Zechin

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 52 ° 36 '  N , 14 ° 27'  E
Basic data
State :	Brandenburg
County :	Märkisch-Oderland
Office :	Golzow
Height :	9 m above sea level NHN
Area :	27.85 km 2
Residents:	655 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	24 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	15328
Area code :	033473
License plate :	MOL, FRW, SEE, SRB
Community key :	12 0 64 538
Community structure:	3 districts
Office administration address:	Seelower Strasse 14 15328 Golzow
Website :	www.amt-golzow.de
Mayor :	Dieter Rauer
Location of the municipality of Zechin in the Märkisch-Oderland district

Zechin is a municipality in the Märkisch-Oderland district in Brandenburg . She belongs to the Golzow office .

Community structure

The districts of Buschdorf , Friedrichsaue and Zechin are designated for the community . Inhabited parts of the community are Baiersberg, Gerickensberg, Lehmannshöfel and Zechiner Loose. There are also the Eckel, Eichenhof, Loosa and Siedlung residential areas .

history

During excavation work on the Garnischberg , 2.5 km away , archaeologists found remains that could be dated to the Stone Age . Further excavations led to the proof that the region was already settled at the time of the Slavs . In 1313 the community was first mentioned as Zechyn when Margrave Waldemar united the village with the diocese of Lebus . Around 1400 14 houses have survived in Zechin, the inhabitants of which initially went fishing and after the surrounding fields were drained, they also farmed and raised livestock. The spelling Zechin first appeared in 1624. Friedrichsaue however, was in 1723 as Vorwerk by King Frederick William I founded. In 1737 there were almost 400 inhabitants in Zechin. There was a mill, a forge, a line weaving mill and a wheelwright shop . In addition, three shepherds worked in the village. In the years 1764 to 1766, three spinner villages were built in the Hohen Busch : Baiersberg , Gerickensberg and Lehmannshöfel . They were supposed to supply the wool factories in Berlin with spun wool.

19th century

The three districts developed differently; Zechin was attested to have a "town-like character" as early as 1860. On the night of October 29th to 30th, 1769, a fire broke out in which most of the buildings were destroyed. These fires led to a royal order that in future individual streets were only allowed to use one central oven. The existence of a school is recorded for the first time in 1780. In 1785 Zechin - like other villages - was flooded by the Oder. Around 1800 Zechin was the branch church , while the parish church was in Golzow . From 1815 onwards, farmers began growing oil fruits and sugar beets . The population increased, and so did the children. In 1826 a new school building with three classrooms opened next to the church. Due to the increasing sales of agricultural products, there was an upswing in the place. In 1831 there were four bakers, four butchers, six shoemakers, nine tailors, seven carpenters and four blacksmiths. Furthermore, three mills and five looms have survived, as well as nine shops, an inn and two jugs. The half-timbered church burned down in 1838 and was replaced by a new building in 1840. In 1851 an industrialist built a sugar factory in Friedrichsaue, and in 1861 a second school building was added in Zechin. 1866 around 100 people died in a cholera - epidemic . Nevertheless, in 1895 there were already 1,680 inhabitants.

Since 1900

Makeshift church in Buschdorf

In 1926, the three Spinnerdorfer merged to form Buschdorf. All three districts were destroyed in the Second World War. The church in Buschdorf - like many other sacred buildings in the region - was blown up by German troops to make it difficult for the advancing Red Army to find their way around . After the end of the fighting, reconstruction began, which was hampered by floods in the spring of 1947. In place of a massive sacred building, the residents built a makeshift church. In the German Democratic Republic , the districts were given a more rural character, particularly through the land reform in Germany . In 1953 the Agricultural Production Cooperative Forward to Socialism was founded . Among other things, a kindergarten, a school and in 1962 in Zechin in an outdoor pool were built.

Since the turning point and the peaceful revolution in the GDR , there has been a cautious tourist development. In 1994, for example, a campsite was added to the outdoor pool on the Oderbruchbahn cycle path . Buschdorf and Friedrichsaue were incorporated on December 31, 1997. While the names of GDR politicians and communists have been removed from street names in many places in East Germany since 1990, the municipality of Zechin renamed a side street of the main street to Wilhelm-Pieck-Straße in August 2007 (after the first GDR President Wilhelm Pieck ). As a young journeyman carpenter, Pieck had worked in a carpentry shop in the street that is now a memorial.

Administrative history

Zechin belonged to the Lebus district in the province of Brandenburg since 1817 and to the Seelow district in the Frankfurt (Oder) district from 1952 . The municipality has been in the Brandenburg district of Märkisch-Oderland since 1993.

