Rusty

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Rusty
Large district town of Großenhain
Coordinates: 51 ° 16'59 "  N , 13 ° 35'16"  E
Residents : 244  (2011)
Incorporation : September 1, 1961
Incorporated into: Weßnitz
Postal code : 01558
Area code : 03522
Rusty (Saxony)
Rusty

Location of Rostig in Saxony

Rusty is a district of the Saxon town of Großenhain in the district of Meißen, about four kilometers to the southeast . The district road 8530 runs through the village, which is located in the valley of the Große Röder . In terms of nature, Rostig is in the Großenhainer Pflege region .

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1326 as Rodstok . It was originally built as a square village with a square corridor. The place name means something like "place where a body of water separates or unites" or "settlement at an estuary". In 1406 six single-hoofed, one quarter-hoofed and 14 gardeners lived here. The margravial fiefdom was owned by the von Komerstadt family from 1543 to 1587 . Rostig then became the district of Hayn .

Rostig was incorporated into the neighboring community of Weßnitz in 1961 , which has belonged to Großenhain since 1995.

Serious damage was caused by a tornado passing through the town on Whit Monday 2010 .

Population development

In 1552 there were 18 possessed men in Rostig. Around 1764 there were also 18 possessed men living here who cultivated 10½ Hufen land.

Population development in Rostig from 1834
year Residents year Residents year Residents
1834 140 1925 158 2014 222
1871 158 1939 151
1890 159 1946 223
1910 142 1950 208

Culture and sights

In addition to a stone marked as 1836, there is a residential building at Kalkreuther Strasse 4 and a stable house on the neighboring property at Kalkreuther Strasse 5, which are listed as historical monuments .

literature

  • Dietrich Hanspach, Haik Thomas Porada: Grossenhainer care. A regional study of the area around Großenhain and Radeburg . Ed .: Institute for Regional Geography Leipzig and the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig. Böhlau Verlag, Cologne, Weimar, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-412-09706-6 , pp. 128-129 .

Web links

Commons : Rostig (Großenhain)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Rusty in the digital historical directory of Saxony

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Weßnitz-Rostig on the municipal homepage of Großenhain