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| Area : | 21.7 km² |
| Residents : | 1835 (Dec. 31, 2006) |
| Population density : | 85 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | December 28, 2007 |
  Location of Welsleben in Bördeland
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Welsleben is a district of the municipality of Bördeland in the Salzlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt . Until December 28, 2007 Welsleben was an independent municipality in which 1835 inhabitants lived on 21.70 km² (December 31, 2006) .
geography
Welsleben is the northernmost district of Bördeland and is 15 km from the center of the state capital Magdeburg and 7 km from the city of Schönebeck (Elbe) . The place lies in the middle of the fertile soil of the Magdeburg Börde . While the surrounding undulating terrain drops from west to east from 94 to 84 m asl and south to north from 117 to 84 m, the town center is at a height of 81 m. In the local area lie the 123 m high Bierschberg to the south and the 116 m high Frohser Berg to the north . The 7 km long Röthegraben begins in the center of Welsleben and flows into the Elbe near the Frohse district of Schönebeck .
history
middle Ages
The origin of the place Welsleben is dated to the time of the Thuringian settlement of the western Elbe area between 300 and 530 AD. The first documentary mention comes from 826 in connection with a donation from the imperial legate Aito to the imperial monastery Corvey . Waldeslef is mentioned in the deed of donation. The name Waldisleif appears later. In 937 King Otto I gave Waldislevo to the Magdeburg Mauritius Monastery , which the County of Mühlingen enfeoffed with the place. In the course of the disputes between the Staufers and Welfen at the beginning of the 13th century, Welsleben suffered considerable damage for the first time, to which the wooden church also fell victim. It was replaced by a new building in 1225. In 1240 the cathedral chapter of Magdeburg became feudal lord. It sold the Welsleben estate to the knight Otto von Welsleben, whose descendants returned the estate to the cathedral chapter in 1371. In 1484 the manor was enfeoffed to the von Pletz family. As the first Protestant clergyman, Pastor Engelbert Hertius officiated from 1545. His successor Adam Ripkogel founded a boys' school in Welsleben in 1560.
Thirty Years War up to the 19th century
In the Thirty Years' War Welsleben suffered severe damage. On October 21, 1622 a big fire broke out in the village that destroyed 25 farms. Imperial troops quartered themselves in Welsleben on October 25, 1625 and plundered the inhabitants. In December 1631 the Swedish army plundered and pillaged the town. After soldiers plundered the village again in 1644, most of the residents fled to Groß Salze . Their number had already halved in May 1636 due to the plague . After the end of the war, Welsleben revived with the return of those who had fled and the arrival of foreign families, including former officers. In 1670 and 1671 the church was extensively modified, and in 1677 a girls' school was opened in Welsleben.
During the Napoleonic occupation, Welsleben belonged to the French Kingdom of Westphalia from 1807 to 1813 and was subordinate to the Canton Schönebeck. After Napoleon's expulsion, Welsleben came to the Prussian district of Wanzleben in 1816 . Up until the end of the 18th century, Welsleben was dominated by agriculture, after which a structural change gradually took place. As early as 1785, Abraham Gansauge opened the Friederike lignite mine near Welsleben, which gave rise to the construction of the road to Magdeburg in 1791. This was followed by the expansion of the road to Schönebeck. After the Schönebeck station on the Magdeburg – Halle (Saale) railway line was opened in 1840 and a station in Eickendorf on the Schönebeck – Staßfurt railway line opened in 1857, the Fischer, Plumecke & Co. sugar factory was founded in Welsleben in 1864 first industrial company. On November 1, 1896, with the opening of the Schönebeck – Blumenberg railway line , the town had its own train station. The population increased from 1,128 in 1820 to 1,986 in 1910.
From the 20th century
In April 1945 American troops ended the 12-year rule of National Socialism in Welsleben. After a brief British occupation that followed, Welsleben came under the control of the Soviet zone on July 1, 1945 . This flowed into the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in 1949 . In 1950, Welsleben was incorporated into the newly formed Schönebeck district. With the socialization of agriculture initiated by the GDR, the previously private farms were transferred from 1952 to an agricultural production cooperative (LPG) and a people's own property (VEG) . In the 1960s, the VEG worked as a state teaching and experimental farm, farmed 1,300 hectares and had distinguished itself as a specialist company for combine harvest crops and bull breeding. Also in the 1960s, Welsleben made a name for itself as the “ski village in the Börde”. In 1959, the tractor company sports association built a 20 m high ski jump on nearby Mühlberg, on which national competitions were held until it collapsed in 1972. The GDR ski greats Harry Glaß and Werner Lesser took part in them. In 1964 Welsleben had 2,395 inhabitants. In 1974 the place received a new school building.
After the political change in 1989 , agriculture was privatized again. A large part of the area was taken over by the Agricultural Productive Cooperative in Biere and, for a short time, by the H&S Agrar GbR in Welsleben. This was later replaced by smaller individual farms. In 1999 traffic on the Schönebeck – Blumenberg railway was stopped and Welsleben lost its direct rail connection. On the other hand, the construction of the federal motorway 14 , which in the same year received a junction just 1.5 km from Welsleben, improved car traffic. With effect from December 29, 2007 Welsleben was incorporated into the newly formed unified municipality of Bördeland . In 2013 there were 37 businesses in the village.
coat of arms
The Welsleber coat of arms was designed by the Osterweddinger graphic artist Willy Kluge and awarded to the place on June 24, 1938 by the President of the Province of Saxony . The official blazon reads: “A silver catfish in blue.” The reference to the catfish goes back to a tradition according to which a heavy catfish penetrated from the Elbe to Welsleben during a flood and is said to have given the place its name.
Attractions
The St. Pankratius Church is an architectural specialty, because its medieval tower is not, as usual, on the west, but on the east side of the nave.
There is an 18 m long wall in the village, which was built in the style of Friedensreich Hundertwasser using 95 percent old materials.
traffic
The federal highway 246a leads through Welsleben , on which one reaches junction 7 (Schönebeck) of the federal highway 14 after 1.5 km in an easterly direction . In a westerly direction you come to the neighboring town of Bahrendorf on the B 246a . The district road 1293 ends in Welsleben and leads to the southern districts of Biere and Eickendorf . Welsleben was on the Schönebeck – Blumenberg railway line . This route is closed. The nearest train station is in Schönebeck on the Magdeburg – Leipzig railway line and the Schönebeck – Güsten railway line . The airfield Magdeburg is 11 km away.
Personalities
- Ernst Hartmann (born May 21, 1818 in Welsleben, † June 26, 1900 in Düsseldorf), history painter and illustrator
- Berthold Grosse (born June 2, 1863 in Welsleben; † October 7, 1927 in Hamburg), trade unionist, President of the Hamburg Parliament (1919–1921)
- Klaus Otto (* 1939 in Welsleben; † 1978), jockey , multiple derby winner at the "Grand Prix of three-year-olds"
literature
- Gerhard Wunderling: Chronicle of the Bördedorfes Welsleben, Volume 1 , Missionsverlag Otto Senff Nachf., Schönebeck 1933
Web links
- Welsleben at www.gem-boerdeland.de
- Welsleben at www.total-lokal.de (PDF; 2.5 MB)
- History working group Welsleben
Individual evidence
Beers | Eggersdorf | Eickendorf | Großmühlingen | Kleinmühlingen | Welsleben | Zens