Uthausen
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Uthausen
City of Kemberg
Coordinates: 51 ° 45 ′ 57 ″ N , 12 ° 33 ′ 32 ″ E
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| Height : | 95 m above sea level NN |
| Area : | 8 km² |
| Residents : | 196 (December 31, 2008) |
| Population density : | 25 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 2010 |
| Postal code : | 06901 |
| Area code : | 034921 |
Uthausen is a district of the city of Kemberg in the district of Wittenberg in Saxony-Anhalt .
geography
Uthausen is approx. 15 km southwest of Lutherstadt Wittenberg .
history
Uthausen was first mentioned in a document in 1308 .
Uthausen was affected by the persecution of witches from 1662 to 1676 . Two women got into a witch trial . Maria, widow of Friederich Naumann, the former miller, was reported by the pastor in Radis in 1676.
During the GDR era, the VEB vaccine factory in Dessau-Tornau maintained a company holiday camp .
On January 1, 2010, the previously independent community of Uthausen was incorporated into the city of Kemberg together with the communities of Dabrun , Eutzsch , Rackith , Radis , Rotta , Schleesen , Selbitz and Wartenburg . At the same time, the Bergwitz administrative community , to which Uthausen belonged, was dissolved.
Regular events
Every year at the beginning of August the Uthausen Tower Festival is held. There is also a lantern parade in autumn and the Easter bonfire on the Easter weekend.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The federal highway 100 , which connects Wittenberg and Graefenhainichen , runs on the outskirts. Call buses line 345 of the new Wittenberg bus services connect Uthausen weekdays with the stations Gräfenhainichen at the railway Wittenberg and Leipzig / Halle and Bad Schmiedeberg on the railway line Pretzsch-Eilenburg .
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.deutschepost.de/plzsuche/
- ↑ Manfred Wilde: The sorcery and witch trials in Kursachsen , Cologne, Weimar, Vienna 2003, p. 641 and 643.
- ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 01 to December 31, 2010
