City of Grobzig
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City of Grobzig
City of southern Anhalt
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| Height : | 77 m above sea level NN | |
| Area : | 24.23 km² | |
| Residents : | 2308 (Apr 13, 2016) | |
| Population density : | 95 inhabitants / km² | |
| Incorporation : | September 1, 2010 | |
| Postal code : | 06388 | |
| Area code : | 034976 | |
Location of the city of Gröbzig in Saxony-Anhalt |
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City of Gröbzig is a district of the city of Southern Anhalt in the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district in Saxony-Anhalt .
geography
Gröbzig is located on the western arm of the Fuhne , which flows into the Saale in Bernburg .
history
administration
The places Werdershausen and Wörbzig belonged to the former town of Gröbzig . On July 1, 1950, the previously independent municipality of Werdershausen was incorporated. On September 1, 2010, Groebzig was incorporated into the city of Southern Anhalt.
On July 1, 2014, the new municipal constitutional law of the state of Saxony-Anhalt came into force. In its section 14 (2) the municipalities are given the opportunity to assign this designation to the districts that were towns before the incorporation. The city of Southern Anhalt made use of this regulation. Their new main statutes came into force on January 14, 2015. In Section 8 (1), the districts are listed with their official names. The localities are not affected.
Spinneret Factory
The Gröbziger manufacturer and inventor of the metal spinning nozzle, Christian Friedrich Eilfeld (1868–1942), first had production facilities set up in private houses. When these became too small, he bought the barn from the widow Kahleis in the 1920s and converted it into a two-story factory. The company continued to grow and in 1923 had 100 employees, later 170, which led to a further increase in the factory building. Sales in 1929 and 1930 were over one million Reichsmarks . In 1937/38, under Friedrich Eilfeld, the addition and construction of a further production building on Köhlerweg was carried out. After the Second World War , the company became VEB Gröbziger Spinndüsenfabrik and grew to 470 employees. After the fall of the Wall in 1990, the company was initially managed by the Treuhandanstalt , then became Gröbziger Spinndüsen GmbH , Wetzel Company and finally Enka Tecnica GmbH . At the same time, the workforce fell to 110. In October 2005 the now unused building of the manufacturer Eilfeld was demolished. In 2013 it became known that the company was looking for a logistically more favorable location. In June 2014 the foundation stone was laid in Halle's Star Park , and the following year the company relocated and the Gröbzig site was given up.
Population development
| year | Residents |
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| 1970 | 3200 |
| 2005 | 3159 |
| 2016 | 2308 |
politics
There is an honorary mayor in the town of Gröbzig. Currently this is Mr. Dirk Honsa.
coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved by the Dessau Regional Council on November 9, 1994 and registered in the Magdeburg State Archives under the coat of arms roll number 62/1994.
Blazon : “In silver, a floating red castle flanked by two tinned towers with a gold gate and black window openings; on the tinned wall a black bear walking to the left with a golden crown and golden collar. "
The colors of Gröbzig are green - silver (white).
At a less important road crossing over the Fuhne, the German castle ( Castrum Grobceke ), first mentioned in 1291 , was probably built instead of a Slavic rampart as the center of a rule belonging to Anhalt in 1252 , and since 1291 a Anhalt bailiwick. The place, named as a town in 1401 and surrounded by fences and ditches, was given town law-like soft image law in 1465 , the jurisdiction remained in the hands of the sovereign bailiff. The coat of arms of Gröbzig changed several times, depending on which principality the city was sold to. When Gröbzig was donated to the ore monastery of Magdeburg in 1466, the seal picture showed an unarmed knight with a hat and helmet, but with a judge's baton, a person seeking help in front of him. After the city fell to the Bernburg line in 1603, its heraldic animal, a crowned black bear striding to the left, appeared in the city arms. After the Gröbzig office was sold to Prince Leopold I of Anhalt-Dessau, the coat of arms was essentially given its current appearance.
flag
The flag was approved on January 21, 1998 by the Dessau Regional Council.
