Schmersau

Schmersau Hanseatic City of Osterburg (Altmark) Coordinates: 52 ° 45 ′ 35 "  N , 11 ° 35 ′ 20"  E
Height :	28 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.87 km²
Residents :	74  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	13 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st February 1974
Incorporated into:	Gladigau
Postal code :	39606
Area code :	039392
Location in Saxony-Anhalt
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Schmersau belongs to the village of Gladigau and is a district of the Hanseatic City of Osterburg (Altmark) in the Stendal district in Saxony-Anhalt .

geography

Schmersau, a street village with a church, is located 11 kilometers west of Osterburg and two kilometers southwest of Gladigau, with which it is connected via the district road 1074; this leads in an easterly direction to Orpensdorf and Flessau .

Neighboring towns are Hagenau in the west, Gladigau in the north-west, Orpensdorf and Rönnebeck in the north-east, Natterheide in the south-east, and Späningen and Biesenthal in the south-west.

history

The place was first mentioned in 1337 as smersowe when Rule von Bismark sold an abandoned farm to the local mayors. In the Landbuch der Mark Brandenburg from 1375 the village is listed as Smersowe and Smersow . Further mentions are 1406 das dorpe to Smersow and 1687 Schmersow .

During the Thirty Years War , the place was looted and partially destroyed. Beckmann reported on these conditions in the Great War in 1753 : the local pastor had been plundered 13 times.

Incorporations

On April 1, 1939, the communities Schmersau and Orpensdorf merged to form a community with the name Schmersau.

On 25 July 1952, the municipality Schmersau was from the district Osterburg in the district Osterburg reclassified. The community of Schmersau was dissolved on February 1, 1974 and incorporated into the community of Gladigau with its Orpensdorf district. On July 1, 2009, the municipality of Gladigau merged with other municipalities to form the new unified municipality of the Hanseatic City of Osterburg (Altmark). The districts Schmersau and Orpensdorf came to the new village Gladigau and the Hanseatic city of Osterburg (Altmark).

Population development

year Residents 1734 124 1772 129 1790 156 1798 166 1801 178

year Residents 1818 168 1840 196 1864 209 1867 [0]211 1871 191

year Residents 1885 200 1892 [00]199 1895 196 1900 [00]195 1905 192

year Residents 1910 [00]186 1925 218 1936 [0]183 1939 262 1946 422

year Residents 1964 293 1971 271 2011 [00]079 2012 [00]079 2018 [0]076

year Residents 2019 74

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religion

The evangelical parish of Schmersau used to belong to the parish of Schmersau near Meßdorf. The parish Schmersau is now looked after by the parish area Gladigau in the church district Stendal in Propst Sprengel Stendal Magdeburg of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

The oldest surviving church records for Schmersau date from 1675.

Culture and sights

→ Main article : List of cultural monuments in Osterburg (Altmark)

• The Protestant village church of Schmersau, a late Romanesque stone church from the end of the 12th century, was rebuilt in the 19th century.
• The local cemetery is in the churchyard.
• The village community center is used together with the volunteer fire brigade, which is supported by the association of the volunteer fire brigade Schmersau eV.
• In Schmersau there is a memorial for the fallen of the First World War, a brick wall with an attached plaque.

Personalities

• Ernst Kredel jun. (1893–1985), German officer and writer, born in Schmersau

literature

• Peter P. Rohrlach: Historical local lexicon for the Altmark (Historical local lexicon for Brandenburg, Part XII) . Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-8305-2235-5 , pp. 1978-1981 .
• Wilhelm Zahn : Local history of the Altmark. Edited by Martin Ehlies based on the bequests of the author. 2nd Edition. Verlag Salzwedeler Wochenblatt, Graphische Anstalt, Salzwedel 1928, DNB  578458357 , OCLC 614308966 , p. 187 .
• JAF Hermes, MJ Weigelt: Historical-geographical-statistical-topographical handbook from the administrative districts of Magdeburg . Topographical part. Ed .: Verlag Heinrichshofen. tape 2 , 1842, p. 383 , 128. Schmersau ( digitized versionhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3DHB4_AAAAcAAJ%26pg%3DPA383~IA%3D~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3D~ double-sided%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D ).
• Friedrich Wilhelm August Bratring : Statistical-topographical description of the entire Mark Brandenburg . For statisticians, businessmen, especially for camera operators. tape 1 . Berlin 1804, p. 264 ( digitized versionhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3D~IA%3D~MDZ%3D%0A10000735~SZ%3D00286~ double-sided%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D ).

