Wölkau (Schönwölkau)
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Wölkau
Community of Schönwölkau
Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 49 ″ N , 12 ° 29 ′ 49 ″ E
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| Height : | 104 m |
| Residents : | 629 (Jan. 1, 2004) |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 1995 |
| Postal code : | 04509 |
| Area code : | 034295 |
Wölkau is a district of the community Schönwölkau in the district of North Saxony in Saxony and the main town of the community. The village of Wölkau consists of Boyda, Göritz and Wölkau (formerly Groß- and Kleinwölkau).
geography
Wölkau lies between the cities of Eilenburg and Delitzsch . There are no classified roads through the village, but there are local connections to Lindenhayn , Göritz, Krippehna , Boyda, Krensitz and Bundesstraße 2 . The line flows through the village . The Halle – Eilenburg railway line runs past the village to the south . The next train station is Krensitz . The district of Wölkau is divided into the settlement areas Kleinwölkau, Großwölkau, Göritz and Boyda.
history
Wölkau was first mentioned in 1222 as Wilcowe .
Groß-Wölkau, Klein-Wölkau and Boyda belonged to the Electoral Saxon and Royal Saxon Office of Eilenburg until 1815 . Through the resolutions of the Congress of Vienna they came to Prussia and in 1816 were assigned to the Delitzsch district in the Merseburg administrative district of the province of Saxony .
On July 1, 1950, the places Klein Wölkau, Groß Wölkau (spelling at that time) and Boyda merged to form the municipality of Wölkau. On January 1, 1995, Wölkau merged with four other communities to form the community of Schönwölkau. The district of Göritz was spun off from the municipality of Krippehna in 1999 and has been part of the district of Wölkau since then.
Population development
| year | Großwölkau | Kleinwölkau | Boyda |
| 1818 | 120 | 304 | 117 |
| 1880 | 189 | 195 | 133 |
| 1895 | 180 | 218 | 150 |
| 1910 | 137 | 444 | 139 |
| 1925 | 161 | 434 | 132 |
| 1939 | 192 | 428 | 139 |
| 1946 | 300 | 674 | 229 |
| Wölkau | |||
| 1950 | 1.104 | ||
| 1964 | 823 | ||
| 1990 | 517 | ||
Attractions
- Church in Großwölkau
The Gellert Church in Großwölkau dates from the 12th century. This is where the superintendents of the Eilenburg parish had their seat for decades, as most of the parish and therefore the best salary was here. The poet Christian Fürchtegott Gellert stayed several times in the parish garden of Großwölkau. He was a frequent guest at Schönwölkau Palace.
- Church in Kleinwölkau
The current ruins of the patronage church in Kleinwölkau dates from 1680 to 1688. It was built by the Vitzthum von Eckstädt family under the master builder Georg Steinböck from Dresden. Renovations took place in 1705, 1775, 1836, 1844 and 1905. In 1969 the vault collapsed and made the church unusable, renovation was not carried out in GDR times. In 1994 the church tower was renovated, financed by private donations.
- Wölkau Castle
The manor used to be on the site of today's castle in Kleinwölkau. This was acquired in 1659 by Christoph Vitzthum von Eckstädt , who had a manor house built there. The castle has a square floor plan with a three-storey central building and smaller side wings, and there is also an orangery. During the GDR era, there were various uses, for example the area was part of the VEG Wölkau , where seeds were produced, and VEG workers lived in the servants' apartments in the east and west wings. The middle wing, however, was used as a cultural center. The castle is now privately owned and is in ruins.
To the south of the castle there is a 15 hectare park and there are also two ponds.
- Pharmacy with furnishings from around 1900
Gellert Church in Großwölkau
Bell tower in Großwölkau
Entrance of the Gellert Church in Großwölkau
Castle from the street side
Castle from the park side
Gut Wölkau
Infrastructure
The primary school (with sports hall) also reminds of Gellert with its name, there is also a restaurant and the volunteer fire brigade.
literature
- Hans-Joachim Böttcher : Wölkau - The castle, covered in silver by the light ..., in: Quiet and full of harsh beauty ... Castles and their gardens in the Dübener Heide, Bad Düben 2006, pp. 153–168, ISBN 978-3 -00-020880-5 .
- The chronicles Groß-Wölkau, Klein-Wölkau, Boyda , Krensitz and Niederossig by Carl Wilhelm Thon. Edited by Friedemann Steiger , Inge Albrecht and Peter Rott. 2 volumes. Leipzig 2006. ISBN 978-3-939404-56-9 and ISBN 978-3-939404-57-6
Web links
- Wölkau in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
- Wölkau on the pages of the community Schönwölkau
Individual evidence
- ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 56 f.
- ^ The district of Delitzsch in the municipality register 1900
- ↑ Municipalities 1994 and their changes since January 1, 1948 in the new federal states , Metzler-Poeschel publishing house, Stuttgart, 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , publisher: Federal Statistical Office
- ↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities of Germany, see 1995
- ↑ Großwölkau in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
- ↑ Kleinwölkau in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
- ^ Boyda in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
- ↑ Information on the history of Wölkau in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
- ↑ a b Eilenburg church district: Traces in the stone - churches in the Eilenburg church district , Leipzig 1997, ISBN 3-00-001722-4
- ↑ Another story of the post-reunification period in FAZ of September 27, 2014, page B6, as a web link: faz.net: Another story of the post-reunification period , September 25, 2014, accessed on June 17, 2017
- ↑ Information about Schloss Wölkau on the website of the community Schönwölkau ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