The flag is green and white with vertical stripes. The coat of arms is placed in the middle of the flag.
Culture and sights
Buildings
- The synagogue in Gröbzig, together with the school building, the Jewish community center and the Jewish cemetery, form a very well-preserved monument ensemble. In 1934, the shrinking Jewish community transferred these facilities to the town's local history association for museum use. So it came about that the synagogue was able to survive the Reichspogromnacht of 1938 unscathed.
- The castle tower is the only remnant of the Gröbzig Castle and its predecessor Castrum Grobceke , which was probably built on the site of a Slavic rampart from the 8th or 9th century, and around which the town of Gröbzig subsequently developed. After the castle survived the Thirty Years' War and the city fire of 1675 without damage, it has not been used since 1784, so demolition began in 1809. With the stones from the broken castle, the Jewish community of Gröbzigs built a cemetery at the foot of the Akazienberg near the "Alte Saulache". This still exists today. During the GDR era, the castle tower, popularly known as the Mauseturm , was used as a station for young naturalists . Various groups took place here in their free time. In this way, the students were able to work and train themselves in astronomy and electronics . The students received active support from Gröbziger teachers. It is also thanks to the teacher Ehrhardt that the Mauseturm was not left to decay. The Mauseturm has been the home of the Groebziger Heimatverein for several years . Here the members of the association work to set up various exhibitions.
graveyards
- The Jewish cemetery was desecrated during the Nazi era and the morgue was demolished.
- In the municipal cemetery , graves commemorate four concentration camp prisoners who perished on a death march in April 1945; one could later be identified.
- A memorial stone, originally erected in 1954 on the market square , commemorates the victims of fascism .
city Park
A park festival has been held annually in the Gröbziger Stadtpark since the city's 500th anniversary in 1965 .
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The station Gröbzig (Anh) was due to the railway Nauendorf-Gerlebogk . Most of this line has been closed, and Gröbzig has not been operated since 1973.
The state roads L146 and L147 cross in the city .
Personalities
- Diederich von dem Werder (1584–1657), Baroque poet, born in the Werdershausen district
- Johann Friedrich Walkhoff (1751–1839), pastor, school inspector, founder of the first German teachers' association
- Eduard Zander (1813–1868), painter, naturalist and traveler to Ethiopia, ancestor of Peter Ustinov
- Heymann Steinthal (1823–1899), philologist and philosopher
- Leo Löwenthal (1855–1925), native and dialect poet
- Christian Friedrich Eilfeld (1868–1942), inventor of the metal spinneret
- Aribert Grimmer (1900–1963), theater and film actor
- Paul Vogel (1900–1979), neurologist
- Peter Groeger (1933–2018), actor, director
References
literature
- Otto Eckstein : History of the office of Gröbzig and its localities as a contribution to local history. (Series: Contributions to the history of Anhalt) , Cöthen / Anh., Schettler , 1911
- Leo Löwenthal: Jreebz'jer all sorts. Newspaper publishing house, Graefenthal i. Door. 1921
- Heinz Knobloch : The amazing Grobzig. In: More was not possible: feature articles and photos from Aswan to Werneuchen. Mitteldeutscher Verlag 1979, pp. 52-54
- Fritz A. Fair a. Otto Kappes, Ed .: History of the City of Gröbzig . Heimatverein Gröbzig , 2000
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 01 to December 31, 2010
- ↑ Local constitution law of the state in the version of July 1, 2014
- ↑ Main statutes in the version dated January 14, 2015
- ↑ a b Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, The "spinneret" displaced barn of the widow Kahleis , December 29, 2005
- ↑ Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, Economy in Gröbzig: Lights out, forever , July 20, 2015
- ^ Schniedermann, Andreas: Stadtpark Gröbzig: History of "Klein-Wörlitz", its care and development. Diploma thesis Univ. Hanover, Inst. F. Green planning u. Horticultural Arch., 1995