Grabow, Saxony-Anhalt

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Location of Grabow in Saxony-Anhalt

Grabow is a district of the city Möckern district Jerichower Land in Saxony -Anhalt.

Geography

Agricultural land in the north and forest areas in the west and south on the edge of the nature reserve Möckern - Magdeburgerfoth determine the environment of the place. It lies on the western edge of the Flämings on the banks of the river Ihle. The county town of Burg (near Magdeburg ) is 8.7 km away and can be reached via the national road 52. This road also leads to the nearest freeway Theeßen, which is 7.2 km away.

History

Since the place name Grabow ( Grabawa - White Paper village) is of Slavic origin, it can be concluded that the first settlements in the 5th and 6th centuries. In the first document about the place he is still called " Grabauua ". It is the resulting 940-946 deed of gift for the Magdeburg Otto I. Moritz monastery. In the 12th century the settlement was founded by German new settlements in the region, often in the vicinity of existing Slavic settlements in the course, the Slavic Lüttgen - Grabow and the German wholesale Grabow also existed here for some time side by side. In 1150 will be a Calling by Grabow ministerial family mention. Also in the 12th-century moated castle was built near the site. At the same time the first church was built. 1306 were sold to the diocese of Brandenburg castle and village. The diocese belehnte 1319-1323 the counts of Lindau with Grabow, who sought to expand their sphere of influence to the south. They stepped on the spot not in appearance, but leaving her in a sub- fief relationship to the noble families of Ivan Wulffen and Henning von Barby. As the feud in 1524 passed by the Counts of Lindau at the Brandenburg Elector Joachim I, was mentioned as a so -called Afterlehnsnehmer only the family of Wulffen. 1545 sold Wichmann of Wulffen the Good Grabow to the family of Plotho that remained landlords until the 19th century. The castle grounds remained in the possession of the family of Wulffen. Hans -Christoph von Wulffen left in 1713 to build a new stately home there.

Administratively Grabow was subordinate to the Brandenburg Zauchekreis until 1773, after which it moved to the to the Duchy of Magdeburg belonging Ziesarschen circle. With a further structural change in the district Jerichow I was responsible, from which later the county Jerichow I developed with the county town of Castle, which existed until 1952.

1806 was again mentioned by Carl von Wulffen the family of Wulffen as lords of the manor in Grabow, 1901, the manor was sold to Olof von Lindequist, who rebuilt the mansion to its present form. The scale of his 50 -acre park with more than 50 many rare tree species is wild today (as of 2007 ).

Since Grabow was never touched by major transport routes, it always remained an embossed from agriculture and forestry community. The population grew from 701 in 1910 about 719 in 1939 to 931 in 1964, including the residents of the incorporated towns Kähnert and brick village. On 5 May 1945 the Red Army marched in a Grabow and the last tenant farmers, Hans -Olof von Rohr, a grandson of Lindequist, fled to Saxony. The Soviet soldiers seized the cattle, and the machinery and left the mansion back devastated. With the land reform in 1945 arranged the land of the estate was divided up and distributed to new farmers.

On 12 June 1989, the site attracted attention in the region, as the local church was destroyed by the arson attack of a commissioned officer of the National People's Army down to the ground.

Until 31 December 2009, Grabow was an independent municipality with the associated hamlets Kähnert and brick village. January 1, 2010 Grabow was incorporated into the city Möckern.

Policy

The last mayor of the municipality Grabow was Karola Pöschl.

Blazon: " Argent, a blue oblique Links bar, accompanied up of a blue rising Wolf at the gap, down from a blue book branch. "

In 2001, the municipality decided Grabow running a coat of arms as a sign of communal identity and solidarity of the population with the hometown. The Magdeburg heraldist Jörg Mantzsch received to the order. The symbolism represented by him goes far back in history and take into account the place name, the location of his settlement and the emblem of the family of Wulffen.

Grabow is of Slavic origin. Thirty-two archaeological sites show that Slavs settled here during the second migration of peoples and had the run of the Ihle settlement sites from which developed a community. In Old Slavonic Grabow means so much as white beech, which is derived from the botanical fact. This symbolizes the book branch in the local coat of arms, while the Ihle is represented by a diagonal bar.

For centuries Grabow seat of the family of Wulffen that significantly shaped the place and its social fabric. In their coat of arms they led an increasing wolf, which was also taken over in parts.

Thus, the coat of arms elements: Part of Wulf 's Crest grinder, a book branch, a blue bar.

As Grabows colors are blue - silver ( white).

The flag is blue - white striped ( 1:1 ) ( Hissflagge: stripes running vertically, cross flag: stripes running horizontally ) with the centrally placed coat of arms.

Structures

• The St. Jacob's Church is a late Romanesque stone building with striking large nave, which in the east, a square choir and a semicircular apse are added, each with a smaller floor plan. Choir and apse belong to the original building, which was built in the 12th century, while the nave is likely to be built one hundred years later. Originally a transverse rectangular west tower was provided in Beam, he was apparently not completed and its east wall broken out later. The pitched roof of the nave is therefore drawn to the western wall, and a square tower roof rises above the west gable half-timbered building with a slated eight-sided spire. A striking feature of the building are its small high mounted windows that are slightly ogival shape. The painted altarpiece of 1595, the pulpit from the earlier 17th century and a Baroque baptismal were like the entire interior destroyed by the arson attack of 1989. After the restoration of the interior of the nave bears a alongside boarded wooden flat ceiling, which is provided with wooden supports. On the west side of the loft of the original, also made of wood was modeled in a simplified form. It carries the today 's most valuable asset piece, an organ of the company Friedrich Ladegast from 1866, which was initially intended for the Church in Mutschau. Survived the fire have grave stones of 1325 and 1356, the latter is a double grave stone of the family of Wulffen.

• The former mansion of the family of Wulffen is in the south of the village on the site of the old water castle. The original building of 1713 was substantially changed in 1901 in his appearance. It is a handsome two-story baroque building, divided by twelve window axes. Each two window sections are separated by pilasters. The south facade is provided with a staircase. The east gable is drawn out by about five meters above the south facade, so that it forms a separate wing. Main building and East wing are each covered with a Mansardwalmdach. On the castle grounds are the remains of field stone ramparts of the medieval moated castle available.

Economy

In Grabow probably an illegal mink farm is operated. Against the operator 2012 complaint was made. Currently there are about 200 mink on the farm.

Literature and digital media

• Handbook of historical sites - Province of Saxony Anhalt. Alfred Kröner Verlag, 1993, ISBN 3-520-31402-9.
• Georg Dehio: Handbook of German monuments, Saxony -Anhalt I. German Art Publishers, 2002, ISBN 3-422-03069-7.
• Dietmar Möschner (Ed. ): Churches in the Protestant parish of same -flaming. Evang. Church district Elbe -Flaming, castle 2003, ISBN 3-9809011-0-6.
• CD Saxony -Anhalt - Official Topographic maps. State Agency for Land Surveying and Geoinformation, 2003.