Wendgräben (Möckern)

Wendgräben City of Möckern Coordinates: 52 ° 8 ′ 42 ″ N , 12 ° 2 ′ 42 ″ E
Area :	3.33 km²
Residents :	32 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	10 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	39279
Area code :	039245
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Wendgräben is a district of Möckern in the Jerichower Land district in Saxony-Anhalt .

geography

The village is three kilometers northeast of Zeppernick . It is surrounded by the Loburger Vorfläming landscape protection area established by ordinance on August 5, 2003 by the former district of Anhalt-Zerbst . The approx. 2,449 hectare LSG is part of the Burg-Ziesarer Vorfläming natural area , which forms the western end of the Fläming . The surrounding area is a rural cultural landscape predominantly characterized by Ice Age ground moraines .

The source of the Blue Spring is located about 800 m north of the settlement in the forest . This stream flows to the Ehle , a good two kilometers southwest , a tributary of the Elbe . The place is almost completely surrounded by a large forest area and the landscape only opens to the south towards the Ehlen lowlands . The terrain here reaches heights of 70 meters. In the immediate vicinity, especially to the north, it rises around 100 meters.

history

In a document from 1459 a first mention of the place is proven, but this using the name Wendgreden .

Around 1663, on a map by Joan Blaeu, the entry Lucken-Mühle can be found immediately north of the current location. Further evidence can be found in the years 1780 and 1785. This entry can be found again in the same place on a card by Daniel Friedrich Sotzmann from 1800.

In records dating back to 1930, the place was as Vorwerk Wendgräben the manor listed in Loburg Loburg, associated with the Castle District Loburg in Gau Morzane the circle Jerichow I .

Until it was incorporated on July 1, 2007, the village was part of the municipality of Zeppernick, and today it is also part of the city of Möckern.

Attractions

Wendgräben Castle , built in 1910 in the style of English country houses, is around 500 m northeast of the village .

Personalities

Renate von Wangenheim , actress, was born here on April 21, 1944
Reinhard Szibor , geneticist, was born here on March 20, 1945

Web links

Commons : Wendgräben - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wendgräben in the historical directory of the association for computer genealogy

Individual evidence

↑ City of Möckern - Main Office (ed.): Development of the inhabitants in the districts and localities of the city of Möckern - Basis: City residents' registration file - as of December 31, 2018 . January 25, 2019.
↑ Main statute of the city of Möckern in the version of September 25, 2014 - including 1st and 2nd amendment . June 1, 2018 ( full text [PDF; 115 kB ; accessed on December 28, 2018]).
↑ Landkreis Anhalt-Zerbst (Ed.): Ordinance on the landscape protection area Loburger Vorfläming . Zerbst August 5, 2003 ( PDF file; 1.98 MB ( memento of July 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed on July 25, 2015]).
↑ Federal Agency for Nature Conservation: location of Wendgräben in accordance with Geospatial services. Protected areas in Germany. Retrieved April 18, 2013 .
↑ Historical Commission (ed.): Historical sources of the Province of Saxony and the Free State of Anhalt . tape 8-9 . Self-published by the State Historical Research Center, p. 232, 381 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[1] City of Möckern - Main Office (ed.): Development of the inhabitants in the districts and localities of the city of Möckern - Basis: City residents' registration file - as of December 31, 2018 . January 25, 2019.

[2] Main statute of the city of Möckern in the version of September 25, 2014 - including 1st and 2nd amendment . June 1, 2018 ( full text [PDF; 115 kB ; accessed on December 28, 2018]).

[3] Landkreis Anhalt-Zerbst (Ed.): Ordinance on the landscape protection area Loburger Vorfläming . Zerbst August 5, 2003 ( PDF file; 1.98 MB ( memento of July 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed on July 25, 2015]).

[4] Federal Agency for Nature Conservation: location of Wendgräben in accordance with Geospatial services. Protected areas in Germany. Retrieved April 18, 2013 .

[5] Historical Commission (ed.): Historical sources of the Province of Saxony and the Free State of Anhalt . tape 8-9 . Self-published by the State Historical Research Center, p. 232, 381 ( limited preview in Google Book search).