Trattendorf

Trattendorf Dubrawa City of Spremberg Coordinates: 51 ° 32 '50 "  N , 14 ° 22' 50"  E
Height :	100 m above sea level NHN
Area :	10.57 km²
Residents :	2007  (Jan. 1, 2018)
Population density :	190 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 1946
Postal code :	03130
Area code :	03563

Trattendorf , Dubrawa in Lower Sorbian , is a district of the Brandenburg town of Spremberg in the Spree-Neisse district . The place gained fame in the Sorbian settlement area primarily through the Trattendorf power station .

geography

The village is located in the south of the Brandenburg Lower Lusatia, close to the border with the Saxon Upper Lusatia . It is located south of Spremberg city center on the old road to Hoyerswerda , the next place across the border is Zerre . The Spree flows north to the east of the settlement area .

history

New Year's swim in 1981 in the Trattendorf outdoor pool: water temperature 29 ° C, air temperature 4 ° C

Trattendorf was first mentioned in 1527 as Dratendorf , Trattendorff is documented for 1753 . The name is derived from the Sorbian Dubrawa "oak forest".

Through the Peace of Prague , the village and Niederlausitz came to the House of Wettin in 1635. It belonged to the Spremberg lordship and was pastured to Spremberg in 1718. After the assignment of territory as a result of the Congress of Vienna , Trattendorf came to the Prussian province of Brandenburg in 1815 and was incorporated into the Spremberg district (Lausitz) .

During the First World War , the construction of the large Trattendorf power plant on the Spree began in 1915 and was put into operation two years later. The Lonza plant was built near the power station from 1916 onwards , which, thanks to the favorable supply situation , was able to carry out the energy-intensive carbide production . After the Second World War , the power plant was confiscated by SMAD in the summer of 1945 . They had it dismantled as a reparation and rebuilt in Lithuania. On January 1, 1946, Trattendorf was incorporated into Spremberg.

Bust of Artur Becker in the former memorial

In order to secure the power supply of the GDR, it was decided in 1952 to build a new power plant in Trattendorf at the old location and in 1954 the foundation stone was laid. The FDJ specifically recruited young people from all over the GDR as unskilled workers for the construction and shaft work. First Plant III with six turbines of 25 MW each was completed in 1955, in 1956 Plant I with two high-pressure turbines of 75 MW each was put into operation. On April 29, 1959, this was given the honorary name “Jugendkraftwerk Trattendorf Artur Becker ”, which was then also the official name for the power station.

The power station chimneys of Plant III were blown up, June 1997

To collectivize agriculture, the LPG "Artur Becker" Trattendorf was founded in 1960 , and a vegetable combine was established that operated a greenhouse system with waste heat from the power station. Power plant heat was also used for a heated swimming pool and as district heating for households.

After the political change , the power plant was gradually shut down and the associated dismantling.

In 1995, a memorial stone for the victims of the war was inaugurated on the site of the former World War II memorial.

Population development

year	Residents
1852	316
1875	371
1890	511
1910	771
1925	997
1933	1682
1939	1974
2003	2826
2006	2590
2009	2359
2010	2259

Towards the end of the 17th century there were 10 half- hoppers and 5 gardeners in Trattendorf . The inhabitants were originally almost entirely Sorbs ; In the 1880s, Arnošt Muka identified just 20 Germans among the 410 inhabitants.

The population increased enormously in the 19th and 20th centuries. Between 1852 and 1925 alone, the number of inhabitants tripled; by 1939 this number doubled again. Due to the incorporation into Spremberg on January 1, 1946, the survey of official population figures was suspended.

For the reconstruction of the power plant, apartments were built in the village, first for the construction workers, later for the power plant workers, which increased the population again.

Today Trattendorf has about 2300 inhabitants.

Personalities

• Alfred Adolph (* 1929), engineer and general manager

Individual evidence

1. ^ Districts of the city of Spremberg. In: stadt-spremberg.de. Retrieved February 7, 2018 . 
2. ^ Hartung: Trattendorf - building of the youth . In: Youth and Technology . Junge Welt, Berlin 1955, p. 1-3 .
3. ↑ Kraatz (Hrsg.): Topographisch-Statistisches Handbuch des Prussischen Staats, containing all the cities, towns, villages and other large localities in alphabetical order, ... Verlag der Decker's Secret Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei, Berlin 1856, p. 630 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
4. ↑ Historical municipality register of the State of Brandenburg 1875 to 2005. (PDF; 351 KB) District Spree-Neisse. State Office for Data Processing and Statistics State of Brandenburg, December 2006, accessed on January 20, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Trattendorf (www.spremberg.de). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 27, 2015 ; Retrieved October 8, 2012 . 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.  

Web links

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

• Information about Trattendorf on Spremberg.de