Uchtspringe

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Uchtspringe is a district of the county town of Stendal in Saxony- Anhalt, Germany.

Geography

The Stendal district is located at the junction of the Altmark region in the north and the Colbitz - Letzlinger Heath in the south at the source of the river lamp. By Uchtspringe the main railway route between Hanover and Berlin and its parallel federal highway 188 runs Uchtspringe is between Guard Insert in the west and the original city of Stendal in the east, which is about 25 kilometers away. The place is marked by the 1894 opened sanatorium Uchtspringe. Today is the name of the establishment Salus gGmbH ( Specialist Hospital and Regional Hospital ).

History

Prior to the founding of the mental hospital was the then insignificant community Modderkuhl. The name was changed at the founding of the institution. Both the old and the new name show which is in the place headwaters of the lamp out ( Uchtspringe = place where the light originates ). By 1888 Modderkuhl was a Mühlengut, since the 16th century belonged to the miller and millwright family Knack Mussen. With increasing industrialization, the mill being fell into crisis and Modderkuhl was sold.

The construction of the high-speed line Hannover- Berlin in the 1990s, the railway line was led north to Uchtspringe around to eliminate mutual interference with the mental hospital.

Until December 31, 2009 Uchtspringe was an independent municipality with the associated hamlets Börgitz and Wilhelmshof.

Due to a change in the contract area, the municipal council of the municipality Uchtspringe decided on 3 June 2009 that the church Uchtspringe is incorporated into the town of Stendal. This agreement was approved by the county as a lower municipal supervisory authority and entered into force on 1 January 2010.

After the incorporation of the previously autonomous municipality Uchtspringe were Uchtspringe, Börgitz and Wilhelmshof districts of the city of Stendal. At the same time the village constitution according to § § 86 et seq of the Municipal Code of Saxony -Anhalt has been introduced. The municipality is my finished Uchtspringe and future districts Uchtspringe, Börgitz and Wilhelmshof be the village of receiving Stendal. In the eingemeindeten community and nunmehrigen village Uchtspringe a Ortschaftsrat is formed with nine members including mayor.

Traffic

There buses stop of the Regional Public Transportation West Saxons ( RVW ) stendalbus under the brand name. The Uchtspringe railway station is on the railway line Berlin- Taught. The old station was Uchtspringer in the northwest of the town and was closed about 1997 due to the construction of the high-speed line Hannover- Berlin and for a Uchtspringe station built north of the village on the new route. It is usually served hourly regional trains of the Elbe Saale railway.

Federal highway 188 ( Wolfsburg -garde Place -Stendal ) runs one kilometer north of Uchtspringe.

Memorials

• Graves in the local cemetery for 66 KZ - prisoners thrown out in April 1945 from a transport train from a satellite camp of Neuengamme concentration camp and were buried in a mass grave before they were buried in the Allied command in the cemetery

Policy

Mayor

The last mayor of the municipality Uchtspringe was Siegmund solver.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on 14 April 2008 by the county.

Blazon: " Divided by silver and blue, front half black eagle on golden reinforced gap, behind a silver staff of Aesculapius with a golden snake. "

The symbolism refers to the foundation of the town, which is connected directly to the specialist hospital. Prior to the founding of the mental hospital by the Prussian state was the then little-known community Modderkuhl. The 1894 inaugurated " Provincial, Medical and Nursing Home " Uchtspringe and the district Wilhelmshof founded in 1909, was united in the 20th century with the 1270 first mentioned place Börgitz - a Slavic town founded by - on the occasion of the founding of the institution to the present Uchtspringe. The names Modderkuhl ( Low German for " mud bowl " ) and Uchtspringe indicate which is in the place headwaters of the lamp. The establishment of the clinic at the request of the Prussian state government as the clinic itself express themselves in the arms through the black eagle ( Prussian eagle ) and by the staff of Aesculapius (symbol of the medical and pharmaceutical article of Greek mythology ) from. The colors are Uchtspringes Blue - Silver ( white).

Flag

The flag is blue - white ( 1:1) striped ( horizontal format: strip horizontally extending, longitudinal Format: strip running vertically ) and centrally occupied with the local coat of arms.

People

• Karl -Heinz Pahling (1927-1999), strike leader in the popular uprising of 17 June 1953 in the GDR and Uchtspringer
• Elvira Manthey (* 1931), "euthanasia" survivor, author of The Hempelsche