Vozhkov

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Vozhkov
City of Großräschen
Coordinates: 51 ° 36 ′ 50 ″  N , 14 ° 3 ′ 0 ″  E
Height : 114 m above sea level NHN
Area : 7.74 km²
Residents : 120  (Sep 1, 2017)
Population density : 16 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1998
Postal code : 01983
Area code : 035753
Listed inn with a bell tower
Location of Voschkows on a map from 1757

Woschkow ( Lower Sorbian Wóškow ) is a district of the southern Brandenburg town of Großräschen in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district .

geography

Woschkow is located in Lower Lusatia on the newly emerging Altdöberner See in the Lusatian Lakeland .

The district of Woschkow is located northeast of the city of Großräschen. To the southeast lie the districts of Dörrwalde and Allmosen . To the east, Woschkow borders on Leeskow , Kunersdorf and Lubochow , places of the municipality of New Zealand . To the north of Woschkow are the places Altdöbern and Pritzen .

history

Local history

Woschkow was first mentioned in a document in 1406. The name can be derived from the Lower Sorbian word Wóška and translated as little louse , which refers to a settlement in the forest where there were numerous insects. The place was named in 1463 as Woschko , 1551 as Wuschko and Woßko and in 1738 as Woschko , 1740 as Woschke and 1843 as Woškow . The village belonged to the Senftenberg office . From 1448 the office and thus the place belonged to the Electorate of Saxony . As a result of the Congress of Vienna , Lower Lusatia and with it Woschkow came to the Kingdom of Prussia . A windmill was first mentioned in the village in 1818. Woschkow belonged to the district of Calau . After the reorganization of the districts in 1952, Woschkow did not come to the newly founded Senftenberg district , but to the Calau district . From 1957 to 1960 the LPGs were founded in town.

In 1989 the upper village was cleared due to the Greifenhain opencast mine . The opencast mine was closed in 1993. After the old one hundred and fifty year old peace oak was felled, a new oak was planted in 1996. On December 31, 1998 Woschkow was incorporated into Großräschen.

Population development

Population development in Woschkow from 1875 to 1998
year Residents year Residents year Residents year Residents year Residents year Residents
1875 189 1933 194 1964 166 1989 108 1993 107 1997 122
1890 209 1939 179 1971 148 1990 103 1994 103
1910 209 1946 245 1981 164 1991 97 1995 113
1925 203 1950 215 1985 132 1992 95 1996 111

Culture and sights

War memorial

In 1910 a school was built, which is one of the monuments of the city of Großräschen today . The building with the bell tower is now an inn. Not far from there is a war memorial for those who died in the First World War.

In 2005 the village center was built, which among other things serves as the seat of the local mayor and the Woschkow volunteer fire department .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Woschkow district. In: grossraeschen.de. City of Großräschen, accessed April 17, 2019 .
  2. ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 1998
  3. ↑ Brandenburg Statistics (PDF)

literature

  • Publication series for local history research in the Senftenberg district , issue No. 1
  • Ernst Eichler : The place names of Niederlausitz . VEB Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 1975.

Web links

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