Schenkenberg (Delitzsch)
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Schenkenberg
City of Delitzsch
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| Height : | 92 m above sea level NN |
| Area : | 2.43 km² |
| Residents : | 821 (Jan 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 338 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 1997 |
| Postal code : | 04509 |
| Area code : | 034202 |
 Location of Schenkenberg in Delitzsch
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Schenkenberg is a district of the large district town of Delitzsch in the northern Saxony district of the Free State of Saxony . The community was first mentioned in a document in 1378 and incorporated into Delitzsch in 1996. The district has around 830 inhabitants (as of 2011).
location
The district of Schenkenberg is located about three kilometers northwest of Delitzsch city center. The Lober runs to the east, coming from the south , with the Loberaue nature reserve surrounding it . In the south Schenkenberg borders on Kertitz , in the north on Rödgen and in the west on Storkwitz .
history
On July 13, 1252, the place was first mentioned in a document by Dietrich von Brehna. As founder apply Counts of Landsberg that here the castle of taverns of Landsberg built. From this the later manor emerged as the economic center of the village. With the purchase of farm positions in the 16th century and the inclusion of destroyed farm estates after the Thirty Years War , the land ownership increased to its later extent.
Until 1815, Schenkenberg belonged to the Electoral Saxon office of Delitzsch . As a result of the resolutions of the Congress of Vienna , the place became part of Prussia and was assigned to the Delitzsch district in the Merseburg administrative district of the province of Saxony in 1816, to which it belonged until 1952. In the course of the district reform in the GDR in 1952, Schenkenberg was assigned to the newly cut Delitzsch district in the Leipzig district, which was added to the Delitzsch district in 1994 . In 1950 the northern town of Rödgen was incorporated into Schenkenberg.
On January 1, 1997, Schenkenberg was incorporated into Delitzsch with the previously independent villages of Poßdorf , Rödgen, Spröda and Storkwitz.
Population development
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² only main residences on 30.09. (Source: City of Delitzsch residents' registration office)
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politics
Schenkenberg has its own local council with seven seats and a local chief and deputy. He is responsible for the Delitzsch districts of Rödgen and Storkwitz as well as Schenkenberg itself. In the last local council elections on May 25, 2014, five seats went to the CDU (60.2%), one seat to the Left (21.8%) and one Seat on the free voters (18%). Gudrun Fritzsch (CDU) is the local head, Elke Hartmann (CDU) is the deputy. The next election is expected in 2019.
Culture and sights
Manor
The manor house of the manor was mentioned in 1284. The builders were the lords of Schenkenberg, who had been living in this area since the middle of the 13th century and owned the manor until the middle of the 16th century. From 1558 to 1791 it was owned by the von Miltitz family . Towards the end of the 18th century, the old mansion was demolished and replaced by a new building. In 1791 the Wenck family bought the manor, and the Baumgarten family followed in 1885.
Today the manor is a commercial property and is used, among other things, by an education and project development company and a restaurant.
Parish barn
The Pfarrscheune Schenkenberg is an alternative cultural community center, which was created by the Evangelical Parish and the association Scheune im Pfarrgarten Schenkenberg e. V. is worn. The goals of the association are the maintenance of the barn and the implementation of various events. In addition to community events, concerts and cabaret appearances are also held here.
Brass band
In 1990 the brass band Schenkenberg e. V. founded. The origin of this association lies in the fire brigade chapel of the Schenkenberg fire brigade founded in 1961. In 2014 the association had 25 members.
Personalities
- Christian Saalbach (1653–1713), classical philologist , university professor and poet
- Siegfried Mehnert (* 1963), former boxer
References and footnotes
- ↑ a b ( page no longer available , search in web archives: Tourismusportal Nordsachsen )
- ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 56 f.
- ^ The district of Delitzsch in the municipality register 1900
- ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities, see 1997 , accessed on March 22, 2013
- ^ Digital historical place directory of Saxony: Schenkenberg: Population
- ↑ Half- hoofed farmers own a farm with half a hoof .
- ↑ www.sachsen.de: Regional register: Schenkenberg , accessed on August 3, 2014
- ↑ Leipziger Volkszeitung (Delitzsch-Eilenburger Kreiszeitung), May 27, 2014, page 27
- ↑ Local councils ( Memento from April 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b Saxony's castles: Rittergut Schenkenberg , viewed on March 22, 2013
Web links
- Schenkenberg in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony