Spergau

Spergau City of Leuna
Coordinates: 51 ° 17 ′ 38 ″  N , 12 ° 1 ′ 27 ″  E
Height :	88 m
Area :	10.8 km²
Residents :	1088  (June 30, 2017)
Population density :	101 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 2009
Postal code :	06237
Area code :	034446
Location of Spergau in Leuna

Spergau

Saale near Bad Dürrenberg, view towards Spergau

Spergau is a district of the city of Leuna in the Saalekreis in Saxony-Anhalt (Germany).

geography

Spergau lies between Merseburg and Weißenfels not far from the Saale .

history

Spergau was first mentioned in a document over 1000 years ago - in the year 973. Over the centuries, a farming village developed in the former border area between Teutons and Slavs, which at the top comprised almost 50 farms, mostly of medium size. Until 1815, Spergau belonged to the Hochstift-Merseburg office of Merseburg , which had been under Electoral Saxon sovereignty since 1561 and belonged to the secondary school principality of Saxony-Merseburg between 1656/57 and 1738 . The decisions of the Congress of Vienna the place came in 1815 to Prussia in 1816 the county Merseburg in the administrative district of Merseburg of the Province of Saxony allocated.

During the Second World War, a so-called labor education camp was set up in the village , in which forced laborers who had been deported to Germany, unadjusted young people, Jewish or “ half-Jewish ” citizens were forced to work for the Leuna works of IG Farben , which in many cases led to death. The camp was completely destroyed in an air raid on the Leuna works on June 29, 1944, killing 13 internees.

After the Higher Regional Court of Magdeburg lifted a compulsory assignment to the city of Leuna in 1995 , Spergau was incorporated into Leuna on December 31, 2009 as part of the comprehensive formation of unitary communities and association communities in Saxony-Anhalt. From 1992 to 2009 Spergau was part of the Bad Dürrenberg administrative community . The last mayor of Spergau was Thomas Scholz.

politics

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved by the district on August 19, 2009.

Blazon : "In red a right silver thread, at the top at the back a slanting silver ear with stalk leaves, at the bottom front a silver church with a pointed and crossed tower, in it a black door and two windows, in the nave three black windows."

The colors of Spergau are white and red.

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

flag

The flag is red - white - red (1: 4: 1) (horizontal shape: stripes running horizontally, lengthways shape: stripes running vertically) and in the middle with the coat of arms.

Candlemas runner costume

Culture

Light meas

The Spergauer Candlemas is one of the oldest traditional customs and will always be, but not celebrated on the first Sunday of February before the 2nd of the month. A first hint can already be found in the handwritten local chronicle in 1688. The custom was included in the nationwide register of intangible cultural heritage in 2018 .

Buildings

Centennial Hall

Centennial Hall

The most striking building in Spergau is the Centennial Hall. This offers almost 2,000 seats and therefore holds almost twice as many people as the population of Spergau. The multi-purpose hall was opened in 2000 and is mainly used for sports and cultural events. The hall is home to the second division volleyball club Chemie Volley Mitteldeutschland .

Post mill

Spergauer post mill

At the entrance to the village, opposite the Centennial Hall, is the oldest and only surviving of the three original mills. The original post mill was built in 1837 by Müller Traugott Weisse on the western edge of the village and was initially only operated with wind power. Local farmers had grain ground into flour or meal here. With the construction of the Leuna factory, the wind conditions deteriorated and the then Müller Hirt installed an engine in 1919. Buildings in Spergau were also hit during the bombing of the Leuna works in World War II . The mill suffered serious damage but was repaired. It now only ran with engine power. Up until the 1970s, meal was still produced here as animal feed. The last miller was Klaus Wilkerling .

In 2007 the community decided to renovate the remains of the mill and move it to its current location. Shortly after it reopened in 2008, the mill was almost completely destroyed by arson. The community then decided to rebuild.

Protestant church

church

Since 1950 the church can be used again after war damage was repaired. In 2008 two new bells were consecrated and the renovation of the church was completed.

Memorials

• In the New Cemetery there are gravesites for 14 people who were deported to Germany during the Second World War and who were victims of forced labor. A memorial stone on the street of the victims of fascism commemorates them

• Memorial for the Spergauer victims of the First and Second World Wars

Economy and Infrastructure

Gasthof "Zur Linde"

economy

Spergau was one of the richest communities in Germany. This was due in particular to the trade tax of Total - Raffinerie Mitteldeutschland GmbH , which is based there and employs around 650 people. The newly built refinery was put into operation in 1997 after the Elf Aquitaine took over the VEB Kombinat Minol . In 2006 alone, the municipality recorded tax revenues of EUR 65 million.

The Gasthof Zur Linde also offers conference and overnight accommodation, the large hall can be seated for up to 300 people.

Transport links

West of Spergau, the federal road 91 runs from Halle (Saale) to Zeitz .

Personalities

• Karl Gottlob Kühn (born July 12, 1754 in Spergau; † June 19, 1840 in Leipzig), physician, medical historian and university professor

literature

Jürgen Jankofsky : Spergau. A central German place between a thousand year old village tradition and industrialization. Revised and expanded 2nd edition, Projekt-Verlag 188, Halle 2006, ISBN 978-3-86634-160-9 .

References

1. ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas , Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 , p. 84 f.
2. ^ The district of Merseburg in the municipal directory 1900
3. ↑ ^{a b} Official Journal of the District No. 25/2009 page 2 (PDF; 1.9 MB)
4. ↑ Spergauer Lichtmeß

Web links

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

• Spergau municipality
• Chronicle of the municipality of Spergau