Werenzhain
Werenzhain
City of Doberlug-Kirchhain
Coordinates: 51 ° 39 ′ 9 ″ N , 13 ° 32 ′ 27 ″ E
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Height : | 98 m | |
Residents : | 440 (December 31, 2011) | |
Incorporation : | October 31, 2001 | |
Postal code : | 03253 | |
Area code : | 035322 | |
Location of Werenzhain in Brandenburg |
Werenzhain is a district of the town of Doberlug-Kirchhain in the Elbe-Elster district in southern Brandenburg .
history
Werenzhain was first mentioned in a document in 1234. The name of the village at that time was Witheroldeshagen , which was later shortened to Widerczhain . The place name is of German origin and named after a man named Widerhold . In Werenzhain there was a stone cross at the exit to Kirchhain until 1945. At this point the monks of Dobrilugk Monastery are said to have received their tithe.
Incorporation
Werenzhain was incorporated into Doberlug-Kirchhain on October 1, 2001.
Population development
Population development in Werenzhain from 1875 to 2005 | |||||||||||||
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year | Residents | year | Residents | year | Residents | year | Residents | year | Residents | ||||
1875 | 503 | 1946 | 717 | 1989 | 489 | 1995 | 445 | 2005 | |||||
1890 | 538 | 1950 | 736 | 1990 | 486 | 1996 | 445 | ||||||
1910 | 557 | 1964 | 562 | 1991 | 465 | 1997 | 459 | ||||||
1925 | 531 | 1971 | 531 | 1992 | 451 | 1998 | 452 | ||||||
1933 | 541 | 1981 | 465 | 1993 | 454 | 1999 | 446 | ||||||
1939 | 494 | 1985 | 473 | 1994 | 446 | 2000 | 440 |
Culture
The Werenzhain village church and an inn at Hauptstraße 76 are listed as historical monuments. In the churchyard there is a war memorial for those who died in the First World War .
Exhibitions are held regularly in the Werenzhain Atelierhof .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Müller's Large German Local Book 2012: Complete local dictionary. 33. revised and exp. Ed., Walter de Gruyter, Berlin and Boston 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-027420-2 , online at Google Books , p. 1495
- ↑ Reinhard E. Fischer : The place names of the states of Brandenburg and Berlin: age - origin - meaning . be.bra Wissenschaft, 2005, p. 180 .
- ^ Dietrich Neuber, Günter Wetzel Stone Crosses Cross stones inventory of the Cottbus district . Cottbus. 1982
- ↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2001
- ^ Historical municipality directory 2005 for Brandenburg Online as a PDF file
- ↑ List of monuments of the state of Brandenburg: Elbe-Elster district (PDF) Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum
Web links
- Page about Werenzhain on the homepage of Doberlug-Kirchhain
- Werenzhain in the RBB program Landschleicher on July 29, 2018