Zschepkau

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Zschepkau
Coordinates: 51 ° 39 ′ 17 ″  N , 12 ° 11 ′ 39 ″  E
Residents : 127  (Jun. 30, 2017)
Incorporation : July 1, 1950
Incorporated into: Rödgen
Postal code : 06766
Area code : 034956
Image by Zschepkau
Bell tower

Zschepkau is a village in the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district and part of Bitterfeld-Wolfen .

location

Zschepkau is located between Rödgen and Thalheim in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in the southeast of the state of Saxony-Anhalt directly on the federal motorway 9 .

Residents

The population is 127 (as of June 2017).

history

Zschepkau was first mentioned in a document in 1156. In the meantime, for example, it was named Ceperkowe and Zscheperkow. As a fiefdom it belonged to the communities of Löberitz and Reuden . Until 1815 the place belonged to the Electoral Office of Zörbig . The decisions of the Congress of Vienna he came to Prussia and in 1816 the district Bitterfeld in the administrative district of Merseburg of the Province of Saxony assigned to which he belonged until 1944th

In World War II Zschepkau was badly affected. Shortly before the end of the war, the chimney of the schnapps distillery (in today's distillery way) was mistaken for the Wolfen power plant in the thick fog. 104 American bombs were dropped on Zschepkau and the adjacent fields.

On July 1, 1950, Zschepkau was incorporated into Rödgen. From March 15, 2004 to June 30, 2007 the village belonged to the city of Wolfen . In the course of the district reform in 2007 and the associated formation of the city of Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Zschepkau became part of this new city.

Club life

There is the dog boxer club Zschepkau eV, the fire brigade dance and homeland club (FTH) Zschepkau eV, the volunteer fire brigade Zschepkau and the women's club.

Web links

Commons : Zschepkau  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 56 f.
  2. ^ The district of Bitterfeld in the municipality register 1900
  3. Municipalities 1994 and their changes since January 1, 1948 in the new federal states , Metzler-Poeschel publishing house, Stuttgart, 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , publisher: Federal Statistical Office
  4. ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2004