Am Großen Bruch

At the Great Rift is a municipality without eponymous capital district Borde in Saxony -Anhalt. In the district Hamersleben is a branch of the municipality Western flare.

Geography

The community at the Great Rift lies between the town of Oschersleben ( Bode) and the Lower Saxon border. The name of the municipality in the western Magdeburg is based on the valley of the Great break, a 50 km long valley that - crossed by the Great Trench - ranging from the Oker in the west to the east Bode. The north and south of the Great break location area is characterized by fertile hills. The pastures of the lowlands, which were previously characterized by impenetrable swamps, are now used as pasture. East of Neuwegersleben and Neudamm is a 10 km ² large nature reserve.

Community structure

When quarters are recognized:

• Gunsleben
• Hamersleben
• Neuwegersleben
• Wulferstedt

History

The community at the Great Rift was on 1 July 2004 from the voluntary merger of previously independent municipalities Gunsleben, Hamersleben (first mentioned in 1021 ) and Neuwegersleben. It was founded by the communities joined forces at the Great Rift and Wulferstedt to a new community at the Great Rift on 1 January 2010 once again.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved 22 May 2012 by the county.

Blazon: " Argent, a blue wave bar; above four tied together at the ends to a sheaf of stalks red ears of corn, down on bended silver shield reason, a twin-towered red monastery church with ridge turret and seven arched windows. "

The spatial division by the eponymous former marshland characterizes today's landscape. Thus, individual parts of municipalities were to be achieved by construction of a new dam at Neuwegersleben only by ferry. This spatial division is represented by the blue wave bar, which divides the label geographically. It is the same as the symbol for the Great fracture, which has also given the community its name.

The coloring in red and silver or red and white is geared towards both the colors of the former diocese of Halberstadt, also all parts of municipalities and also the monastery in Hamersleben have heard, as well as the colors of the existing historic town coat of arms, mostly showing these colors.

The ears of corn are to be seen both as symbols of the most fertile flare - bottom parts of the community and in their symbolic number for each of the four districts. Incidentally, there is a certain historical continuity that the ears of corn played a major role in the arms of the previous administration unit. The surrounding it ring represents the merger of the municipalities in the new administration.

The monastery underlying stands on a curved shield reason. It presents in a stylized form is the former monastery of St. Pancras in the district Hamer life, which is also situated higher than the other parts of municipalities. This is the view from the east, which was chosen because most of the east choir makes the monastery in his Hirsauer style distinctive and thus makes the recognition value of the original structure in stylized emblem possible.

The former Augustinian Canons commits 2012, the 900th anniversary of its founding. It can already be seen in the landscape from afar forth from all directions and it dominated and shaped to its secularization in 1805 seen historically all parts of the church today. So, for example, owes the district Neuwegersleben its founding and multiple reconstruction solely the work of the monks in the monastery to Hamersleben, the architecturally and socially in its heyday until well beyond the current borders, and even enjoyed Europe-wide broadcasts.

The coat of arms was designed by Halle historian and Herald - Marc Robert Wistuba.

Economy and infrastructure

Local businesses

In the municipality an agricultural cooperative is established, furthermore, there are some craft ( electrical installation, construction business, engineering firm). Hamersleben is an elementary school site.

Transport links

The districts Hamersleben and Neuwegersleben are on the main road 245, the district Gunsleben about 5 km west of the parallel state road from Wackersleben to Halberstadt. About Hornhausen the B leads 246 for about 10 km distant town Oschersleben ( Bode). At Oschersleben is the nearest station ( railway line Magdeburg- Halberstadt ). The railway line Oschersleben Gunsleben was set on June 1, 1992 and deconsecrated in parts.

All four districts are located on the southern route of the Romantic Road.

Attractions

• Monastery Hamersleben with the Collegiate Church of St. Pancras
• Telegraph House in Neuwegersleben - one of the last largely preserved in the building fabric station of the Prussian optical telegraph line Berlin - Coblenz ( operated 1833-1848 ), which has now been reconstructed and serves as a museum.

Telegraph station Neuwegersleben

Monastery Hamersleben St. Pancras