Population development

year Residents 1875 2 075 1890 1 859 1910 1 542 1925 1 517 1933 1,467 1939 1 347 1946 1 095 1950 1 277

year Residents 1964 909 1971 823 1981 703 1985 646 1989 583 1990 576 1991 569 1992 549 1993 534 1994 532

year Residents 1995 545 1996 533 1997 848 1998 839 1999 830 2000 852 2001 837 2002 819 2003 812 2004 794

year Residents 2005 776 2006 776 2007 738 2008 715 2009 717 2010 708 2011 678 2012 686 2013 675 2014 644

year Residents 2015 638 2016 647 2017 667 2018 665 2019 655

Territory of the respective year, number of inhabitants: as of December 31 (from 1991), from 2011 based on the 2011 census

politics

Community representation

The Zechin community council consists of eight community representatives and the honorary mayor. The local election on May 26, 2019 resulted in the following distribution of seats:

Voter group	Seats
Sports fans Zechin	5
Classic car and tractor enthusiasts	1
Citizen List Zechin	1
Pro future Märkisch-Oderland	1

mayor

• 1998–2003: Gerd Thieme
• 2003–2008: Roberto Thiele
• since 2008: Dieter Rauer: (Voting group Sportfreunde Zechin)

In the mayoral election on May 26, 2019, Rauer was elected unopposed with 68.4% of the valid votes for a further term of five years.

coat of arms

The community of Zechin does not have a coat of arms, the former communities of Buschdorf, Friedrichsaue and Zechin continue to use their previous coats of arms as district symbols.

Buschdorf	Friedrichsaue	Zechin
Blazon : "In red a golden spinning wheel and three symmetrically arranged golden spindles."	Blazon : "Azure, a golden Kutschrad with black hub surmounted by a golden crown."	Blazon : "Split by silver and green, inside a pollarded willow in confused colors." The coat of arms was approved on February 17, 1997.

Memorial stone for the 700th local anniversary

Attractions

War graves in the Zechin cemetery

The list of monuments in Zechin includes the monuments entered in the list of monuments of the state of Brandenburg.

• Village museum with a historical treatise of the Oderbruch in Friedrichsaue
• Basket-making museum with over 1,600 exhibits in the listed former school building from 1826 in Buschdorf as well as in 2010 the newly built back barn in the former school barn.
• Motor mill in Zechin, restored in 2010 with a historic wedding room

Regular events

• Walpurgis Night in Zechin
• Buschdorf oven festival
• Harvest festival in Zechin
• Museum day in the basket maker museum
• East Brandenburg Lanz Bulldog meeting in Friedrichsaue
• Fiat 126 Oderbruch meeting in Zechin

traffic

Zechin is on the L 33 national road between Wriezen and Gorgast .

The Friedrichsaue and Zechin stations were on the Fürstenwalde – Wriezen railway line . Passenger traffic was stopped in 1966.

Born Zechiner

• Johannes Schubel (1904–1950), ENT professor in Greifswald
• Arno Sames (1937–2019), Protestant theologian and church historian

Web links

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

• Zechin , website of the Golzow Office, accessed on April 16, 2017.
• Zechin in the RBB program Landschleicher on March 26, 2006

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population in the State of Brandenburg according to municipalities, offices and municipalities not subject to official registration on December 31, 2019 (XLSX file; 223 KB) (updated official population figures) ( help on this ).
2. ^ Service portal of the state administration Brandenburg. Zechin municipality
3. ↑ Amt Golzow (ed.): Zechin - Drei Ortsteile - One municipality , flyer, no date, p. 4.
4. ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities, see 1997
5. ↑ Katrin Bischoff, Jens Blankennagel: Through potholes into the past . In. Berliner Zeitung, August 24, 2007
6. ^ Historical municipality register of the state of Brandenburg 1875 to 2005. Landkreis Märkisch-Oderland . Pp. 38-41
7. ↑ Population in the state of Brandenburg from 1991 to 2015 according to independent cities, districts and municipalities , Table 7
8. ^ Office for Statistics Berlin-Brandenburg (Ed.): Statistical report AI 7, A II 3, A III 3. Population development and population status in the state of Brandenburg (respective editions of the month of December)
9. ^ Result of the local election on May 26, 2019
10. ↑ Results of the municipal elections in 1998 (mayoral elections) for the district of Märkisch-Oderland ( memento of the original from April 1, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
11. ↑ Local elections October 26, 2003. Mayoral elections , p. 26
12. ↑ Results of the mayor and mayor elections 2008 on www.amt-golzow.de
13. ↑ Section 73 of the Brandenburg Local Election Act
14. ^ Result of the mayoral election on May 26, 2019
15. ^ Main statute of the municipality of Zechin. (PDF) § 3 coat of arms, flag. In: Official Journal for the Golzow Office. Official Director of the Golzow Office, October 27, 2005, accessed on August 21, 2017 . 
16. ↑ Coat of arms information on the service portal of the state administration of Brandenburg