Ranies

52.01777777777811.82638888888948Koordinaten: 52 ° 1 ' 4 " N, 11 ° 49' 35" E

Ranies is a district of Nice (Elbe ) in a salt land district, in Saxony -Anhalt, six kilometers from the city center and located on the eastern side of the river. Ranies is on the same Auer Werder, a large river island between today's current age and Elbe Elbe.

Geography

The area of the village Ranies is enclosed in the west, south and east of a same loop. The city is located about 7 km from Gommern Ranies away.

History

1176 emerges originally Slavic populated place first time in documents. The village church, " St. Lucas " dates from the 13th century. The remoteness kept the community often plundered and destroyed ( during the Thirty Years' War, and 1806 ).

Ranies was 1692/93 affected by witch hunts. The 24 -year-old Catherine, wife of Henry Randel, was caught in a witch trial. She was accused of having a devil pot. She received eight days in prison.

In a more than 125 -year tradition of Ranieser choir can refer. A supra-regional attraction is the Carnival Monday parades that take place since 1954.

On 1 January 2009 Ranies was incorporated into the City Beautiful Beck.

Attractions

• Village church of St. Lucas
• " Hutungseichen " in the Elbe - Over 300 years old oaks
• Planets and planetary garden nature trail along the Elbe cycle path towards Schönebeck

Transport links

For the peninsula -like local situation of Ranies lead two roads: from the B 246a and from across the Old Elbe from Pretzien. The nearest train stations are in Gommern ( route Magdeburg -Dessau ) and Beautiful Beck ( route Magdeburg- Halle).