Rosian

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Location of Rosian in Saxony-Anhalt

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

Geography

Rosian is located on the upper Ehle, 17 kilometers east of the center of Möckern away. The landscape is dominated by the West flaming, east of the village extend the woods of the nature reserve west flaming. The West Flaming falls gradually from here towards the Elbe. The immediate area in a radius of two kilometers is determined by agricultural land. North and south of Ehletales reached the area around Rosian heights of about 95 m above sea level. NN. Rosian is close to the highway 246 of Möckern about Loburg to Bad Belzig.

History

1260, the village was first mentioned and was initially called Resegane. In some sources it is mentioned that a swamp castle was present in its place in 1188. 1383 Resegane was cited as parish village. A church was already available in 1274. First, under the rule of the archbishopric of Magdeburg, Rosian came after the Thirty Years' War in 1688 to the Duchy of Magdeburg, Brandenburg. In the division of the existing circuit into two districts Jerichower overall by the Prussian administration Rosian was the District 1 assigned, from which later the county Jerichow I developed, which consisted with its administrative headquarters castle until 1952. In the management reorganization of the East German government from 1952 Rosian came to the circle Loburg within the district of Magdeburg. In 1957, the district was dissolved and Loburg Rosian added to the Zerbst district. In 1974, the city was incorporated Isterbies. After German reunification, and the 1st district reform of the federal state of Saxony- Anhalt Rosian was assigned to the district of Anhalt -Zerbst. Community structure was Rosian until 30 June 2007 management community Elbe- Ehle Nuthe. As part of the Administrative Reform of 2007, the district of Anhalt -Zerbst was dissolved and Rosian transferred land in the district Jerichower. On 1 January 2009 Rosian was incorporated into the city Möckern.

1910 Rosian had 636 inhabitants, whose numbers dropped to 1933 to 588. In 1964, the population stood at 585

Policy

The coat of arms was approved on 18 March 1993 by the regional council of Dessau.

Blazon: " Split of red and silver; a silver front and rear ear of corn on green mountain a triple gezinnter red tower. "

The municipality colors are red - silver ( white).

The coat of arms was designed by the Heraldry Society "Black Lion" Leipzig. The ear is the immemorial operated in the municipality of Agriculture document, which is the main livelihood of the inhabitants. The tower points to the formerly existing castle on the hill still present and has only symbolic and historic character. The colors red - silver refer to the former belonging to the Archdiocese and later Duchy of Magdeburg.

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

Structures

The village church to Rosian, whose origin goes back to the 13th century, still has many elements of the late Romanesque style. In the north and the east wall of the apse are still the original windows and get to the south side of the choir, the priest round-arched gate. Other Romanesque windows and portals are indeed bricked but still visible.

The building consists of a rectangular nave with gabled roof, the engaged almost square choir and the apse. About the western gable a truss roof riders was built in 1788 with ziegelgedecktem pyramid roof. All perimeter walls made ​​of hewn boulders.

Inside, the nave is terminated by a flat ceiling. Here, too, a round triumphal arch and apse arch back to the Romanesque origin. The baptismal font made ​​of sandstone with round basin and its octagonal foot comes from late Romanesque period. Around 1520 the late Gothic carved with central shrine, wings and predella was manufactured. All parts are provided with paintings showing the Madonna, the Twelve Apostles and the Veil of Veronica ( predella ). From 1587 comes the wooden pulpit. In the chancel wall paintings have survived from the period around 1500. They show in two rows images of saints. Visible are still Peter, Andrew, Paul and James, as well as a bishop.