Schwerz

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Location of Schwerz in Landsberg ( Saalekreis )

Schwerz is a village of the town of Landsberg in the Saale district, in Saxony -Anhalt ( Germany ). It consists of the districts Schwerz, dam village and pub.

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Geography

Schwerz lies about 15 kilometers northeast of Halle ( Saale).

History

Schwerz was 1205, the district Dammendorf (as Tammen village and Götewitz ) in 1371 first mentioned. Origins of places and Schwerz Dammendorf find, however, already in Slavic castles from about the 8th to the 10th century.

Until the incorporation to Landsberg on 1 January 2010 Schwerz was an independent municipality in the administrative community Eastern Saalkreis with the associated hamlets pub and village dam. Last Mayor of Schwerz was Beate Bunge. It now takes the function of the local mayor was.

Coat of arms

Blazon: ". In gold, a green ginkgo tree on a hill of crushed black - silver porphyry "

Culture and sights

  • Village church from the 12./13.Jahrhundert with beautiful and large Baroque altar of 1729th
  • Manor House in Schwerz built around 1895, in the ballroom of the house a colored stucco ceiling was exposed again in 2006.
  • In the district Dammendorf the flowers road stands as the center of a dead end Slavic village conservation area.
  • In the district of the local pub estate is protected. He formerly served as a customs station between Prussia and Saxony with attached Ausspanne called " The Crown" (hence the local name " bar" ).

Natural Monuments

In the park of the former manor of Dammendorf a 300 year old oak pyramid is (height 30.1 m, crown diameter 27 m circumference 5.90 m ). Furthermore, there is a gingko tree ( planted about 1920 to 1940 ) served as the template for the local coat of arms of Schwerz Dam village next to the Schwerzer mountain.

Monuments

A memorial honors the inventor of Hoffmann drops, Friedrich Hoffmann. Friedrich Hoffmann was in 1741 for a year Schwerzer owner of the manor.

Economy and infrastructure

The Central German building materials AG operates in Schwerz a large quarry at Schwerzer Mountain (formerly 131m above sea level).

Transport links

Schwerz is located three kilometers north of the federal highway 100 which leads from Halle to Bitterfeld. Walk through it to reach the motorway junctions Halle ( Saale) on the A 9 (Munich - Berlin) and Hall / Peißen on the A 14 ( Nossen -Magdeburg ).

Schwerz is located in the regional public transport network. The nearest railway station is on the railway line Niemberg Magdeburg -Leipzig. The bus 354 provides direct connections from weekdays Schwerz to Halle, Landsberg and Zoerbig.

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