Golzow, Potsdam-Mittelmark
Golzow is a municipality in the center of the district of Potsdam- agent Mark Brandenburg and part of the Office Brück.
Geography
Golzow is located approximately 14 kilometers north of Bad Belzig and about 19 kilometers south of Brandenburg on the River Plane. The place is located south of the Zauche between the Golzower Busch, who is one of the few forest areas on the northern edge of the Belziger countryside meadows in Baruth glacial valley and the vast forest area of Zauche.
Community structure
The municipality Golzow after the main statutes include the inhabited parts of communes green oak, Lucksfleiß, Müggenburg and hammer dam as well as the residential places Königsberg and Pernitz.
History
A Wasserburg Golzow, located between the western slopes of the High Zauche and flaming, was mentioned in 1219: " usque break seu golsowe ". In 1236 and 1313 " Golzowe " and 1329 " Goltzowe ". In the latter certificate is found for the first time the mention of Ludwig von Rochow, and in 1335 joined the brothers Wichard, Betecke and Hans von Rochow the Margrave Ludwig the " Kapdung " ( a wooded meadow south of Golzow between the tarpaulin and Temnitz, ) and the town " etc. to the Gelzowe "together with the customs, the two mills, the Barbican, Weingarten from which they were rewarded with goods otherwise, since they were apparently not invested, but had the goods in pledge possession. After several changes of ownership, the cousins John, Henning and Wichard von Rochow dissolved around 1350 from the estates and built the " Mickeburg " [Note 1] with its fortifications. Your expenses for this were so high that the margrave was compelled in 1351, leaving them "the house and town Golzow with fields, the wood Kapedunk and the Havel to break right back " to. At the same time, he confirmed to them the possession of the goods, which they had previously.
Under the protection of the castle, then developed the community. Fires and wars destroyed the castle, whose ruins in 1685 a mansion was built in Baroque style. This was destroyed at the end of the Second World War.
After the reunification in 1989/90 also Golzow was in a period of tremendous upheaval. The immediate decline of LPG and other state-owned enterprises followed the infrastructural renewal in the 1990s. Today you can find in Golzow numerous retail companies as well as a variety of smaller workshops. Despite declining birth rates, the primary school " Friedrich Eberhard von Rochow " has been preserved. The same junior high school, however, was closed.
In the course of the Brandenburg municipal reform of 2002, it moved from office to office Lehnin Brück and remains as an independent municipality exist. The community representatives would thus prevent Golzow rises in the large village Lehnin. Previously failed attempts to merge itself with the surrounding communities Reckahn, derricks, Cammer and Oberjünne.
Policy
The Council of the Municipality consists of 10 deputies. The municipal election held on September 28, 2008 resulted in a turnout of 54.5 % to the following result:
Attractions
In the list of monuments in Golzow and in the list of ground monuments in Golzow (middle mark) are registered in the list of monuments of the country Brandenburg cultural monuments.
Tourist of importance is the octagonal church. The church was built in 1750 in Baroque style on an artificial hill. It was built as a two-storey gallery church with Patronatsloge. She was a cast bell in 1606 by Urban Schober down from the previous and in 1921 two steel bells. In the crypt there are coffins dating from the 18th and 19th centuries.
In the village, the museum is " Old Distillery ". The museum is located on the estate Golzow. Shown is the art of distilling and exhibits on the history of the place. On the grounds of the estate are old agricultural equipment.
Transport links
Between Bad Belzig and Brandenburg an der Havel, the town is located about halfway on the main road 102, the Federal Highway 2 can be reached via the Brandenburg connection (about 8 km).