Schildau

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Location of Schildau in Saxony

St. Mary's Church with Germany's oldest mulberry tree

Schildau is a former town and since January 1, 2013 the district of the city Belgern - Schildau in the district of North Saxony Free State of Saxony. The place is known as Gneisenaustadt and as a likely origin of Gotham.

Geography and transport

Schildau is located south-southwest of Torgau on the northern edge of the Dahlen Heath and is almost completely surrounded by forest. The neighboring towns are county town of Torgau (13 km), Wurzen (19 km) and Dahlen ( 13 km). The Federal Highway 87 runs north of the town. Large areas in the area are part of the nature reserve Dahlen Heath.

History

Schildau was first documented in 1170. Drawn from some Stone Age finds that this area was inhabited already in prehistoric times. On old maps (eg by Johann George Schreiber 1750 ) and views (eg by R. Stieler, 1870 ) and the variant Schilda be found.

Schildau 1574-1578 was affected by witch hunts. Two women got into witch trials.

From 1952 to 2012, the city was the official nickname Gneisenaustadt. To Schildau belonged since 1 January 1994, the places Sitzenroda and Probsthain and since 1 January 1999, the places Kobershain and Taura.

Schildau initially aimed at a merger with Torgau, after other merger opportunities with the communities Dahlen, Mockrehna and Belgern were rejected by the city council or mayor. After 1 January 2013, but came into being with the merger Belgern. Before the dissolution of the city had Schildau the districts Schildau, Sitzenroda, Probsthain, Kobershain and Taura.

City ​​council

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 led to the following distribution of seats in the City Council, which lasted until the municipal merger:

  • FWG: 12 seats
  • CDU: 1 seat
  • SPD: 1 seat
  • LEFT: 1 seat
  • FDP: 1 seat

Attractions

  • St. Mary's Church with Germany's oldest mulberry station of Luther path
  • Dahlen Heath with the shield mountain ( 215 m above sea level) and Schildberg Tower (1936 built, 26 meters high, with a diameter of 5.10 meters)
  • Wittes Quarry ( quartz porphyry )
  • Heßlers Gorge, also a porphyry quarry
  • Napoleon Stone ( here is Napoleon stayed secretly at his hasty return from the failed invasion of Russia, 1812)
  • Gneisenaumuseum
  • Museum of Gotham
  • Gotham fountain from Torgau sculptor Torsten Naughty

Museum of Gotham

Gneisenaudenkmal

Gneisenau Memorial, by Georg Meyer- Steglitz

Schildberg tower

Personalities

The most famous son is Schildaus August Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal and army reformer ( 1760-1831 ).

The Mayor of Düsseldorf, Adalbert Oehler (1911-1919) was born in Schildau 1860.

The writer Ruth power was born on February 3, 1920 in Schildau and published in 1953 the work " The Gotham Book of 1598 ", a reworking of Gotham pranks.

  • Friedrich Wilhelm Hauffe (1845-1915), politician ( German Conservative Party ), MdR, MP ( Kingdom of Saxony )
  • Bisky (1941-2013), politician (The Left )
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