Gerwisch
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Gerwisch is a district of the municipality Biederitz unit in the district Jerichower Land in Saxony- Anhalt ( Germany ).
- 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
- 6.2 Other personalities
Geography
Gerwisch lies on the western edge of the Flämings, four kilometers away from the river Elbe. The surrounding area is agricultural soils with medium quality.
Climate
Annual rainfall is extremely low at 474 mm. At only one percent of the stations of the German Weather Service lower values are registered. The driest month is February, the most rainfall comes in June.
History
Years ago, about 150,000 people already settled in what is now Gerwischer area, as evidenced by the Gerwischer hand ax, which was found during excavations. With further archaeological finds, the settlement could be detected until the beginning of the Bronze Age. Thereafter, AD can be found only at the beginning of the 1st millennium again traces of human settlement. A first written record there is from the year 992 under the name Grobizi. Inside is the Slavic root word " coarse", translated as " place of the ditch or grave ." The first written record comes from the Archbishop Wichmann of Magdeburg from 1176, called there Grobiske. As Gherwitz or Jerwitz the place in the so -called " Red Book ", the Lehnsregister the Magdeburg Cathedral Chapter of the year will be conducted from 1360 to 1370.
The assignment to the provost took until 1810 before it was disbanded along with the entire chapter of Magdeburg by the Kingdom of Westphalia. Although its sphere of influence actually ended up on the west bank of the Elbe, the ownership of the provost remained unaffected, ie until the resolution of these they also practiced the basic and court rule over their possessions east of the Elbe, including Gerwisch from. After the end of Napoleonic rule Prussia formed the province of Saxony in 1815 and led by a district reform, was incorporated with the Gerwisch in the circle Jerichow I with the county town of Burg.
A large fire in 1825 destroyed the entire village. Since now the Chaussee Magdeburg two kilometers further east - Castle had been built, was erected there Gerwisch completely new. 1846 Station, on the Magdeburg - Berlin opens. This Gerwisch was interesting for the aspiring at this time industry, and so in 1859 created a sugar factory, a canning factory in 1878 and 1888, a gravel plant. The sugar factory had, however, after twenty years, reopened their production set, it was demolished, and in the northeast of the village in the terrain was a new housing estate. Beginning of the 20th century established the Prussian army a large ammunition depot at Gerwisch that existed until the end of the first World War. After that was built in its place in the 1920s in part by the Reichsbahn a new settlement, while another part was used by a scrap processing plant. After the 2nd World War, the city of Magdeburg taught at a Gerwisch a sewage treatment plant for its sewage to a pumping station, with the help of the fields in the area were irrigated.
Even after the end of the GDR is Gerwisch measured by its size an industrial site with the concrete plant, a packing agent and a recycling company remained. West of the railroad was a new housing estate, so that significantly increased the number of inhabitants.
On 21 October 2006, there was in Gerwisch to a right-wing attack on a birthday party, which attracted nationwide attention.
Until December 31, 2009 Gerwisch was an independent municipality. The only reigning after the turn and at the same time last mayor of the municipality Gerwisch was Karla Michalski. January 1, 2010 Gerwisch was incorporated into the unified community Biederitz.
Community and church
Potztrine
Wide path with trees
Coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved on 10 December 1993 by the regional council of Magdeburg.
Blazon: " em; Field 1 and 4: in a floating silver gradarmiges red Tatzenkreuz, Field 2 and 3: in a blue inverted left floating silver fish ".
1825, the church was completely destroyed by a fire disaster. At the site of the old church there is a cross that is to remember these days and the old place. In the same year the town was rebuilt on both sides of the Berliner Chaussee. The fish symbolize the original economic basis of the place.
In 1997, the Herald Frank Young was commissioned to redesign the coat of arms.
Structures
The present village church Gerwisch originated in 1841 as a replacement for the medieval village church which had been destroyed along with the location of the fire of 1825. It is a neo-classical hall building was built with a square west tower at a new location.
Transport links
Gerwisch is located on the main road halfway between one of Magdeburg (12 km) and the county town of Castle (14 km) and has connection to the railway line Magdeburg- Berlin. A connection point to the Federal Highway 2 is eight kilometers away.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Helmut Zimmermann (1924-2013), German Stadtamtsrat, urban history and family researcher and author
Other personalities
- From 1998 to 2005, the former IAAF World and European champion Grit Breuer lived in Gerwisch.