Wartenburg (Kemberg)
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Wartenburg
City of Kemberg
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| Height : | 69 m above sea level NN |
| Area : | 15.67 km² |
| Residents : | 766 (Dec. 31, 2008) |
| Population density : | 49 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 2010 |
| Postal code : | 06901 |
| Area code : | 034927 |
 
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Location of Wartenburg in Saxony-Anhalt |
Wartenburg is a district of the town of Kemberg in the district of Wittenberg in Saxony-Anhalt , Germany.
geography
Wartenburg is about 12 km southeast of Lutherstadt Wittenberg on the Elbe .
history
Wartenburg was first mentioned in a document as Wardenberch in 1176 . On September 1, 1756, Friedrich II advanced via Wartenburg - Bösewig - Trebitz to Pretzsch , having previously crossed the Elbe at Elster by means of a pontoon bridge.
The place became famous through the battle of Wartenburg with the successful crossing of the Elbe by the Prussian and Russian troops under General Yorck in the Wars of Liberation on October 3, 1813. The general was then awarded the honorary title "Count von Wartenburg".
On January 1, 2010, the previously independent municipality of Wartenburg was incorporated into the city of Kemberg together with the municipalities of Dabrun , Eutzsch , Rackith , Radis , Rotta , Schleesen , Selbitz and Uthausen . At the same time the administrative community Kemberg , to which Wartenburg belonged, was dissolved.
politics
mayor
The last mayor of the independent community was Ulrich Zepperitz.
coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved by the district on November 27, 2009.
Blazon : "In green with a silver-blue wavy cut, a silver tower with a window and a door opening in the tower base made of black jointed field stone masonry, two diagonally offset windows in the tower shaft and a tower crown set off with field stone masonry."
flag
The flag is white-green (1: 1) striped (horizontal shape: stripes running horizontally; lengthways shape: stripes running vertically) and centered with the municipality's coat of arms.
Parish partnership
Wartenburg has had a community partnership with the market town of Colmberg in Bavaria since 1992 .
Sights and culture
- Wartenburg Castle
- The foundation stone for the castle in what was then the Wartenburg manor was laid in 1663. In 1769 it was bought by Baron von Hohenthal. During the wars of liberation, the place became known through the battle of Wartenburg on October 3, 1813, during which an army corps of the Prussian Field Marshal Blücher forced Napoleon's army to clear the passage across the Elbe. This was the prerequisite for the later victory of the allied troops over Napoleon in the Battle of Leipzig . Wartenburg Castle was the headquarters of the allies for three days in early October 1813. Here u. a. Field Marshal Blücher , Generals Gneisenau and York and Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia .
- Count Peter von Hohenthal acquired the property from his brother in 1920. In 1921 one wing of the building originally laid out as a square was demolished. At the end of the Second World War, the count family had to flee from the Red Army . In 1946 the castle was nationalized by the Soviet occupying forces. The President of the then Province of Saxony ordered a reform home to be set up in the building. First of all, from January 1947, war orphans and refugee children who had lost their parents were looked after here. At the same time, so-called "educationally difficult" children were admitted to the home from the start. A home school was set up immediately. At that time, 90 children lived in three groups in the home. They were looked after by four educators. Two permanent teachers and two traveling teachers provided education for the children.
- In the mid-1950s the facility was converted into a "home for difficult-to-educate auxiliary students". Since then there have only been 60 children in three groups, six educators and an independent home school. In 1952 the pillared hall of the palace served as a bedroom for 20 children. During the GDR era, the children's home was named after the communist resistance fighter Walter Husemann (1903–1943).
- After the fall of the Wall, the children's home in the castle was initially supported by the municipality of Wartenburg. In 1994 the Evangelical Youth and Welfare Association took over the sponsorship of the facility. At the same time, two more buildings, the former rural outpatient clinic and the crèche, were added to the Wartenburg Castle Child and Youth Welfare Association.
- In the castle and in the two other houses in the village, children and young people between the ages of 6 and 18 are looked after. Some of them cannot or do not want to live with their families for various reasons, others have learning or behavioral disorders. In Wartenburg they live in family-like groups. The children and young people who live in the facility are firmly integrated into the village community.
- The place Wartenburg and the youth welfare facility find a literary-fictional equivalent in the youth thriller Unland by Antje Wagner .
- Church of St. Petri
- The first Wartenburg church was built in the 13th century, it was demolished in 1875 due to dilapidation and in its place a new Gothic brick building was inaugurated in 1876 . The church tower built in 1727 with an octagonal tower and lantern was preserved. It is regarded as the main work of baroque sacred architecture in the Wittenberg district. Special features inside the church are the baptismal font with shell, coat of arms reliefs and two pastor portraits, a medieval bronze bell with reliefs (the bird sermon of St. Francis ) from the 13th or 14th century, a horseshoe gallery and the neo-Gothic furnishings from the 19th century.
- Brühl's garden house, built in 1748 in the palace garden, after 1945 converted into a boiler house for the neighboring greenhouses and finally abandoned to decay, the remains of the entrance side were recovered in the 1990s and put up again opposite the church
- Monument to the Battle of Wartenburg, unveiled in 1863 based on a Schinkel design, demolished in the early 1960s due to severe damage, replaced since 1963 by a memorial stone based on a design by Erich Viehweger
- Yorck memorial by the sculptor Hans Arnold , inaugurated in 1913 on the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Wartenburg
- Memorial to the dead of the First World War with the names of the fallen 55 citizens of Wartenburg, inaugurated in 1925
- Diorama of the Battle of Wartenburg, shows the historical situation of October 3rd, 1813 around noon with approx. 350 tin figures
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Wartenburg is on the national road L 127, which connects the Elbe ferry to Elster with the federal road 187 (Kemberg (district Lammsdorf) - Riesa ) near Globig-Bleddin . The distance is about 6 km. To federal highway 187, which connects Wittenberg and Jessen , it is about 4 km via the Elbe ferry.
Personalities
- Hans Christoph von Ebeleben (1578–1651), lawyer and administrative clerk, born in Wartenburg
- Erich Viehweger (1907–1992), painter and set designer, lived and worked in Wartenburg since 1945
- Marcel Gerds (* 1983), tax advisor and auditor, lives in Wartenburg
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Richter: History of the German War of Freedom from 1813 to 1815 , Volume 2. Breslau 1837, p. 140
- ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 01 to December 31, 2010
- ↑ Press release from the child and youth welfare organization "Schloss Wartenburg" on the anniversary and the history of the house ( memento of the original from April 2, 2015 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. dated June 13, 2007, accessed Nov. 25, 2009
- ↑ Marcel Gerds on www.etl-agrar-forst.de
