Sachsendorf, Saxony-Anhalt

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Location of Saxony village in Barby

Saxony village is a hamlet of the town Barby in Salzlandkreis in Saxony- Anhalt.

Geography

Saxony village is located in a flat area near the mouth of the river Saale in the same. The country ditch, which drains the area around Saxony village already heard, the Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve. The city of Dessau is situated 25 km to the east, calbe (Saale ) about 10 km west of Saxony village.

The flat land and the proximity to the Elbe and Saale made ​​it necessary to build flood protection dikes.

For the former municipality of Saxony village belonged to the district Patzetz.

History

The oldest part of the former municipality is Patzetz, then a Vorwerk of Groß Rosenburg. The place appeared in 1100 the first time in a document. Saxony village was established in its current form until 1670, when settled in Lower Saxony Kossäten here.

On January 1, 2010, the formerly independent municipalities of Saxony village, Breitenhagen, Glindemann, United Roseburg, Lödderitz, Pömmelte, Tornitz, wasps and Zuchau and the city Barby (Elbe ) merged to form the new town of Barby. At the same time the management of Community Elbe- Saale, Saxony was one of the village was dissolved.

Economy

Beets were for decades the staple crop in the region. A beet train transported the crop in the sugar factory after Dröbel ( today part of Bernburg ). The trackbed of the long- demolished route is a hiking and biking trail today. In addition to agriculture, there are in the town of smaller businesses and a concrete block work. Furthermore, reduced by Saxony village gravel.

Attractions

• Windmill village between Saxony and Patzetz ( Technical monument )

Transport links

Saxony village is situated at the junction of highways of calbe (Saale ) to Dessau and Bernburg (Saale ) to Great Roseburg.

Since 1883 Saxony village is today's main line railway station Magdeburg -Leipzig, which is operated with the current timetable ( 2010) hourly from each of a regional train in each direction from Magdeburg to Halle.