, it is included in the state monument list of the state of Brandenburg. There were six ponds in Ressen. However, due to the open-cast mines around the site and the associated lowering of the water table, five ponds have dried up.

Originally the people of Ressen spoke Lower Sorbian (Wendish). The gradual change of language to German took place in the 19th century. In 1884 Arnošt Muka had 40 Sorbs (25%) out of 159 inhabitants.

Until 1816, Ressen belonged to the Brandenburg-Prussian Cottbus district , then from 1816 to 1950 to the district of Calau , which was renamed the district of Senftenberg in 1950. In the district reform of 1952, Ressen came to the newly cut district of Calau .

In the course of the Brandenburg municipal area reform, the New Zealand municipality was formed on February 1, 2002 from the municipalities of Lindchen , Lubochow and Bahnsdorf and Ressen.

Population development

Population development in Ressen from 1875 to 2001
year Residents year Residents year Residents year Residents
1875 165 1890 147 1910 187 1925 186
1933 173 1939 165 1946 215 1950 211
1964 189 1971 239 1981 206 1985 189
1989 175 1990 174 1991 167 1992 168
1993 172 1994 162 1995 160 1996 153
1997 151 1998 162 1999 162 2000 157
2001 153

Culture and sights

The village church in Ressen is one of the architectural monuments in New Zealand .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Community and district directory of the state of Brandenburg. Land surveying and geographic base information Brandenburg (LGB), accessed on June 17, 2020.
  2. ↑ Ernst Tschernik: The development of the Sorbian population. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1954, p. 68
  3. ↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2002
  4. ↑ Brandenburg Statistics (PDF)

literature

  • Series of publications for local research in the Senftenberg District No. 1

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