Diesdorf

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The patch This village is a municipality in the Altmark Salzwedel in Saxony- Anhalt.

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Coat of Arms
• 3.3 flag

• 4.1 monastery church
• 4.2 megalithic tombs in this village

Geography

The place is located in the western Altmark and is characterized by a gently rolling moraine landscape with mostly wooded barren sandy soils, designed primarily by the Saale ice age.

This village is located about 25 km southwest of Salzwedel. In the immediate neighboring Lower Saxony is the closest major city Wittingen in about ten kilometers away.

Community structure

When quarters are recognized:

• Abbendorf
• Mountain bog
• Dankensen
• This village
• Dülseberg
• Haselhorst
• Höddelsen

• Hohenböddenstedt
• Hohengrieben
• Lindhof
• Mehmke
• Molmke
• Neuekrug
• Peckensen

• Reddigau
• Too bad mountain
• Too bad good
• Waddekath
• Wüllmersen

Dwelling places of the municipality are:

• Forsthof Four
• Kersten mountain
• Römke
• Ham mill

Climate

The annual rainfall is 622 mm. Rainfall is low. They are located in the lower quarter of the detected values ​​in Germany. At 25% of the stations of the German Weather Service lower values ​​are registered. The driest month is October, most rainfall occurs in August. In August, falling 1.6 times more precipitation than in October. Precipitation varies only slightly and are distributed extremely evenly throughout the year. At only 4% of the monitoring stations, lower seasonal swings are recorded.

Traffic

This village is located on the country's roads 8 Wittingen - Salzwedel (part of the German Framework Road ) and 11 Diesdorf - Beetzendorf - Apenburg (part of the Romanesque Road ). Until the closure of the section Diesdorf - Dähre the railway line Diesdorf - Salzwedel on 23 May 1993, the city was connected to the railway network. Back in 1945 or 1973, the rail direction Witt rings and Beetzendorf was adjusted. Today, all distances are reduced.

Economy

In the district Peckensen a natural gas storage caverns is a derzeigen storage volume of 220 million m³. A further expansion to 400 cubic meters is planned.

History

The megalithic tombs in shame welfare and the megalithic tombs at Diesdorf evidence of a settlement in the region already for the Neolithic.

The town was founded in 1112 first mentioned. Founded in 1161 by Count Hermann von Warpke - Lüchow the pin of the Augustinian Canons Marienwerderstraße. This greatly influenced the history and development of the place. After the reformation and secularization of the monastery in 1551 here Domänenamt of the Brandenburg state and a noble woman pin was set up. 1810 were both dissolved under the reign of the French King of Westphalia. After the reincorporation of Prussia the place with the Altmark came to Magdeburg Region and thus in the province of Saxony, from 1947, the state of Saxony- Anhalt emerged. From 1952, with resolution of the states within the country, this village belonged to the district of Magdeburg. Since 27 March 1998, the community officially carries the name of additional spots.

In this village, the open-air museum was founded, in 1911 is the oldest half-timbered houses of various purpose and form.

• On 1 January 1990 Abbendorf and Waddekath were incorporated to this village.
• On 1 December 1992, the incorporation of pity mountain followed.
• On 1 January 2010, the formerly independent municipality Neuekrug was incorporated into this village.
• On 1 September 2010, the formerly independent municipality Mehmke followed.

Policy

Parish council

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following result for the composition of the council:

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on 1 April 1997 by the regional council of Magdeburg.

Blazon: "In a Red bewinkeltes of four rising golden oak leaves golden bordiertes black cross with a heart sign, heart sign diagonally quartered black and gold, topped with a diamond window in confused colors. "

The Monastery This village had a significant position for development in the Altmark. The Augustinian Abbey, founded in 1161 by the Earl of Warpke - Lüchow contributed significantly to shaping the structure and location. It played a significant role in the missionary and economic development. Located in the geographical border area abutting dominions, crossed here and linked to various political and cultural influences. This is the coat of arms by both the cross and through the heart shield its expression. The cross stands for Christianity and the monastery pen, but also for paths crossing. In the heart sign is symbolized by the abutting fields of Schrägvierung the Altmark border area. The diamond window, leaning against the Wappenmotivik the founding masters of the monastery, fenced mural the center of Schrägvierung and acts as multiple symbolic. The oak leaves on the one part with respect to the beauty of the natural landscape, on the other hand line centuries-old oak trees, the monastery walls. A specific reference to the local image also shows the window hash dar. Not only the half-timbered building of the museum, this village has repeatedly varied on this subject, and the remaining parts of the medieval convent walls carry alternating red and black bricks of this eye-catching signs.

Flag

The flag of the spots This village shows the colors black - gold ( yellow). There is a flag with two narrow black outer stripes and a wider golden ( yellow ) center stripe, which is occupied with the municipal coat of arms.

Culture and sights

Abbey

In this village, the Church of St. Mary and Crucis of 1161 is by Count Hermann founded by Warpke - Lüchow Augustinian Canons, was first built in 1182. The brick Romanesque church is one of the oldest in the Altmark, which have a complete groin vault. Its interior is dominated by the construction in a bound system. Their appearance shows decorative elements such as pilasters, cross arch frieze, frieze diamond, zigzag frieze and German band. The highly visible tower in neo-Romanesque style was built in 1863.

Megalithic tombs in this village

In the vicinity of this village are the megalithic tombs in this village, a group of three preserved Neolithic grave sites.

Personalities

• Mahlke Heinrich (1851-1921), member of the Reichstag, born in Dankensen
• Fritz Darges (1913-2009), adjutant of Adolf Hitler, born in Dülseberg
• Helmut Gäde (* 1932), crop scientist, born in Peckensen