Wellerswalde

Wellerswalde Community Liebschützberg
	Coordinates: 51 ° 20 ′ 27 ″ N , 13 ° 5 ′ 43 ″ E
Height :	120 m
Incorporation :	January 1, 1994
Postal code :	04758
Area code :	03435
Location of Wellerswalde in Saxony
	Wellerswalde Church , next door building of the Wellerswalde Manor: on the left the inspector's house and on the right an ox barn (2016)

Wellerswalde is a district of the community Liebschützberg in the district of North Saxony in Saxony .

Geography and transport links

The place is north of Oschatz and west of Strehla . The Luppa , a tributary of the Dahle, flows through the village . The Elbe flows to the east .

The B 6 runs to the south and the B 182 to the east .

history

The first indirect mention of Wellerswalde is the mention of Ernst von Wellerswalda around 968. In 1266 the place Weldericheswalde was first mentioned in a document, around 1441 the knight seat of the Truchsess zu Welderßwalde is listed. It was a castle surrounded by two moats. It withstood a siege by the Hussites during the Hussite marches in 1429/30 . Around 1472 the Truchseß von Bornitz family owned the Wellerswalde manor , probably descendants of the previous owners. Around 1500 these provided for a comprehensive repair of the Gothic church.

After several changes of ownership and looting in the Thirty Years War earned around 1,654 of 1,635 ennobled electoral Saxon lawyer and imperial councilor Johann Georg von Oppel land ownership Weller forest. His son of the same name had the manor, which burned down in 1684, renewed. His descendants had the church largely rebuilt right next to the manor in 1702 and rebuilt in 1782. In 1856 the old mansion was converted into a Tudor style castle. The estate remained in the possession of the von Oppel family until 1945. After the landlords were expropriated, the manor house served as accommodation for refugees from Silesia. In 1948 the two-storey castle and gatehouse were demolished and in 1949 the castle tower was blown up. The outbuildings have been preserved.

Personalities

Sons and daughters

Karl August Klaunig (1824–1861), teacher, was a senior teacher at the municipal secondary school in Leipzig; it is important for the development of official regulations for German spelling
Johann Friedrich Ernst Dathe (1845–1917), geologist; from 1880 to 1911 he worked at the Prussian Geological State Institute (PGLA), most recently as a state geologist

Wilhelm Kopp (1882–1963), naval officer, most recently rear admiral

Rudolf Albrecht (1942–2015), Protestant pastor and representative of the church peace movement in the GDR

Connected to the place

Johann Georg von Oppel (1594–1661), received the manor in 1654, which remained in the possession of the von Oppel family until 1945

Johann Siegmund von Oppel (1730–1798), great-grandson of the previous one, had the church rebuilt in 1782 as landlord

Web links

Commons : Wellerswalde - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wellerswalde on the website of the Liebschützberg community - history, OT Wellerswalde

Wellerswalde local chronicle

Wellerswalde in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony

Individual evidence

^ Wellerswalde Manor
↑ ^a ^b Wellerswalde local chronicle
↑ Buchwald, Georg: Die Parochie Oschatz, in: Neue Sächsische Kirchengalerie , Booklet 28, Die Parochie Oschatz , by Arwed Strauch 1901 Leipzig, 1912, pp. 639 to 640.

[1] Wellerswalde Manor

[chronik-2] Wellerswalde local chronicle

[3] Buchwald, Georg: Die Parochie Oschatz, in: Neue Sächsische Kirchengalerie , Booklet 28, Die Parochie Oschatz , by Arwed Strauch 1901 Leipzig, 1912, pp. 639 to 640.