Maasdorf

51.68111111111111.96138888888989Koordinaten: 51 ° 40 ' 52 "N, 11 ° 57' 41" E

Maas village is a hamlet of the town Southern Anhalt district Anhalt- Bitterfeld, in Saxony- Anhalt.

Geography

Maas village is situated between Köthen (Anhalt) and Halle ( Saale), south-east of Edderitz.

History

Mastre was first mentioned in 1253 and was sold in 1338 by John of Gatersleben to Prince Albert II. Since 1469 the place is called Mass village. 1844, there were 279 people. The old church of the village, which dates back to the 14th century, was demolished in 1901 and replaced by a new building.

Until the formation of the unified community Southern Anhalt on 1 January 2010 Maas village was an independent municipality in the administrative community Southern Anhalt.

Policy

Mayor

The last mayor of the municipality Maas village was Andreas Böhme, which now has served as mayor.

Coat of arms

Blazon: ". Azure, a black contoured silver bell on a curved, occupied by five black nail heads golden bells chair "

The design of a coat of arms for Maas village was given by the municipality in April 1998 in order to introduce the rules of heraldry appropriate and officially authorized emblem of the place in the seal on the flag and in the other use.

Maas village led by then no officially approved coat of arms, used but proven for many decades a bell in the picture seal. This bell refers to a church bell in the local church. It is the smaller of two existing bell bells and was probably cast in the 13th century in Reinsdorf. Your tape bears the words: " Oh, king of the earth, come in peace, they shall be called Johanna. "

In GDR times, led Maasdorf his bell in a self-designed crest. As this was but heraldic incorrect, it required the approval of a redesign, which was carried out by the Kommunalheraldiker Jörg Mantzsch.

Memorial

• Burial in the local cemetery for an unknown concentration camp prisoner who was murdered in April 1945 during a death march from the camp Long -Zwieberge, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp, SS - men

Transport links

East of the Meuse village runs the federal highway 183, of Bitterfeld -Wolfen to Köthen (Anhalt).