Settinchen

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City of Calau
Coordinates: 51 ° 42 ′ 12 ″  N , 13 ° 55 ′ 9 ″  E
Height : 139 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 30  (Jun 1, 2020)
Incorporation : January 1, 1926
Incorporated into: Cable
Postal code : 03205
Area code : 035435
Street view

Settinchen , Žytym in Lower Sorbian , is part of the municipality of Gollmitz , which is part of the town of Calau . The place is in the northern part of the southern Brandenburg district Oberspreewald-Lausitz .

location

Settinchen is located in Niederlausitz in the east of the Niederlausitzer Landücken Nature Park .

To the north of Settinchen is the Calau district of Kemmen with its districts of Schadewitz and Säritz . The city of Calau is also to the north. Cabel and the Werchow district follow in the northeast . In the east and southeast, Settinchen borders on places in the municipality of Luckaitztal , Gielow , Gosda , Weißag and Zwietow . In the south there are places of the municipality Bronkow . Gollmitz follows to the west.

The Biehlen desert is located near Settinchen .

history

Local history

In 1937 a stone box with two stone axes was found near Settinchen , which is one of the oldest evidence of settlement in Calau Switzerland .

The place name Settinchen is probably derived from the Lower Sorbian place Žyto for grain , the basic form would be Žytna . A related example is the Saxon town of Zittau whose place name is derived from the Upper Sorbian word Žitawa . Settinchen was mentioned in 1526 as Setinichen , 1576 as Satinichen and 1675 as Settinichen . The Sorbian place name variants were called Źůtim and Žytym in 1761 . The Germanized variant of the name Settin was extended by the German suffix -chen . To the northwest of Settinchen are other places with the suffix -chen Mallenchen , Wanninchen and Presenchen .

As a result of the Congress of Vienna , Settinchen came to the Kingdom of Prussia and belonged to the Calau district . The main line of business was agriculture. The residents of Settinchen also worked in the brick factories in neighboring towns and on the railway. On January 1, 1926, Settinchen was incorporated into Cabel. After the Second World War, Settinchen belonged to the Calau district, which was newly founded in 1952 . In the course of the Brandenburg district reform in the 1950s, Settinchen was incorporated into Gollmitz on January 1, 1957. The place belongs to the church district Niederlausitz . On December 31, 2001, Gollmitz was incorporated into the town of Calau with Settinchen and the towns of Buckow , Groß Jehser , Craupe and Zinnitz .

Population development

Population development in Settinchen from 1875 to 1925
year Residents year Residents year Residents year Residents
1875 82 1890 53 1910 47 1925 68

Attractions

The Lower Lusatian mining tour cycle path leads through the village.

Economy and Infrastructure

Federal motorway 13 runs west of the village and federal motorway 15 runs north . The town is connected to the A 13 via the Calau and Bronkow junctions. To the north of Settinchen, the Halle – Cottbus railway runs in a west-east direction. Agriculture continues to be an important industry for the place.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information from the residents' registration office of the city of Calau from June 18, 2020.
  2. ↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2001
  3. ↑ Brandenburg Statistics (PDF)

literature

  • Ernst Eichler : The place names of Niederlausitz . VEB Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 1975.

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