Zabitz

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Zabitz is a district of the municipality Osternienburger country in the district of Anhalt- Bitterfeld, in Saxony- Anhalt.

• 4.1 traffic

Geography

Zabitz located between Nice (Elbe ) and Köthen (Anhalt) on the edge of the Biosphere Reserve Middle Elbe.

As districts of the former municipality were reported:

• Maxdorf
• Thurau

History

Zabitz was first mentioned in 1332, or at December 28, 1156. It is also possible that a settlement of this name may have previously existed in the 10th century, as the suffix " itz " indicates a Slavic ( Sorbian ) origin.

In the years after 1945 Zabitz was ostensibly an agricultural site. Many citizens of the village were working in the LPG of the place. With the development and the gradual recovery of the place after the second world war were looking more and more residents to work in the large farms of the former county town of Köthen. However, the main supply box was agriculture, which was also felt in the individual households.

On January 1, 2010, the formerly independent communities Zabitz, Chörau, Diebzig, Dornbock, Drosa, Elsnigk, Großpaschleben, Kleinpaschleben, Libbesdorf, Micheln, Osternienburg, Reppichau, Trinum and Wulfen merged to form a unified community Osternienburger country together. At the same time the management of Community Osternienburg, which included these communities was dissolved.

Policy

Coat of arms

Blazon: " Azure, three silver piles covered with upwardly angled center cross bar 2: 1 "

Zabitz consists of three parts: Maxdorf, Thurau and Zabitz. In these places used to be the knightly family of the family of Thurow resident who shaped generations the village and the region. It is decision of the municipal council to lead of 18 April 2006 the coat of arms of the extinct family of Thurow as a municipal coat of arms.

The coat of arms was designed in 2006 by Jörg Kommunalheraldiker Mantzsch.

The heraldists was not quite clear already in the past few centuries, what do the three " forks " in the Thurowschen crest. Mantzsch represents given the early evidence of the insignia of the opinion that it is formed from the former house signs or district symbols. In the early Anhalt gentry there are multiple 2:1 Asked coat of arms, their assignment only to suspect today (eg Landsberg County ) because they come from a time long before the emergence of a heraldic terminology.

Flag

The flag of the former municipality is Zabitz White - Blue (1:1) striped ( longitudinal shape: strip running vertically, cross- shape: strips running horizontally ). The coat of arms of the municipality is centrally placed on the flag.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

South of Zabitz leads the federal highway 185 from Bernburg (Saale ) to Köthen (Anhalt).