Zorge (Walkenried)
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Community Walkenried
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| Height : | 340 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 2.21 km² | |
| Residents : | 984 (Dec. 31, 2015) | |
| Population density : | 445 inhabitants / km² | |
| Incorporation : | November 1, 2016 | |
| Postal code : | 37445 | |
| Area code : | 05586 | |
Location of Zorge in Lower Saxony |
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 View of Zorge from the little horse viewpoint
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Zorge is a district of the municipality Walkenried in the Harz Mountains in the district of Göttingen in Lower Saxony ( Germany ).
The state-approved climatic health resort covers an area of 2.21 km² and has around 1000 inhabitants .
Geographical location
Zorge is located in the southern Harz in the Harz Nature Park on the Zorge River and runs as an elongated street village parallel to the village of Wieda, which is about 3 km (as the crow flies ) to the west . In a wooded area it lies west of the mountains Großer Staufenberg (approx. 554 m above sea level ) and Hoheharz (approx. 584 m ) and east of the mountains Jagdkopf ( 603.1 m ) and Eichenberg ( 495.1 m ). The border with Thuringia runs east and south-east of the village .
history
Zorge was first mentioned in a document in 1249 as "Szurgenge". This year monks from the nearby Walkenried monastery had an ore smelter built here. In 1540 ore was processed in iron and copper works, some of the ore was extracted in open-cast mining . The bookseller Eduard Vieweg from Braunschweig had 75 "Columbia-Presse" printing presses manufactured in the Zorge ducal ironworks from 1824 to around 1850 . In the Zorge machine factory , six locomotives were built around 1842 , the first of which was named Zorge . From Ellrich to Zorge a 7.5 km long small railway line ( railway line Ellrich – Zorge ) was built in 1907 , which was used for the last time on April 7, 1945 due to the demarcation of the border.
For the development of the postal system in Walkenried, see: Braunschweig – Blankenburg postal route .
Incorporations
As of November 1, 2016, the previous municipalities of Walkenried , Wieda and Zorge were merged into a new municipality of Walkenried by resolution of the Lower Saxony state parliament .
politics
Local council
The local council of Zorge currently consists of five councilors from the following parties and obtained seats (as of 2016) :
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Citizens' Association Zorge (BVZ) |
SPD | CDU | total |
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| 11th September 2016 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 seats |
| September 11, 2011 | 7th | 2 | 1 | 10 seats |
Local mayor
The local mayor of Zorge is Herbert Legero (BVZ). His deputy is Ronald Martin Kühn (BVZ).
coat of arms
The design of the coat of arms of Zorge comes from the heraldist and coat of arms painter Gustav Völker , who also designed the coat of arms of Großburgwedel , Mellendorf , Wunstorf and many other localities in the Hanover region . The Zorg Council decided on the coat of arms on January 26, 1955 and again on March 5, 1957 with the approval of the Lower Saxony Minister of the Interior after there had been disagreements about Zorge's wish to be allowed to use the Braunschweig horse in the coat of arms.
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Blazon : "Under a shield head in two rows of red and silver, a silver horse jumps in blue on a green three-mountain top , covered with golden mountain hammers ." |
| Reasons for the coat of arms: The head of the shield with the chess pattern is the coat of arms of the County of Hohnstein , to which Zorge belonged until it became Brunswick. Mallets and irons are a reminder that copper and iron were mined here in the past. Iron was still being removed until 1896. The Dreiberg symbolizes the Harz , to which Zorge belongs. The place was incorporated into the Osterode district on July 1, 1972 . |
traffic
Until 1945 Zorge was connected to the area with the Kleinbahn AG Ellrich-Zorge . However, the zone boundary cut the short small railway, so that it was shut down in 1945. After German reunification in 1990, attempts were made to use the route for a museum railway , but this failed.
Today, Zorge is connected via bus line 470 (Bad Sachsa - Walkenried - Zorge - Hohegeiß - Braunlage), which is operated by the Hahne-Reisen company and runs daily.
Culture and sights
Buildings
- Evangelical St. Bartholomew Church
- Zorger bell tower
Museums
- Zorge local history museum
Green spaces and recreation
- Harzer Grenzweg - 75 kilometer long hiking trail along the former inner-German border
- Steinbach waterfall below the new pond (→ see also: List of waterfalls in Germany )
Others
- The Glen Els Distillery & Manufactur - Producer of the Harz single malt whiskey
Picture gallery
View of Zorge from the bell tower
Town center
Evangelical St. Bartholomew Church
Confluence of the Sprakelbach (left) and the Wolfsbach (right) to the Zorge
The river Zorge in the town of the same name
Local museum and bell tower
Steinbach waterfall at the new pond
Sons and daughters of the place
- Carl Friedrich Alexander Hartmann (1796–1863), mineralogist and metallurgist
- Heinrich Gebhardt (1848–1916), architect
literature
- Wilhelm Thieme: The history of the community Zorge . Association for local history Walkenried and the surrounding area, Walkenried 1976, DNB 790672294 .
- Manfred Dittmann: 150 years ago - locomotives from the Harz Mountains. From locomotive and tender construction in Zorge 1842–1851 . Pieper-Verlag, Clausthal-Zellerfeld 1992, OCLC 75317903 .
- Manfred Dittmann: Book printing presses from Zorge in the Harz region. Iffland-Verlag, Nordhausen 2013, ISBN 978-3-939357-20-9 .
- Werner Allewelt: Family book by Zorge in the southern Harz. Part 1: 1638-1814. Iffland, Nordhausen 2011, ISBN 978-3-939357-11-7 .
- Manfred Dittmann: The ducal Braunschweigische Puddelwerk zu Zorge (= general Harz mountain calendar ). Paper plane, Clausthal-Zellerfeld 2020, ISBN 978-3-86948-710-6 , p. 142-146 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ History & Numbers. In: Website of the Walkenried community. December 31, 2015, accessed May 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Uwe Ohainski, Jürgen Udolph : The place names of the district of Osterode (= publications of the Institute for Historical Research at the University of Göttingen . Volume 40 ). Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2000, ISBN 3-89534-370-6 , p. 189–192 ( adw-goe.de [PDF; 2.6 MB ]).
- ↑ Lower Saxony State Chancellery (Ed.): Law on the reorganization of the Walkenried community, Osterode am Harz district . Lower Saxony Law and Ordinance Gazette (Nds. GVBl.). No. 02/16 . Hanover February 25, 2016, p. 36 ( digital version [PDF; 524 kB ; accessed on May 4, 2019] p. 6).
- ↑ a b local council (Walkenried OT Zorge). In: Website of the Walkenried community. Retrieved May 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Result of the municipal elections in Zorge on September 11, 2011. In: Internet site of the communal data processing center for southern Lower Saxony (KDS). September 16, 2011, accessed May 4, 2019 .
- ↑ District of Hanover (ed.): Wappenbuch district of Hanover . Self-published, Hanover 1985.
- ^ A b Arnold Rabbow: Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch . The coats of arms of the communities and districts in the urban and rural districts of Braunschweig, Gandersheim, Gifhorn, Goslar, Helmstedt, Peine, Salzgitter, Wolfenbüttel and Wolfsburg. Ed .: Braunschweiger Zeitung, Salzgitter Zeitung and Wolfsburger Nachrichten. Eckensberger & Co. Verlag, Braunschweig 1977, DNB 780686667 , p. 118-119 .
