Zahsow

Zahsow ; Cazow community Kolkwitz Coordinates: 51 ° 46 ′ 9 ″ N , 14 ° 15 ′ 47 ″ E
Height :	65 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.49 km²
Residents :	301 (2016)
Population density :	121 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	July 1, 1950
Postal code :	03099
Area code :	0355
Location of Zahsow in Brandenburg
	Village center, Zahsower Dorfaue

Zahsow , in Lower Sorbian Cazow , is a district of the municipality of Kolkwitz in the Spree-Neisse district in Brandenburg .

location

Zahsow is located in Lower Lusatia immediately northwest of Cottbus on the border with the Spreewald Biosphere Reserve and is part of the official settlement area of the Sorbs / Wends . The surrounding towns are Gulben in the north, the Cottbus districts Sielow in the northeast and Ströbitz in the east, the main town Kolkwitz in the south, Dahlitz in the southwest and Papitz in the west.

The district road 7130 runs through Zahsow, which connects the town with the state road 50 to Peitz , which runs immediately to the west .

history

Information board on Teichweg

The origin of Zahsow lies in what is popularly known as the Zahsower Schanze , a castle rampart . The place was inhabited as early as the Stone Age, as evidenced by archaeological finds. The place name, which can be interpreted in several ways , is probably derived from the Sorbian word cazy for " soot " and could mean settlement of the soot butter makers .

Zahsow used to be a dead end village. In 1652 Zahsow had 60 inhabitants, including five Hüfner and two gardeners and four subjects of Valtin Nicoll von Panwizen von Klein Oßnig . The majority of the population lived from agriculture , the village had a total of 24 horses and 73 cattle .

From the middle of the 16th century until 1874 Zahsow belonged to the Cottbus office and was parish in the Cottbus monastery church. Until the Congress of Vienna , the border between Prussia and Saxony ran right through the town. On September 13, 1759, Zahsow was set on fire by the Cossacks during the Seven Years' War and burned down completely. The 78 inhabitants at that time found shelter in the neighboring towns, as Prussia could not provide much financial help to rebuild the village. In 1760 most of Zahsow's was rebuilt.

Marjana Domaškojc's grave in the Zahsow cemetery

A school was built in Zahsow in 1869 and 1870 . This was closed in 1946, the children then first had to visit the school in Gulben and, after its closure in 1950, the school in Kolkwitz. In 1915, the Cottbus-Nord airfield was built east of the town , which is why many farmers had to cede their land. During the Second World War there was fighting between German defenders and the Soviet army on April 20 and 21, 1945 , on April 21, 1945 Zahsow was captured by Soviet troops. Ten German soldiers were killed in the fighting.

During the GDR era, the Zahsower farmers joined forces in 1958 to form the LPG “Neues Deutschland”. In 1960 all farmers had to join the LPG. In 1970 the connecting road through Zahsow to Ströbitz was made of asphalt .

In the 1990s there was a strong influx of people to Zahsow, which resulted in a new building area . The population doubled to 320 in 1996. Zahsow has had a war memorial since September 1, 2006 after the old one was destroyed in 1945. On August 17, 2012, a new playground was inaugurated next to the parish hall.

After the Congress of Vienna , Zahsow came completely to the Kingdom of Prussia as part of Niederlausitz . On July 1, 1950, the community was incorporated into Kolkwitz . On July 25, 1952, the Zahsow was assigned as part of the Kolkwitz community to the newly formed Cottbus-Land district in the Cottbus district . After reunification , Zahsow was in the Cottbus district in Brandenburg . After the district reform in Brandenburg on December 6, 1993 , Zahsow finally came to the newly formed Spree-Neisse district .

The head of the village is currently (2017) Martin Wehlan. His predecessors were Edgar Billeb from 1980 to 1987 and then Bernd Starick from 1987 to 1999.

Population development

Population development in Zahsow from 1875 to 1946
year	Residents		year	Residents		year	Residents		year	Residents		year	Residents		year	Residents		year	Residents
1875	178		1890	169		1910	174		1925	189		1933	197		1939	198		1946	199

For his statistics on the Sorbian population in Lusatia, Arnošt Muka determined in the 1880s for Zahsow a population of 185 inhabitants, all of whom were Sorbs .

Personalities

Marjana Domaškojc (1872–1946), Lower Sorbian poet and writer; born and buried in Zahsow

Web links

Zahsow website

Zahsow on the side of the Kolkwitz community

proof

↑ ^a ^b Zahsow. In: kolkwitz.de. Kolkwitz municipality, accessed on June 18, 2017 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e On the history of the place. In: zahsow.de. Retrieved June 18, 2017 .
^ Zahsow in the database of the Verein für Computergenealogie. Retrieved June 18, 2017 .
↑ Mayor of the Kolkwitz community. Retrieved June 18, 2017
↑ Historical municipality register of the state of Brandenburg 1875 to 2005. (PDF; 331 KB) District Spree-Neisse. State Office for Data Processing and Statistics State of Brandenburg, December 2006, accessed on June 18, 2017 .
↑ Ernst Tschernik : The development of the Sorbian population . Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1954.

[kolkwitz-1] Zahsow. In: kolkwitz.de. Kolkwitz municipality, accessed on June 18, 2017 .

[zahsow-2] On the history of the place. In: zahsow.de. Retrieved June 18, 2017 .

[3] Zahsow in the database of the Verein für Computergenealogie. Retrieved June 18, 2017 .

[4] Mayor of the Kolkwitz community. Retrieved June 18, 2017

[StatBB-5] Historical municipality register of the state of Brandenburg 1875 to 2005. (PDF; 331 KB) District Spree-Neisse. State Office for Data Processing and Statistics State of Brandenburg, December 2006, accessed on June 18, 2017 .

[Muka-6] Ernst Tschernik : The development of the Sorbian population . Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1954.