Hobeck

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Location of Hobeck in Saxony-Anhalt

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

Geography and transport

The town is located on a ridge, a western foothills of the flaming, between the valleys of the rivers Ehle in the north and in the south Nuthe. The surrounding area is determined by agricultural land to the southeast Hobeck is framed by Hobecker hole and Auerswald, where the terrain rises to 107 meters above sea level. The town is located on the regional road 56, which connects it Göbel and Klepp and with the nearby towns Gommern and Leitzkau. The county town of Burg (near Magdeburg ) is 32 kilometers by road, the state capital Magdeburg 34 km away. The nearest railway station is located in Loburg six kilometers away and the nearest highway exit is the castle AS -east of the A 2 26 kilometers away.

History

Hobeck was until the end of the Thirty Years' War in the sphere of influence of the archbishopric of Magdeburg. After the secularization of Brandenburg - Prussia exercised rule over the land. After the introduction of the new Prussian district regulations, the town was incorporated in 1818 in the circle I Jerichow. When the GDR 1952 local government reform carried out, Hobeck came to Zerbst district. These membership remained until June 30, 2007, before he moved to the district Jerichower country because of civil Entscheides occasion of a district reform in Saxony- Anhalt.

The embossed on farming community decreed in 1910 only about 90 inhabitants. In addition to the community Hobeck still existed the independent authority Gutsbezirk Hobeck that in the same year had 64 inhabitants. Since the 18th century the noble family von Munchausen landowner. This fact corresponds to the fact that Hobeck since 1874 belonged to the Official Kalitz where the Munchausen also owned a manor. As part of local government reform in 1928, the estate districts Hobeck, Göbel and Klepp were combined with the rural community Hobeck. This came Hobeck 1933 to 503 inhabitants. By boosting in the GDR - era agriculture and the creation of job- intensive businesses in the neighboring towns and Loburg Möckern, the population increased in 1964 to 705

On 1 January 2009 the then independent municipality Hobeck was incorporated into Möckern. The municipality of the districts Göbel and Klepp and the living space Klepp belonged brickyard.

Policy

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on 4 June 1993 by the regional council of Dessau.

Blazon: " Divided by green and gold; occupied with a growing out of the sign foot Linde, whose trunk is accompanied on both sides by a slanted ear, in mistook tinctures. "

The municipality colors were gold ( yellow) - Green.

The Linde represented the old landmark of this village and was also an indication of the wooded area, where the location is. The two ears symbolized on the one hand, the two districts Göbel and Klepp and suggested to others on the main industry, agriculture, back. The coat of arms was designed by the Heraldry Society "Black Lion" Leipzig and recorded in the Quedlinburg Wappenrolle under the number QWR II/89051 on 15 November 1989.

Flag

The flag was approved on 23 December 2008 the county. She was yellow-green ( 1:1) striped ( cross- shape: strips horizontally extending, longitudinal shape: strip running vertically ) and centrally occupied with the municipal coat of arms.

Evangelical Church

In Hobeck already existed in the Middle Ages a church building, which was replaced 1687-1691 by a new building. There was a rectangular stucco building, which in the East is a multi-sided chancel was added. On the west facade of a church steeple was built, which extend up to the ridge of the roof of the church basement has a square floor plan. Above that is the six-sided bell storey wearing a Baroque cupola. The interior has a barrel-vaulted wooden ceiling, on the west wall of a gallery is attached. The pulpit altar from the 17th century is richly decorated with ornaments. Carved figures represent Christ, the evangelists and Moses dar. Under the pulpit there is a representative of the Lord's Supper paintings.

Swell

The description of the church are based on data from " churches in the Protestant parish of same -flaming ", self-published in 2003