Söllichau
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Söllichau
City of Bad Schmiedeberg
Coordinates: 51 ° 38 ′ 7 " N , 12 ° 38 ′ 47" E
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| Height : | 130 m above sea level NN |
| Area : | 16.68 km² |
| Residents : | 898 (Dec. 31, 2007) |
| Population density : | 54 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | July 1, 2009 |
| Postal code : | 06905 |
| Area code : | 034243 |
Söllichau is a district of the town of Bad Schmiedeberg in the district of Wittenberg in Saxony-Anhalt . It is located between the small towns of Bad Düben and Bad Schmiedeberg in the middle of the Düben Heath .
geography
Surrounding cities are Bad Düben, Bad Schmiedeberg, Wittenberg , Kemberg and Torgau .
Neighboring places
history
Söllichau was first mentioned in a document in 1346. The area was already inhabited by Teutons and, from the 6th century, by Slavs . Therefore the place name Söllichau is of Slavic origin: "Zelichow" (place of Mr. Zelich). After the conquest by the German kings, the area was settled by Flemish farmers around 1200.
Until 1815 Söllichau belonged to Saxony and was subject to the pension and sub-jurisdiction of the Düben office and thus to the Leipziger Kreis. As a result of the Vienna Congress Act, Söllichau came together with the entire Düben office to the kingdom and, after 1918, to the state of Prussia . It belonged to the Bitterfeld district in the province of Saxony .
After 1952 Söllichau was, along with its neighboring towns Tornau and Schwemsal , the district hall and the district Gräfenhainichen assigned. After the reunification of Germany in 1990, Söllichau remained in Saxony-Anhalt in the Graefenhainichen district, which later became part of the Wittenberg district .
Since July 1, 2009, the former municipality of Söllichau has belonged to Bad Schmiedeberg. The last mayor was Lothar Hennig.
Attractions
- Romanesque village church (approx. 1250) with a tower from the 19th century
- Former NVA command bunker "Buche" between Söllichau and Kossa
- Bronze Age barrows on the district road 2029 Söllichau - Korgau - Pretzsch (Elbe)
- Tubular fountain
- Old village smithy
- Home parlor
- Gesundbrunnen , seven-arm column
Memorials
- Graves in the local cemetery for two Poles who are known by name and who were abducted to Germany during the Second World War and were victims of forced labor .
- Memorial plaque on the former clubhouse "Oskar Böhm" to the bearer of the name, a communist city councilor who died in 1944 when he was deported from Werl prison .
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
- Söllichau is a traffic junction for two state and two district roads, which are of great importance for regional traffic.
- Söllichau had been the southern terminus of the Pretzsch – Eilenburg railway line since December 12, 2010 and was approached daily by a pair of trains from Vetter GmbH and the German regional railway. But when the timetable changed on August 25, 2011, the train connection to Söllichau was given up again due to insufficient demand.
Municipal infrastructure
Söllichau has a day-care center for childcare and a volunteer fire brigade with extended basic equipment for fire protection / assistance. Furthermore, the place runs a municipal water and sewage operation and is the owner of a biological sewage treatment plant.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the place
- Ottilia Ludwig (1813–1900), writer
- Otto-Friedrich Gandert (1898–1983), classical scholar
- Hanns Gläser (1903–1977), forest scientist
- Hubert Matthes (1929–2018), landscape architect
