Tettau (Brandenburg)
Tettau is a municipality in the district of Upper Spreewald -Lausitz in southern Brandenburg and part of the office outskirts.
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Coat of Arms
Geography
Tettau located in Upper Lusatia east on the border with Schraden. The place is situated on the western border of the district. North flows the Schwarze Elster and the south Pulsnitz.
The city is bordered to the north by Lauchhammer Tettau the east, the town Ruhland and the place woman village with the Gentile houses. To the south lie Lindenau and outskirts. West Tettaus begins the Elbe-Elster district with the community Schraden
History
History
Tettau was first mentioned in 1220, is mentioned in a document as the witness Lupoldus de Tettowe. The name of the scale as a street village location can be interpreted as Auort, the village was in the forefront of Upper Lusatia and corner posts was against mosquito mountain (now part of Lauchhammer ). The name evolved from Tetthaw 1451 on Tetaw 1455 and 1499 Tettaw to Tetten in 1590 and Tettau 1604.
From 1370 Tettau one of the countries of the crown of Bohemia. As of 1530, the town was the parish to Lindenau. 1611 was a Vorwerk of the manor Ruhland and in 1679 the village belonged to the manor Lindenau. In 1802, the mansion burned down in Tettau. In the early modern era the Tettauer began to make the humid lowlands of the adjacent Schradens reclaimed by the system of trenches. However, it was drained in the 19th century with the damming of the river Schwarze Elster and Pulsnitzbegradigung the area.
In the wake of the Congress of Vienna came Tettau 1815 by the Kingdom of Saxony to the Kingdom of Prussia and was there until the year 1825 to the province of Brandenburg, and later to the district Hoyerswerda in the province of Silesia. In 1911, the cemetery and the sports field were created. In 1952 Tettau was affiliated with the entire area around the outskirts of the newly formed county Senftenberg. A year later, 1953, the waterworks was built.
On 19 May 1974, the neighboring villages and village women Lindenau were incorporated by Tettau. Lindenau was spun off from Tettau on 6 May 1990 and independent community. From the 5th to the 6th December 1993, the hive-down took Mrs. village. Since 1992 Tettau belongs to the office outskirts.
Demographics
Due to the inclusion of Lindenau and woman village after Tettau 1974 to 1990 or 1993, the population figures from 1971 to 1981 are disproportionately risen and fallen from 1990 and 1993.
Policy
Parish council
The Council of the Municipality consists of 10 councilors.
- CDU 4 seats
- Economy Culture Sport 6 seats
(As at municipal election held on 26 October 2003 )
Coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved on 14 March 1996.
Blazon: " Azure, a gold top, in two blue wave bar surmounted by a blue drop of water. "
The coat of arms colors symbolizes the connection with the Upper Lusatia, whose coat of arms colors were blue and gold taken. The drop of water is the water resource significance of the place.
Culture and sights
The 1954 built in timber Martin Luther Chapel was built in fixed construction in 1991.
In the summer a music festival takes place in Tettau hosted by the shawm orchestra.
The Tettauer upper forest is an area of natural monument, at the Grenzpulsnitz the biotope bleach plan was created.
Foundation for the deepest point of the Upper Lusatia on the Elster bridge between Lauchhammer -West and Schraden, inaugurated on 23 June 2013.
Economy and infrastructure
Tettau in drinking water protection area. In the village there is a water supply plant. It was one of the largest in the GDR. Today it is the largest hydroelectric plant in Brandenburg.
East Tettaus runs the A 13 and north of State Road 169 Ruhland after Plessa.
Personalities
The business economist Heinrich Nicklisch was born on 19 July 1866 in Tettau. 133 years later a bronze plaque for Nicklisch was inaugurated in the presence of his grandchildren on July 19, 2009 at his birthplace.