Wulfen (Anhalt)

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Wulfen
Unified community of Osternienburger Land
Wulfen coat of arms
Coordinates: 51 ° 49 ′ 0 ″  N , 11 ° 55 ′ 59 ″  E
Height : 68 m above sea level NN
Area : 10.67 km²
Residents : 1136  (Dec. 31, 2008)
Population density : 106 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 2010
Postal code : 06386
Area code : 034979
Wulfen (Saxony-Anhalt)
Wulfen
Wulfen
Location of Wulfen in Saxony-Anhalt

Wulfen is a district of the unified community Osternienburger Land in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld in Saxony-Anhalt .

geography

Wulfen is located between Schönebeck (Elbe) and the district town of Köthen (Anhalt) on the edge of the Middle Elbe biosphere reserve .

history

The district of Wulfen has been densely populated since the Neolithic Age . Archaeological excavations produced finds of the ceramic band , the Jordansmühl culture and the Walternienburg-Bernburg culture . A completely preserved large stone grave on the Hohe Berg in the southern part of Wulfens dates back to the early Neolithic Bernburg culture (approx. 3,500-2,800 BC).

Wulfen was first mentioned in a document in 995 .

Evangelical Church in Wulfen (Anhalt-Bitterfeld district)
Evangelical Church in Wulfen

On January 1, 2010, the previously independent municipalities of Wulfen, Chörau , Diebzig , Dornbock , Drosa , Elsnigk , Großpaschleben , Kleinpaschleben , Libbesdorf , Micheln , Osternienburg , Reppichau , Trinum and Zabitz merged to form a single municipality of Osternienburger Land. At the same time, the administrative community Osternienburg , to which these communities belonged, was dissolved.

Memorials

Ernst Thälmann Monument in Wulfen
Ernst Thälmann Monument in Wulfen

politics

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on July 4, 1994 by the Dessau Regional Council.

Blazon : "In gold over a green shield base an upright black wolf with a red tongue out, in a green shield base a lying golden ear with five awns."

It goes back to the von Wulffen family , which is documented with Bernhard and Gero von Wulfen from the year 1156 and begins historiographically with Hans von Wulffen (died 1177) as landlord on Wulfen. The coat of arms of the von Wulffen shows the wolf, who is also the main figure in the municipal coat of arms. As a reference to agriculture and the natural environment, the municipal coat of arms also has a golden ear of wheat in the green shield base.

The coat of arms was designed by the Magdeburg heraldist Erika Fiedler.

The colors of the former municipality are black and gold (yellow).

flag

The flag was approved by the county on September 4, 2008.

The flag is black and yellow (1: 1) striped (horizontal shape: stripes running horizontally; lengthways shape: stripes running vertically) and centered with the municipal coat of arms.

The municipal heraldist Jörg Mantzsch designed the flag and accompanied the approval process.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Railway station building in Wulfen (Anhalt)
Wulfen railway station (Anhalt)

South of the village leading state road 185 , Bernburg (Saale) to Köthen (Anhalt) over. Wulfen train station is on the double-track , electrified railway line Magdeburg – Halle , which is served every hour by a regional express in each direction.

References

  1. ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 01 to December 31, 2010
  2. ↑ Certificate of the district on the flag approval in the official gazette No. 18/2008 (PDF; 74 kB)

Web links

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