Schartau (castle)

Schartau City castle Coordinates: 52 ° 17 ′ 24 ″  N , 11 ° 47 ′ 18 ″  E
Height :	41 m above sea level NHN
Area :	12 km²
Residents :	682  (Jul 31, 2015)
Population density :	57 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 1, 2002
Postal code :	39288
Area code :	03921

Schartau is a rural district of the city of Burg (near Magdeburg) , five kilometers northwest of the city. District road 1209, which runs in the opposite direction to the Elbe ferry to Rogätz , leads to the city center . As the crow flies, the Elbe flows past Schartau just 1.7 kilometers west. In between there is a wetland with remains of the old Elbe river. A dike leading directly past the built-up area protects against flooding. The rest of the surrounding area consists of agricultural land, the yield value of which is mediocre with a land value number of ~ 65. In a wide area, the terrain spreads out 40 meters above sea level.

history

When King Otto I transferred what was then known as Sirtav to the Magdeburg Moritzkloster in 946 , Schartau was first mentioned in a document. The origin of the place, which is one of the oldest in the Jerichower Land, is Slavic . Early 10th century Schartau was Henry I to secure the East Frankish border with a Burgwardei expanded. The Schartau parish has been recorded since 1156. As early as 1159, the Schartau land law was mentioned, which was also transferred to other rural communities. In 1458 Schartau came into the possession of the von Treskow family, together with the neighboring town of Niegripp . The administrative subordination ran from 1680 under Brandenburg-Prussian rule.

The Duchy of Schartau (Ducatus Schartoviensis), which still appears on a map from the Homannsche Erben publishing house in 1732 , was supposedly awarded to Wittekind by Charlemagne , but it belongs to the realm of fable.

Until 1785 Schartau was in the so-called Jerichower Gesamtkreis, which was then divided into two districts. Schartau came to District I with the city of Burg as the administrative center. Around 1730 King Friedrich Wilhelm I created a royal domain office in Niegripp , which also included Schartau. A major fire destroyed large parts of the village in 1759. With the Prussian territorial reform of 1815, Schartau was assigned to the Jerichow I district . Since the traffic routes newly built in the 19th century ran far past the town, the associated wave of industrialization did not reach Schartau, the town continued to be characterized by agriculture. However, in the first half of the 20th century there was an increase in the population. While 683 people lived in the village in 1910, there were 772 in 1939. With the GDR regional reform in 1952, Schartau was incorporated into the Burg district. 1964 the place had 710 inhabitants. On December 1, 2002, it was incorporated into Burg.

Buildings

Schartau Church

• St. Sebastian Church

Individual evidence

1. ↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2002