Jänschwalde

Jaenschwalde, Lower Janšojce, is a municipality in the district of Spree- Neisse in Brandenburg in East Germany. She is amt nationals community of the Office Peitz. Jaenschwalde is known by the same name lignite mine and the nearby power plant Jaenschwalde.

• 2.1 Amalgamations
• 2.2 Development of the place name

• 3.1 Municipal Council
• 3.2 Local partnership

• 4.1 Music
• 4.2 Sorbian tradition lives

• 5.1 traffic
• 5.2 Jänschwalde

Geography

The municipality belongs to the Lower Lusatia. The nearest small town is Peitz, Cottbus is 25 kilometers away. A larger part of the municipal area is occupied by the brown coal mining Jaenschwalde ranging in the east to the Neisse River and thus to the border with Poland. The southern border of the town is the Malxe.

Community structure

The municipality consists of the villages:

• Jaenschwalde Village ( Lower Sorbian: Janšojce - Wjas )
• Jaenschwalde East ( Janšojce - Jutšo )
• Drewitz ( Drjejce )
• Grießen ( Grěšna )

Jaenschwalde Village

The village is separated from the district of the colony by the small stream Puschanitza, legally, which are both parts of a contiguous district. The mayor is Günther Selleng.

In the immediate vicinity of 1806-1807 built church houses a pub and the "Youth Shack " as an offer for the young people in the village as well as some shops. The free-standing, low bell tower houses three bells from the 15th and 16th centuries. In the German - Wendish museum next to the church, which was established in the former school building and in the parish barn, you can find out about the history of the place in an entertaining way. The life of the church has another center at the nearby rectory, which is open to all age groups.

Colony

In the so-called colony is a butcher, another shop and a post office located at the same position immediately behind the cemetery. In the center of the colony, the restaurant Brauhaus was Zur Linde with its own brewery.

Jaenschwalde East

Three kilometers away is through the forest Jaenschwalde East, which was built in 1952 as a residential settlement for professional soldiers of the nearby military airfield. For this airfield and associated barracks but the military use already ended on 31 December 1995 with the transfer of the properties of the Bundeswehr to the federal Agency for Real Estate.

There are mainly new buildings, as well as a primary school and a kindergarten. The Krabat - primary school in the village offers Witaj. In addition, the Rural Socio-cultural center serves as a meeting point for leisure activities for young and old with craft afternoons, library and sports facilities such as judo. Also Jaenschwalde East is connected with a railway station on the trains.

History

Jaenschwalde to have originated in the 13th century by Wendish settlers. The Sorbian name for the place - Janšojce - in German means: that the Jan, Jansch or Jänsch ear end, so probably a facility located in Malxebruch settlement was called under the direction of a Jänsch. In 1346 Jaenschwalde was - written oxy Walde - mentioned in the so-called Meissen matriculation as Kirchdorf, which had three pennies to pay to the diocese, church tax. The place was built on a flat Talsandinsel in the marshes of Malxeniederung. The houses were on large boulders resting block houses with thatched roof.

The town of Peitz received the privilege for the road crossing the Malxebruches and a customs office in 1357. With office and domain, the city was responsible for 11 such villages and also for Jaenschwalde. 1544 calls the Peitzer Office book the entire swamp forest between Jaenschwalde, Tauer and Peitz " Jänsch Waldi 's forest ". After drainage and deforestation of Malxebruchs in the 17th and 18th centuries, a large area of ​​arable land was. The meadows and fields allowed good yields. In the 18th century it was the settlement of colonists from Saxony near the time monolingual Sorbian Jaenschwalde. The newly created district near the sheep farm was called " colony ". The live-in population were employed as craftsmen or earned their living as forest workers and day laborers.

Today's towerless church was built in 1806, the parish homestead with the parish barn built in the mid 19th century. Economic boom came with the transport links of the place to the railway line Cottbus Guben the hall - Sorau - Gubener Railway Company in 1871. The construction of the railway line as well as working as a railway staff brought for many residents employment and earning potential. The reclamation of the areas, meadows and arable land supplied the people, although high water like in August 1897 in 1926/27, 1930 and 1958, crop failures and heavy losses meant. With the further development of agriculture, the increasing livestock production and the progressive mechanization also improved the living conditions of the people.

After 1945 has been added to the hamlets of existing a third - Jaenschwalde -east. Here were about 2000 people a new home, mostly lived here professional soldiers and employees of the National People's Army, a military airfield operation here with their families.

Incorporations

On 1 July 1998 Horno was incorporated, which was devastated in 2004 as a result of the adjacent lignite mine. Drewitz and grits were incorporated on 26 October 2003.

Development of the place name

Policy

Municipal council

In the local elections on October 28, 2008 resulted in a turnout of 69.6 % following result for the composition of the municipal council:

Local partnership

• With Iłowa in the Polish part of Upper Lusatia is a community partnership.

Culture and sights

In the list of monuments in Jaenschwalde and in the list of ground monuments in Jaenschwalde are registered in the list of monuments of the country Brandenburg monuments.

Music

For the cultural life of the town the Jänsch Walder Blasmusikanten play an important role. The 2001 hervorgegange from the fire department band founded in 1972 Jaenschwalde music ensemble has become known nationwide and has been held since 2000 regularly Jänsch Walder Blasmusikfest.

Sorbian tradition lives

A local association of Domowina and the village youth, which has organized itself as a youth initiative, organized every year the implementation Sorbian traditional events. These Sorbian Fastnacht ( Zapust ), the Easter fire and the Sorbian cock plucking include ( Kokot ). These festivities are closely linked to the Wendish history of the village. Furthermore, it is established on May 1, a maypole.

Economy and infrastructure

In the local situation, the colony built in 2000 private brewery brewery was Zur Linde. It produced 12,000 liters of beer a year and that was mostly served in the associated guest room, but also sold in barrels.

Traffic

Both Jaenschwalde village and Jaenschwalde East are breakpoints of the regional express line Cottbus -Frankfurt (Oder). In the district Drewitz is the airfield Cottbus- Drewitz.

Jänschwalde

In the field of the neighboring community pond land is located with the power plant Jaenschwalde the second largest lignite-fired power plant in Germany.