Wegenstedt
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Wegenstedt
Calvörde municipality
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| Height : | 84 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 12.21 km² | |
| Residents : | 394 (December 31, 2008) | |
| Population density : | 32 inhabitants / km² | |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 2010 | |
| Postal code : | 39359 | |
| Area code : | 039059 | |
Location of Wegenstedt in Calvörde |
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Wegenstedt is part of the municipality of Calvörde in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt .
geography
Wegenstedt is about 6 km west of the Calvörde area on the edge of the Drömling Nature Park . The village of Grauingen is in the south and the Calvör Mountains in the east . The Spetze flows through the area of the district . The colony of Wegenstedt was designated as the living space of the former community .
history
Wegenstedt was the seat of a Count Lestein until around 950.
The older, horseshoe-shaped lower village emerged as part of the planned German colonization in the east after the Wende uprising in the middle of the 12th century. Remains of a castle tower have been found from this time. The originally smaller, Romanesque village church of Wegenstedt was also built during this time. The place was first mentioned in 1311 as Wedingestede in the Halberstadt fiefdom register. Not far from Wegenstedt was once in an easterly direction, on the country road to Calvörde, the now desolate village of Andorf . Its last inhabitants settled in Wegenstedt.
There are graves in the village for two men known by name, a Ukrainian and a French , who were abducted to Germany during the Second World War and were victims of forced labor .
On January 1, 2010, the previously independent municipalities of Wegenstedt, Berenbrock (with Elsebeck and Lössewitz ), Dorst , Grauingen , Klüden , Mannhausen , Velsdorf and Zobbenitz merged with the town of Calvörde to form the new municipality of Calvörde. In 2011 the place celebrated its 700th anniversary. From autumn 2010 a new day care center will be built on Wiesenweg. The kindergarten and after-school care center was inaugurated in February 2012. In 2011, Wegenstedt won third place in the “ Our village has a future ” competition.
Historic field names
Within the district of Wegenstedt there are numerous historical field names, such as: Rackenberg, Sahlweide, Sahlberg, Wolpernkirche, Töpperbusch, Baerholz, Baerholzberg, Vor den Tannen, Springwiese, Klapperberg, Wennigenbreite, Lesteine, Ellembalken, Erdkuhle, Tonkuhle, Wischholz, Wildniß, Vormuhle Holte, Hagenberg, Holzplan, Hagen.
politics
mayor
The last mayor of the community of Wegenstedt was Gerhard Reinecke.
coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved on January 5, 1996 by the Magdeburg Regional Council.
Blazon : "In gold, a black stag with red armor walking on a green shield base."
The coat of arms was designed by the Magdeburg municipal heraldist Jörg Mantzsch based on an earlier image .
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
To the federal highway 188 , which connects Wolfsburg with Stendal , it is around 14 kilometers to the north.
Wegenstedt is on the Oebisfelde – Magdeburg railway line . The Wegenstedt station had in 2009 until the summer of semaphores and from there mechanically operated barrier. Since then, the company has been operated from a control center. Until 1966, passenger trains operated by the Wegenstedt – Calvörde Kleinbahn to Calvörde , six kilometers away.
education
There is a primary school in the village, which is called "Am Wald".
Day care centers
"Spetzenpieper" is the name of the day care center in Wegenstedt. In 2011 the kindergarten celebrated its 60th anniversary, and in 2012 a new building complex was inaugurated directly at the primary school.
Culture and sights
Attractions
- Wegenstedt village church from the 18th century with much older foundations
- Factory owner's villa (Wegenstedt)
- War memorial ( First World War )
- War memorial (World War II)
- Memorial stone for Peter Schönecker
- Evangelical rectory in Wegenstedt
- Numerous old tombstones and epitaphs
- Signpost at Kreisstraße 1136
- Samuel Walther History Workshop
Sons and daughters of the place
- Franz Bölsche (1869–1935), musician and composer
- Samuel Walther (1679–1754), writer, educator and historian
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 01 to December 31, 2010
- ↑ Calvörde: Calendar of events from 1.1.2011 to 31.12.2011 - 700 years of Wegenstedt (public holidays: 11-14 August 2011)
- ↑ Construction Committee Chairman Olaf Schmidt explains the status of the current construction work - the day care center in Wegenstedt will be inaugurated in 2012 ( memento of the original from October 11, 2011 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.
- ↑ A million euro replacement daycare center with a day care center in Wegenstedt officially opened
- ↑ Four locations in the municipality of Calvörde apply at the district level ( memento of the original from October 11, 2011 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.
- ↑ State Statistical Office of Saxony-Anhalt, mayoral election on March 9, 2008
- ↑ daycare "Spetzenpieper" in Wegenstedt
- ↑ 60 years of the Wegenstedt Kindergarten: Open house with lots of gifts and surprises ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2011 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.
Spots Calvörde | Berenbrock | Dorst | Elsebeck | Grauingen | Klüden | Lössewitz | Mannhausen | Velsdorf | Wegenstedt | Zobbenitz