Walbeck (Hettstedt)
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Walbeck
City of Hettstedt
Coordinates: 51 ° 39 ′ 47 " N , 11 ° 28 ′ 20" E
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| Height : | 222 m above sea level NHN |
| Area : | 9.17 km² |
| Residents : | 882 (December 31, 2009) |
| Population density : | 96 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | September 1, 2010 |
| Postal code : | 06333 |
| Area code : | 03476 |
  Location of Walbeck in Hettstedt
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Walbeck is a district of the city of Hettstedt in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz in Saxony-Anhalt ( Germany ). Until it was incorporated on September 1, 2010, the community belonged to the Hettstedt administrative community, which was dissolved at the same time .
geography
Walbeck is located on the edge of the Mansfelder Bergland in the Eastern Harz region about 2 km northwest of Hettstedt on the small stream Walbke .
history
In 959 the place was first mentioned as Walbiki. Cyriacus Spangenberg writes in his Mansfeld Chronicle that Walbeck was a stately Vorwerk and imperial court under Heinrich I, Otto I. , Otto II. And Otto III. was. All of them have stayed here several times. On February 5, 985, King Otto III. his court in Walbeck in the Suevon Gau (Schwabengau) of the 2nd Abbess Mathilde von Quedlinburg . She founded a nunnery in the courtyard, which was consecrated by the Halberstadt bishop. In addition to the imperial court, the village was built, whose church St. Stachius was then also dedicated to the monastery and St. Eustachii.
Walbeck and the monastery fell to the County of Mansfeld in 1420 . The monastery was badly damaged in the Peasants' War in 1525 and secularized in 1544. It fell to the Counts of Mansfeld, who pledged it and later sold it.
After several changes of ownership, it was acquired by the Hanoverian mining captain Friedrich Casimir zu Eltz around 1670 , whose son Philipp Adam bequeathed it to his nephew Johann Clamer von dem Bussche in 1728 . In 1765 the Walbeck Castle and the church were built. Only cloisters remained of the former monastery in part of the castle. A subsequent von der Bussche had the park redesigned and an extensive orchard laid out. He had the Planteur house built for the responsible orchardist, the Dutch officer named Planteur. At the end of the 19th century, District Administrator Bartel bought the property. He was expropriated in 1945. The estate was converted into a national estate. which was dissolved after 1989.
politics
Former councilor
The former local council from Walbeck consisted of 11 councilors.
Former mayor
The honorary mayor Petra Wernicke was elected for the first time on May 7, 1995.
Culture and sights
Buildings
The castle was probably completed in 1750.
Parks
The western parts of the former pleasure garden are now an animal park.
Regular events
The robber festival is organized by the robber association and takes place on the second weekend in August. It is based on old tradition and is known beyond the borders of the village. The background of the festival is a spectacle of the members of the robber club in disguise. The prince and princess and their entourage will move to the zoo on Saturday and celebrate a party. In the evening, robbers raid the festival, overwhelm the royal couple and kidnap the princess and the community key. On Sunday morning the robbers are overpowered by police officers, the community key is recaptured and the princess is freed. The robbers are captured, led through the village and then sentenced and executed. When moving through the village, the residents and onlookers donate eggs, bacon and the like. Scrambled eggs are then prepared in the zoo and sold to the participants and onlookers. The income from the festival will benefit the zoo.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The national highway 180 , the Eisleben , Hettstedt and Aschersleben combines, led by 2006 directly through the town. The newly built bypass has been approved since September 13, 2006, so that the federal road runs past the village to the west.
Personalities
- Wilhelm Christian von dem Bussche (1756–1817), landowner and governor
- Petra Wernicke (1953–2017) was Minister for Agriculture and Environment for the State of Saxony-Anhalt from 2002 to 2009.
literature
- Historical Commission of the Province of Saxony (Hg.in): Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Province of Saxony and adjacent areas. Booklet 18: The Mansfeld Mountain Circle , arr. by Hermann Grässler and Adolf Brinkmann , Verlag Otto Hendel: Halle / Saale 1893, pp. 212–215.
- Georg Langlotz: Between Selke and Wipper Volume II - Villages and Cities of the Lower Harz, known and unknown to their history. Selke Wipper GbR, ISBN 978-3-00-020316-9
Web links
- Material on Walbeck Castle ( memento from March 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) in the Duncker Collection of the Central and State Library Berlin (PDF; 278 kB)