Neißeaue

Neißeaue is the easternmost community in Germany. It is located in the Saxon district of Görlitz between the small town of Rothenburg / Upper Lusatia and the county town of Görlitz on the border with Poland. The municipality, located in the district of Great Krauscha belongs to the administrative Association White Schoeps / Neisse.

Geography

Geographical location

Neißeaue located in the extreme east of the district in a wooded area in Neißetal. It is located about 10 km north of Görlitz, 10 km southeast of Niesky. In the present borders of Germany center village, Deschka and Zodel lie east of the 15th degree of longitude as the only places ( about 2 km). Since this marks a time difference of 1 hours exactly to the zero meridian in Greenwich, ie, here the true time the Central European Time.

Between the hamlets Deschka and village center ( easternmost town in Germany ) is located in a loop of the river Neisse of the easternmost point of Germany ( 51 ° 16 ' 22 " N, 15 ° 2' 31" O51.27289615.041925 ).

Surrounding communities include the city of Rothenburg / OL in the north, Horka the northwest, Kodersdorf in the West, Schöpstal in the southwest and the town of Görlitz in the south. On the Polish side Neisse only the urban and rural community Pieńsk borders ( Penzig ).

Community structure

The municipality was formed Neißeaue new July 1, 1995 as a political and economic management unit. Their predecessors were large communities Krauscha ( with New Krauscha ), cold water ( with small Krauscha ) and Zodel. Emmerich forest was this removed as a separate district from the district of Great Krauscha. On 1 January 1999, the municipality Deschka was incorporated ( with centering village).

In December 2008, the population figures were distributed as follows:

History

The largest district is Zodel, he was first mentioned about 1325 as Zcodel. Great Krauscha has been mentioned about ten years earlier than 1315 (en) Crushin documented. The district chilled water 1385 as Kaldin water and small Krauscha was mentioned as Cruschow 1408 documentary.

From 1377 to 1396 the region of the duchy of Lausitz and from 1635 until 1815 for the Electorate of Saxony belonged ( since 1806 Kingdom of Saxony ). As a result of the Congress of Vienna the places came to Prussia and 1816 were assigned to the province of Silesia. The border ran between the counties of Rothenburg and Görlitz by the church today; Cold water and small Krauscha belonged to Rothenburg, the remaining locations for district Görlitz.

After the Second World War, the places from 1945 to 1952 belonged again to the state of Saxony. Due to the administrative reform of 1952 cold water and small Krauscha came to the circle Niesky, the remaining places to circle Görlitz (both district Dresden). Since 1990, the places are again among the Saxon counties, with the establishment of the Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia circle on 1 August 1994 they were the first time in the same county.

Community partnership

Neißeaue maintains a partnership with the Polish community Pieńsk, which is located on the opposite bank of the Neisse. This partnership began when in 1992 a planned joint wastewater treatment plant and in 1994 was finally built in Pieńsk. In August 2000, this partnership was strengthened by a partnership contract with the cultural and economic cooperation should be strengthened. At the annual bridge festival a bridge connects it one weekend both communities.

Attractions

• Culture Einsiedel at centering village
• Gothic Protestant Church in Zodel
• Traugott Gerber Museum
• Bird Park Deschka
• Root Park
• The easternmost point of Germany between Deschka and village center

Traffic

The Federal Highway 4 runs a few kilometers south of the community of which they can be reached via the interchanges Kodersdorf or Görlitz (about 6 km). Along the Neisse runs the road S 127, the Bad Muskau Rothenburg / OL leads to Görlitz. The railway line Berlin- Görlitz through the community.

Personalities

The physician and botanist Traugott Gerber was born in January 1710 in Zodel. According to him, the Gerbera was named.