Pigeon flesh

Pigeon flesh City of Gera Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 13 ″  N , 12 ° 5 ′ 34 ″  E
Height :	270 m above sea level NN
Residents :	496  (Dec. 31, 2013)
Incorporation :	July 1, 1950
Postal code :	07551
Area code :	0365
Town view of old pigeons

Taubenpreskel has been part of the city of Gera in Thuringia since July 1st, 1950 .

geography

The place is east of the Weißen Elster in the southeast of the city of Gera, old pigeon preskel on the hill Büchsenberg, new pigeon preskel at the foot of the Büchsenberg and the Zoitzberg on the white elster.

history

Fallen memorial at the Taubenpreskel cemetery, Lisa Simcik-Kroemer, 1920/21

Old finds on the Zoitzberg indicate an early settlement around 30,000 BC. BC and thus one of the earliest settlements in this region.

First mentioned in a document on February 11, 1362 as Prosklin (1411 as Proskelin), the manor Taubenpreskel together with Ober- and Unterröppisch as well as Kaimberg were awarded an annuity for the nun Sophie Ulrich in the Cronschwitz monastery ; In 1554 it was documented as a Saxon enclave in a document from the diocese of Naumburg . The place belonged together with Liebschwitz , Lietzsch , Lengefeld and Niebra from the 16th century to 1928 to the Saxon enclave Liebschwitz ( Ziegenhierdsches Ländchen ). It was subject to the inheritance jurisdiction of the Liebschwitz manor. At that time the old salt road still ran from Pforten via Taubenpreskel to Liebschwitz, at the beginning of the 19th century it was relocated to the Elstertal, which led to a new extension settlement in the valley . The responsible school location over the centuries was Liebschwitz.

In 1892 a windmill-powered water pipeline was built in Taubenpreskel, in 2014 it was demolished.

The November Revolution of 1918 claimed 26 deaths in the area; at the same time it meant the end of the feudalist rule of Saxony-Altenburg as well as for all German feudal states.

In 1923, the naturalist Bruno Brause from Gera discovered traces of a flint workshop on the Zoitzberg from around 30,000 years BC. Discovered; From 1930 onwards, an extensive investigation and documentation of the site began.

With the move of the Moritz Jahr machine factory from Geraer Neustadt, a machine manufacturer for finishing, bleaching, dyeing and steam laundry, which was very renowned at the time, industrial jobs were created on a large scale.

On April 1, 1928, the previous Saxon exclave of Liebschwitz and pigeon preslects came to the state of Thuringia. From 1940 to 1945 there were several air raids on pigeon prescles, in particular on new pigeon presles and the factories of the Moritz Jahr machine factory.

Image above an old courtyard portal.

The windmill-powered water lift built in 1892

A grave monument at the church

Attractions

The fortified church , built before the Reformation without any particular style, with a remarkable wooden beam ceiling and loopholes in the tower forms a square in plan and has a wide saddle roof. In 1889 it was extensively rebuilt, the furnishings were supplemented by the pulpit paintings and the image of the Ascension above the altar. The organ dates back to 1878. After extensive renovation, the church on September 24, 2000, newly consecrated . The church was originally a fortified church with ramparts and moats, possibly also built on the remains of an early rampart castle.

The war memorial for the fallen of the First World War I want to lead them into my silence was created by the Gera sculptor Lisa Simcik-Kroemer in 1920/1921. It was inaugurated on April 30, 1921 and is comparable to the war memorial created by the artist in the forest of Großaga.

politics

Taubenpreskel has no district constitution , therefore no district council and no district mayor .

Development of the population

year	1820	1880	1939	2008
Residents	80	449	1213	803

traffic

• There is a public transport connection with bus lines 16 and 18 and tram line 1 of the transport and operating company Gera at the Wendeschleife in Zwötzen.
• The closest train station is Gera- Zwötzen . With the relocation of the Gera Süd – Wolfsgefärth section of the Elstertalbahn to the parallel Leipzig – Probstzella line, Gera-Liebschwitz station was decommissioned on October 24, 2016.
• On February 12, 1998, the street from Alt-Taubenpreskel to Liebschwitz was named after the old field name Der Iltis in Am Iltis .

Culture

• Voluntary fire brigade , founded in 1930.
• Maypole committee old pigeon preskel.
• Country women's association crouching / pigeon prescles.

education

Competent primary school is in the Zwötzen preferred

• Elementary School 9 Zwötzen School

The closest regular school is the

• State School 4 in Lusan .

Personalities

• Karl Weschke (* 1925 in Taubenpresismen, † 2005 in Hayle / Cornwall), German-British painter, honorary citizen of the city of Gera

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Welcome to Taubenpreskel from the chronicle ( Memento of the original from February 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) 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. 
2. ↑ Archive of the parish / parish sheet of the parishes Zwötzen, Liebschwitz, Niebra, Großfalka and Hilbersdorf, November-December 1999
3. ^ Manfred Otto Taubert, Sculptures and Sculptures in Gera , 2014, pp. 99, 191
4. ↑ Gera City Archives

literature

• Brodale, Klaus and Heidrun Friedemann: That was Gera in the 20th century. Gudensberg 2002.
• Kretzschmer, Ernst Paul: Chronicle of Thränitz, Grobsdorf, Zschippern, Kaimberg. Gera 1935.
• Rosenkranz, Heinz: place names of the Gera district. Greiz 1982.
• Schiffner, Albert: Handbook of geography, statistics and topography of the Kgr. Saxony. Leipzig 1939.
• Schumann, August: Complete state, - post and newspaper lexicon for Saxony. Zwickau 1825.
• Messages from the history and antiquity research association, Altenburg; div.

Web links

Commons : Pigeon Fruits  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website pigeon presles
• Website about pigeon presles from Oliver Grätz
• Website Maibaumkomitee Alt-Taubenpreskel eV