Breitenbach, Burgenlandkreis

51.00333333333312.073888888889269Koordinaten: 51 ° 0 ' 12 " N, 12 ° 4' 26" E

Breitenbacher Views 1900

Breitenbach is a district of the municipality Wetterzeube and located in the south of Saxony-Anhalt castle district.

  • 3.1 Mayor
  • 4.1 Structures
  • 4.2 associations
  • 5.1 traffic
  • 5.2 State institutions
  • 7.1 Literature

Geography

By Breitenbach of the 51st degree of latitude runs.

The former consisted of the Breitenbach Breitenbach place and the hamlets Schlottweh and saw mill.

History

A finding place of the Upper Palaeolithic in 1925 was discovered by the village school teacher Erich Thiersch at the saw mill. This is apparently in approximately 35,000 years ago repeatedly investigated by anatomically modern humans camp. In 2012, archaeologists found at the ongoing excavations since 2009 to now, the oldest ivory workshop of the world, were processed in the mammoth tusks.

Breitenbach and the desert castle Castro Breitenbuch (castle Breitenbach ), southwest of Zeitz was already mentioned in 1138. She was probably in an older system ( from the 10th/11th c.) Has been built into it by the family Breitenbuch and since the mid- 12th to the late 13th century whose headquarters. From the first half of the 13th century, the castle was in the possession of the Naumburg Hochstift, but changed hands several times between the bishop and the Margrave of Meissen. 1306 was the Margrave Dietrich Breitenbach castle to Count Simon of Stolberg, and around 1310 it had Knut Albert probably only briefly as a fief. Presumably, the castle in the armed conflicts of 1315 was destroyed by two fires. 1317 Count Henry of Stolberg sold the castle to the Bishop of Naumburg. The next to the castle lying Kempe ( Bower ) was built from the ruins of the mid-14th century.

On 1 January 2010, the municipalities of Breitenbach and Haynsburg merged with the municipality Wetterzeube the new community Wetterzeube.

Population Development

Development of the population ( as of 1995 December 31):

  • 2003 - 379
  • 2007 - 321

Policy

Breitenbach, together with the districts Schlottweh and Schneidemühle an independent municipality. The community is managed by the Management Community Droyßiger - Zeitz forest.

Mayor

Mayor since 2010 Frank Jacob Culture and sights

Structures

  • Church
  • Castle ruins of Kempe
  • Ramparts of the former imperial castle

Clubs

  • Home club
  • Sports club

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Breitenbach is reached via the highway from Zeitz or by Gera on the highway 2 and the local buses of the MDV Breitenbach is accessible from Zeitz from. The nearest train station is located about 8 km away in Wetterzeube.

State institutions

The south of the municipal area is covered by the former military training area Lonzig.

Burgenlandkreis Breitenbach (archaeological site) Cro-Magnon Theodoric IV, Landgrave of Lusatia House of Stolberg
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