Zschornewitz

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Zschornewitz
Coordinates: 51 ° 43 ′ 0 ″  N , 12 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  E
Height : 89 m
Area : 13.04 km²
Residents : 2729  (Dec. 31, 2009)
Population density : 209 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 2011
Postal code : 06772
Area code : 034953

Zschornewitz is a district of the city of Graefenhainichen in the district of Wittenberg in Saxony-Anhalt .

Late Romanesque stone church

geography

Community structure

The district is divided into the barely noticeable historical part, the factory settlement 'Kolonie', the new power station settlement in the east and the settlement 'Pöplitz' (approx. 2 km away, only four houses) in the west.

history

Zschornewitz was first mentioned in 1200 in a document from the parish of Wörlitz. The late Romanesque church tells of the early days of the village. Until 1815 the place belonged to the Electoral Saxon Office of Graefenhainichen . 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

Up until the late 19th century there were hardly more than 200 residents in the heath village of Zschornewitz.

In March 1915, construction of the power plant began according to plans by Walter Klingenberg , only about 2 km away from the Golpa opencast mine , which went into operation in December. At the same time, the urban garden settlement 'Kolonie' was built. At the same time, the nitrum plant was built in the immediate vicinity of the power plant. Its facilities exploded on June 17, 1917. There were 24 deaths and 2 deaths in the nearby power station. It was then torn down. In 1916 eight turbines of 16 MW each generated a total of 128 MW. This made the Zschornewitz power plant the first large-scale power plant in Germany and at that time also the largest lignite power plant in the world. It supplied Berlin and parts of Saxony with electricity. In 1929 two 85 MW turbines were put into operation (at the time the largest in Europe). 13 large chimneys shaped the image of the community for decades. In 1929 the Catholic Church was also consecrated.

In 1945 the power plant was partially dismantled as a reparation payment to the Soviet Union. The remaining population in the village between the ages of 17 and 70 was used for the work.

On June 30, 1992, the power plant was finally shut down. The colony and parts of the power plant were placed under monument protection on the initiative of the Bauhaus . In 1995 the preserved part of the power plant became an industrial monument. The following year, the 'Kolonie' factory estate was added to the list of EXPO projects; it was extensively restored from 1997–99.

In 1954 the Zschornewitz rowing club was founded. On May 13, 2000 Zschornewitz celebrated its 800th anniversary.

On January 1, 2012, Zschornewitz was incorporated into the city of Graefenhainichen.

Culture and sights

Catholic Church

Buildings

The former Zschornewitz power plant is an outstanding building in the town . The industrial monument has been open as an energy museum since 1995 .

Also to be mentioned are:

  • Late Romanesque stone church
  • Transformer house with a baroque roof attachment
  • Catholic St. Anthony Church from 1929 (closed since 2015).

Lakes

Zschornewitzer See

On the western edge of the district is the Zschornewitzer See , popularly known as the cucumber , on which the Zschornewitzer rowing club trains. The Sachsenburgsee , a fishing water, is located on the eastern edge of the district. Furthermore, the remaining open pit hole 4 in the southwest and the remaining open pit hole 2 (as the residual lake of the ash lake of the ash flushing of the power plant ash from the power plants Zschornewitz (directly via pipeline) and Vockerode (transport via coal railway)) in the north-west of the district, these are not accessible to the public. All bodies of water are open-cast mining holes.

Economy and Infrastructure

Wind farm

After the decommissioning of the lignite power station, a wind farm with eight turbines will be built on the spoil dump of the Gröbern opencast mine south of Zschornewitz . The spoil dump towers over the site by around 50 meters and thus offers good conditions for the use of wind energy .

Electrofusion

Elektroschmelze Treibacher Schleifmittel GmbH is a company that produces corundum and other raw materials ( e.g. zirconium oxide ) for the abrasives industry. The corundum and other products are produced in electric melting furnaces.

education

School center

In 1920/1921 the colony got its own school house. The school center now houses the "Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi" primary school.

traffic

Street

rail

statistics

Population development

The numbers indicate the total number of residents:

  • 1990 : 3736
  • 2000 : 3072
  • 2004 : 2957
  • 2006 : 3028
  • 2009 : 2729

Source: State Statistical Office, as of December 31.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Zschornewitz  - 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. 22 f.
  2. ^ The district of Bitterfeld in the municipality register 1900
  3. ↑ Mitteldeutsche Zeitung of June 19, 2017
  4. ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 1st to December 31st, 2011
  5. ↑ June 13th patronage festival and church closure in Zschornewitz. heilige-familie.net, May 23, 2015, accessed on December 23, 2018