Pouch, Germany

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Pouch [ pronunciation with strain -u: p ʰ o ː x] is a village in the municipality Muldestausee in the district of Anhalt - Bitterfeld, in Saxony- Anhalt.

• 4.1 Structures
• 4.2 Music

• 5.1 traffic

Geography

Pouch is between Leipzig and Wittenberg on a peninsula between the Muldestausee and the Great Goitzschesees.

History

Pouch was mentioned in the written at the beginning of the 11th century chronicle of the Bishop of Merseburg Thietmar the first time during the year 981 as Pauc. 993 followed the first actual recorded mention. Pouch made ​​with its castle at the trough in the 10th century the center of a Castle Ward. In 1070 came the place to the bishopric of Meissen.

1332 askanischen the Dukes of Saxe -Wittenberg were invested in Pouch. In 1537, the Count of Solms- Lich -bought Philipp rule Sonnenwalde and the manor Pouch by the Dukes of Saxony. It remained until 1945 owned by the Solms family and not rarely played, in connection with the Count of Solms- Sonnenwalde, a not insignificant role in the Duke of Anhalt family policy, such as in connection with the exiled from facts Amalie of Anhalt- Dessau or as a wedding venue between Solmsern and the Counts of Pueckler at Schloss Muskau and Branitz in Lower Lusatia. 1422 went all over feudal relations to the House of Wettin. 1528 reached the Reformation Pouch and the first Protestant worship service was held. 1575 Pouch had 370 inhabitants and carried, for that time, the character of a city. How many churches in the area was looted during the Thirty Years' War in 1637 by Swedish troops and Pouch. The town character was lost by the war.

On October 9, 1813, Field Marshal Blucher was headquarters for a few hours in the village.

Since 1 January 2010, the formerly independent municipality Pouch is part of the unified community Muldestausee. The former municipality was a member of the administrative community Muldestausee pain creek.

Policy

Mayor

The last honorary mayor of the community Pouch was Hans -Peter Fabig and was elected on 12 June 1994.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on 9 May 2000 by the regional council of Dessau and registered in the State Archives Magdeburg under the coat of arms registration number 16/2000.

Blazon: ". Argent from the lower plate edge rising three long-stemmed green oak leaves, before the middle - in the same amount - a black gefugtes red gate with two beknauften pointed roofed tower essays, four round-arched window openings ( 2-2) and a Rundbogentoröffnung "

The coat of arms was designed by Frank heraldist Jung.

Flag

The flag of Pouch is red, each with a narrow white stripes on the sides ( 1:1:8:1:1; Hissflagge: stripes running from top to bottom). The Crest is centrally placed on the flag.

Culture and sights

On the Pouch peninsula was created between 1989 and 2000 with an area of 60 km ² world's largest landscape art project that. The landscape park Goitzsche is part of the project Gartenträume Saxony- Anhalt.

Church

Pouch with depression and Muldestausee

Structures

The castle, the " Red Tower " and the built of field stones in the 13th century church with a late gothic four -leaf carved high altar, the altar painting in the workshop of Wittenberg painter and reformer Lucas Cranach be attributed, or the court painter to Solms- Lich lords of the castle, Hans Döhring, are historical evidence that Pouch compounds not only in the history of Anhalt, but also in the Kingdom of Saxony and Brandenburg had. Based at Castle Pouch gender had direct familial connections to the Dukes of Anhalt- Bernburg and Anhalt Dessau and these can be especially in the armies of Saxony -Anhalt ( The Old Dessauer - Franz Leopold ) - again, see Prussia ( Frederick the Great) and of Brandenburg.

Music

In the years 2007 and 2008, the hip-hop and reggae festival was Splash! organized in Pouch, which was still the largest in Europe 2007. Since 2008, the Sputnik Springbreak Festival takes place there.

Economy and infrastructure

The most important and best-known companies in Pouch are probably the Poucher boats GmbH. The company, which was founded in 1953, was primarily known as a manufacturer of folding kayaks. The GDR in the much sought after " travel two " RZ 85 is still produced today. But since reunification have been added to the classic single and double models, four new types.

Traffic

Through the village run along the highway 100 and State Road 183 from Bitterfeld to Wittenberg. About the completed in 1976 new Muldenbrücke leads the entire long-distance transport of the B 100 in the direction of Wittenberg, Bad Duben and the Dubin Heath.