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coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 51 ° 26 '  N , 11 ° 40'  E
Basic data
State :	Saxony-Anhalt
County :	Saalekreis
Association municipality :	Weida land
Height :	116 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.06 km 2
Residents:	1097 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	155 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	06279
Area code :	034774
License plate :	SK, MER, MQ, QFT
Community key :	15 0 88 340
City structure:	3 districts
City administration address :	Marktstrasse 25 06279 Schraplau
Website :	www.stadt-schraplau.de
Mayor :	Olaf Maury
Location of the city of Schraplau in the Saalekreis

Schraplau is a town in the Saalekreis , Saxony-Anhalt (Germany).

Marktstrasse with town hall

geography

Schraplau is located between Halle (Saale) and Lutherstadt Eisleben in the Weida valley . The city belongs to the community of Weida-Land , which has its administrative seat in the community of Nemsdorf-Göhrendorf .

Neighboring communities are Lake Mansfelder Land in the north and east. Within the Verbandsgemeinde : Obhausen in the south and Farnstädt in the west.

history

• In a register of the tithe of the monastery of Hersfeld ( Hersfelder tithe list ) created between 881 and 899, Schraplau is mentioned in a document as a " tithing place Scrabanloch in Friesenfeld ". Schraplau Castle is located in the city .
• Around 1254, the Johanniskirche in Schraplau owned 2.5 Hufen fields in what is now the Dresewitz desert .

religion

6% of the population are Protestant, 2% Catholic. The Evangelical-Lutheran parish Schraplau with its church St. Johannes belongs to the rectory of Querfurt -Nord (seat: Eisleben- Osterhausen ) in the parish of Merseburg of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany . The few Catholics are assigned to the parish of St. Bruno , based in Querfurt in the diocese of Magdeburg , whose next branch church is St. Anna in Röblingen am See .

politics

mayor

Olaf Maury has been the honorary mayor since 2019, previously it was Frank Birke since January 22, 2012.

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved by the district on November 6, 2012.

Blazon : “In silver on a green shield foot in front a Roman soldier with red tunic , pteruges , boots and helmet with plume, in his right hand holding the severed bearded head of John the Baptist by his black hair, in his left a raised sword with a silver blade and golden handle with pommel and quillons, behind a grooved and tinned, pointed and kneaded red tower with three silver breakthroughs (2: 1). "

The colors of the city are based on the coat of arms colors red - white - green.

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  City coat of arms under customary law

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  Image seal of the city

The city led the coat of arms in customary law without authorization until it was drawn in heraldically correct manner by the municipal heraldist Jörg Mantzsch and included in the approval process. Schraplau has this motif in the picture seal today.

flag

The flag is red-white-green (1: 1: 1) striped (landscape format: stripes running horizontally, lengthwise: stripes running vertically) and centered with the city coat of arms.

On November 10, 2012, the flag, which was also designed by the heraldist Mantzsch, was presented to the public by a festive flag consecration on the market square of Schraplau on the occasion of a city festival.

Culture and sights

See also : List of cultural monuments in Schraplau

City Church of St. John

Buildings

• Schraplau Castle
• the city ​​church of St. John

Attractions

• historically furnished pharmacy
• Adventure outdoor pool

Economy and Infrastructure

Schraplau limestone quarry

There is a lime works in the village , in which limestone from the neighboring open-cast mine is extracted.

With the opening of the Röblingen am See – Vitzenburg railway , Schraplau had access to the German railway network from 1904. Since passenger traffic was discontinued at the end of 2003, there has only been freight traffic to and from Röblingen on this route .

Personalities

Ernst Martin (1885–1974), politician (DNVP)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt, population of the municipalities - as of December 31, 2019 (PDF) (update) ( help ).
2. ↑ 2011 census
3. ↑ ^{a b} Official Journal of the District No. 34/2012 page 2 (PDF; 2.6 MB)
4. ↑ Schraplau main statute. (PDF; 124 kB) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved August 19, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

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

• Schraplau on weida-land.de