Schönwölkau
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Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ' N , 12 ° 29' E |
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| State : | Saxony | |
| County : | North Saxony | |
| Management Community : | Krostitz | |
| Height : | 105 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 49.41 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 2551 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 52 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 04509 | |
| Area code : | 034295 | |
| License plate : | TDO, DZ, EB, OZ, TG, TO | |
| Community key : | 14 7 30 280 | |
| Community structure: | 5 districts | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Parkstrasse 11 , OT Wölkau 04509 Schönwölkau |
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| Mayor : | Volker Tiefensee ( CDU ) | |
| Location of the community of Schönwölkau in the northern Saxony district | ||
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Schönwölkau is a municipality in the district of North Saxony in the Free State of Saxony . It belongs to the administrative community Krostitz . Schönwölkau was created in 1995 by the merger of five communities.
Geography and traffic
The community of Schönwölkau is characterized by the large flat fields of the Leipzig lowland bay. It is located approx. 17 km northeast of Leipzig , 10 km southeast of Delitzsch and 15 km northwest of Eilenburg .
Schönwölkau is in the area of the Central German Transport Association . The Halle – Eilenburg railway line runs through the municipality. One stop is in the village of Hohenroda, a train station just behind the municipal boundary in Krensitz . Trains of the Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn ( Veolia Verkehr ) stop at both of them every two hours . In addition, there are individual trains of the DB Regio Südost at rush hour.
The federal road 2 runs through the municipality. The community can also be reached via the Leipzig-Mitte junction (approx. 10 km) on federal motorway 14 .
history
Schönwölkau is a municipality that was created on January 1, 1995 through the merger of the previously independent municipalities Badrina , Brinnis , Hohenroda , Lindenhayn and Wölkau . In 1999 Göritz , which had previously belonged to the municipality of Krippehna, became part of the municipality of Schönwölkau as a settlement area in the Wölkau district. For the history of the individual districts, see the corresponding local articles.
Community structure
The community is divided into the districts that merged to form Schönwölkau in 1995 as previously independent communities and which in turn included other villages through previous incorporations. They are:
| Locality | Districts |
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| Badrina | Badrina and Scholitz |
| Brinnis | Brinnis, Luckowehna and Wannewitz |
| Hohenroda | Hohenroda and Mocherwitz |
| Lindenhayn | Gollmenz and Lindenhayn |
| Wölkau | Boyda, Göritz and Wölkau (formerly Groß- and Kleinwölkau) |
Incorporations
| Former parish | date | annotation |
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| Badrina | January 1, 1995 | Merger to form Schönwölkau |
| Boyda | July 1, 1950 | Incorporation to Wölkau |
| Brinnis | January 1, 1995 | Merger to form Schönwölkau |
| Goritz | July 1, 1950 | Incorporation to Krippehna , on January 1, 1999 reclassification to Schönwölkau |
| Gollmenz | July 1, 1950 | Incorporation to Lindenhayn |
| Groß-Wölkau | July 1, 1950 | Merger to Wölkau |
| Hohenroda | January 1, 1995 | Merger to form Schönwölkau |
| Klein-Wölkau | July 1, 1950 | Merger to Wölkau |
| Lindenhayn | January 1, 1995 | Merger to form Schönwölkau |
| Luckowehna | July 1, 1950 | Incorporation after Brinnis |
| Mocherwitz | 1st December 1973 | Incorporation to Hohenroda |
| Scholitz | April 1, 1936 | Incorporation to Badrina |
| Wannewitz | July 1, 1950 | Incorporation after Brinnis |
| Wölkau | January 1, 1995 | Merger to form Schönwölkau |
politics
Since the municipal council election on May 25, 2014 , the 16 seats of the municipal council have been distributed among the individual groups as follows:
Attractions
→ see also: List of cultural monuments in Schönwölkau
- Schönwölkau Palace : The Wölkau manor came to Christoph Vitzthum von Eckstädt (1633–1711) in 1659 . From 1660 he had the largest palace complex in what is now northern Saxony built here. In the south is the castle courtyard, in the north the adjacent farm yard. The mansion was probably completed before the church was consecrated in 1688. His son, Friedrich I. Vitzthum von Eckstädt (1675–1726), secret cabinet minister under Augustus the Strong and Count since 1711, had the central wing redesigned in high baroque forms in 1711, presumably by an Italian architect who worked in Warsaw. The building is reminiscent of baroque villas in Lombardy or Veneto. Vitzthum's widow Rahel Charlotte, née Countess von Hoym , who outlived her husband who died in a duel by 27 years, had the interior expanded, including the large ballroom on the upper floor. She also built the baroque palace in Otterwisch around 1730 . The Schönwölkau estate remained in the possession of the Count Vitzthum von Eckstädt until it was expropriated in 1945 . In 1998 a private company of four investors, including Justus Frantz , bought the intact property in order to set up a cultural center, but the promised investments failed to materialize, although the acquirers were sentenced to contractual penalties. The baroque gem, for which the Berlin businessman Wolfgang Hamma is responsible, has been in increasing decay since then. It's for sale.
- Wölkau Castle Park with old trees
Wölkau Castle
The Corps de Logis
Entrance to the castle
- Patronage Church in Wölkau: built between 1680 and 1684
- historical pharmacy in Wölkau
- Post mill in Hohenroda and ruins of a post mill in Mocherwitz
- Watermill in Badrina
- Lindenhayner Church of St. Mauritius: built in the 12th century as a fortified church and renovated in the 1990s
- Orchid meadow near Lindenhayn
Ruins of the patronage church in Klein-Wölkau
Church in Lindenhayn from the 12th century
Post mill in Hohenroda
Personalities
- Franz Stammer (* 1881 in Scholitz), district administrator in Bitterfeld and Wittenberg
- Friedemann Steiger (* 1938 in Gebesee ), pastor i. R. and writer, honorary citizen of Schönwölkau (February 5, 2005)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population of the Free State of Saxony by municipalities on December 31, 2019 ( help on this ).
- ↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities of Germany, see 1995
- ↑ Results of the 2014 municipal council elections
- ^ Higher Regional Court Dresden 2007 ( Memento from April 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Oschatzer Allgemeine Zeitung from January 15, 2013 ( Memento from April 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ FAZ from September 25, 2014
Web links
- Community of Schönwölkau
- Schönwölkau in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
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