Zens
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Zens
Bördeland municipality
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| Area : | 5.13 km² |
| Residents : | 288 (Dec. 31, 2006) |
| Population density : | 56 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | December 28, 2007 |
  Location of Zens in Bördeland
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Zens is a district of the municipality of Bördeland in the Salzlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt . Until December 28, 2007, Zens was an independent municipality in which 288 inhabitants lived on an area of 5.13 km² (December 31, 2006) .
geography
Zens is located in the southeast of the Magdeburg Börde near the city of Calbe (Saale) . The place is surrounded by rich agricultural land. The undulating surrounding area drops from south to north from 76 to 70 m above sea level and from west to east from 78 to 67 m. The center is at a height of 70 m. Within a radius of three kilometers are the Wartenberg (120.9 m), the Weinberg (111.0 m) and the Dreihöhenberg (105.1 m), three prominent elevations.
history
Zens is one of the Slavic settlements in the Saale - Bode region that emerged between the 7th and 10th centuries . The old place name "centz", which is mentioned for the first time in 1330, is derived from the Old Sorbian "seno" (place of hay). Until the 17th century, the place was under the rule of the County of Mühlingen, before it came to the Duchy of Magdeburg in 1659 . During the Napoleonic occupation from 1807 to 1813, Zens belonged to the Kingdom of Westphalia and was administered by the Canton of Calbe. After Napoleon's expulsion, Prussia incorporated Zens into the newly formed Calbe district in 1816 . For Zens, the effects of the industrial revolution in Germany in the middle of the 19th century were limited to the expansion of the road to Kleinmühlingen and the opening of the train station in Eickendorf, seven kilometers away . The village continued to be dominated by agriculture, but towards the end of the 19th century it was so prosperous that in 1895 it was able to afford the construction of a large church. The number of inhabitants ranged from 326 to 363 from 1910 to 1939. Until the Second World War , guest workers, mainly from Silesia and Italy, also worked in agriculture .
The Second World War ended for Zens with the invasion of American troops on April 12, 1945. After a brief interlude with British occupation, Zens found himself in the Soviet occupation zone on July 1, 1945, which was renamed the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from October 7, 1949 continued to exist. After a district reform, Zens was added to the new district of Schönebeck in 1950 . During the GDR era, there were major changes , especially in agriculture, with the introduction of the agricultural production cooperatives (LPG) . From 1952, most of the Zenser farmers had to join the local LPG. In 1964 Zens had 391 residents.
After the political change in 1989 , agriculture in Zens was privatized again. Since there were no larger commercial enterprises, the number of residents fell in the course of the following years and was only 288 in 2006. Effective December 29, 2007, Zens was incorporated into the newly formed municipality of Bördeland . In 2009 there were 289 residents in Zens, and there were 18 traders.
coat of arms
The Zenser coat of arms was designed in 1995 by the Magdeburg local heraldist Jörg Mantzsch . Since the district of the place borders on the terminal moraine area, a three mountain was set in the Schildgrund, which is golden in relation to the surrounding cornfields. The goat represented in the middle silver tinged . The sign that points to the surrounding area is green. It was the wish of the local council to include the goat in the coat of arms, since the locals have also called the place "Zicken-Zens" since at least the 19th century.
The blazon reads: "In green an erect silver goat with golden horns and black hooves on a golden three-mountain."
Culture and sights
The events regularly held in Zens include the concert series “Sounds in the Room”, which is organized by a Zens family with the support of the Heimatfreunde Zicken-Zens association, as well as the “Farmer's Olympics” with rubber boot throwing, wheelbarrow slalom and milk can transport carried out by the same association.
The sights of the place are the church St. Stephan and the artist garden Feldbach as nationally known art and culture address.
Transport links
The district road 1291 leads through Zens, which connects the town with Calbe (6 km) and the neighboring village of Kleinmühlingen . The municipal administration in the district of Biere and the district town of Schönebeck are both ten kilometers away. The federal autobahn 14 ( Magdeburg - Halle ) runs west of Zens and can be reached via junction 7 (Schönebeck, 13 km) or 8 (Calbe, 13 km). The nearest train station is in the neighboring town of Eickendorf, seven kilometers away, on the Schönebeck – Güsten railway line .
Individual evidence
Web links
Beers | Eggersdorf | Eickendorf | Großmühlingen | Kleinmühlingen | Welsleben | Zens