Sandberg (Bad Belzig)

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Eisenhardt Castle was the nucleus of the village of Sandberg

Sandberg is a place that arose around Eisenhardt Castle . Although it is directly adjacent to the old town of Belzig , it retained its communal independence for several centuries. Sandberg was not incorporated into the municipality until 1914.

location

Belzig and Sandberg in 1911

The core of the village of Sandberg lies on a slope south of the center of Bad Belzig around Eisenhardt Castle and the areas adjacent to the castle to the east. The place borders directly on the old town of Belzig. In a source from 1837 it was said about Sandberg: "Partly is hard on the city of Belzig, partly in the mix with the city".

At the beginning of the 20th century, the community covered an area that extended far beyond this area. The border between the town of Belzig and the municipality of Sandberg ran from the west along Gliener Straße, further along the southern and eastern edge of Belzig's old town beyond the development of Mauerstraße and further north-east along the Belziger Bach past the Hintermühle.

The historic streets Wittenberg - Brandenburg and Magdeburg - Jüterbog crossed in Sandberg below the castle; the latter was later relocated to the north to connect to the Belziger Marktplatz. Wittenberger Strasse was given a different location when the railway was built in 1879.

history

Manor house of the second manor, Bahnhofstrasse 14

Sandberg developed as a service settlement around Eisenhardt Castle. A suburbium around the castle was mentioned in 997; the later city of Belzig, on the other hand, was founded in the early 13th century.

The first reliable mention of the name "Sandberg" is documented in a text from the year 1383, which speaks of "uff dem Santberge".

Sandberg castle and settlement were initially owned by changing aristocrats. Since the 13th century they belonged to the Duchy of Saxony-Wittenberg .

As a result of the transfer of ownership to the castle's servants, several manors were created (ancestral farms), which were later further divided up. In 1837 there was the village of Sandberg and four manors. The village consisted of cottages , the manors were Sandberg I. Antheils (manor at today's Wittenberger Straße 10), II. Antheils (manor at today's Bahnhofstraße 14) with a cottage, III. Antheils with a vineyard and a vineyard house ("Meierhof") and IV. Share (manor house in today's Berliner Straße 4). This resulted in four manor districts, the castle (sometimes also referred to as the "castle") formed another.

In addition to its location in the vicinity of a castle and the long communal independence, Sandberg had other characteristics of a Kietz settlement . This includes special rights of the residents, especially the fishing rights in the ponds below the castle.

Sandberg and Belzig belonged to the Electorate of Saxony until 1815 , after which they came to Prussia . In 1879 Belzig received a railway connection. The Belzig train station was laid out on the Sandberg area.

According to the royal Prussian decree of January 12, 1914, the Sandberg community with the manor districts was incorporated into the city of Belzig on April 1, 1914. Three additional seats in the city council of Belzig were provided for the community representatives.

buildings

Briccius Church.

Eisenhardt Castle was built at the end of the 1st millennium. In the later centuries the complex was rebuilt and expanded several times, especially in the 15th century. The keep dates from the 13th century. Parts of the castle were rebuilt as an electoral hunting lodge after being destroyed in the 17th century.

Next to the castle is the Bricciuskirche , the church of Sandberg. Mentioned in 1161, it was believed to be one of the oldest churches in the region. The current church is a field stone building from the 15th century.

The Heilig-Geist-Hospital in Wittenberger Straße was donated in 1383. After several fires, it was rebuilt in 1776. The residential development is dominated by single-storey eaves-standing houses. The Gutshaus Bahnhofsstraße 14 has been preserved and was sold to an investor in 2015 after a long vacancy.

At the intersection of Bahnhofstrasse / Wittenberger Strasse is the Kursächsische Postmeile Pillar Bad Belzig , a replica of a pillar from 1725. Parts of the original are on display in the museum in the castle.

Most of the Sandberg settlement south of the old town with the castle grounds in the west to the railway line in the south and Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse and the open pit in the east is part of the monument area of ​​the historic old town of Belzig.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Topography of the Lower Courts of the Kurmark Brandenburg and the parts of the country that are defeated for them , in Ludwig Oehmigke, Berlin 1837, p. 226.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f City administration Bad Belzig, 100 years of Sandberg in Bad Belzig , leaflet, online (pdf).
  3. ↑ Reinhard E. Fischer : The place names of the states of Brandenburg and Berlin. Age - origin - meaning. be.bra Wissenschaft verlag, ISBN 978-3-937233-30-7 , p. 148.
  4. ↑ a b Dug in the history of the sand mountain. In: Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung , May 11, 2015, online .
  5. ^ Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments . Part: Brandenburg. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-422-03123-4 .
  6. ^ Statute for the protection of the monument area of ​​the historic old town of Belzig (monument area statute) of May 3, 1993, online (pdf) .

Coordinates: 52 ° 8 ′ 12.9 ″  N , 12 ° 35 ′ 13.6 ″  E