Sichau

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Sichau
City of Gardelegen
Sichau Coat of Arms
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 50 ″  N , 11 ° 13 ′ 42 ″  E
Height : 59 m
Area : 22.52 km²
Residents : 98  (December 31, 2017)
Population density : 4 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 2011
Postal code : 39649
Area code : 039082
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Location of the village of Sichau in Gardelegen
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Sichau is a town and part of the Hanseatic city of Gardelegen in the Altmark district of Salzwedel in Saxony-Anhalt .

geography

The Altmark church village Sichau is located about 19 kilometers north of Calvörde between the Colbitz-Letzlinger Heide and the Drömling Nature Park .

Local division

In addition to Sichau, the village includes the districts of Siems and Tarnefitz .

history

Sichau was first mentioned in 1418 as daz dorff czichow and in 1419 as the dorf sichow in a complaint and damage calculation from Margrave Friedrich von Brandenburg dated May 24, 1420 against the Magdeburg Archbishop Günther because of the damage to the country by the archbishop and his subjects. In 1687 the place was named Zichow , in 1804 it was named Sichau .

The historian Rohrlach writes: The statement in Zahn that the place was mentioned for the first time in 1152 is incorrect, rather Sibow is meant.

Incorporations

On July 1, 1950, the previously independent communities of Siems and Tarnefitz were incorporated from the Gardelegen district.

Sichau was incorporated into the Hanseatic city of Gardelegen on January 1, 2011.

Population development

year Residents
1734 120
1774 130
1789 125
1798 120
1801 120
1818 114
year Residents
1840 199
1864 208
1871 187
1885 176
1895 147
1905 157
year Residents
1925 148
1939 156
1946 208
1964 390
1971 322
1981 261
year Residents
1993 243
2006 254
2016 095

religion

The Protestant Christians of the Sichau parish belonged to the parish of Mieste. Today they are the parish area Mieste the church district Salzwedel, in Propst Sprengel Stendal Magdeburg of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany serves.

The oldest surviving news about the parish can be found in the parish registers for Miesterhorst from 1634 onwards. The books for Solpke don't begin until 1829.

politics

coat of arms

The former municipal coat of arms was approved by the district on July 13, 2009.

Blazon : "In gold, a red powder horn with a lid, hanging on its shoulder strap from a transverse green sloe branch with blue fruits, between the branch and the horn three (2: 1) cube-shaped blue crystals with silver facets."

The main colors of the coat of arms are - derived from the main coat of arms motif (powder horn) and shield color - red-gold (yellow).

The coat of arms was designed by the Magdeburg municipal heraldist Jörg Mantzsch .

flag

The former flag is red and yellow (1: 1) striped (cross shape: stripes running horizontally, lengthways shape: stripes running vertically) and centered with the municipal coat of arms.

Culture and sights

  • The Protestant village church in Sichau is a half-timbered building from 1743 with an organ . The square west tower was renovated in 1959.
  • The local cemetery is located next to the church.
  • On the village square in Sichau there is a memorial to the fallen of the First World War with a general dedication for the fallen of the Second World War.

Web links

Commons : Sichau  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sichau, Siems and Tarnefitz. on gardelegen.de. Retrieved November 18, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Saxony-Anhalt viewer of the State Office for Surveying and Geoinformation ( notes )
  3. ^ Adolph Friedrich Riedel : Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis : Collection of documents, chronicles and other source documents . Main part 3rd volume 3 . Berlin 1846, p. 340, 336 ( digitized versionhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3D~IA%3D~MDZ%3D%0A10001006_00350~SZ%3D~ double-sided%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D ).
  4. ^ A b Peter P. Rohrlach: Historical Ortlexikon für die Altmark (Historical Ortlexikon für Brandenburg, Part XII) . Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-8305-2235-5 , pp. 2079-2081 .
  5. ^ Friedrich Wilhelm August Bratring: Statistical-topographical description of the entire Mark Brandenburg . For statisticians, businessmen, especially for camera operators. Berlin 1804, p. 386 ( digitized versionhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3D~IA%3D~MDZ%3D%0A10000737_00414~SZ%3D~ double-sided%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D ).
  6. ^ Wilhelm Zahn: Heimatkunde der Altmark . Edited by Martin Ehlies based on the bequests of the author. 2nd Edition. Verlag Salzwedeler Wochenblatt, Graphische Anstalt, GmbH, Salzwedel 1928, p. 212 .
  7. ↑ 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. 360-362 .
  8. ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 1 to December 31, 2011
  9. ↑ 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. 63 ( wiki-de.genealogy.net [accessed November 18, 2018]).
  10. ↑ Mieste parish area. Retrieved November 18, 2018 .
  11. ↑ 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. 7 ( wiki-de.genealogy.net [accessed November 18, 2018]).
  12. ^ Official Journal of the District No. 8/2009 page 207 ( Memento from October 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  13. ↑ Thomas Hartwig: All Altmark churches from A to Z . Elbe-Havel-Verlag, Havelberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-9814039-5-4 , p. 445 .
  14. ↑ Online project monuments to the likes. Zießau at www.denkmalprojekt.org. April 1, 2018, accessed November 18, 2018 .