Gröbern

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Gröbern is a district of the municipality Muldestausee district Anhalt-Bitterfeld in Saxony -Anhalt ( Germany ).

Geography

Gröbern between Dessau and Leipzig on the edge of Duebener Heath. In a residual hole of the pit Gröbern built on 36 hectares of Gröberner lake.

History

At the dedication of the church to Wörlitz on December 12, 1200 Gröbern was mentioned for the first time. In the 13th century a chapel was by monks who came from Wörlitz built. In the 15th century the village belonged to the Lord of Rabiel Pouch. 1531 came to the rectory Gröbern Zschornewitz. In the Thirty Years' War, the town was completely destroyed. 1653 returned the first residents and the town was inhabited from 1686. The destroyed church was rebuilt in 1686-1699.

Before the Battle of Leipzig, the place was occupied by a French sentry and 30 men. He was liberated by the Prussian Dragoons. Until 1815 Gröbern part of the Electorate of Saxony, later, the newly founded district Bitterfeld in Prussia.

Traffic Technically, the place was opened in 1824 with the construction of the highway Wittenberg and Bitterfeld. In 1921 the sports club HSV Gröbern, formed in 1925, the volunteer fire department Gröbern and 1927 the first marching band. 1941, a pit for the development of the lignite deposits was prepared, in 1944, the project was discontinued.

As part of local government reform came Gröbern 1952 to the newly founded county Graefenhainichen. From 1974 to 1979, the multi-purpose building was built. In the 1980s, preparations were made for the opening of the mine Gröbern, in March 1985 drove the first coal train. There is a 100,000 -year-old skeleton of a forest elephant was found on 8 June 1987. In 1993, the open pit was closed. From the same year, the village belonged to the newly formed administrative body pain creek. In 1994, the city again to the district of Bitterfeld. On 5 December 1995, the instrument of the lead a coat of arms was presented by the regional council. 1998, the association " ZEUSS " was ( " center for recreation, environmental, sports and social affairs" - children and youth are the future ) established to promote and set up a project of the same name on the former opencast mine. Since 1 July 2007 Gröbern part of the new district of Anhalt -Bitterfeld. On 1 January 2010, the city was incorporated into the newly founded community Muldestausee.

Coat of arms

Blazon: " square of blue and gold; Field 1 and 4: two golden ears of corn, field 2 and 3: a black Bergmannsgezähe ".

In order to perform an officially authorized crest, commissioned the then municipality in 1995 the Magdeburg Kommunalheraldiker Jörg Mantzsch with the design and initiation of the approval process. Source of income was for centuries agriculture in Gröbern. It was a typical farming village with farming and some livestock. In the recent past, mining was carried out in the region. From these circumstances, her coat of arms elements were decided: Agriculture symbolize in gevierten sign on two blue squares each two golden ears of corn, the mining of two golden squares each a black hammer and chisel.

The colors Gröberns are yellow and blue.

Transport links

Through the village the main road leads 100 of Bitterfeld -Wolfen to Wittenberg.

Others

On June 8, 1987 came excavator driver in the mining Gröbern on bones of a 100,000 years old forest elephants.