Schlieben
Schlieben is a town in the Elbe -Elster in Brandenburg and administrative headquarters of the Office of the same name.
- 2.1 Amalgamations
- 2.2 Demographics
- 3.1 City Council
- 3.2 twinning
- 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
- 6.2 additional personalities who are associated with the city
Geography
Geographical location
The city Schlieben lies in southern Brandenburg, near the border with Saxony and Saxony -Anhalt and about 90 km south of Berlin. Through the city runs the B 87 Schlieben is characterized by its wide-ranging fields, prominently lowlands with some surveys. Southeast of Schlieben, the boundary between the Elbe -Elster -Land and Lower Lusatia.
Boroughs
- Schlieben ( with parts of the municipality Berga, Krassig and White Castle )
- Frankenhain
- Jagsal
- Oelsig
- Wehrhain
- Werchau
History
A donation of Emperor Otto I of 956 to the Moritz monastery in Magdeburg, which could also refer to Schlieben is often regarded as the oldest message on local history Schlieben. Schlieben is first mentioned in a charter confirmed on 5 June 973, the Emperor Otto II the donation of 956 on honey tithe " in provinciis ... Zliuuini, Lusice ". 1181 audited a Gumbertus de Zliv. By 1200, Cistercian monks built the Martin Chapel. Waldvogel priest acts in 1228 as the first minister in Schlieben. Probably the 13th or 14th century by the building of the church of St. Martin. Also in the 14th century dated the construction of the castle and the church in Lebusa.
In 1425 Schlieben castle village was and had a sheep farm. 1510 wine cellars were first mentioned. Martin Luther visited 1529/30 Schlieben. In 1606 Schlieben received city rights. In 1631 the city was destroyed by the troops of the Emperor Ferdinand II. The plague exterminated whole families in 1634. In 1637 Schlieben was destroyed by Swedish troops. 1672 were the parish after Schlieben: Berga, Obernaundorf, Werchluga (now Wehrhain ), Franconia grove and the two branches Oelsig and Krassig.
In 1778, the District Court building was built in Schlieben.
During the Second World War a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp in Berga built in which 2,000 inmates were put to forced labor in the munitions factory HASAG (see external storage Schlieben ). The dead of the camp to rest in the cemetery on Long Mountain in Schlieben. On it there reminds a monument raised in 1952.
After the reunification of winegrowing in Schlieben was revived in 1991. In 1992, as part of the education offices in Brandenburg the Office Schlieben.
Incorporations
The formerly independent places Frankenhain, Jagsal, Oelsig, Wehrhain and Werchau were incorporated on November 1, 2001. Krassig since 1 January 1957 is one of Schlieben.
Demographics
Policy
City Council
The city council of Schlieben consists of 16 councilors.
- CDU 6 seats
- The Left 3 seats
- TSV 1878 Schlieben 2 seats
- List union city Schlieben 5 seats
(As at municipal election on 28 September 2008)
Twinning
Twin cities of Schlieben are the Swedish city Ljusdal and the Westphalian city Borgentreich.
Cultural life and regular events
- Moienmarkt
Attractions
In the list of monuments in Schlieben are registered in the list of monuments of the country Brandenburg monuments.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- John of Drändorf, (1390-1425), martyr of the Protestant doctrine
- Legal Ernst (1881-1955), actor, director and theater manager
Other personalities who are associated with the city
- Johann Andreas Bodenstein (1703-1764), German Lutheran theologian and historian
- Friedrich August Wagner (1775-1856), German physician and archaeologist
- Edwin Zimmermann ( * 1948 ), German engineer and politician (SPD).