Rossbach (Braunsbedra)
Rossbach
Braunsbedra parish
Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 37 ″ N , 11 ° 53 ′ 40 ″ E
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Height : | 123 m |
Incorporation : | January 1, 2004 |
Postal code : | 06242 |
Area code : | 034633 |
Roßbach is a district of Braunsbedra in the Saalekreis in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany . The place is about 15 km south of Merseburg not far from exit 26 of the A 38 . To the north is the Geiseltalsee , the largest lake in Saxony-Anhalt.
history
The place became known through the battle of Roßbach on November 5, 1757. Roßbach belonged to the Wettin , later Electoral Saxon office of Freyburg until 1815 . The decisions of the Congress of Vienna the place to Prussia came only in 1816 the county Querfurt in the administrative district of Merseburg of the Province of Saxony assigned to which he belonged until 1,952th
In the course of the lignite mining in the Geiseltal , part of Roßbach was relocated in 1963 and dredged ( devastated ) in 1966 . In this open-cast mine, high-quality clay is still extracted from the surface today. Another, small mining field was opened up and charred again in the 1970s. This is where the Hassesee is located today.
In the local cemetery , graves are reminiscent of three Poles who are known by name and who were abducted to Germany during the Second World War and were victims of forced labor . The same applies to the cemetery in the Leiha district , where the graves of nine Polish forced laborers known by name are located.
Incorporations
On July 1, 1950, Leiha and Lunstädt were incorporated into Roßbach.
Roßbach was incorporated into Braunsbedra on January 1, 2004.
tourism
In summer, the Hasse in Roßbach with a campsite offers the opportunity to swim. A bathing lake with volleyball courts and a nudist beach was created through the recultivation of a lignite mining area.
Individual evidence
- ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 34 f.
- ↑ The district of Querfurt in the municipal directory 1900
- ↑ The location on www.devastiert.de ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2004
literature
- Berent Schwineköper (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 11: Province of Saxony Anhalt (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 314). 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-520-31402-9 , pp. 392-393.
Web links
- More about Roßbach on the website of the Geiseltalsee municipal association ( Memento from February 23, 2006 in the Internet Archive )