Web links

• Hanseatic city of Osterburg: The town of Gladigau introduces itself. In: osterburg.eu. June 30, 2019 . 
• Corrie Leitz: Introducing the Schmersau district. In: osterburg.eu. 2017 . 
• Gerald Engel: Schmersau a village in the Altmark. 
• Schmersau in the historical directory of the association for computer genealogy

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Peter P. Rohrlach: Historical local lexicon for the Altmark (Historical local lexicon for Brandenburg, Part XII) . Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-8305-2235-5 , pp. 1978-1981 .
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Nico Maß: Only four digits left . In: Osterburger Volksstimme . January 21, 2020, DNB  1047269554 , p. 13 .
3. ↑ Hansestadt Osterburg (Altmark): Main Statute Hansestadt Osterburg (Altmark), § 15 Local Constitution of July 3, 2019. July 5, 2019, accessed on April 10, 2020 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Saxony-Anhalt viewer of the State Office for Surveying and Geoinformation ( notes )
5. ↑ Ernst Haetge: The circle Osterburg (=  The art monuments of the Province of Saxony . Band 4 ). Hopfer, Burg near Magdeburg 1938, DNB  361451652 , p. 279-281 .
6. ↑ Johannes Schultze : The land book of the Mark Brandenburg from 1375 (=  Brandenburg land books . Volume 2 ). Commission publisher von Gsellius, Berlin 1940, p. 298 ( uni-potsdam.de ).
7. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Corrie Leitz: Introducing the Schmersau district. In: osterburg.eu. 2017, accessed May 3, 2020 . 
8. ^ Johann Christoph Becmann, Bernhard Ludwig Beckmann: Historical description of the Chur and Mark Brandenburg . tape 2 , Part 5, Book 1, Chapter VII. Berlin 1753, column 48 ( uni-potsdam.de ).
9. ↑ Administrative region of Magdeburg (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Government of Magdeburg . 1939, ZDB -ID 3766-7 , p. 6 , No. 37 .
10. ↑ Federal Statistical Office (Ed.): Municipalities 1994 and their changes since 01.01.1948 in the new federal states . Metzler-Poeschel, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , pp. 342, 346 .
11. ↑ Landkreis Stendal: Territorial change agreement for the formation of the new municipality of Hanseatic City of Osterburg (Altmark) . In: Official Journal for the district of Stendal . 19th year, no. 2 , January 28, 2009, ZDB -ID 2665593-7 , p. 13–19 ( landkreis-stendal.de [PDF; 512 kB ; accessed on April 18, 2020]).
12. ^ ^{A b c} Wilhelm Zahn : Local history of the Altmark. Edited by Martin Ehlies based on the bequests of the author. 2nd Edition. Verlag Salzwedeler Wochenblatt, Graphische Anstalt, Salzwedel 1928, DNB  578458357 , OCLC 614308966 , p. 187 .
13. ↑ ^{a b} How many inhabitants count the individual places . In: Volksstimme Magdeburg, local edition Osterburg . January 12, 2013 ( volksstimme.de [accessed April 11, 2020]).
14. ↑ Parish Almanac or the Protestant clergy and churches of the Province of Saxony in the counties of Wernigerode, Rossla and Stolberg . 19th year, 1903, ZDB -ID 551010-7 , p. 88 ( wiki-de.genealogy.net [accessed May 3, 2020]).
15. ↑ Gladigau parish area. Retrieved April 11, 2020 . 
16. ↑ Ernst Machholz: The church books of the Protestant churches in the province of Saxony (=  communications from the Central Office for German Personal and Family History . 30th issue). Leipzig 1925, p. 12 ( wiki-de.genealogy.net [accessed May 3, 2020]).
17. ↑ Online project monuments to the likes. In: Schmersau at www.denkmalprojekt.org. November 1, 2012, accessed May 3, 2020 .