Schöllnitz

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Schöllnitz
community Luckaitztal
Coordinates: 51 ° 39 ′ 51 ″  N , 13 ° 59 ′ 39 ″  E
Height : 101 m above sea level NHN
Area : 17.28 km²
Residents : 388  (December 31, 2016)
Population density : 22 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : March 31, 2002
Postal code : 03229
Area code : 03541
The Luckaitztal train station used to be called Schöllnitz

Schöllnitz ( Želnica in Lower Sorbian ) is a place in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district in southern Brandenburg . It belongs to the municipality of Luckaitztal in Altdöbern . Until it was incorporated on March 31, 2002, Schöllnitz was an independent municipality.

location

Schöllnitz is located in Niederlausitz on the southern edge of the Niederlausitzer Landücken nature park . The district borders on Buchwäldchen in the north, on Muckwar in the northeast , on Altdöbern in the east and south , on the Bronkower district of Lipten in the southwest and on Gosda with the locations Zwietow and Weißag in the west and northwest . The inhabited districts of Luckaitz , Neudöbern and Rettchensdorf as well as the residential areas Obermühle , Untermühle and Waldhaus belong to Schöllnitz .

The Vetschauer Mühlenfließ crosses the district of Schöllnitz.

history

Schöllnitz was first mentioned in 1495 together with the neighboring Buchwäldchen as a property of the Zabeltitz estate . The place was named as Zelnick . The name is possibly derived from Lower Sorbian Žolw or Upper Sorbian Želwja for turtle . As part of the historical Margraviate of Lower Lusatia , the place belonged to the countries of the Bohemian Crown and became part of the Electorate of Saxony in the resolution of the Prague Peace in 1635 . In 1685 the place was mentioned as Schellnitz and in 1702 as Schöllnitz and in 1843 as Šelnica . A wind mill and a water mill were operated in Schöllnitz, both of which no longer exist. In 1708 the manor house was built, which is used today as a cultural space for the community and a residential building. In the Schmettauschen map series from 1767/87 the place is again referred to as Schellnitz .

From 1806 Schöllnitz belonged to the Kingdom of Saxony . Due to the partition of Saxony decided at the Congress of Vienna , the place came to the Kingdom of Prussia in 1815 . During the regional reform in the following year, Schöllnitz was assigned to the district of Calau in the province of Brandenburg . In 1844 there were 23 farmsteads in Schöllnitz, the place had 162 inhabitants and was parish after Calau. In 1867 there was a sheep farm in Schöllnitz . The place had 22 farmsteads and 170 inhabitants in that year. In the census of December 1, 1871, the population of the rural community Schöllnitz was made up as follows: There were a total of 83 inhabitants, who were distributed among 13 families. 37 of the residents were male and 46 female, 18 residents were younger than ten years and all were of the Evangelical Lutheran denomination. In the Schöllnitz manor district there were also 13 families and a total of 90 residents (37 of them male and 53 female). 28 residents were under ten years old and all residents were Evangelical Lutheran.

In 1880 the volunteer fire brigade was founded in Schöllnitz. On December 1, 1910, the rural community of Schöllnitz had 79 and the manor district of Schöllnitz 67 inhabitants. On September 30, 1928, the Schöllnitz manor district was united with the rural community. After the Second World War, Schöllnitz initially stayed in the Calau district. On July 1, 1950, the places Luckaitz and Neudöbern with the local situation Rettchensdorf were incorporated into Schöllnitz and the district of Calau was renamed the district of Senftenberg. During the GDR district reform on July 25, 1952, Schöllnitz came to the Calau district in the Cottbus district . After reunification , the community of Schöllnitz was in the Calau district in the state of Brandenburg. On October 1, 1992, the municipality merged with thirteen other municipalities to form Altdöbern .

During the district reform on December 6, 1993 , the Calau district was incorporated into the new Oberspreewald-Lausitz district. On March 31, 2002, Schöllnitz merged with the towns of Buchwäldchen, Muckwar and Gosda to form the municipality of Luckaitztal.

Population development

Population development in Schöllnitz
year Residents year Residents year Residents year Residents year Residents year Residents year Residents
1875 157 1933 142 1964 579 1989 375 1993 334 1997 333 2001 391
1890 141 1939 140 1971 548 1990 360 1994 334 1998 349 2011 400
1910 146 1946 191 1981 448 1991 351 1995 342 1999 367
1925 134 1950 713 1985 412 1992 342 1996 333 2000 389

Culture and sights

War memorial

In the place there is a war memorial for the fallen of the First World War.

Economy and Infrastructure

Schöllnitz is located on the district road 6619, and the district road 6633 branches off to Neudöbern in Schöllnitz. The Bronkow junction on Autobahn 13 is six kilometers west of the town.

Schöllnitz is on the Lübbenau – Kamenz railway line . The Luckaitztal train station , located between the towns of Luckaitz and Buchwäldchen, used to be called Schöllnitz . The station building of the Altdöbern station, which is also located in Schöllnitz's area, is one of the architectural monuments in Luckaitztal .

The Bronkow airfield is partly in the district of Schöllnitz.

literature

  • Ernst Eichler : The place names of Niederlausitz . VEB Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 1975.

Web links

Commons : Schöllnitz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ↑ Topographical-statistical overview of the government district of Frankfurt ad O. Gustav Harnecker's bookstore, Frankfurt a. O. 1844 Online at Google Books , p. 32.
  3. ↑ Topographical-statistical manual of the government district of Frankfurt a. O. Verlag von Gustav Harnecker u. Co., 1867 Online at Google Books , p. 34.
  4. ↑ Royal Statistical Bureau: The communities and manor districts of the Prussian state and their population . Part II: Province of Brandenburg , Berlin 1873, p. 212f., No. 131 ( online ), and p. 216f., No. 236 ( online ).
  5. ^ Local fire department Schöllnitz. Amt Altdöbern, In: amt-altdoebern.de , accessed on June 14, 2020.
  6. ↑ Municipalities 1994 and their changes since January 1, 1948 in the new federal states , Metzler-Poeschel publishing house, Stuttgart, 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , publisher: Federal Statistical Office
  7. ↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2002
  8. ↑ Brandenburg Statistics (PDF)